The athletics competition at the 2007 All-Africa Games was held on the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, Algeria between 18 July and 22 July 2007. Nigeria was the most successful nation of the competition having won nine golds and 24 medals in total. South Africa was a close second with seven golds and also a total of 24 medals overall. Tunisia and Botswana were the next most successful (both with five golds), although Ethiopia and Kenya had greater medal hauls.

Men's results

Track 100 m Olusoji Fasuba 10.18 Eric Nkansah 10.35 Uchenna Emedolu 10.37July 19: The three athletes also shared the podium at the 2006 African Championships, with Fasuba defending the gold medal.200 m Leigh Julius 20.81 Seth Amoo 20.88 Obinna Metu 20.94 July 22: Julius moved up from the bronze medal position at the 2006 African Championships.400 m California Molefe 45.59 Young Talkmore Nyongani 45.76 Mathieu Gnanligo 45.89July 20: Molefe won Botswana's second gold medal at the Games, just shortly after Amantle Montsho took the women's 400 m title. Gnanligo won the first All-Africa Games athletics medal for Benin.800 m Abubaker Kaki Khamis 1:45.22 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi 1:45.54 Justus Koech 1:45.80July 20: Big surprise victory as Kaki Khamis upset 2004 Olympic silver medallist Mulaudzi.1500 m Asbel Kiprop 3:38.97 Antar Zerguelaine 3:39.04 Tarek Boukensa 3:39.18July 22: Running on home track, Zerguelaine was narrowly beaten to second while Boukensa defended his position from the 2006 African Championships.5000 m Moses Kipsiro 13:12:51 Josphat Kiprono Menjo 13:12.64 Tariku Bekele 13:13.43July 22: Kipsiro won Uganda's first gold medal at the Games.10,000 m Zersenay Tadese 27:00.30 GR Tadesse Tola 27:28.08 Gebregziabher Gebremariam 27:41.24 July 19: Tadese won the first All-Africa Games athletics medal for Eritrea as the first non-Kenyan or Ethiopian to win a medal in the men's 10,000 metres. In addition, 27:00.30 was a new Games record. A number of Kenyans and Ethiopians were absent due to preparations for the 2007 World Championships.Half marathon Deriba Merga 1:02:24 Martin Sulle 1:03:01 Yonas Kifle 1:03:19 July 20110 m h Salim Nurudeen 13.59 GR Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja 13.72 Shaun Bownes 13.81 July 19: Nurudeen established a new Games record.400 m h L.J. van Zyl 48.74 Pieter De Villiers 48.91 Alwyn Myburgh 48.91July 21: South African dominance as De Villiers split van Zyl and Myburgh, winners of gold and silver respectively at the 2006 African Championships.3000 m s'chase Willy Komen 8:15.11 Ezekiel Kemboi 8:16.93 Nahom Mesfin 8:39.67July 18: The Kenyan dominance in the event continued as 2006 World Junior champion Komen upset 2004 Olympic champion Kemboi.20 km walk Hatem Ghoula 1:22:33 David Kimutai 1:24:16 Mohamed Ameur 1:25:12July 214 x 100 m Isaac Uche,Obinna Metu,Chinedu Oriala,Olusoji Fasuba 38.91 Morne Nagel,Leigh Julius,Lee Roy Newton,Sherwin Vries 39.11 Ngonidzashe Makusha,Gabriel Mvumvure,Brian Dzingai,Lewis Banda 39.16 NRJuly 20: Nigeria and South Africa defended their positions from the 2006 African Championships.4 x 400 m Zacharia Kamberuka,Isaac Makwala,Obakeng Ngwigwa,Tshepo Kelaotse 3:03.16 Olusegun Ogunkule,Edu Nkami,Victor Isaiah,Saul Weigopwa 3:03.99 Nelton Ndebele,Young Talkmore Nyongani,Gabriel Chikomo,Lewis Banda 3:04.84July 22

Field High jump Kabelo Kgosiemang 2.27 Abderrahmane Hammad 2.24 Mohamed Benhedia Arinze Obiora 2.20July 22: Kosiemang defended his title from the 2006 African Championships, ahead of veteran Hammad.Pole vault Abderrahmane Tamada 5.10 Karim Sène 5.10 Hamdi Dhouibi 4.90July 21: Tamada moved up one place from the 2006 African Championships, while decathlete Dhouibi defended his bronze medal from then. Only six athletes entered the competition.Long jump Gable Garenamotse 8.08 (+0.7) Arnaud Casquette 8.03 (+1.4) Khotso Mokoena 7.99 (+0.6)July 22: A tight competition where Mokoena made it to the podium in his last jump, surpassing Issam Nima, before Garenamotse surpassed Casquette. Ignisious Gaisah did not start due to injury.Triple jump Ndiss Kaba Badji 16.80 (+0.0) Hugo Mamba-Schlick 16.61 (+0.0) Andrew Owusu 16.32 (+1.0)July 19: Khotso Mokoena exited the competition after three invalid attempts.Shot put Yasser Fathy Ibrahim Farag 19.20 Roelie Potgieter 19.02 Mohammed Medded 17.94July 19: Farag, who also won the discus throw silver medal, retained his title from the 2006 African Championships.Discus Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly 62.28 Yasser Fathy Ibrahim Farag 61.58 Hannes Hopley 57.79July 18: El Ghazaly and Farag retained their positions from the 2006 African Championships.Hammer Chris Harmse 76.73 Mohsen El Anany 72.00 Saber Souid 70.01July 21: Harmse became the fifth athlete to win three All-Africa Games titles in a row. El Anany and Souid switched places compared to the 2006 African Championships.Javelin John Robert Oosthuizen 78.05 Gerhardus Pienaar 76.70 Mohamed Ali Kebabou 71.77July 22Decathlon Hamdi Dhouibi 7838 points GR Boualem Lamri 7473 points Larbi Bouraada 7349 pointsJuly 18–19: Dhouibi continued his dominance in African decathlon, this time beating the old Games record from 1999 of 7497 points.

Women's results Track

100 m Damola Osayemi 11.20 Constance Mkenku 11.27 Vida Anim 11.33July 19: Mkenku won the first All-Africa Games (Women's) 100 metres medal for a country other than Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon.200 m Damola Osayemi 23.21 Vida Anim 23.29 Amandine Allou Affoue 23.44July 22: Osayemi won her second gold medal at the Games. Anim added a silver medal to her bronze and gold medals won in the 100 m and 4x100 m relay respectively.400 m Amantle Montsho 51.13 Joy Eze 51.20 Folashade Abugan 51.44 July 20: Montsho won Botswana's first gold medal at the Games.800 m Leonor Piuza 2:02.83 Agnes Samaria 203.17 Nahida Touhami 2:03.79 July 19: Piuza continued the Mozambican dominance of the event, following Maria Mutola's wins in 1991, 1995 and 1999.1500 m Gelete Burika 4:06.89 Veronica Nyaruai 4:09.11 Agnes Samaria 4:09.18July 22: Samaria won her second medal at the Games.5000 m Meseret Defar 15:02.72 Meselech Melkamu 15:03.86 Sylvia Chibiwott Kibet 15:06.39July 18: Defar and Kibet defended their medals from the 2006 African Championships.10,000 m Mestawet Tufa 31:26.05 Edith Masai 31:31.18 Irene Kipchumba 31:36.78July 21: World leader Tufa beat 40-year-old Masai.Half marathon Souad Ait Salem 1:13:35 Atsede Baysa 1:13:54 Kenza Dahmani 1:14:10 July 20: The first athletics gold medal for the host country.100 m h Toyin Augustus 13.23 Jessica Ohanaja 13.27 Fatmata Fofanah 13.76 July 20: Augustus defended her title from the 2006 African Championships. Fofanah won the first All-Africa Games athletics medal for Guinea.400 m h Muna Jabir Adam 54.93 NR Aissata Soulama 55.49 NR Ajoke Odumosu 55.80July 223000 m s'chase Ruth Bosibori 9:31.99 Mekdes Bekele Tadese 9:49.95 Netsanet Achamo 9:51.63July 20: The event was staged for the first time.20 km walk Chaima Trabelsi 1:49:13 Mercy Njoki 1:49:18 Arasa Asnaksh Abissa 1:49:29July 194 x 100 m Mariama Salifu,Esther Dankwah,Gifty Addy,Vida Anim 43.84 Gladys Nwabani,Endurance Ojokolo,Damola Osayemi,Emem Edem 43.85 Judith Djaman Brah,Louise Ayetotche,Cynthia Niako,Amandine Allou Affoue 44.48 July 20: Ghana and Nigeria defended their positions from the 2006 African Championships.4 x 400 m Joy Eze,Folashade Abugan,Sekinat Adesanya,Christy Ekpukhon 3:29.74 Estie Wittstock,Amanda Kotze,Tihanna Vorster,Tsholofelo Selemela 3:33.62 Nawal El Jack,Faiza Omar,Mohamed Hind,Muna Jabir Adam 3:39.79 July 22: Nigeria and South Africa switched places compared to the 2006 African Championships, while Sudan won their first relay medal.

Field High jump Doreen Amata 1.89 Anika Smit 1.89 Marcoleen Pretorius 1.83July 19: Amata established a new national record to upset Smit and claim Nigeria's first gold medal at the Games.Pole vault Leila Ben Youssef 3.85 Ahmed Eman Nesrim 3.60 Eva Thornton 3.30 July 19: Five athletes entered the competition. First-time competitor Leila Ben Youssef of Tunisia claimed the gold.Long jump Janice Josephs 6.79 (+0.1) Blessing Okagbare 6.46 (+1.8) Yah Koïta 6.35w (+2.2)July 21Triple jump Yamilé Aldama 14.46 (+0.5) Chinonye Ohadugha 14.21 (-0.1)NR Otonye Iworima 13.83 (+0.9) July 18: Aldama and Iworima defended their medals from the 2006 African Championships, while Ohadugha set a new Nigerian record.Shot put Vivian Chukwuemeka 17.60 Simoné du Toit 16.77 Veronica Abrahamse 15.75July 22: Chukwuemeka became the sixth athlete to win three All-Africa Games titles in a row. Abrahamse had won two silver medals in a row, but was beaten by her young countryfellow.Discus Elizna Naude 58.40 Monia Kari 55.15 Vivian Chukwuemeka 52.52 July 21Hammer Marwa Ahmed Hussein Arafat 65.70 Funke Adeoye 64.04 Florence Ezeh 59.55July 19: Arafat retained her title from the 2006 African Championships. Five athletes entered the competition.Javelin Justine Robbeson 58.09 Lindy Leveau 56.49 Sunette Viljoen 54.46 July 20: The three athletes also shared the podium at the 2006 African Championships, with Robbeson defending the gold medal.Heptathlon Margaret Simpson 6278 points GR Patience Okoro 5161 points Beatrice Kamboule 4994 points NRJuly 20–21: Simpson improved her own Games record.

Medal table

Participating nations

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