The athletics competitions at the 2018 African Youth Games in Algiers, Algeria was held between 24 and 27 July at the July 5, 1962 Stadium. The competition served as the qualification for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics which took place in October 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The competition was dominated by South Africa which took 26 medals in total including 12 golds, followed by Nigeria and Ethiopia.
Medal summary Boys 100 metres(wind: +2.5 m/s) 10.34 10.37 10.57200 metres(wind: +0.1 m/s) 20.97 21.04 21.16400 metres 46.21 47.00 47.48800 metres 1:50.72 1:51.12 1:51.521500 metres 3:49.64 3:49.68 3:49.703000 metres 7:50.98 8:00.72 8:03.96110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm)(wind: +0.4 m/s) 13.77 13.81 13.99400 metres hurdles (84.0 cm) 52.18 53.51 54.222000 m steeplechase 5:35.86 5:46.63 5:47.5810,000 m track walk 49:05.11 49:21.86 Only two participants High jump 2.06 2.02 2.02Pole vault 4.70 3.40 3.30Long jump 7.53w 7.35w 7.14wTriple jump 16.22 15.57 14.72Shot put (5 kg) 18.39 17.78 15.05Discus throw (1.5 kg) 60.55 55.81 53.12Hammer throw (5 kg) 69.49 65.77 63.44Javelin throw (700 g) 72.82 67.18 62.75
Girls 100 metres(wind: +1.5 m/s) 11.53 11.60 11.98200 metres(wind: +0.3 m/s) 23.45 24.20 24.58400 metres 53.57 54.57 55.62800 metres 2:04.66 2:06.21 2:10.621500 metres 4:36.71 4:37.98 4:40.683000 metres 9:29.02 9:30.60 9:36.91100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm)(wind: +2.3 m/s) 13.48 14.27 16.61400 metres hurdles 1:00.39 1:00.79 1:03.232000 m steeplechase 6:17.68 6:26.86 6:41.235000 m track walk 26:06.50 26:09.03 26:35.29High jump 1.67 1.60Not awarded Pole vault 3.50 3.30 3.20Long jump 5.62w 5.53 5.44Triple jump 12.57 12.33 12.31Shot put (3 kg) 15.97 15.45 14.57Discus throw 44.99 43.42 42.13Hammer throw (3 kg) 69.16 59.95 51.18Javelin throw (500 g) 54.12 51.13 46.94
Medal table
References
Results