| XI African Junior Athletics Championships | |
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| Dates | 29 August – 1 September |
| Host city | Bambous,Mauritius |
| Venue | Germain Comarmond Stadium |
| Level | Junior |
| Events | 40 |
| Participation | 223 athletes from 29 nations |
| Records set | 2 championship records |
The2013African Junior Athletics Championships was the eleventh edition of the biennial, continentalathletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger. It was held at theGermain Comarmond Stadium inBambous,Mauritius from 29 August – 1 September. A total of 223 athletes from 29 nations competed.[1] Neitherpole vault event was held, due to a lack of entries, and thedecathlon andheptathlon competitions were also not contested.[2]
Originally scheduled to be held inSouth Africa, a dispute betweenAthletics South Africa and the national sports ministry resulted in the cancellation of holding rights in June 2013. Bambous, the2009 host, stepped in at short notice to hold the event.[3]
The medal table was a closely contested affair. Nigeria had the mostgold medals with nine in its haul of 19 medals. South Africa had seven golds, but had the highest overall total with 24 medals. Ethiopia also had seven golds, and had the second highest medal haul with 22. Egypt (five golds, 11 in total) and Kenya (four golds, 17 in total) were the next best performing nations. Of the 29 participating nations, 15 reached the medal table. Nigeria performed well in thesprinting events, Ethiopia and Kenya shared most of themiddle- andlong-distance running medals, while South Africa and Egypt took many medals in the field events.[4]
Wind affected most of the sprints and jumps events, slowing the track times and carrying the jumpers to further distances. Two championship records were improved during the competition:Sabelo Ntokozo Ndlovu cleared 15.92 m (52 ft2+3⁄4 in) in the men'striple jump andAhmed Hassan set a new standard of 19.59 m (64 ft3+1⁄4 in) in the men'sshot put.[4]
Several athletes won multiple individual medals. Among them,Martin Moses Kurong was the men's10,000 m winner and 5000 m bronze medallist,Geraldine Ann Duvenhage andMohamed Kalifa were double silver medallists in the men's and women's shot put anddiscus throw events, andTegest Tamangnu Yuma was runner-up in both the women's short sprints. South Africa'sDuwayne Boer was thelong jump winner and took bronze in thetriple jump. Nigeria'sEse Brume was the women'slong jump winner and triple jump runner-up, as well as a gold medallist in the4×100 metres relay. South Africa'sMegan Wilke won thejavelin throw and surprisingly she also took thehigh jump silver medal.[5]
Nigeria's 200 m champion,Divine Oduduru, progressed to the junior level after his sprint double at the2013 African Youth Athletics Championships.[6] The Ethiopian duoTigist Gashaw andDawit Seyaum were first and second in the women's1500 metres, switching their placings from the2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[4]
* Host nation (Mauritius)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Nigeria | 9 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 2 |  South Africa | 7 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 |  Ethiopia | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 |  Egypt | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 |  Kenya | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 |  Uganda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Algeria | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 |  Morocco | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 |  Burkina Faso | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Lesotho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  Mauritius* | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 |  Gambia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 |  Botswana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 40 | 40 | 39 | 119 | |
Algeria (10)
Angola (2) Botswana (6) Burkina Faso (2)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (1) Egypt (11)
Eritrea (5) Ethiopia (41)
Gabon (3) Gambia (6) Kenya (20) Lesotho (1)
Liberia (1)
Libya (1)
Madagascar (1) Mauritius (21) Morocco (8)
Mozambique (3)
Namibia (3) Nigeria (22)
Rwanda (1)
Senegal (4) Seychelles (3) South Africa (29)
Swaziland (1)
Tunisia (1) Uganda (4)
Zambia (4) Zimbabwe (8)Championships of theConfederation of African Athletics | ||
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