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2008 African Championships in Athletics

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Host city
  
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Main stadium
  
Addis Ababa Stadium

Date(s)
  
30 April – 4 May

Events
  
44

Participation
  
543 athletes from 42 nations

The 16th African Championships in Athletics was held in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, from April 30 to May 4, 2008. The competition venue was the Addis Ababa Stadium. It is the largest Athletics event held in Ethiopia to date. It was the first time in its then 29-year history the African Championships in Athletics were held in Eastern Africa, despite the region's well-documented success in long-distance running.

In the men's 100 m, Nigerians Olusoji Fasuba and Uchenna Emedolu repeated the places from the 2006 edition. On April 30, there was a 35-minute delay to the men's 10,000 metres due to weather, but the Ethiopians dominated the podium and the race, with the missed absence of world champion Kenenisa Bekele.

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2008 African Championships in Athletics Wikipedia