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2009 African Junior Athletics Championships

Field	Value
Name	9th African Junior Championships
Logo	Bambous2009logo.png
Size	220px
Colour	#A9F5A9
Host city	Bambous, Mauritius
Dates	30 July – 2 August
Stadium	Stade Germain Comarmond
Events	40
Level	Under-20
Previous	2007 Ouagadougou
Next	2011 Gaborone

The 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships were held in Bambous, Mauritius from 30 July to 2 August. There were 40 events in total, of which 20 were contested by male athletes and 20 by female athletes. Multiple gold medallists Caster Semenya and Amaka Ogoegbunam broke championships records, but also created controversy at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics later that year. Semenya was asked to take a gender test and Ogoegbunam tested positive for anabolic steroids.

Records

Key:	WR — World record AR — Area record CR — Championship record NR — National record WL — World leading

Name	Event	Record	Type
James Magut	1500 metres	3:37.05	CR
Cornel Fredericks	400 m hurdles	50.05 sec	CR
Cheyne Rahme	Pole vault	5.30 m	CR
Ali Bouguesba	Triple jump	16.16 m	CR
Alaa Elaslry	Hammer throw	75.59 m	CR
Gert Swanepoel	Decathlon	6400 pts	NR
Caster Semenya	800 metres	1:56.72	NR CR WL
Caster Semenya	1500 metres	4:08.01	CR
Amaka Ogoegbunam	400 m hurdles	58.45 sec	CR
Rana Taha	Hammer throw	57.53 m	CR

Medal summary

Men

Decathlon	Gert Swanepoel	6400 pts PB NR	Willem le Roux	6359 pts PB	Eslam Shaaban	6030 pts

Women

Heptathlon	Jenna Rima	4336 pts	Wedian Mokhtar	3933 pts	Marine Boulle	3811 pts

Medal table

References

;General

Ouma, Mark (2009-07-30). Ndiku and Cherono prevail - African junior champs, Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
Ouma, Mark (2009-07-31). South African teen Semenya stuns with 1:56.72 800m World lead in Bambous - African junior champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
Ouma, Mark (2009-08-01). More championship record fall in Bambous - African junior champs, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
Ouma, Mark (2009-07-30). Back-to-back double for Ogoegbunam in Bambous - African junior champs, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.

;Specific

References

Slot}}{{dead link, Owen. (19 August 2009). "Caster Semenya faces sex test before she can claim victory". [[The Times]].
[http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/21082009/58/berlin-2009-nigerian-fails-drugs-test.html Berlin 2009 - Nigerian fails drugs test]. [[Eurosport]]/[[Reuters]] (2009-08-21). Retrieved on 2009-09-25. [https://archive.today/20090927163010/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/21082009/58/berlin-2009-nigerian-fails-drugs-test.html Archived] 2009-09-27.

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