Athletics at the 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie

At the 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie, the athletics events were held in Antananarivo, Madagascar in August and September 1997. A total of 43 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 20 by female athletes. Of the forty nations present at the competition, fifteen reached the medal table in the athletics competition.

Athletics at the III Jeux de la Francophonie
Host cityAntananarivo, Madagascar
Events43
Participation30 nations
Records set8 Games records


The regional leader France easily topped the medal table with eleven gold medals and 38 in total. This was almost twice as many as second placed Canada (seven golds and twenty altogether). The hosts Madagascar had a strong showing in third place with seven golds and 16 medals – a performance which helped it into second place in the medals at the games. Senegal and Romania were the next best performers with four golds each.

A total of eight games records were set during the competition. On the men's side, Jean-Olivier Zirignon won the 100 metres in 10.07 seconds, Alejandro Argudin ran 49.22 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles, the high jump saw Mike Caza and Khemraj Naiko both reach 2.23 m, Cheikh Touré won the long jump with 8.19 m and Bouna Diop set a new javelin throw standard of 75.82 m. On the women's side Denisa Costescu ran 16:44.2 minutes to win the inaugural 5000 metres title (which replaced the previous 3000 metres event), Laurence Manfrédi threw a record of 16.70 m in the shot put and Kim Vanderhoek set a heptathlon games best of 5650 points.[1]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +0.3 m/s)
 Jean-Olivier Zirignon (CIV)10.07 GR  Souleymane Meité (CIV)10.33  Antoine Boussombo (GAB)10.42
200 metres
(wind: -2.2 m/s)
 Joseph Loua (GUI)20.54  Souleymane Meité (CIV)20.94  Antoine Boussombo (GAB)21.00
400 metres  Ibrahima Wade (SEN)45.74  Hachim Ndiaye (SEN)46.16  Eric Milazar (MRI)46.67
800 metres  Arthémon Hatungimana (BDI)1:46.83  Zach Whitmarsh (CAN)1:48.02  Assane Diallo (SEN)1:48.26
1500 metres  Ovidiu Olteanu (ROM)3:45.37  Allan Klassen (CAN)3:45.71  Halez Taguelmint (FRA)3:47.67
5000 metres  Vital Gahungu (BDI)14:45.3  Nicolae Negru (ROM)14:46.1  Haja Ramananjatovo (MAD)14:46.6
10,000 metres  Haja Ramananjatovo (MAD)29:55.8  Tharcisse Gashaka (BDI)29:58.02  Nicolae Negru (ROM)30:21.33
Marathon  Pascal Fétizon (FRA)2:24:34  Souley Oumarou (NIG)2:34:12  Jean de la Croix Mahatana (MAD)2:44:10
110 metres hurdles  Jonathan Nsenga (BEL)13.56  Jean-Marc Grava (FRA)13.71  Sébastien Denis (FRA)13.72
400 metres hurdles  Alejandro Argudin (ROM)49.22 GR  Jean-Paul Bruwier (BEL)50.02  Gilbert Hashan (MRI)50.46
3000 metres steeplechase  Graeme Fell (CAN)8:55.56  Jean-Nicolas Duval (Quebec)8:56.16  Thomas Toyi (BDI)8:57.38
4×100 metres relay  Ivory Coast (CIV)
Éric Pacôme N'Dri
Jean-Olivier Zirignon
Ahmed Douhou
Ibrahim Meité
38.7  Cameroon (CMR)39.3  Benin (BEN)
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Antoine Boussombo
39.5
4×400 metres relay  Senegal (SEN)
Seydou Loum
Hachim Ndiaye
Alpha Babacar Sall
Ibrahima Wade
3:02.0  Mauritius (MRI)
Fernando Augustin
Rudy Tirvengadum
Gilbert Hashan
Eric Milazar
3:07.3  France (FRA)
Ousmane Diarra
Jean-Laurent Heusse
David Kafka
Marc Raquil
3:07.4
20 km walk  Hatem Ghoula (TUN)1:26:39  Sylvain Caudron (FRA)1:27:59  Pascal Servanty (FRA)1:29:30
High jump  Mike Caza (CAN)2.23 m GR  Khemraj Naiko (MRI)2.23 m GR  Olivier Sanou (BUR)2.15 m
Pole vault  Nicolas Jolivet (FRA)5.40 m  Mathieu Boisrond (FRA)5.20 m  Jeff Miller (CAN)5.10 m
Long jump  Cheikh Touré (SEN)8.19 m GR  Franck Zio (BUR)8.02 m (w)  Mike Laberge (CAN)7.82 m
Triple jump  Toussaint Rabenala (MAD)16.50 m  Oral O'Gilvie (CAN)16.49 m  Jimmy Gabriel (FRA)16.46 m
Shot put  Stéphane Vial (FRA)17.79 m  Rocky Vaitanaki (FRA)17.75 m  Raphaël Cécé (FRA)17.14 m
Discus throw  Costel Grasu (ROM)59.02 m  Jean-Claude Retel (FRA)58.11 m  Mickaël Conjungo (CAF)57.47 m
Hammer throw  Frédéric Kuhn (FRA)70.90 m  David Chaussinand (FRA)69.62 m  John Stoikos (CAN)68.40 m
Javelin throw  Bouna Diop (SEN)75.82 m GR  Vitolio Tipotio (FRA)72.61 m  Maher Ridane (TUN)70.63 m
Decathlon  Pierre Salamand (FRA)7477 pts  Yves Bourgey (FRA)7376 pts  Anis Riahi (TUN)7356 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: -1.9 m/s)
 Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe (MAD)11.51  Georgette Nkoma (CMR)11.65  Lalao Ravaonirina (MAD)11.66
200 metres
(wind: +0.1 m/s)
 LaToya Austin (CAN)23.40  Anita Mormand (FRA)23.53  Aïda Diop (SEN)23.78
400 metres  Marie-Louise Bévis (FRA)52.91  Fabienne Ficher (FRA)52.99  Mireille Nguimgo (CMR)53.18
800 metres  Karen Goetze (FRA)2:06.32  Jean Fletcher (CAN)2:06.37  Virginie Fouquet (FRA)2:06.73
1500 metres  Cindy O'Krane (CAN)4:19.80  Céline Rajot (FRA)4:23.68  Martine Rasoarimalala (MAD)4:26.32
5000 metres  Denisa Costescu (ROM)16:44.2 GR  Rodica Nagel (FRA)17:04.5  Nathalie Deroubaix (BEL)17:06.7
10,000 metres  Jackie Mota (CAN)34:27.57  Clarisse Rasoarizay (MAD)34:59.75  Tina Connelly (CAN)35:27.21
100 metres hurdles
(wind: -1.3 m/s)
 Nicole Ramalalanirina (MAD)13.21  Isabelle Corréa (FRA)13.60  Mame Tacko Diouf (SEN)13.68
400 metres hurdles  Aurélie Jonary (MAD)57.20  Cendrino Razaiarimalala (MAD)57.28  Mame Tacko Diouf (SEN)57.33
4×100 metres relay  Madagascar (MAD)
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Lalao Ravaonirina
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Hanitriniaina Rakotrondrabe
44.45  France (FRA)
Isabelle Correa
Marie-Joëlle Dogbo
Nathalie Polin
Linda Ferga
44.46  Canada (CAN)
Erika Witter
Lisa Nicole Kosh
Dena Burrows
LaToya Austin
44.61
4×400 metres relay  Cameroon (CMR)3:34.40  France (FRA)
Marie-Louise Bévis
Sylvie Birba
Fabienne Ficher
Anita Mormand
3:34.99  Madagascar (MAD)3:35.09
Marathon  Clarisse Rasoarizay (MAD)2:56:24  Elysée Razafimahatratra (MAD)3:02:16  Sonia Agoun (TUN)3:06:13
10 km walk  Anne-Catherine Berthonnaud (FRA)49:18  Fatiha Ouali (FRA)50:51  Marina Crivello (Quebec)56:04
High jump  Sabrina De Leeuw (BEL)1.85 m  Nathalie Belfort (Quebec)1.82 m  Irène Tiendrébéogo (BUR)1.82 m
Long jump  Vanessa Monar-Enweani (CAN)6.30 m  Linda Ferga (FRA)6.29 m  Doris Randriamaro (MAD)6.04 m
Triple jump  Valérie Guiyoule (FRA)13.98 m  Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR)13.75 m  Michelle Hastick (CAN)13.64 m
Shot put  Laurence Manfrédi (FRA)16.70 m GR  Georgette Reed (CAN)15.97 m  Amel Ben Khaled (TUN)14.95 m
Discus throw  Isabelle Devaluez (FRA)55.81 m  Catherine Gery (FRA)47.46 m  Georgette Reed (CAN)46.73 m
Javelin throw
(old model)
 Isabelle Surprenant (Quebec)49.99 m  Bernadette Perrine (MRI)49.85 m  Sandy Taylor (CAN)46.25 m
Heptathlon  Kim Vanderhoek (CAN)5650 pts GR  Guilaine Graw (FRA)5544 pts  Muriel Crozet (FRA)5296 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Madagascar)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)1119838
2 Canada (CAN)75820
3 Madagascar (MAD)*73616
4 Senegal (SEN)4149
5 Romania (ROM)4116
6 Ivory Coast (CIV)2204
7 Belgium (BEL)2114
 Burundi (BDI)2114
9 Cameroon (CMR)1315
10 Quebec (QBC)1214
11 Tunisia (TUN)1045
12 Guinea (GUI)1001
13 Mauritius (MRI)0325
14 Burkina Faso (BUR)0123
15 Niger (NIG)0101
16 Gabon (GAB)0022
17 Benin (BEN)0011
 Central African Republic (CAF)0011
Totals (18 nations)434343129

References

Notes
  1. Francophone Games. GBRathletics. Retrieved on 2013-05-06.
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