2018 French Athletics Championships

2018 French Athletics Championships
Dates6–8 July
Host cityAlbi
VenueStadium Municipal d'Albi
Events38
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The 2018 French Athletics Championships was the 130th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for France. It was held on 6–8 July at Stadium Municipal d'Albi in Albi. It was the third time that the city hosted the competition, following previous editions in 2008 and 2011. A total of 38 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the three-day competition.

Carolle Zahi took a women's sprint double in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Ninon Guillon-Romarin broke the French record for the women's pole vault with a height of 4.73 m (15 ft 6 in). On the men's side, Renaud Lavillenie won his eighth outdoor pole vault national title. Several non-French national athletes competed as guests and their performances were excluded for the purposes of the French Championships.[1]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres[2] Marvin René 10.18 Méba-Mickaël Zézé 10.18 Mouhamadou Fall 10.22
200 metres Méba-Mickaël Zézé 20.33 Jeffrey John 20.56 Ilies Tano 20.76
400 metres[3] Christopher Naliali 46.23 Thomas Jordier 46.41 Mame-Ibra Anne 46.63
800 metres[4] Pierre-Ambroise Bosse 1:46.66 Aymeric Lusine 1:47.91 Gabriel Tual 1:48.32
1500 metres[5] Alexis Miellet 3:43.77 Baptiste Mischler 3:44.86 Alexandre Saddedine 3:45.16
5000 metres[6] Florian Carvalho 13:41.91 Arsène Guillorel 13:50.47 Yann Schrub 13:56.12
110 m hurdles Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 13.33 Garfield Darien 13.35 Simon Krauss 13.68
400 m hurdles Ludvy Vaillant 49.04 Muhamad Kounta 49.41 PB Victor Coroller 49.88
3000 m s'chase[7] Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:33.59 Djilali Bedrani 8:35.27 Yoann Kowal 8:35.71
5000 m walk Gabriel Bordier 19:38.19 Keny Guinaudeau 20:41.88 PB Antonin Boyez 21:24.17
High jump[8] Mickaël Hanany 2.19 m Quentin Aboukir 2.16 m PB Clément Gicquel 2.16 m
Pole vault Renaud Lavillenie 5.80 m Axel Chapelle 5.50 m Baptiste Boirie 5.50 m
Long jump Kafétien Gomis 8.13 m Guillaume Victorin 8.00 m PB Jean-Pierre Bertrand 7.96 m
Triple jump[9] Harold Correa 17.05 m Kevin Luron 16.97 m Yoann Rapinier 16.74 m
Shot put Frédéric Dagée 20.01 m Willy Vicaut 18.16 m Antoine Duponchel 17.70 m
Discus throw Lolassonn Djouhan 59.84 m Jordan Guehaseim 55.22 m Benoît Lallican 52.08 m
Hammer throw Quentin Bigot 74.23 m Yann Chaussinand 67.46 m Frédérick Pouzy 66.91 m
Javelin throw[10] Jérémy Nicollin 73.86 m Lukas Moutarde 69.40 m Victor Vernede 69.24 m
Decathlon Ruben Gado 8126 pts PB Axel Hubert 7683 pts Damien Berthenet 7573 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Carolle Zahi 11.01 PB Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue 11.06 PB Orphée Néola 11.15 PB
200 metres Carolle Zahi 22.92 Amandine Brossier 23.13 Jennifer Galais 23.27
400 metres Floria Gueï 51.52 Elea-Mariama Diarra 52.27 Déborah Sananes 52.37
800 metres Rénelle Lamote 2:00.37 Cynthia Anaïs 2:00.60 PB Claudia Sanders 2:01.07
1500 metres Élodie Normand 4:16.20 Lucie Lerebourg 4:20.00 Alice Finot 4:23.50
5000 metres[11] Liv Westphal 16:02.04 Mathilde Sénéchal 16:06.42 Emily de la Bruyère 16:15.39
100 m hurdles Awa Sene 13.04 Laura Valette 13.10 Rosvitha Okou 13.20
400 m hurdles[12] Aurélie Chaboudez 56.62 Anaïs Lufutucu 56.95 PB Maëva Contion 57.48
3000 m s'chase Ophélie Claude-Boxberger 9:48.21 Emma Oudiou 9:59.22 Marie Bouchard 10:10.63
5000 m walk Clémence Beretta 22:05.25 Émilie Menuet 22:36.24 Marine Quennehen 22:49.97 PB
High jump Prisca Duvernay 1.85 m Solène Gicquel 1.83 m Laura Salin-Eyike 1.81 m
Pole vault Ninon Guillon-Romarin 4.73 m NR Marion Lotout 4.45 m Marion Buisson 4.40 m
Long jump[13] Rougui Sow 6.49 m Daniella Sacama-Isidore 6.32 m Anne-Suzanna Fosther-Katta 6.28 m
Triple jump Jeanine Assani Issouf 14.43 m PB Yanis David 14.14 m Rouguy Diallo 13.97 m
Shot put Jessica Cérival 16.70 m Caroline Métayer 16.29 m PB Rose Sharon Pierre Louis 15.68 m
Discus throw Pauline Pousse 58.09 m Mélanie Pingeon 55.61 m Marie-Francine Mvoto Abeng 54.79 m PB
Hammer throw Alexandra Tavernier 73.72 m Audrey Ciofani 68.57 m Camille Sainte-Luce 67.48 m
Javelin throw Alexie Alaïs 59.54 m Evelina Mendes 55.14 m PB Mathilde Andraud 53.74 m
Heptathlon Esther Turpin 6100 pts Diane Marie-Hardy 6015 pts Cassandre Aguessy 5837 pts

References

  1. ^ Guillon, Quentin (2018-07-08). Lavillenie takes eighth pole vault title while Guillon-Romarin breaks national record at French Championships. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  2. ^ Two guest athletes were fastest in the men's 100 m Ivorian Arthur Cissé (10.04) and Iranian Hassan Taftian (10.09)
  3. ^ Congolese athlete Gilles-Anthony Afoumba placed second in the men's 400 m
  4. ^ Kenyan Sammy Kirongo (1:46.21) won the men's 800 m as a guest runner
  5. ^ Kenyan Sammy Kirongo and Moroccan Rabii Doukkana placed second and third in the men's 1500 m
  6. ^ Morocco's Azeddine Habz placed third in the men's 5000 m
  7. ^ Hicham Sigueni of Morocco placed third in the men's 3000 m steeplechase
  8. ^ Kenya's Matthew Sawe (2.22 m) won the men's high jump
  9. ^ Burkinabé Hugues Fabrice Zango (16.88 m) came third in the men's triple jump
  10. ^ Albert Reynolds of Saint Lucia won the men's javelin, Dutchman Daniel Meyer was third and Swiss Laurent Carron came fourth
  11. ^ Kenya's Nelly Ngeiywo won the women's 5000 m in 15:37.17
  12. ^ Portia Bing of New Zealand placed second in the women's 400 m hurdles
  13. ^ Saint Lucia's Sandisha Antoine was runner-up in the women's long jump, and Congo's Marie Mbuya Mala was fourth
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