1979 African Championships in Athletics

The 1979 African Championships in Athletics were held in the ^[1] in Dakar, Senegal, between 2 and 5 August. There were a total number of 251 competitors from 24 countries, with 23 men's and 16 women's events.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.3 m/s)	Ernest Obeng Ghana	10.54	Théophile Nkounkou Congo	10.63	Edward Ofili Nigeria	10.66
200 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Edward Ofili Nigeria	20.90	Georges Kablan Degnan Côte d'Ivoire	21.14	Emmanuel Bitanga Cameroon	21.18
400 metres	El Kashief Hassan Sudan	45.34	James Atuti Kenya	45.95	Billy Konchellah Kenya	46.28
800 metres	James Maina Kenya	1:48.8a	Omer Khalifa Sudan	1:49.3a	Mehdi Aidet Algeria	1:49.8a
1500 metres	Mike Boit Kenya	3:39.9a	Abderrahmane Morceli Algeria	3:40.1a	Mehdi Aidet Algeria	3:40.5a
5000 metres	Miruts Yifter Ethiopia	14:14.0a	Yohannes Mohamed Ethiopia	14:14.2a	Kip Rono Kenya	14:18.0a
10000 metres	Miruts Yifter Ethiopia	29:08.0a	Yohannes Mohamed Ethiopia	29:10.0a	Rachid Habchaoui Algeria	29:28.9a
Marathon	Kebede Balcha Ethiopia	2:29:53	Gidamis Shahanga Tanzania	2:36:46	Rwanda	2:54:28
3000 metre steeplechase	Kip Rono Kenya	8:30.9a	Eshetu Tura Ethiopia	8:31.4a	Yohannes Mohamed Ethiopia	8:39.4a
110 metres hurdles (wind: +2.2 m/s)	Godwin Obasogie Nigeria	13.76w	Kenya	13.81w	Nigeria	14.03w
400 metres hurdles	Daniel Kimaiyo Kenya	50.05	Kenya	51.06	Nigeria	51.23
4 × 100 metres relay	Côte d'Ivoire ? ? ? Georges Kablan Degnan	39.80	Senegal	41.60	Tanzania	41.71
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya ? ? James Atuti Billy Konchellah	3:08.2a	Nigeria	3:10.2a	Senegal	3:11.5a
10,000 metre track walk	Benamar Kachkouche Algeria	48:50.8a	Ethiopia	50:45.6a	Kenya	55:45.2a
High jump	Othmane Belfaa Algeria	2.15	Algeria	2.13	Moussa Sagna Fall Senegal	2.05
Pole vault	Algeria	4.70	Côte d'Ivoire	4.60	Algeria	4.50
Long jump	Ajayi Agbebaku Nigeria	7.94	Kayode Elegbede Nigeria	7.89	Nigeria	7.78
Triple jump	Ajayi Agbebaku Nigeria	16.82w	Senegal	16.42w	Nigeria	16.25w
Shot put	Youssef Nagui Asaad Egypt	20.32	Morocco	15.80	Tunisia	14.42
Discus throw	Tunisia	54.60	Mohamed Naguib Hamed Egypt	54.40	Nigeria	53.10
Hammer throw	Algeria	56.02	Tunisia	53.84	Hisham Fouad Greiss Egypt	49.10
Javelin throw	Jacques Ayé Abehi Côte d'Ivoire	76.74	Zakayo Malekwa Tanzania	76.06	Tunisia	75.20
Decathlon	Algeria	7148	Nigeria	7043	Senegal	6741

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +2.2 m/s)	Oguzoeme Nsenu Nigeria	11.53w	Hannah Afriyie Ghana	11.56w	Nzaeli Kyomo Tanzania	11.59w
200 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s)	Hannah Afriyie Ghana	23.81	Nzaeli Kyomo Tanzania	24.48	Ruth Waithera Kenya	24.66
400 metres	Grace Bakari Ghana	53.33	Marième Boye Senegal	54.52	Mary Chemweno Kenya	55.41
800 metres	Mary Chemweno Kenya	2:08.4a	Rose Tata Kenya	2:10.9a	Ethiopia	2:11.9a
1500 metres	Sakina Boutamine Algeria	4:23.6a	Kenya	4:25.0a	Hassania Darami Morocco	4:26.5a
3000 metres	Sakina Boutamine Algeria	9:31.1a	Kenya	9:32.1a	Hassania Darami Morocco	9:39.7a
100 metres hurdles (wind: -1.1 m/s)	Judy Bell-Gam Nigeria	14.13	Bella Bell-Gam Nigeria	14.36	Fatima El Faquir Morocco	14.52
400 metres hurdles	Fatima El Faquir Morocco	59.73	Rose Tata Kenya	59.85	Ruth Kyalisima Uganda	60.41
4 × 100 metres relay	Ghana	45.63	Nigeria	46.45	Senegal	50.23
4 × 400 metres relay	Ghana	3:41.8a	Kenya	3:46.1a	Nigeria	3:54.9a
High jump	Tunisia	1.69	Nigeria	1.69	Gabon	1.63
Long jump	Bella Bell-Gam Nigeria	6.24	Nigeria	6.18	Jeanette Yawson Ghana	6.04
Shot put	Odette Mistoul Gabon	13.45	Grace Apiafi Nigeria	13.24	Uganda	12.95
Discus throw	Zoubida Laayouni Morocco	46.18	Tunisia	45.18	Uganda	43.04
Javelin throw	Agnès Tchuinté Cameroon	50.20	Kenya	49.98	Uganda	41.64
Pentathlon	Bella Bell-Gam Nigeria	3607	Nigeria	3524	Julie-Marie Gomis Senegal	3409

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	8	9	7	24
2	Algeria (ALG)	7	2	4	13
3	Kenya (KEN)	6	9	5	20
4	Ghana (GHA)	5	1	1	7
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	3	4	2	9
6	Tunisia (TUN)	2	2	2	6
7	Ivory Coast (CIV)	2	2	0	4
8	Morocco (MAR)	2	1	3	6
9	Egypt (EGY)	1	1	1	3
10	Sudan (SUD)	1	1	0	2
11	Cameroon (CMR)	1	0	1	2
11	Gabon (GAB)	1	0	1	2
13	Senegal (SEN)	0	3	5	8
14	Tanzania (TAN)	0	3	2	5
15	Congo (CGO)	0	1	0	1
16	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	4	4
17	Rwanda (RWA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 nations)		39	39	39	117

References[]

^ Oumar Ba (10 July 2004). "New track surface inaugurated at Senegalese Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

External links[]

Results – GBR Athletics

[wat-1] Oumar Ba (10 July 2004). "New track surface inaugurated at Senegalese Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

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