1995 African Junior Athletics Championships

The 1995 African Junior Athletics Championships was the second edition of the biennial, continental athletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger. It was held in Bouaké, Ivory Coast, from 20–22 July. A total of 36 events were contested, 19 by men and 17 by women.^[1]

of Ghana, the runner-up in the women's javelin throw, was determined to be male in 1999 following medical testing.^[2] It is not known whether the medals from this competition were reassigned as a result.

Medal Table[]

  *   Host nation (Ivory Coast)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	12	9	1	22
2	Kenya (KEN)	10	6	2	18
3	Ivory Coast (CIV)	3	1	8	12
4	Algeria (ALG)	3	1	5	9
5	Egypt (EGY)	3	0	2	5
6	Ghana (GHA)	2	7	5	14
7	Tunisia (TUN)	1	0	1	2
	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1	0	1	2
9	Togo (TOG)	1	0	0	1
10	Morocco (MAR)	0	5	6	11
11	Burkina Faso (BUR)	0	4	2	6
12	Botswana (BOT)	0	2	0	2
13	Zaire (ZAI)	0	1	0	1
14	Gambia (GAM)	0	0	1	1
	Mali (MLI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 NOCs)		36	36	35	107

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Ibrahim Meité (CIV)	10.32	Sunday Emmanuel (NGR)	10.42	Abu Duah (GHA)	10.67
200 metres	Ibrahim Meité (CIV)	20.76	Sunday Emmanuel (NGR)	20.98	Ahmed Douhou (CIV)	21.08
400 metres	(NGR)	47.91	Lulu Basinyi (BOT)	48.14	(GHA)	48.20
800 metres	Japheth Kimutai (KEN)	1:47.67	(MAR)	1:48.79	(KEN)	1:50.32
1500 metres	Japheth Kimutai (KEN)	3:49.78	(MAR)	3:52.44	(KEN)	3:54.10
5000 metres	(KEN)	14:15.12	Mark Bett (KEN)	14:15.38	Mohammed Amyn (MAR)	14:15.49
10,000 metres	(KEN)	29:43.05	Mark Bett (KEN)	29:44.08	(MAR)	30:34.80
110 metres hurdles	(NGR)	14.58	(ZAI)	14.88	(CIV)	16.18
400 metres hurdles	Osita Okeagu (NGR)	51.83	(MAR)	52.60	(MAR)	52.77
3000 metres steeplechase	(KEN)	9:05.83	Mark Bett (KEN)	9:08.82	Laïd Bessou (ALG)	9:20.30
4×100 m relay	Ivory Coast (CIV) Yves Sonan Ahmed Douhou Ibrahim Meité	39.51	Ghana (GHA)	39.99	Nigeria (NGR)	40.51
4×400 m relay	Nigeria (NGR) Osita Okeagu Oluwasegun	3:12.79	Botswana (BOT)	3:14.03	Ivory Coast (CIV)	3:16.76
High jump	Abderrahmane Hammad (ALG)	2.12 m	Olivier Sanou (BUR)	2.09 m	(MLI)	2.06 m
Pole vault	(ALG)	4.60 m	Adjei Mensah (GHA)	4.10 m	Only two athletes cleared a height
Long jump	Téko Folligan (TOG)	7.55 m	Mehdi El-Ghazouani (MAR)	7.24 m	(GAM)	7.17 m
Triple jump	Kenneth Andam (GHA)	15.63 m	Olivier Sanou (BUR)	15.56 m	(ALG)	15.54 m
Shot put	(EGY)	14.87 m	(NGR)	14.77 m	(GHA)	14.17 m
Discus throw	(EGY)	48.34 m	(NGR)	47.04 m	(TUN)	45.88 m
Javelin throw	(ZIM)	62.08 m	(GHA)	55.52 m	(EGY)	53.24 m

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Mercy Nku (NGR)	11.38	Gloria Kemasuode (NGR)	11.94	(ALG)	12.00
200 metres	Mercy Nku (NGR)	23.63	Vida Nsiah (GHA)	24.24	(GHA)	24.53
400 metres	Florence Ekpo-Umoh (NGR)	54.48	(GHA)	56.40	Nahida Touhami (ALG)	57.43
800 metres	Nancy Jebet Langat (KEN)	2:11.69	(NGR)	2:14.60	(CIV)	2:15.62
1500 metres	Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (KEN)	4:20.46	Nancy Langat (KEN)	4:23.35	Bouchra Ben Thami (MAR)	4:25.68
3000 metres	Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (KEN)	9:15.68	Joan Jepkorir Aiyabei (KEN)	9:29.94	Bouchra Ben Thami (MAR)	9:44.14
10,000 metres	Joan Jepkorir Aiyabei (KEN)	34:40.61	(KEN)	35:21.53	(ZIM)	38:11.34
100 metres hurdles	Vida Nsiah (GHA)	13.77	Glory Alozie (NGR)	14.21	(ALG)	15.08
400 metres hurdles	(KEN)	62.54	Zahra Lachgar (MAR)	63.16	(BUR)	63.18
4×100 m relay	Nigeria (NGR)	45.91	Ghana (GHA)	46.40	Ivory Coast (CIV)	48.31
4×400 m relay	Nigeria (NGR)	3:47.76	Algeria (ALG)	3:50.94	Ivory Coast (CIV)	3:56.69
High jump	(NGR)	1.73 m	Irène Tiéndrebeogo (BUR)	1.73 m	(CIV)	1.65 m
Long jump	Chinedu Odozor (NGR)	5.92 m	Gloria Kemasuode (NGR)	5.80 m	Vida Nsiah (GHA)	5.76 m
Triple jump	Baya Rahouli (ALG)	13.09 m	Chantal Ouoba (BUR)	11.99 m	Adélaïde Koudougnon (CIV)	11.93 m
Shot put	(EGY)	13.13 m	(NGR)	12.10 m	(BUR)	11.82 m
Discus throw	(NGR)	36.96 m	(CIV)	33.86 m	(EGY)	31.56 m
Javelin throw	Aïda Sellam (TUN)	47.38 m	(GHA)	39.00 m	Zahra Lachgar (MAR)	38.92 m

References[]

Results

• African Junior Championships 1995. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.