Athletics at the West African Games

The athletics competition at the West African Games was held from 27 August – 3 September 1977 at the National Stadium, Lagos in Lagos, Nigeria. A total 34 events were contested, 21 for men and 13 for women

Medal summary[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Amadou Meïté (CIV)	10.59	Ohene Karikari (GHA)	10.59	Albert Lomotey (GHA)	10.65
200 metres	Georges Kablan Degnan (CIV)	21.18	Amadou Meïté (CIV)	21.25	Samson Oyeledun (NGR)	21.40
400 metres	Felix Imadiyi (NGR)	45.60	(NGR)	46.89	(NGR)	47.35
800 metres	(NGR)	1:49.2a	William Amakye (GHA)	1:50.3a	Hope Ezeigbo (NGR)	1:50.8a
1500 metres	(NGR)	3:51.88	(GHA)	3:54.0a	(SEN)	3:54.4a
5000 metres	(NGR)	14:55.0a	(NGR)	14:58.5a	Cheikh Dieng (SEN)	15:11.6a
10,000 metres	(GHA)	31:07.2a	(NGR)	31:28.7a	(SEN)	31:39.3a
Marathon	(NGR)	2:39:19	Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita (SLE)	2:53:08	(NGR)	2:53:57
110 m hurdles	Godwin Obasogie (NGR)	13.97	Abdoulaye Sarr (SEN)	14.48	(NGR)	14.65
400 m hurdles	(NGR)	50.80	(NGR)	51.01	(GHA)	52.18
3000 metres Steeplechase	(NGR)	9:21.76	Cheikh Dieng (SEN)	9:32.53	(NGR)	9:46.9a
High jump	(NGR)	2.07	Lamine Ndao (SEN)	2.02	(GHA)	2.02
Pole vault	(NGR)	4.42	(NGR)	4.30	(SEN)	4.20
Long jump	Charlton Ehizuelen (NGR)	7.92	(GHA)	7.73	Joshua Kio (NGR)	7.49
Triple jump	Charlton Ehizuelen (NGR)	16.55	(GHA)	16.04	Moise Pomaney (GHA)	15.80
Shot put	(NGR)	15.81	Christopher Okonkwo (NGR)	15.60	(GHA)	15.35
Discus throw	(NGR)	53.34	(CIV)	52.12	Ibrahima Guèye (SEN)	50.68
Hammer throw	(NGR)	46.56	(NGR)	45.28	(GHA)	41.64
Javelin throw	Jacques Ayé Abehi (CIV)	68.33	(CIV)	66.52	(GHA)	65.46
4 × 100 m relay	Nigeria	39.73	Ivory Coast	39.86	Ghana	39.92
4 × 400 m relay	Nigeria	3:07.87	Ghana	3:12.81	Ivory Coast	3:14.70

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(NGR)	11.72	Hannah Afriyie (GHA)	11.76	Rufina Ubah (NGR)	11.97
200 metres	Hannah Afriyie (GHA)	23.60	(NGR)	23.92	Grace Bakari (GHA)	24.28
400 metres	Grace Bakari (GHA)	53.92	Mary Akinyemi (NGR)	55.13	Kehinde Vaughan (NGR)	55.88
800 metres	(GHA)	2:08.83	(GHA)	2:10.5a	(NGR)	2:10.7a
1500 metres	Ndew Niang (SEN)	4:36.9a	(NGR)	4:37.4a	(NGR)	4:43.8a
100 m hurdles	Modupe Oshikoya (NGR)	13.93	Judy Bell-Gam (NGR)	14.30	(GHA)	14.38
High jump	(NGR)	1.63	(NGR)	1.63	(GHA)	1.60
Long jump	Modupe Oshikoya (NGR)	6.30	(GHA)	6.11	Janet Yawson (GHA)	5.95
Shot put	(NGR)	13.06	Nnenna Njoku (NGR)	12.99	Rose Hart (GHA)	12.81
Discus throw	Nnenna Njoku (NGR)	43.66	Rose Hart (GHA)	43.56	(NGR)	40.64
Javelin throw	Nnenna Njoku (NGR)	43.60	(NGR)	42.23	(GHA)	40.32
4 × 100 m relay	Ghana	45.13	Nigeria	45.29	Senegal	50.10
4 × 400 m relay	Ghana	3:41.51	Nigeria	3:42.26	Senegal	3:56.03