1990 African Championships in Athletics

The 1990 African Championships in Athletics were held in Cairo, Egypt between 3 and 6 October.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Joseph Gikonyo  Kenya	10.28	Abdullahi Tetengi  Nigeria	10.36	Charles-Louis Seck  Senegal	10.38
200 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s)	Joseph Gikonyo  Kenya	20.89	Abdullahi Tetengi  Nigeria	21.01	Sunday Bada  Nigeria	21.05
400 metres	Samson Kitur  Kenya	45.15	David Kitur  Kenya	46.13	Sunday Bada  Nigeria	46.19
800 metres	William Tanui  Kenya	1:46.80	Robert Kibet  Kenya	1:47.15	Desta Asgedom  Ethiopia	1:47.38
1500 metres	Moses Kiptanui  Kenya	3:39.51	Abdelaziz Sahere  Morocco	3:39.53	David Kibet  Kenya	3:41.49
5000 metres	Ezequeil Bitok  Kenya	13:33.30	Andrew Sambu  Tanzania	13:33.90	Mohamed Issangar  Morocco	13:34.37
10000 metres	Khalid Skah  Morocco	28:31.10	Andrew Sambu  Tanzania	28:31.50	Addis Abebe  Ethiopia	28:34.40
Marathon	Tesfaye Tafa  Ethiopia	2:33:38	Belaye Wolashe  Ethiopia	2:37:17	Negash Dube  Ethiopia	2:49:42
3000 metre steeplechase	Abdelaziz Sahere  Morocco	8:33.58	William Mutwol  Kenya	8:34.03	Bizuneh Yai Tura  Ethiopia	8:56.14
110 metre hurdles (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Moses Oyiki Orode  Nigeria	14.26	Gideon Yego  Kenya	14.39	Judex Lefou  Mauritius	14.42
400 metre hurdles	Hamidou Mbaye  Senegal	51.10	Ahmed Abdel Halim Ghanem  Egypt	51.16	Judex Lefou  Mauritius	51.41
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria  Nigeria Nnamdi Anusim Abdullah Tetengi Michael Monye Ebiyo Pupre	39.85	Senegal  Senegal Joseph Diaz Amadou M'Baye Charles-Louis Seck Mamadou Dione	40.05	Ivory Coast  Ivory Coast Gilles Bogui Ouattara Lagazane Jean-Olivier Zirignon Hyacinthe Kamelan	40.24
4 × 400 metres relay	Nigeria  Nigeria Omokaro Alohan Hassan Bosso Abu Danjuma Sunday Bada	3:04.77	Morocco  Morocco Abdelali Kasbane Benyounés Lahlou Ali Dahhane Abdelkader El Boukhari	3:05.89	Kenya  Kenya	3:06.88
20 kilometre road walk	Shemsu Hassan  Ethiopia	1:29:31	Abdelwahab Ferguène  Algeria	1:31:00	Andrew Eyapan  Kenya	1:32:24
High jump	Othmane Belfaa  Algeria	2.16	Samson Kebenei  Kenya	2.13	Khemraj Naiko  Mauritius	2.09
Pole vault	Ali Ziouani  Morocco	4.90	Kersley Gardenne  Mauritius	4.70	Sid Ali Sabour  Algeria	4.40
Long jump	Ayodele Aladefa  Nigeria	7.92	Badara Mbengue  Senegal	7.90	Amos Rutere  Kenya	7.55
Triple jump	Toussaint Rabenala  Madagascar	16.61	James Sabulei  Kenya	16.06	Papa Ladji Konaté  Senegal	15.81
Shot put	Robert Welikhe  Kenya	17.57	Ahmed Kamel Shata  Egypt	17.36	Mohamed Ismail Muslem  Egypt	16.50
Discus throw	Hassan Ahmed Hamad  Egypt	55.80	Dhia Kamel Ahmed  Egypt	52.74	Ikechukwu Chika  Nigeria	52.50
Hammer throw	Sherif Farouk El Hennawi  Egypt	69.60	Hassan Chahine  Morocco	66.98	Hakim Toumi  Algeria	66.34
Javelin throw	Fidèle Rakotonirina  Madagascar	69.50	Pius Bazighe  Nigeria	68.80	Justin Arop  Uganda	67.76
Decathlon	Abdennacer Moumen  Morocco	6983	Tommy Ozono  Nigeria	6869	Mourad Mahour Bacha  Algeria	6802

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.6 m/s)	Onyinye Chikezie  Nigeria	11.56	Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria	11.63	Mary Tombiri  Nigeria	11.74
200 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s)	Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria	23.19	Emily Odoemenam  Nigeria	23.59	Helena Amoako  Ghana	24.36
400 metres	Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria	50.85	Charity Opara  Nigeria	51.68	Emily Odoemenam  Nigeria	53.3
800 metres	Maria de Lurdes Mutola  Mozambique	2:13.54	Edith Nakiyingi  Uganda	2:14.00	Zewde Haile Mariam  Ethiopia	2:15.14
1500 metres	Maria de Lurdes Mutola  Mozambique	4:25.27	Edith Nakiyingi  Uganda	4:25.34	Margaret Ngotho  Kenya	4:27.14
3000 metres	Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia	9:11.21	Luchia Yishak  Ethiopia	9:15.99	Margaret Ngotho  Kenya	9:16.41
10,000 metres	Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia	33:37.82	Jane Ngotho  Kenya	33:39.26	Tigist Moreda  Ethiopia	34:24.67
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.6 m/s)	Dinah Yankey  Ghana	13.55	Nezha Bidouane  Morocco	13.70	Mosun Adesina  Nigeria	13.85
400 metres hurdles	Nezha Bidouane  Morocco	57.17	Omolade Akinremi  Nigeria	57.97	Omotayo Akinremi  Nigeria	58.83
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria  Nigeria Chioma Ajunwa Onyinye Chikezie Mary Tombiri Fatima Yusuf	45.06	Ghana  Ghana Philomena Mensah Cynthia Quartey Dinah Yankey Helen Amoako	45.87	Egypt  Egypt Karima Meskin Saad Wafa Bashir Huda Hashem Ismail Muna Mohamed Mansour	46.79
4 × 400 metres relay	Nigeria  Nigeria Omolade Akinremi Omotayo Akinremi Charity Opara Fatima Yusuf	3:40.04	Kenya  Kenya Rose Tata-Muya Ruth Onsarigo Isabella Mushilla Selina Tanui	3:45.99	Mauritius  Mauritius Christine Duverge Sheila Seebaluck Jane Thondojee Gilliane Quirin	3:46.94
5000 metre track walk	Agnetha Chelimo  Kenya	25:45.20	Méryem Kouch  Morocco	26:36.70	Amani Mohamed Adel  Egypt	27:11.60
High jump	Lucienne N'Da  Ivory Coast	1.80	Stella Agbaegbu  Nigeria	1.77	Ifeanyi Aduba  Nigeria	1.68
Long jump	Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria	6.13	Stella Emefesi  Nigeria	5.79	Nagwa Abd El Hay Riad  Egypt	5.71
Shot put	Hanan Ahmed Khaled  Egypt	15.21	Elizabeth Olaba  Kenya	14.26	Fouzia Fatihi  Morocco	14.12
Discus throw	Zoubida Laayouni  Morocco	53.10	Hanan Ahmed Khaled  Egypt	49.90	Elizabeth Olaba  Kenya	45.04
Javelin throw	Seraphina Nyauma  Kenya	46.82	Matilda Kisava  Tanzania	46.44	Kate Nwani  Nigeria	45.44
Heptathlon	Albertine Koutouan  Ivory Coast	5065	Huda Hashem Ismail  Egypt	4716	Marie-Lourdes Ally Samba  Mauritius	4501

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	10	10	9	29
2	Kenya (KEN)	9	9	7	25
3	Morocco (MAR)	6	5	2	13
4	Ethiopia (ETH)	4	2	6	12
5	Egypt (EGY)	3	5	4	12
6	Ivory Coast (CIV)	2	0	1	3
7	Madagascar (MAD)	2	0	0	2
	Mozambique (MOZ)	2	0	0	2
9	Senegal (SEN)	1	2	2	5
10	Algeria (ALG)	1	1	3	5
11	Ghana (GHA)	1	1	1	3
12	Tanzania (TAN)	0	3	0	3
13	Uganda (UGA)	0	2	1	3
14	Mauritius (MRI)	0	1	5	6
Totals (14 entries)		41	41	41	123

See also

• 1990 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Results – GBR Athletics