1979 African Championships in Athletics

The 1979 African Championships in Athletics were held in the Stade Demba Diop in Dakar, Senegal. 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	Ernest Obeng Ghana	10.54	Théophile Nkounkou Congo	10.63	Edward Ofili Nigeria	10.66
200 metres	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	Ladislas Hakuzimana 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	Godwin Obasogie Nigeria	13.76w	Philip Sang Kenya	13.81w	Thomas Nnakwe Nigeria	14.03w
400 metres hurdles	Daniel Kimaiyo Kenya	50.05	Wilson Kibiego Kenya	51.06	Dennis Otono Nigeria	51.23
High jump	Othmane Belfaa Algeria	2.15	Hamid Sahil Algeria	2.13	Moussa Sagna Fall Senegal	2.05
Pole vault	Mohamed Bensaad Algeria	4.70	Loué Legbo Côte d'Ivoire	4.60	Ahmed Rezki Algeria	4.50
Long jump	Ajayi Agbebaku Nigeria	7.94	Kayode Elegbede Nigeria	7.89	Joseph Kio Nigeria	7.78
Triple jump	Ajayi Agbebaku Nigeria	16.82w	Abdoulaye Diallo Senegal	16.42w	Joseph Kio Nigeria	16.25w
Shot put	Youssef Nagui Asaad Egypt	20.32	Mohamed Fatihi Morocco	15.80	Abderrazak Ben Hassine Tunisia	14.42
Discus throw	Abderrazak Ben Hassine Tunisia	54.60	Mohamed Naguib Hamed Egypt	54.40	Harrison Salami Nigeria	53.10
Hammer throw	Abdellah Boubekeur Algeria	56.02	Youssef Ben Abid Tunisia	53.84	Hisham Fouad Greiss Egypt	49.10
Javelin throw	Jacques Ayé Abehi Côte d'Ivoire	76.74	Zakayo Malekwa Tanzania	76.06	Tarek Chaabani Tunisia	75.20
Decathlon	Mohamed Bensaad Algeria	7148	Ebewele Brown Nigeria	7043	Alioune Seck Senegal	6741
10000 metre track walk	Benamar Kachkouche Algeria	48:50.8a	Hunde Ture Ethiopia	50:45.6a	John Mutinda Kenya	55:45.2a
4 × 100 metres relay	Côte d'Ivoire	39.80	Senegal	41.60	Tanzania	41.71
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya	3:08.2a	Nigeria	3:10.2a	Senegal	3:11.5a

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Obuzoene Nsenu Nigeria	11.53w	Hannah Afriyie Ghana	11.56w	Nzaeli Kyomo Tanzania	11.59w
200 metres	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	Amsala Woldegebriel Ethiopia	2:11.9a
1500 metres	Sakina Boutamine Algeria	4:23.6a	Rose Thomson Kenya	4:25.0a	Hassania Darami Morocco	4:26.5a
3000 metres	Sakina Boutamine Algeria	9:31.1a	Rose Thomson Kenya	9:32.1a	Hassania Darami Morocco	9:39.7a
100 metres hurdles	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
High jump	Kawther Akrémi Tunisia	1.69	Elizabeth Ezo Nigeria	1.69	Fernande Agnentchoué Gabon	1.63
Long jump	Bella Bell-Gam Nigeria	6.24	Florence Ochonogor Nigeria	6.18	Jeanette Yawson Ghana	6.04
Shot put	Odette Mistoul Gabon	13.45	Grace Apiafi Nigeria	13.24	Joyce Aciro Uganda	12.95
Discus throw	Zoubida Laayouni Morocco	46.18	Fathia Jerbi Tunisia	45.18	Helen Alyek Uganda	43.04
Javelin throw	Agnès Tchuinté Cameroon	50.20	Eunice Nekesa Kenya	49.98	Constance Rwabiryagye Uganda	41.64
Pentathlon	Bella Bell-Gam Nigeria	3607	Florence Ochonogor Nigeria	3524	Julie-Marie Gomis Senegal	3409
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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria	8	9	7	24
2	Algeria	7	2	4	13
3	Kenya	6	9	5	20
4	Ghana	5	1	1	7
5	Ethiopia	3	4	2	9
6	Tunisia	2	2	2	6
7	Côte d'Ivoire	2	2	0	4
8	Morocco	2	1	3	6
9	Egypt	1	1	1	3
10	Sudan	1	1	0	2
11	Cameroon	1	0	1	2
	Gabon	1	0	1	2
13	Senegal	0	3	5	8
14	Tanzania	0	3	2	5
15	Congo	0	1	0	1
16	Uganda	0	0	4	4
17	Rwanda	0	0	1	1

External links

• Results – GBR Athletics