1998 African Championships in Athletics

1998 African Championships
Host stadium in Dakar
Dates	18–22 August
Host city	Dakar, Senegal
Venue	Stade Léopold Senghor
Events	42
Participation	395 athletes from 39 nations
← 1996 Yaoundé 2000 Algiers →

The 11th African Championships in Athletics were held in Dakar, Senegal, from August 18 to August 22 at the Stade Léopold Senghor.

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Seun Ogunkoya Nigeria	9.94 CR	Frankie Fredericks Namibia	9.97	Leonard Myles-Mills Ghana	10.10
200 m (wind: +0.6 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks Namibia	19.99 CR	Sunday Emmanuel Nigeria	20.45	Oumar Loum Senegal	20.59
400 m	Clement Chukwu Nigeria	44.65 CR	Davis Kamoga Uganda	44.79	Ibrahima Wade Senegal	45.05
800 m	Japheth Kimutai Kenya	1:45.82	Patrick Ndururi Kenya	1:45.85	Djabir Saïd-Guerni Algeria	1:46.31
1500 m	Laban Rotich Kenya	3:45.03	Adil Kaouch Morocco	3:47.34	Ali Saïdi Sief Algeria	3:47.89
3000 m	Tom Nyariki Kenya	8:03.75	Brahim Lahlafi Morocco	8:05.00	Fita Bayissa Ethiopia	8:05.16
5000 m	Daniel Komen Kenya	13:35.70	Hailu Mekonnen Ethiopia	13:38.19	William Kalya Kenya	13:39.17
3000 m st.	Bernard Barmasai Kenya	8:11.74 CR	Richard Limo Kenya	8:20.67	Brahim Boulami Morocco	8:29.52
110 m H (wind: +0.5 m/s)	Shaun Bownes South Africa	13.72	William Erese Nigeria	13.92	Doudou Félou Sow Senegal	14.57
400 m H	Samuel Matete Zambia	48.58	Ken Harnden Zimbabwe	49.39	Ibou Faye Senegal	49.59
4 x 100 m	Ivory Coast Eric Pacome N'Dri Jean-Olivier Zirignon Ahmed Douhou Ibrahim Meité	38.76	Nigeria Ejiogou Okechukwu Tunde Suleiman Paul Egonye Sunday Emmanuel	38.88	Cameroon	39.61
4 x 400 m	Senegal Ousmane Niang Ibou Faye Hachim Ndiaye Ibrahima Wade	3:04.20	Zimbabwe	3:04.47	Nigeria Tony Ogbeta Musa Audu Fidelis Gadzama Nduka Awazie	3:05.18
20 km Walk	Hatem Ghoula Tunisia	1:31:28	Moussa Aouanouk Algeria	1:32:18	Getachew Demisse Ethiopia	1:34:19
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Abderrahmane Hammad Algeria	2.21	Khemraj Naiko Mauritius	2.18	Gavin Lendis South Africa	2.15
Long jump	Hatem Mersal Egypt	8.13	Anis Gallali Tunisia	8.01	Mark Anthony Awere Ghana	7.77
Pole vault	Okkert Brits South Africa	5.40 =CR	Kersley Gardenne Mauritius	5.20	Mohamed Bédoui Tunisia	4.80
Triple jump	Andrew Owusu Ghana	17.23 CR	Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa Zimbabwe	17.19	Oluyemi Sule Nigeria	16.37
Shot put	Burger Lambrechts South Africa	19.78	Dhia Kamel Ahmed Egypt	17.61	Quentin Soné Ehawa Cameroon	15.51
Discus	Frantz Kruger South Africa	62.17	Frits Potgieter South Africa	60.50	Mickael Conjungo Central African Republic	57.52
Javelin	Marius Corbett South Africa	79.82	Khaled Es Sayed Yassin Egypt	72.84	Bouna Diop Senegal	72.66
Hammer	Chris Harmse South Africa	72.11 CR	Hakim Toumi Algeria	69.36	Samir Haouam Algeria	68.79
Decathlon	Rédouane Youcef Algeria	7352 points	Mohamed Benyahia Algeria	7093 points	Issam Abdelatif Saber Egypt	6420 points
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (wind: -1.1 m/s)	Mary Onyali Nigeria	11.05 CR	Endurance Ojokolo Nigeria	11.08	Rose Aboaje Nigeria	11.31
200 m (wind: -1.1 m/s)	Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria	22.22 CR	Rose Aboaje Nigeria	22.83	Heide Seyerling South Africa	22.89
400 m	Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria	50.07 CR	Charity Opara Nigeria	50.13	Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy Madagascar	52.11
800 m	Maria de Lurdes Mutola Mozambique	1:57.95	Hasna Benhassi Morocco	2:01.24	Julia Sakara Zimbabwe	2:01.55
1500 m	Jackline Maranga Kenya	4:11.75 CR	Julia Sakara Zimbabwe	4:13.64	Bouchra Benthami Morocco	4:17.83
3000 m	Zahra Ouaziz Morocco	8:53.75	Genet Gebregiorgis Ethiopia	9:13.47	Yemenashu Taye Ethiopia	9:13.59
5000 m	Berhane Adere Ethiopia	15:54.31 CR	Sally Barsosio Kenya	15:59.12	Merima Denboba Ethiopia	16:11.16
100 m H (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Glory Alozie Nigeria	12.77 CR	Mame Tacko Diouf Senegal	13.08	Corien Botha South Africa	13.25
400 m H	Nezha Bidouane Morocco	54.24 CR	Mame Tacko Diouf Senegal	55.06	Saidat Onanuga Nigeria	56.84
4 x 100 m	Nigeria ? ? Endurance Ojokolo ?	43.75	Madagascar	43.78	Ghana	43.89
4 x 400 m	Nigeria Folashade Ogundemi Rosemary Okafor Doris Jacob Falilat Ogunkoya	3:31.07 CR	Senegal	3:31.07	Cameroon	3:33.85
5000 m walk	Nagwa Ibrahim Ali Egypt	24:28.42	Dounia Kara Algeria	25:17.17	Anne-Hortense Ebéna Cameroon	25:33.11
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Hestrie Storbeck South Africa	1.92	Irène Tiendrébéogo Burkina Faso	1.84	Nkechinyere Mbaoma Nigeria	1.75
Long jump	Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria	6.78 =CR	Chinedu Odozor Nigeria	6.45	Baya Rahouli Algeria	6.36
Triple jump	Baya Rahouli Algeria	13.96 CR	Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon	13.80	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	13.30
Shot put	Veronica Abrahamse South Africa	15.07	Amel Ben Khaled Tunisia	14.83	Hanan Ahmed Khaled Egypt	14.68
Discus	Elizna Naudé South Africa	50.28	Caroline Fournier Mauritius	50.28	Hanan Ahmed Khaled Egypt	42.82
Hammer	Caroline Fournier Mauritius	54.29	Marwa Ahmed Hussein Egypt	47.55	Djida Yalloulène Algeria	47.43
Javelin (old type)	Lindy Leveaux Seychelles	47.56	Bernadette Ravina Mauritius	46.79	Monique Djikada Cameroon	45.61
Heptathlon	Patience Itanyi Nigeria	5376 points	Mary Dolly Zé Oyono Cameroon	5211 points	Paulette Mendy Senegal	4716 points
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	10	7	5	22
2	South Africa (RSA)	9	1	3	13
3	Kenya (KEN)	6	3	1	10
4	Algeria (ALG)	3	4	5	12
5	Egypt (EGY)	2	3	3	8
6	Morocco (MAR)	2	3	2	7
7	Mauritius (MRI)	1	4	0	5
8	Senegal (SEN)	1	3	7	11
9	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	2	4	7
10	Tunisia (TUN)	1	2	1	4
11	Namibia (NAM)	1	1	0	2
12	Ghana (GHA)	1	0	3	4
13	Ivory Coast (CIV)	1	0	0	1
	Mozambique (MOZ)	1	0	0	1
	Seychelles (SEY)	1	0	0	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	1	0	0	1
17	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	4	1	5
18	Cameroon (CMR)	0	2	5	7
19	Madagascar (MAD)	0	1	1	2
20	Burkina Faso (BFA)	0	1	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	0	1
22	Central African Republic (CAF)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		42	42	42	126

See also

• 1998 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Results - GBR Athletics