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	39.85	Senegal Senegal	40.05	Ivory Coast Ivory Coast	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	45.06	Ghana Ghana	45.87	Egypt Egypt Karima Meskin Saad Wafa Bashir Huda Hashem Ismail Muna Mohamed Mansour	46.79
4 × 400 metres relay	Nigeria Nigeria ? ? Charity Opara ?	3:40.04	Kenya Kenya	3:45.99	Mauritius Mauritius	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