1984 African Badminton Championships

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1984 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
DatesAugust 1984
Edition4th
Location Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
1982 1988

The 1984 African Badminton Championships was a continental stage tournament to crown the best badminton squads and players in Africa. The tournament took place in August 1984 at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This edition of the championships introduced five new events, which were the individual events. The tournament was initially scheduled to be held in May. [1]

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Simon Gondwe of Zambia won the gold medal in the men's singles title after defeating Firoz of Tanzania. [2] In the women's singles event, Indira Bhikha became the first Mozambican to win gold in the African championships. [3]

Background

Originally, ten countries planned to participate in the tournament, these countries were Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Seychelles, and hosts Tanzania. The participating countries were later reduced. Malawi, Lesotho, Madagascar and Swaziland also planned to send players to the championships but later declined participation. [4] Nigeria withdrew from the tournament. [5]

Medalists

Individual events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Simon Gondwe Flag of Tanzania.svg Firoz Din Flag of Tanzania.svg Mukesh Shah
Flag of Mozambique.svg Luis Antonio Timm
Women's singles Flag of Mozambique.svg Indira Bhikha Flag of Tanzania.svg Nasra Juma Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Josephine Chipepo
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Mary Mukangwa
Men's doubles Flag of Tanzania.svg Firoz Din
Flag of Tanzania.svg Mukesh Shah
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Raj Patel
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Shailesh Patel
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Simon Gondwe
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Abraham Mutale
Flag of Mozambique.svg Sozinho Guerra
Flag of Mozambique.svg Luis Antonio Timm
Women's doubles Flag of Mozambique.svg Indira Bhikha
Flag of Mozambique.svg Eline Coelho
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Josephine Chipepo
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Mary Mukangwa
Flag of Tanzania.svg Nasra Juma
Flag of Tanzania.svg Sharifa Juma
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Priscilla Mutambirwa
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Madhavi Tijoriwala
Mixed doubles Flag of Mozambique.svg Sozinho Guerra
Flag of Mozambique.svg Indira Bhikha
Flag of Tanzania.svg Mukesh Shah
Flag of Tanzania.svg Nasra Juma
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Abraham Mutale
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Josephine Chipepo
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Simon Gondwe
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Mary Mukangwa

Team events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's teamFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Women's teamFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia
Mixed teamFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia
Junior mixed teamFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Tanzania)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 6039
2Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania*26210
3Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 13913
Totals (3 entries)991432

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