1984 African Badminton Championships

1984 African Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	August 1984
Edition	4th
Location	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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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]

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Simon Gondwe	Firoz Din	Mukesh Shah
			Luis Antonio Timm
Women's singles	Indira Bhikha	Nasra Juma	Josephine Chipepo
			Mary Mukangwa
Men's doubles	Firoz Din Mukesh Shah	Raj Patel Shailesh Patel	Simon Gondwe Abraham Mutale
			Sozinho Guerra Luis Antonio Timm
Women's doubles	Indira Bhikha Eline Coelho	Josephine Chipepo Mary Mukangwa	Nasra Juma Sharifa Juma
			Priscilla Mutambirwa Madhavi Tijoriwala
Mixed doubles	Sozinho Guerra Indira Bhikha	Mukesh Shah Nasra Juma	Abraham Mutale Josephine Chipepo
			Simon Gondwe Mary Mukangwa

Team events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	Tanzania	Zambia	Mozambique
Women's team	Mozambique	Tanzania	Zambia
Mixed team	Mozambique	Tanzania	Zambia
Junior mixed team	Mozambique	Tanzania	Zambia

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Tanzania)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mozambique	6	0	3	9
2	Tanzania*	2	6	2	10
3	Zambia	1	3	9	13
Totals (3 entries)		9	9	14	32

References

1. Scheele, H. A. E. (1984). World Badminton (PDF) (1st ed.). International Badminton Federation. p. 30. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
2. Walubita, Moses Sayela (2011-08-04). Zambia Sporting Score: A Period of Hits and Misses. iUniverse. ISBN   9781450279123.
3. Scheele, H. A. E. (1985). World Badminton (PDF) (1st ed.). International Badminton Federation. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
4. Talking Drums. Talking Drums. 1984.
5. Tejuoso, Dapo; Tejuoso, Adedapo Adewale (1989). The Ultimate Honour. Nelson Publishers. p. 208. ISBN   9789781261657.