1989 African Championships in Athletics

1989 African Championships in Athletics
Dates	4–8 August
Host city	Lagos, Nigeria
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The 1989 African Championships in Athletics were held in Lagos, Nigeria between 4 and 8 August.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Amadou Mbagnick Mbaye   Senegal	10.60	Salaam Gariba   Ghana	10.64	Patrick Nwankwo   Nigeria	10.66
200 metres (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Olapade Adeniken   Nigeria	20.74	Davidson Ezinwa   Nigeria	20.82	Nelson Boateng   Ghana	20.84
400 metres	Gabriel Tiacoh   Ivory Coast	45.25	Simeon Kipkemboi   Kenya	46.29	Hachim Ndiaye   Senegal	46.69
800 metres	Nixon Kiprotich   Kenya	1:45.71	Joseph Chesire   Kenya	1:45.96	Babacar Niang   Senegal	1:46.09
1500 metres	Joseph Chesire   Kenya	3:39.43	Robert Kibet   Kenya	3:40.05	Nixon Kiprotich   Kenya	3:41.51
5000 metres	John Ngugi   Kenya	13:22.07	Addis Abebe   Ethiopia	13:35.09	Moses Tanui   Kenya	13:36.79
10,000 metres	Addis Abebe   Ethiopia	27:51.07	Moses Tanui   Kenya	28:22.90	Bedilu Kibret   Ethiopia	28:29.14
Marathon	Tsegaye Sengni   Ethiopia	2:26:26	Kebede Balcha   Ethiopia	2:26:35	Tekla Gebrselassie   Ethiopia	2:26:55
3000 metre steeplechase	Azzedine Brahmi   Algeria	8:31.29	Micah Boinett   Kenya	8:31.79	Boniface Merande   Kenya	8:35.35
110 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Ikechukwu Mbadugha   Nigeria	14.16	Noureddine Tadjine   Algeria	14.18	Akwasi Abrefa   Ghana	14.56
400 metres hurdles	Henry Amike   Nigeria	49.58	Hamidou Mbaye   Senegal	50.76	Saïd Aberkan   Morocco	50.84
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria	39.94	Kenya	40.78	Ivory Coast	40.91
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya	3:04.44	Nigeria	3:05.54	Senegal	3:08.18
20 kilometre road walk	Mohamed Bouhalla   Algeria	1:30:43	Abdelwahab Ferguène   Algeria	1:36:49	Bekele Lema   Ethiopia	1:45:25
High jump	Othmane Belfaa   Algeria	2.20	Abdenour Krim   Algeria	2.15	Boubacar Guèye   Senegal	2.10
Pole vault	Sami Si Mohamed   Algeria	4.90	Issam Ben Mohamed   Tunisia	4.80	Samir Agsous   Algeria	4.60
Long jump	Yusuf Alli   Nigeria	8.27	Ayodele Aladefa   Nigeria	7.89	Badara Mbengue   Senegal	7.88
Triple jump	Eugene Koranteng   Ghana	16.83	Toussaint Rabenala   Madagascar	16.80	Paul Nioze   Seychelles	16.74
Shot put	Robert Welikhe   Kenya	17.28	Chima Ugwu   Nigeria	16.76	Vincent Oghene   Nigeria	16.62
Discus throw	Hassan Ahmed Hamad   Egypt	53.44	Vincent Oghene   Nigeria	52.98	Ikechukwu Chika   Nigeria	50.70
Hammer throw	Hakim Toumi   Algeria	69.98	Hassan Chahine   Morocco	66.86	Djamel Zouiche   Algeria	63.52
Javelin throw	Pius Bazighe   Nigeria	68.96	Mongi Alimi   Tunisia	68.42	William Sang   Kenya	68.06
Decathlon	Mourad Mahour Bacha   Algeria	7080	Hatem Bachar   Tunisia	6757	Stanley Flowers   Zimbabwe	6519 (NR)

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Mary Onyali   Nigeria	11.22	Tina Iheagwam   Nigeria	11.28	Rufina Uba   Nigeria	11.47
200 metres (wind: -1.6 m/s)	Mary Onyali   Nigeria	23.00	Falilat Ogunkoya   Nigeria	23.74	Lalao Ravaonirina   Madagascar	23.94
400 metres	Falilat Ogunkoya   Nigeria	51.22	Fatima Yusuf   Nigeria	52.30	Airat Bakare   Nigeria	52.38
800 metres	Hassiba Boulmerka   Algeria	2:06.80	Zewde Haile Mariam   Ethiopia	2:08.20	Emebet Shiferaw   Ethiopia	2:09.30
1500 metres	Hassiba Boulmerka   Algeria	4:13.85	Hellen Kimaiyo   Kenya	4:16.42	Emebet Shiferaw   Ethiopia	4:20.81
3000 metres	Hellen Kimaiyo   Kenya	9:14.97	Jane Ngotho   Kenya	9:15.43	Luchia Yishak   Ethiopia	9:24.31
10,000 metres	Jane Ngotho   Kenya	33:05.60	Tigist Moreda   Ethiopia	34:05.58	Marcianne Mukamurenzi   Rwanda	34:09.48
100 metres hurdles	Dinah Yankey   Ghana	13.68	Hope Obika   Nigeria	13.80	Mosun Adesina   Nigeria	13.86
400 metres hurdles	Maria Usifo   Nigeria	55.45	Marie Womplou   Ivory Coast	57.57	Zewde Haile Mariam   Ethiopia	59.51
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria ? ? Beatrice Utondu ?	44.6	Ghana	45.4	Ivory Coast	46
4 × 400 metres relay	Nigeria Airat Bakare Falilat Ogunkoya Charity Opara Fatima Yusuf	3:33.12	Kenya	3:39.60	Ivory Coast	3:41.87
5000 metre track walk	Agnetha Chelimo   Kenya	26:36.18	Mercy Nyambura   Kenya	27:08.58
High jump	Lucienne N'Da   Ivory Coast	1.81	Nkechi Madubuko   Nigeria	1.78	Yasmina Azzizi   Algeria	1.78
Long jump	Chioma Ajunwa   Nigeria	6.53	Beatrice Utondu   Nigeria	6.20	Christy Opara   Nigeria	6.18
Shot put	Hanan Ahmed Khaled   Egypt	14.28	Mariam Nnodu   Nigeria	14.02	Ann Otutu   Nigeria	13.88
Discus throw	Zoubida Laayouni   Morocco	51.14	Hanan Ahmed Khaled   Egypt	50.32	Nabila Mouelhi   Tunisia	46.80
Javelin throw	Chinweoke Chikwelu   Nigeria	52.18	Milka Johnson   Kenya	50.32	Yasmina Azzizi   Algeria	48.16
Heptathlon	Yasmina Azzizi   Algeria	5957	Nacèra Zaaboub (Achir)   Algeria	5573	Chinweoke Chikwelu   Nigeria	5503

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria	14	12	9	35
2	Algeria	9	4	4	17
3	Kenya	8	11	4	23
4	Ethiopia	2	4	7	13
5	Ghana	2	2	2	6
6	Ivory Coast	2	1	3	6
7	Egypt	2	1	0	3
8	Senegal	1	1	5	7
9	Morocco	1	1	1	3
10	Tunisia	0	3	1	4
11	Madagascar	0	1	1	2
12	Rwanda	0	0	1	1
	Seychelles	0	0	1	1
	Zimbabwe	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		41	41	40	122

See also

• 1989 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Results – GBR Athletics