1990 African Championships in Athletics

1990 African Championships in Athletics
Dates	3–6 October
Host city	Cairo, Egypt
← Lagos 1989 Belle Vue Maurel 1992 →

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 Nnamdi Anusim Abdullah Tetengi Michael Monye Ebiyo Pupre	39.85	Senegal   Senegal Joseph Diaz Amadou M'Baye Charles-Louis Seck Mamadou Dione	40.05	Ivory Coast   Ivory Coast Gilles Bogui Ouattara Lagazane Jean-Olivier Zirignon Hyacinthe Kamelan	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 Chioma Ajunwa Onyinye Chikezie Mary Tombiri Fatima Yusuf	45.06	Ghana   Ghana Philomena Mensah Cynthia Quartey Dinah Yankey Helen Amoako	45.87	Egypt   Egypt Karima Meskin Saad Wafa Bashir Huda Hashem Ismail Muna Mohamed Mansour	46.79
4 × 400 metres relay	Nigeria   Nigeria Omolade Akinremi Omotayo Akinremi Charity Opara Fatima Yusuf	3:40.04	Kenya   Kenya Rose Tata-Muya Ruth Onsarigo Isabella Mushilla Selina Tanui	3:45.99	Mauritius   Mauritius Christine Duverge Sheila Seebaluck Jane Thondojee Gilliane Quirin	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	Howaida 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