1993 African Championships in Athletics

1993 African Championships in Athletics
Dates	23–27 June
Host city	Durban, South Africa
Venue	Kings Park Stadium
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The 9th African Championships in Athletics were held between 23 and 27 June 1993 in Durban, South Africa at Kings Park Stadium.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Daniel Effiong   Nigeria	10.39	Jean-Olivier Zirignon   Ivory Coast	10.53	Nelson Boateng   Ghana	10.55
200 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Johan Rossouw   South Africa	20.65 CR	Oluyemi Kayode   Nigeria	20.79	Nelson Boateng   Ghana	21.01
400 metres	Kennedy Ochieng   Kenya	45.29	Ibrahim Hassan   Ghana	45.90	Simon Kemboi   Kenya	46.06
800 metres	Sammy Langat   Kenya	1:45.43	Paul Ruto   Kenya	1:45.99	Arthémon Hatungimana   Burundi	1:46.42
1500 metres	David Kibet   Kenya	3:45.67	Johan Landsman   South Africa	3:46.03	Johan Fourie   South Africa	3:46.22
5000 metres	Simon Chemoiywo   Kenya	13:09.68 CR	Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia	13:10.41	Worku Bikila   Ethiopia	13:12.53
10,000 metres	William Sigei   Kenya	27:25.23 CR	Fita Bayissa   Ethiopia	27:26.90	Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia	27:30.17
3000 metre steeplechase	Joseph Keter   Kenya	8:22.34	Christopher Kosgei   Kenya	8:24.58	Simretu Alemayehu   Ethiopia	8:31.51
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Kobus Schoeman   South Africa	13.93	Moses Oyiki Orode   Nigeria	14.21	Winpie Nel   South Africa	14.22
400 metres hurdles	Erick Keter   Kenya	49.38	Dries Vorster   South Africa	49.59	Hamidou Mbaye   Senegal	50.22
4 × 100 metres relay	Ghana Nelson Boateng Felix Andam Abbas Tanko Kofi Yevakpor	39.53	Nigeria Daniel Effiong Paul Egonye Oluyemi Kayode Victor Omagbemi	39.97	South Africa Tshakile Nzimande Johan Rossouw Johann Venter Adrian Lambert	40.25
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya Charles Gitonga Simon Kemboi Simon Kipkemboi Kennedy Ochieng	3:03.10	Nigeria Alohan Omokaro Hassan Bosso Udeme Ekpeyong John Okoye	3:06.03	Senegal Soulemane Diumbia Ibou Faye Hamidou Mbaye Hachim N'Diaye	3:06.38
20 kilometre road walk	Getachew Demisse   Ethiopia	1:28:56	Chris Britz   South Africa	1:29:28	Riecus Blignouat   South Africa	1:30:55
High jump	Flippie van Vuuren   South Africa	2.22 CR	Khemraj Naiko   Mauritius	2.19	Pierre Vorster   South Africa	2.13
Pole vault	Okkert Brits   South Africa	5.40 CR	Riaan Botha   South Africa	5.20	Brian Mardaymootoo   Mauritius	4.60
Long jump	Obinna Eregbu   Nigeria	8.32w	Ayodele Aladefa   Nigeria	8.05w	James Sabulei   Kenya	7.99
Triple jump	Toussaint Rabenala   Madagascar	16.72	Wikus Olivier   South Africa	16.35	Paul Nioze   Seychelles	16.11
Shot put	Carel le Roux   South Africa	18.29	Chima Ugwu   Nigeria	18.07	Jaco Snyman   South Africa	17.38
Discus throw	Mickael Conjungo   Central African Republic	59.92	Christo Kruger   South Africa	54.42	Dawie Kok   South Africa	54.08
Hammer throw	Hakim Toumi   Algeria	69.82	Samir Haouam   Algeria	63.76	Charlie Koen   South Africa	60.46
Javelin throw	Tom Petranoff   South Africa	82.40	Phillip Spies   South Africa	77.68	Louis Fouché   South Africa	77.10
Decathlon	Pierre Faber   South Africa	7164	Danie van Wyk   South Africa	7108	Hassan Farouk Sayed   Egypt	6770

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Beatrice Utondu   Nigeria	11.39	Elinda Vorster   South Africa	11.45	Christy Opara-Thompson   Nigeria	11.60
200 metres (wind: +1.9 m/s)	Mary Onyali   Nigeria	22.71	Yolanda Steyn   South Africa	23.22	Evette de Klerk   South Africa	23.29
400 metres	Tina Paulino   Mozambique	51.82	Emily Odoemenam   Nigeria	52.26	Aïssatou Tandian   Senegal	53.00
800 metres	Maria de Lurdes Mutola   Mozambique	1:56.36	Gladys Wamuyu   Kenya	2:01.24	Ilse Wicksell   South Africa	2:03.75
1500 metres	Elana Meyer   South Africa	4:12.56	Gwen Griffiths   South Africa	4:13.17	Getenesh Urge   Ethiopia	4:13.68
3000 metres	Gwen Griffiths   South Africa	9:13.92	Merima Denboba   Ethiopia	9:14.48	Hellen Chepngeno   Kenya	9:14.49
10,000 metres	Berhane Adere   Ethiopia	32:48.52	Lydia Cheromei   Kenya	32:54.55	Fatuma Roba   Ethiopia	32:55.32
100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.3 m/s)	Nicole Ramalalanirina   Madagascar	13.32	Taiwo Aladefa   Nigeria	13.50	Annemarie le Roux   South Africa	13.74
400 metres hurdles	Omotayo Akinremi   Nigeria	57.59	Lana Uys   South Africa	57.60	Karen Swanepoel   South Africa	58.23
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria Faith Idehen Mary Onyali-Omagbemi Christy Opara-Thompson Beatrice Utondu	43.49	Madagascar Hanitriniaina Rakotrondrabe Nicole Ramalalanirina Lalao Ravaonirina Lantoniaina Ramalalanirina	44.93	South Africa Evette de Klerk Yolanda Steyn Elinda Vorster Susan Knox	45.15
4 × 400 metres relay	Nigeria Omolade Akinremi Omotayo Akinremi Emily Odoemenam Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	3:33.21	South Africa Evette de Klerk Lana Uys Marinda Fourie Adri Schoeman	3:37.24	Ghana Helen Amoako Helena Wrappah Nabiama Salifu Agnes Yaa Nuamah	3:39.66
5000 metre track walk	Dounia Kara   Algeria	24:33.56	Amsale Yakobe   Ethiopia	24:39.04	Felicita Falconer   South Africa	25:32.68
High jump	Charmaine Weavers   South Africa	1.90	Lucienne N'Da   Ivory Coast	1.86	Desiré du Plessis   South Africa	1.80
Long jump	Christy Opara-Thompson   Nigeria	6.57	Beatrice Utondu   Nigeria	6.44	Hiwot Sisay   Ethiopia	6.23 (NR)
Triple jump	Petrusa Swart   South Africa	12.95w	Béryl Laramé   Seychelles	12.20w	Sonya Agbéssi   Benin	12.02w
Shot put	Louise Meintjies   South Africa	14.66	Elizabeth Olaba   Kenya	14.42	Luzanda Swanepoel   South Africa	14.23
Discus throw	Lizette Etsebeth   South Africa	54.16	Nanette van der Walt   South Africa	51.58	Sandra Willms   South Africa	50.56
Javelin throw	Liezl Roux   South Africa	48.24	Rhona Dwinger   South Africa	47.60	Michelle Bradbury   South Africa	43.92
Heptathlon	Chrisna Oosthuizen   South Africa	5339	Maralize Visser   South Africa	5159	Caroline Kola   Kenya	4925

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa  (SAF)	15	16	19	50
2	Nigeria  (NGR)	8	9	1	18
3	Kenya  (KEN)	8	5	4	17
4	Ethiopia  (ETH)	2	4	6	12
5	Algeria  (ALG)	2	1	0	3
	Madagascar  (MAD)	2	1	0	3
7	Mozambique  (MOZ)	2	0	0	2
8	Ghana  (GHA)	1	1	3	5
9	Central African Republic  (CAF)	1	0	0	1
10	Ivory Coast  (CIV)	0	2	0	2
11	Mauritius  (MRI)	0	1	1	2
	Seychelles  (SEY)	0	1	1	2
13	Senegal  (SEN)	0	0	3	3
14	Benin  (BEN)	0	0	1	1
	Burundi  (BDI)	0	0	1	1
	Egypt  (EGY)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		41	41	41	123

See also

• 1993 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Results – GBR Athletics