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