African Athletics Championships 1984

The 3rd African Athletics Championships took place from August 12th to 15th at the Stade Moulay Abdellah in the Moroccan capital Rabat .

Decisions were made in 22 disciplines for men and 16 disciplines for women. 298 athletes from 28 countries took part.

Results

100 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Chidi Imoh	10.40 s
2	Senegal	Charles-Louis Seck	10.49 s
3	Nigeria	Eseme Ikpoto	10.58 s

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Ghana	Doris Wiredu	11.88 s
2	Kenya	Joyce Odhiambo	11.93 s
3	Ghana	Grace Armah	11.98 s

200 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Innocent Egbunike	20.66 s
2	Nigeria	Eseme Ikpoto	21.19 s
3	Algeria	Ali Bakhta	21.32 s

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Morocco	Nawal El Moutawakel	23.93 s
2	Ghana	Mercy Addy	24.42 s
3	Kenya	Joyce Odhiambo	24.44 s

400 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Ivory Coast	Gabriel Tiacoh	45.52 s
2	Nigeria	Sunday Uti	46.16 s
3	Sudan	El Kashief Hassan	46.47 s

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Kenya	Ruth Atuti	54.05 s
2	Kenya	Mable Esendi	54.88 s
3	Ghana	Mercy Addy	56.36 s

800 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Kenya	Sammy Koskei	1: 45.17 min
2	Senegal	Moussa case	1: 45.56 min
3	Sudan	Omer Khalifa	1: 45.78 min

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Kenya	Justina Chepchirchir	2: 04.52 min
2	Kenya	Florence Wanjiru	2: 05.96 min
3	Ivory Coast	Celestine N'Drin	2: 07.72 min

1500 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Morocco	Said Aouita	3: 38.18 min
2	Sudan	Omer Khalifa	3: 39.90 min
3	Algeria	Mehdi Aidet	3: 40.85 min

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Kenya	Justina Chepchirchir	4: 18.45 min
2	Morocco	Fatima Aouam	4: 22.75 min
3	Algeria	Leïla Bendahmane	4: 23.15 min

5000 m / 3000 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Algeria	Abderrazak Bounour	13: 41.94 min
2	Kenya	Samson Obwocha	13: 41.98 min
3	Kenya	Kipsubai Koskei	13: 42.05 min

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Kenya	Mary Chepkemboi	9: 19.05 min
2	Kenya	Regina Chemeli	9: 22.17 min
3	Algeria	Leïla Bendahmane	9: 26.28 min

10,000 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Kenya	Kipsubai Koskei	28: 11.7 min
2	Djibouti	Ahmed Salah	28: 17.4 min
3	Tunisia	Mohamed Ali Chouri	28: 49.8 min

110 m hurdles / 100 m hurdles

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Kenya	Philip Sang	14.15 s
2	Algeria	RIad Benhaddad	14.36 s
3	Egypt	Hisham Mohamed Makin	14.60 s

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Maria Usifo	13.42 s
2	Senegal	Awa Dioum-Ndiaye	14.40 s
3	Morocco	Chérifa Meskaoui	14.55 s

400 m hurdles

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Senegal	Amadou Dia Ba	49.30 s
2	Nigeria	Henry Amike	49.95 s
3	Egypt	Ahmed Abdel Halim Ghanem	50.77 s

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Morocco	Nawal El Moutawakel	56.01 s
2	Algeria	Rachida Ferdjaoui	63.17 s
3	---	---	---

3000 m obstacle

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Kenya	Joshua Kipkemboi	8: 27.88 min
2	Algeria	Lahcene Babaci	8: 36.60 min
3	Algeria	Habib Chérif	8: 38.26 min

20 km walking

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Algeria	Abdelouaheb Ferguène	1:30:02 h
2	Algeria	Benamar Kachkouche	1:30:02 h
3	Morocco	Hassan Kouchaoui	1:32:46 h

high jump

Men

space	country	athlete	height
1	Morocco	Mohamed Aghlal	2.17 m
2	Senegal	Boubacar Guèye	2.14 m
3	Algeria Chad	Azedine Mostéfa Belba Ngaroudel	2.05 m

Women

space	country	Athlete	height
1	Senegal	Awa Dioum-Ndiaye	1.76 m
2	Ivory Coast	Lucienne N'Da	1.73 m
3	Ivory Coast	Salimata Coulibaly	1.70 m

Long jump

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Nigeria	Paul Emordi	7.90 m
2	Nigeria	Yusuf Alli	7.88 m
3	Nigeria	Joseph Kio	7.82 m

Women

space	country	Athlete	Expanse
1	Senegal	Marianne Mendoza	5.93 m
2	Tunisia	Basma Gharbi	5.77 m
3	Algeria	Dalila Tayebi	5.68 m

Triple jump

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Nigeria	Joseph Taiwo	17.19 m
2	Nigeria	Ajayi Agbebaku	16.96 m
3	Senegal	Mamadou Diallo	16.68 m

Pole vault

Men

space	country	athlete	height
1	Morocco	Mohamed Bouihiri	4.60 m
2	Tunisia	Mongi Labidi	4.40 m
3	Tunisia	Choukri Abahnini	4.40 m

Javelin throw

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Tunisia	Tarek Chaabani	77.40 m
2	Tunisia	Mongi Alimi	73.88 m
3	Algeria	Ahmed Mahour Bacha	71.86 m

Women

space	country	Athlete	Expanse
1	Ivory Coast	Tenin Camara	45.48 m
2	Morocco	Samira Benhamza	44.90 m
3	Morocco	Naïma Fouad	44.40 m

Discus throw

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Egypt	Mohamed Naguib Hamed	58.62 m
2	Tunisia	Abderrazak Ben Hassine	54.46 m
3	Morocco	Mohamed Fatihi	48.86 m

Women

space	country	Athlete	Expanse
1	Morocco	Zoubida Laayouni	52.70 m
2	Algeria	Aïcha Dahmous	50.12 m
3	Morocco	Chérifa Meskaoui	46.04 m

Shot put

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Egypt	Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush	18.45 m
2	Egypt	Ahmed Camel Shata	18.09 m
3	Morocco	Mohamed Fatihi	16.95 m

Women

space	country	Athlete	Expanse
1	Gabon	Odette Mistoul	15.51 m
2	Morocco	Souad Malloussi	15.31 m
3	Algeria	Aïcha Dahmous	13.44 m

Hammer throw

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Algeria	Hakim Toumi	68.64 m
2	Egypt	Hisham Abdeslam Zaki	61.04 m
3	Algeria	Yacine Louail	59.90 m

4 × 100 m

Men

space	country	time
1	Nigeria	39.49 s
2	Ivory Coast	39.94 s
3	Senegal	40.86 s

Women

space	country	time
1	Kenya	46.18 s
2	Ghana	46.20 s
3	Gambia	47.20 s

4 × 400 m

Men

space	country	time
1	Senegal	3: 04.76 min
2	Nigeria	3: 04.85 min
3	Kenya	3: 06.73 min

Women

space	country	time
1	Kenya	3: 37.76 min
2	Ghana	3: 45.96 min
3	Morocco	3: 54.41 min

Decathlon / heptathlon

Men

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Algeria	Mourad Mahour Bacha	7022 points
2	Tunisia	Hatem Bachar	6890 points
3	Morocco	Abdennacer Moumen	6810 points

Women

space	country	Athlete	Points
1	Morocco	Chérifa Meskaoui	5448 points
2	Kenya	Fida Kiptala	5282 points
3	Algeria	Nacèra Achir	5195 points

Medal table

Medal table final after 38 decisions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Kenya	10	6th	3	19th
2	Morocco	7th	3	8th	18th
3	Nigeria	6th	6th	2	14th
4th	Algeria	4th	4th	5	13
5	Senegal	4th	4th	2	10
6th	Egypt	2	2	2	6th
6th	Ivory Coast	2	2	2	6th
8th	Tunisia	1	5	2	8th
9	Ghana	1	3	2	6th
10	Gabon	1	-	-	1
11	Sudan	-	1	2	3
12	Djibouti	-	1	-	1
13	Gambia	-	-	1	1
13	Chad	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Results of the 1984 African Athletics Championships on gbrathletics.com
• Website of the African Athletics Federation CAA