African Athletics Championships 1988

The 5th African Athletics Championships took place from August 29 to September 2, 1988 in the Stade May 19, 1956 in Annaba in Algeria .

Decisions were made in 23 disciplines for men and 18 disciplines for women. For women there have not yet been any competitions in the 3,000-meter obstacle course , triple jump , pole vault and hammer throw . For this, the 5000 m track walking was included in the program. The men used the javelin throw for the first time at the African Championships, the new type of competition device prescribed by the IAAF since 1986 .

341 athletes from 30 countries took part. Amadou Dia Ba ( SEN , 400-meter hurdles ) was African champion for the fourth time in a row, Hakim Toumi ( ALG , hammer throw ) and Maria Usifo ( NGR , 100-meter hurdles ) as well as the Nigerian 4-by-100-meter Men's relay for the third time. The title defense was also successful: Innocent Egbunike (NGR, 400-meter run ), Choukri Abahnini ( TUN , pole vault ) and Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush ( EGY , shot put ) as well as the Nigerian women's 4 x 100 meter relay. The most successful athlete in Annaba was Yasmina Azzizi from Algeria with two gold medals in the heptathlon and in the javelin throw and a bronze medal in the 100 meter hurdles.

Results

100 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Ghana	John Myles-Mills	10.25 s
2	Senegal	Charles-Louis Seck	10.29 s
3	Nigeria	Iziak Adeyanju	10.34 s

(Wind: +1.1 m / s)

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Mary Onyali	11.25 s
2	Nigeria	Falitat Ogunkoya	11.51 s
3	Madagascar	Lalao Ravonirina	11.54 s

(Wind: +1.5 m / s)

200 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Davidson Ezinwa	20.97 s
2	Ghana	Emmanuel Tuffour	21.00 s
3	Algeria	Mustapha camel Selmi	21.21 s

(Wind: −2.3 m / s)

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Falitat Ogunkoya	23.33 s
2	Ghana	Martha Appiah	23.72 s
3	Ghana	Veronica Bawuah	24.35 s

(Wind: +2.7 m / s)

400 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Innocent Egbunike	45.43 s
2	Ivory Coast	Gabriel Tiacoh	45.86 s
3	Nigeria	Moses Ugbisie	46.04 s

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Airat Bakare	52.15 s
2	Ivory Coast	Celestine N'Drin	52.77 s
3	Ghana	Mercy Addy	52.88 s

800 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Senegal	Babacar Niang	1: 46.99 min
2	Ethiopia	Getahun Ayana	1: 47.46 min
3	Algeria	Ahmed Belkessam	1: 47.49 min

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Algeria	Hassiba Boulmerka	2: 06.16 min
2	Mozambique	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	2: 06.55 min
3	Mauritius	Sheila Seebaluck	2: 08.26 min

1500 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Ethiopia	Getahun Ayana	3: 42.77 min
2	Tunisia	Mahmoud Kalboussi	3: 33.44 min
3	Morocco	Mustapha Lachaal	3: 43.48 min

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Algeria	Hassiba Boulmerka	4: 12.14 min
2	Morocco	Fatima Aouam	4: 12.57 min
3	Ethiopia	Getenesh Urge	4: 17.61 min

5000 m / 3000 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Morocco	Brahim Boutayeb	13: 49.69 min
2	Ethiopia	Haji Bulbula	13: 50.08 min
3	Morocco	Mohamed Issangar	14:02.25 min

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Morocco	Fatima Aouam	8: 59.19 min
2	Mauritius	Josiane Boullé	9: 14.37 min
3	Ethiopia	Tigist Moreda	9: 15.92 min

10,000 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Morocco	Brahim Boutayeb	28: 55.28 min
2	Ethiopia	Haji Bulbula	29: 04.65 min
3	Morocco	Mohamed Choumassi	29: 30.59 min

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Rwanda	Marcianne Mukamurenzi	33: 03.98 min
2	Morocco	Hassania Darami	33: 41.75 min
3	Algeria	Malika Benhabylès	35: 41.80 min

marathon

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Ethiopia	Dereje Nedi	2:27:51 h
2	Algeria	Allaoua Khelil	2:28:11 h
3	Ethiopia	Kebede Balcha	2:29:04 h

110 m hurdles / 100 m hurdles

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Algeria	Nourreddine Tadjine	14.33 s
2	Ivory Coast	Marcellin Dally	14.35 s
3	Morocco	Zouhair Khazine	14.46 s

(Wind: −1.0 m / s)

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Maria Usifo	13.71 s
2	Ghana	Dinah Yankey	13.94 s
3	Algeria	Yasmina Azzizi	14.08 s

(Wind: −1.1 m / s)

400 m hurdles

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Senegal	Amadou Dia Ba	48.81 s
2	Nigeria	Henry Amike	49.36 s
3	Senegal	Hamidou M'Baye	50.27 s

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Maria Usifo	56.74 s
2	Uganda	Ruth Kyalisima	57.32 s
3	Ivory Coast	Marie Womplou	57.60 s

3000 m obstacle

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Algeria	Azzedine Brahmi	8: 26.56 min
2	Morocco	Abdelaziz Sahere	8: 27.30 min
3	Algeria	Camel Benlakhlef	8: 38.21 min

20 km walking / 5000 m walking

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Algeria	Mohamed Bouhalla	1:27:43 h
2	Algeria	Abdelouaheb Ferguène	1:34:07 h
3	Algeria	Arezki Boumrar	1:41:46 h

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Algeria	Sabiha Mansouri	25: 51.7 min
2	Algeria	Dalila Frihi	27: 06.2 min
3	Algeria	Kheira Sadat	29: 19.3 min

high jump

Men

space	country	athlete	height
1	Senegal	Boubacar Guèye	2.16 m
2	Chad	Paul Ngadjadoum	2.16 m
3	Cameroon	Fred Salle	2.13 m

Women

space	country	Athlete	height
1	Ivory Coast	Lucienne N'Da	1.80 m
2	Senegal	Constance Senghor	1.68 m
3	Ivory Coast	Salimata Coulibaly	1.68 m

Long jump

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Nigeria	Yusuf Alli	7.78 m
2	Cameroon	Fred Salle	7.53 m
3	Algeria	Lotfi Khaida	7.51 m

Women

space	country	Athlete	Expanse
1	Ghana	Juliana Yendork	5.70 m
2	Senegal	Néné Sangharé	5.68 m
3	Senegal	Fatou Tambédou	5.56 m

Triple jump

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Angola	Antonio Santos	16.43 m
2	Algeria	Lotfi Khaida	16.22 m
3	Libya	Fethi Khelid Aboud	16.00 m

Pole vault

Men

space	country	athlete	height
1	Tunisia	Choukri Abahnini	4.90 m
2	Tunisia	Mejdi Drine	4.80 m
3	Algeria	Samir Agsous	4.80 m

Javelin throw

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Uganda	Justin Arop	74.52 m
2	Tunisia	Tarek Chaabani	67.50 m
3	Algeria	Samir Menouar	64.62 m

Women

space	country	Athlete	Expanse
1	Algeria	Yasmina Azzizi	48.82 m
2	Algeria	Samia Djémaa	45.74 m
3	Uganda	Schola Mujawamaria	44.86 m

Discus throw

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Nigeria	Adewale Olukoju	62.12 m
2	Egypt	Hassan Ahmed Hamad	55.94 m
3	Algeria	Yacine Louail	47.72 m

Women

space	country	Athlete	Expanse
1	Nigeria	Grace Apiafi	50.60 m
2	Egypt	Hanan Ahmed Khaled	47.58 m
3	Morocco	Zoubida Laayouni	47.50 m

Shot put

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Egypt	Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush	19.40 m
2	Egypt	Ahmed Camel Shata	19.00 m
3	Nigeria	Adewale Olukoju	17.70 m

Women

space	country	Athlete	Expanse
1	Egypt	Hanan Ahmed Khaled	15.02 m
2	Morocco	Souad Malloussi	14.85 m
3	Cameroon	Jeanne Ngo Minyemeck	13.92 m

Hammer throw

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Algeria	Hakim Toumi	69.06 m
2	Algeria	Djamel Zouiche	63.92 m
3	Egypt	Sherif Farouk El Hennawi	59.28 m

4 × 100 m

Men

space	country	time
1	Nigeria	39.27 s
2	Ghana	39.44 s
3	Senegal	39.66 s

Women

space	country	time
1	Ghana	44.68 s
2	Ivory Coast	45.59 s
3	Senegal	46.45 s

4 × 400 m

Men

space	country	time
1	Ethiopia	3: 07.11 min
2	Ivory Coast	3: 08.45 min
3	Burundi	3: 09.11 min

Women

space	country	time
1	Uganda	3: 37.74 min
2	Ivory Coast	3: 38.30 min
3	Morocco	3: 50.25 min

Decathlon / heptathlon

Men

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Algeria	Mahmoud Aït Ouhamou	7160 points
2	Algeria	Mourad Mohour Bacha	7128 points
3	Morocco	Abdennacer Moumen	7051 points

Women

space	country	Athlete	Points
1	Algeria	Yasmina Azzizi	5740 points
2	Mauritius	M.-Lourdes A. Samba	4821 points
3	Egypt	Huda Hashem Ismail	4289 points

Medal table

Medal table final after 41 decisions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Nigeria	11	2	3	16
2	Algeria	10	7th	11	28
3	Morocco	3	4th	7th	14th
4th	Ghana	3	4th	2	9
5	Senegal	3	3	4th	10
6th	Ethiopia	3	3	3	9
7th	Egypt	2	3	2	7th
8th	Uganda	2	1	1	4th
9	Ivory Coast	1	6th	2	9
10	Tunisia	1	3	-	4th
11	Angola	1	-	-	1
11	Rwanda	1	-	-	1
13	Mauritius	-	2	1	3
14th	Cameroon	-	1	2	3
15th	Mozambique	-	1	-	1
15th	Chad	-	1	-	1
17th	Burundi	-	-	1	1
17th	Madagascar	-	-	1	1
17th	Libya	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Results of the 1988 African Athletics Championships on gbrathletics.com
• Website of the African Athletics Federation CAA