1989 African Athletics Championships

The 6th African Athletics Championships took place from August 4th to 8th, 1989 in the Lagos National Stadium in the Nigerian capital of Lagos .

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 .

308 athletes from 27 countries took part. Hakim Toumi ( ALG , hammer throw ) won the African Championships for the fourth time in a row, as did the Nigerian men in the 4 x 100 meter relay . Also defended their titles: Azzedine Brahmi (ALG, obstacle course ), Yusuf Alli (NGR, long jump ), Mary Onyali (NGR, 100 m ), Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG, 800 m and 1500 m ), Maria Usifo (NGR, 400 meters - Hurdles ), Lucienne N'Da ( CIV , high jump ), Hanan Ahmed Khaled ( EGY , shot put ) and Yasmina Azzizi (ALG, heptathlon ).

The most successful nation in the medal table was the host country, which dominated the sprint competitions. It was followed by Algeria and Kenya, which mainly collected medals in the middle and long distance.

Results

100 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Senegal	Amadou Mbagnick Mbaye	10.60 s
2	Ghana	Salaam Gariba	10.64 s
3	Nigeria	Patrick Nwankwo	10.66 s

(Wind: −0.4 m / s)

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Mary Onyali	11.22 s
2	Nigeria	Tina Iheagwam	11.28 s
3	Nigeria	Rufina Uba	11.47 s

(Wind: −0.9 m / s)

200 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Olapade Adenics	20.74 s
2	Nigeria	Davidson Ezinwa	20.82 s
3	Ghana	Nelson Boateng	20.84 s

(Wind: −1.2 m / s)

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Mary Onyali	23.00 s
2	Nigeria	Falitat Ogunkoya	23.74 s
3	Madagascar	Lalao Ravaonirina	23.94 s

(Wind: −1.6 m / s)

400 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Ivory Coast	Gabriel Tiacoh	45.25 s
2	Kenya	Simon Kipkemboi	46.29 s
3	Senegal	Hachim Ndiaye	46.69 s

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Falitat Ogunkoya	51.22 s
2	Nigeria	Fatima Yusuf	52.30 s
3	Nigeria	Airat Bakare	52.38 s

800 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Kenya	Nixon Kiprotich	1: 45.71 min
2	Kenya	Joseph Chesire	1: 45.96 min
3	Senegal	Babacar Niang	1: 46.09 min

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Algeria	Hassiba Boulmerka	2: 06.8 min
2	Ethiopia	Zewde Haile Mariam	2: 08.2 min
3	Ethiopia	Emebet Shiferaw	2: 09.3 min

1500 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Kenya	Joseph Chesire	3: 39.43 min
2	Kenya	Robert Kibet	3: 40.05 min
3	Kenya	Nixon Kiprotich	3: 41.51 min

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Algeria	Hassiba Boulmerka	4: 13.85 min
2	Kenya	Bright Kimaiyo Kipkoskei	4: 16.42 min
3	Ethiopia	Emebet Shiferaw	4: 20.81 min

5000 m / 3000 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Kenya	John Ngugi	13: 22.07 min
2	Ethiopia	Addis Abebe	13: 35.09 min
3	Kenya	Moses Tanui	13: 36.79 min

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Kenya	Bright Kimaiyo Kipkoskei	9: 14.97 min
2	Kenya	Jane Ngotho	9: 15.43 min
3	Ethiopia	Luchia Yishak	9: 24.31 min

10,000 m

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Ethiopia	Addis Abebe	27: 51.07 min
2	Kenya	Moses Tanui	28: 22.90 min
3	Ethiopia	Bedilu Kibret	28: 29.14 min

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Kenya	Jane Ngotho	33: 05.60 min
2	Ethiopia	Tigist Moreda	34: 05.58 min
3	Rwanda	M. Mukamurenzi	34: 09.48 min

marathon

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Ethiopia	Tsegaye Sengni	2:26:26 h
2	Ethiopia	Kebede Balcha	2:26:35 h
3	Ethiopia	Tekla Gebrselassie	2:26:55 h

110 m hurdles / 100 m hurdles

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Ikechukwu Mbadugha	14.16 s
2	Algeria	Noureddine Tadjine	14.18 s
3	Ghana	Akwasi Abrefa	14.42 s

(Wind: ± 0.0 m / s)

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Ghana	Dinah Yankey	13.68 s
2	Nigeria	Hope Obika	13.80 s
3	Nigeria	Mosun Adesina	13.86 s

400 m hurdles

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Henry Amike	49.58 s
2	Senegal	Hamidou M'Baye	50.76 s
3	Morocco	Said Aberkan	50.84 s

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Nigeria	Maria Usifo	55.45 s
2	Ivory Coast	Marie Womplou	57.57 s
3	Ethiopia	Zewde Haile Mariam	59.51 s

3000 m obstacle

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Algeria	Azzedine Brahmi	8: 31.29 min
2	Kenya	Micah Boinett	8: 31.79 min
3	Kenya	Boniface Merande	8: 35.35 min

20 km walking / 5000 m walking

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	Algeria	Mohamed Bouhalla	1:20:43 h
2	Algeria	Abdelouaheb Ferguène	1:36:49 h
3	Ethiopia	Bekele Lema	1:45:25 h

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Kenya	Agnetha Chelimo	25: 36.18 min
2	Kenya	Mercy Nyambura	27: 08.58 min
3	---	---	---

high jump

Men

space	country	athlete	height
1	Algeria	Othmane Belfaa	2.20 m
2	Algeria	Abdenour Crimea	2.15 m
3	Senegal	Boubacar Guèye	2.10 m

Women

space	country	Athlete	height
1	Ivory Coast	Lucienne N'Da	1.81 m
2	Nigeria	Nkechi Madubuko	1.78 m
3	Algeria	Yasmina Azzizi	1.78 m

Long jump

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Nigeria	Yusuf Alli	8.27 m
2	Nigeria	Ayodele Aladefa	7.89 m
3	Senegal	Badara Mbengue	7.88 m

Women

space	country	Athlete	Expanse
1	Nigeria	Chioma Ajunwa	6.53 m
2	Nigeria	Beatrice Utondu	6.20 m
3	Nigeria	Christy Opara	6.18 m

Triple jump

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Ghana	Eugene Koranteng	16.83 m
2	Madagascar	Toussaint Rabenala	16.80 m
3	Seychelles	Paul Nioze	16.74 m

Pole vault

Men

space	country	athlete	height
1	Algeria	Sami Si Mohamed	4.90 m
2	Tunisia	Issam Ben Mohamed	4.80 m
3	Algeria	Samir Agsous	4.60 m

Javelin throw

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Nigeria	Pius Bazighe	68.96 m
2	Tunisia	Mongi Alimi	68.42 m
3	Kenya	William Sang	68.06 m

Women

space	country	Athlete	Expanse
1	Nigeria	Chinweoke Chikwelu	52.18 m
2	Kenya	Milka Johnson	50.32 m
3	Algeria	Yasmina Azzizi	48.16 m

Discus throw

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Egypt	Hassan Ahmed Hamad	53.44 m
2	Nigeria	Vincent Oghene	52.98 m
3	Nigeria	Ikechukwu Chika	50.70 m

Women

space	country	Athlete	Expanse
1	Morocco	Zoubida Laayouni	51.14 m
2	Egypt	Hanan Ahmed Khaled	50.32 m
3	Tunisia	Nabila Mouelhi	46.80 m

Shot put

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Kenya	Robert Welikhe	17.28 m
2	Nigeria	Chima Ugwu	16.76 m
3	Nigeria	Vincent Oghene	16.62 m

Women

space	country	Athlete	Expanse
1	Egypt	Hanan Ahmed Khaled	14.28 m
2	Nigeria	Mariam Nnodu	14.02 m
3	Nigeria	Ann Otutu	13.88 m

Hammer throw

Men

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	Algeria	Hakim Toumi	69.98 m
2	Morocco	Hassan Chahine	66.86 m
3	Algeria	Djamel Zouiche	63.52 m

4 × 100 m

Men

space	country	time
1	Nigeria	39.94 s
2	Kenya	40.78 s
3	Ivory Coast	40.91 s

Women

space	country	time
1	Nigeria	44.60 s
2	Ghana	45.40 s
3	Ivory Coast	46.00 s

4 × 400 m

Men

space	country	time
1	Kenya	3: 04.44 min
2	Nigeria	3: 05.54 min
3	Senegal	3: 08.18 min

Women

space	country	time
1	Nigeria	3: 33.12 min
2	Kenya	3: 39.60 min
3	Ivory Coast	3: 41.87 min

Decathlon / heptathlon

Men

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Algeria	Mourad Mahour Bacha	7080 points
2	Tunisia	Hatem Bachar	6757 points
3	Zimbabwe	Stanley Flowers	6519 points

Women

space	country	Athlete	Points
1	Algeria	Yasmina Azzizi	5957 points
2	Algeria	Nacèra Zaaboub	5573 points
3	Nigeria	Chinweoke Chikwelu	4501 points

Medal table

Medal table final after 41 decisions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Nigeria	14th	12	9	35
2	Algeria	9	4th	4th	17th
3	Kenya	8th	11	4th	23
4th	Ethiopia	2	4th	7th	13
5	Ghana	2	2	2	6th
6th	Ivory Coast	2	1	3	6th
7th	Egypt	2	1	-	3
8th	Senegal	1	1	5	7th
9	Morocco	1	1	1	3
10	Tunisia	-	3	1	4th
11	Madagascar	-	1	1	2
12	Rwanda	-	-	1	1
12	Zimbabwe	-	-	1	1
12	Seychelles	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Results of the 1989 African Athletics Championships on gbrathletics.com
• Website of the African Athletics Federation CAA