1992 African Championships in Athletics

Men's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Victor Omagbemi Victor Omagbemi Victor Omagbemi is a retired Nigerian sprinter. He won both the 100 and 200 metres at the 1992 African Championships.Ogbeide finished fourth in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships with teammates George Ogbeide, Olapade Adeniken and Davidson Ezinwa.He is married to Mary... Nigeria	10.34	Charles-Louis Seck Charles-Louis Seck Charles-Louis Seck is a retired Senegalese athlete who competed in the 100 metres.-Achievements:1992 African Championships - silver medal1990 African Championships - bronze medal*1988 African Championships - silver medal... Senegal	10.40	Johan Rossouw South Africa	10.43
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Victor Omagbemi Victor Omagbemi Victor Omagbemi is a retired Nigerian sprinter. He won both the 100 and 200 metres at the 1992 African Championships.Ogbeide finished fourth in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships with teammates George Ogbeide, Olapade Adeniken and Davidson Ezinwa.He is married to Mary... Nigeria	21.20	Emmanuel Tuffour Emmanuel Tuffour Emmanuel Tuffour is a retired Ghanaian sprinter. His best performance in a global event was a seventh place at the 1993 World Championships, but at the 1992 Olympics he failed to qualify for the final by 0.01 second... Ghana	21.28	John Myles-Mills John Myles-Mills John Myles-Mills is a retired Ghanaian athlete who competed in the 100 and 200 metres.-Achievements:1992 African Championships - bronze medal 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships - silver medal... Ghana	21.31
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Bobang Phiri Bobang Phiri Bobang Phiri is a retired South African sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.... South Africa	45.42	Kennedy Ochieng Kennedy Ochieng Kennedy Ochieng is a retired Kenyan sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-External links:*... Kenya	46.23	Abedinego Matilu Kenya	46.62
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Charles Nkazamyampi Charles Nkazamyampi Charles Nkazamyampi is a retired middle distance runner from Burundi. The 1992 African champion, he was unable to compete at the 1992 Summer Olympics because Burundi did not participate. In 1993 he won a silver medal in 800 metres at the World Indoor Championships, finishing behind Tom McKean... Burundi	1:46.95	Cliffie Miller South Africa	1:47.19	Mahjoub Haïda Mahjoub Haïda Mahjoub Haïda is a retired Moroccan middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.He finished fifth at the 1995 World Indoor Championships, third at the 1995 IAAF Grand Prix Final and won the silver medal at the 1997 World Indoor Championships... Morocco	1:47.71
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Nelson Chirchir Kenya	3:38.52	Johan Landsman South Africa	3:38.60	Robert Mdogo Kenya	3:39.18
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	James Songok Kenya	13:24.63	Worku Bikila Worku Bikila Worku Bikila is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specialized mainly in the 5000 metres. His 10,000 metres time of 27:06.44 minutes in 1995 was the second fastest time that year, only behind Haile Gebrselassie.... Ethiopia	13:25.98	Josphat Machuka Kenya	13:28.85
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	Josphat Machuka Kenya	27:59.70	Matthews Motshwarateu Matthews Motshwarateu Matthews Motshwarateu was a South African, track, cross country and road runner.Nicknamed 'Loop en Val' for his awkward style, he set a world 10 km road record of 27:59.3 in Purchase, New York, in 1980, and, Running for the University of Texas, at El Paso, won the 1981 NCAA Cross Country... South Africa	28:22.57	Xolile Yawa Xolile Yawa Xolile Yawa is a retired athlete from South Africa. He specialised in long-distance running, including marathons.... South Africa	28:27.82
3000 metre steeplechase	Whaddon Niewoudt South Africa	8:26.44	Gladstone Kabiga Kenya	8:26.68	Eliud Barngetuny Kenya	8:38.02
110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	Judex Lefou Mauritius	13.91	Kobus Schoeman South Africa	13.92	Winpie Nel South Africa	13.98
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Dries Vorster South Africa	49.66	Amadou Dia Bâ Amadou Dia Ba El Hadj Amadou Dia Ba is a retired Senegalese athlete who competed in 400 metres hurdles. He won the 1988 Olympic silver medal is this event with a personal best time of 47.23s. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984.-Achievements:-External links:... Senegal	49.71	Hubert Rakotombélontsoa Madagascar	50.56
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Yacine Mousli Algeria	2.21	Othmane Belfaa Othmane Belfaa Othmane Belfaa is a retired Algerian athlete who competed in the high jump. His personal best is 2.28m achieved in Amman in 1983. He finished 3rd at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics in Paris with a jump of 2.27m... Algeria	2.16	Khemraj Naiko Khemraj Naiko Khemraj Naiko is a retired Mauritian high jumper.His personal best jump is 2.28 metres, achieved at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. This is the Mauritian record.-Achievements:-References:... Mauritius	2.16
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Okkert Brits Okkert Brits Okkert Brits is a South African athlete competing in the pole vault. His current personal best of 6.03m, set in 1995, is also the African record. He has won numerous medals at international events. He has competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games finishing 7th in 2000... South Africa	5.35	Kersley Gardenne Kersley Gardenne Kersley Gardenne is a retired Mauritian pole vaulter.His personal best jump is 5.50 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Dreux. This is the Mauritian record. He did however have a better indoor mark with 5.60 metres, achieved in January 1998 in Liévin.-Achievements:-References:... Mauritius	5.30	Riaan Botha Riaan Botha Riaan Botha is a retired South African pole vaulter.His personal best is 5.91 metres, achieved in April 1997 in Pretoria. This places him second on the African all-time performers list, behind fellow South African Okkert Brits.-Achievements:-References:... South Africa	5.20
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Ayodele Aladefa Ayodele Aladefa Ayodele Aladefa is a Nigerian former long jumper.He attended the Abilene Christian University.-Achievements:-References:... Nigeria	7.95	François Fouché South Africa	7.91	Danny Beauchamp Seychelles	7.86
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Toussaint Rabenala Toussaint Rabenala Toussaint Rabenala is a retired Malagasy triple jumper.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Long jump - 7.77 metres - national record.Triple jump - 17.05 metres - national record.-References:... Madagascar	17.04	Francis Dodoo Francis Dodoo Francis Dodoo is a retired Ghanaian athlete who competed in the long jump and triple jump. He won a gold medal at the 1987 All-Africa Games and a silver medal at the 1992 African Championships, and his best placement in the Olympic Games was a 17th place from 1988.He is currently a distinguished... Ghana	16.43	Papa Ladji Konaté Senegal	16.23
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Chima Ugwu Chima Ugwu Chima Ugwu is a Nigerian shot putter. He also competes occasionally in discus throw.He competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, and the World Championships in 1993, 1997 and 2003 without reaching the finals.... Nigeria	18.50	Khalid Fatihi Morocco	17.49	Adewale Olukoju Adewale Olukoju Adewale Olukoju is a Nigerian athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put. He was very prominent in African athletics in the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning four gold medals in total at the All-Africa Games.... Nigeria	17.06
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Adewale Olukoju Adewale Olukoju Adewale Olukoju is a Nigerian athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put. He was very prominent in African athletics in the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning four gold medals in total at the All-Africa Games.... Nigeria	60.66	Mohamed Naguib Hamed Mohamed Naguib Hamed Mohamed Naguib Hamed is an Egyptian athlete, one of only a few Egyptians to win gold medals in African athletic events.Along with his colleagues Nagui Asaad, Hassan Ahmed Hamad, and Hisham Greis, he formed a strong Egyptian team in throwing events—in fact, a team considered to be the strongest one... Egypt	57.12	Dawie Kok South Africa	55.72
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Hakim Toumi Hakim Toumi Hakim Toumi is a retired male hammer thrower from Algeria.Toumi twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. He set his personal best distance of 74.76 metres on August 8, 1998 in Algiers.-Achievements:-References:*... Algeria	69.80	Sherif Farouk El Hennawi Egypt	68.08	Charlie Koen South Africa	63.14
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Tom Petranoff Tom Petranoff Thomas Alan Petranoff is a former world record holder in the javelin throw; his May 1983 effort was greater than the length of an entire American football field at 99.72 meters . Tom Petranoff's world record added precisely three meters to the previous global standard of 96.72, set in 1980 by... South Africa	87.26	Wilhelm Pauer South Africa	81.60	Phillip Spies South Africa	73.80
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Mourad Mahour Bacha Algeria	7467	Gino Antoine Mauritius	6803	Patrick Legrand Mauritius	6798
20 kilometre road walk	Chris Britz South Africa	1:29:56	Johan Moerdyk South Africa	1:30:54	Riecus Blignouat South Africa	1:31:59
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	South Africa	39.57	Senegal	39.60	Nigeria	39.73
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	South Africa	3:06.95	Senegal	3:07.77	Kenya	3:08.37

Women's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Elinda Vorster South Africa	11.26	Marcel Winkler South Africa	11.31	Rufina Uba Nigeria	11.42
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Elinda Vorster South Africa	23.60	Marcel Winkler South Africa	23.60	Yolanda Steyn South Africa	24.11
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Omotayo Akinremi Nigeria	52.53	Aïssatou Tandian Senegal	52.64	Omolade Akinremi Omolade Akinremi Omolade Akinremi is a retired Nigerian hurdler.-Achievements:-External links:... Nigeria	53.14
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Zewde Haile Mariam Ethiopia	2:06.20	Najat Ouali Morocco	2:07.40	Ilse Wicksell South Africa	2:07.48
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Elana Meyer Elana Meyer Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event.... South Africa	4:18.44	Gwen Griffiths South Africa	4:20.79	Najat Ouali Morocco	4:23.22
3000 metres 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu is an Ethiopian long distance track, road and marathon athlete.Derartu , a member of the Oromo ethnic group, grew up tending cattle in the village of Bekoji in the highlands of Arsi Province... Ethiopia	9:01.12	Gwen Griffiths South Africa	9:03.10	Getenesh Urge Getenesh Urge Getenesh Urge is a retired Ethiopian middle distance runner who competed in the 1980s through to 2000She won three bronze medals at three different African Championships in Athletics. In Annaba at the 1988 Championships she won a bronze in the 1500 metres, she repeated this performance five years... Ethiopia	9:03.32
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu is an Ethiopian long distance track, road and marathon athlete.Derartu , a member of the Oromo ethnic group, grew up tending cattle in the village of Bekoji in the highlands of Arsi Province... Ethiopia	31:32.25	Lydia Cheromei Lydia Cheromei Lydia Cheromei is a Kenyan athlete. She specializes in long distance running. She rose to fame at the age of thirteen with a win in the junior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships... Kenya	31:41.09	Luchia Yishak Luchia Yishak Luchia Yishak is a former Ethiopian long-distance runner. She ran for Ethiopia at the Summer Olympics in 1992 and 1996.... Ethiopia	32:28.86
100 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	Ime Akpan Ime Akpan Ime Akpan is a retired female track and field athlete from Nigeria, who competed in the women's 100 metres hurdling event during her career. She is a one-time Olympian , and won a gold medal at the 1991 All-Africa Games in Cairo, Egypt.-References:*... Nigeria	13.14	Karen van der Veen South Africa	13.29	Annemarie le Roux South Africa	13.70
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Myrtle Bothma South Africa	56.02	Nadia Zétouani Morocco	57.31	Omolade Akinremi Omolade Akinremi Omolade Akinremi is a retired Nigerian hurdler.-Achievements:-External links:... Nigeria	57.43
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Lucienne N'Da Lucienne N'Da Lucienne N'Da is an Ivorian retired high jumper. Her personal best jump is 1.95 metres, achieved at the 1992 African Championships in Belle Vue. This is the current national record.-Achievements:-References:... Côte d'Ivoire	1.95	Charmaine Weavers South Africa	1.92	Desiré du Plessis South Africa	1.86
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Karen Botha South Africa	6.78	Stella Emefesi Nigeria	5.98	Maryna van Niekerk South Africa	5.98
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Awa Dioum-Ndiaye Awa Dioum-Ndiaye Awa Dioum-Ndiaye is a retired female track and field athlete from Senegal, who competed in the hurdling, high jump and the heptathlon events during her career in the 1980s. She is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's high jump comtest at the 1987 All-Africa... Senegal	12.47	Ndounga Kolossi Kenya	12.41	Sonya Agbéssi Benin	12.17
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Fouzia Fatihi Morocco	15.82	Hanan Ahmed Khaled Hanan Ahmed Khaled Hanan Ahmed Khaled is an Egyptian female athlete The most successful female athlete in the history Egyptian athletics winning a total of two gold medals in All-Africa Games, four gold, five silver and two Bronze medals in African Athletic championships in discus throw and shot put.She also played... Egypt	15.49	Elizabeth Olaba Kenya	14.77
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Lizette Etsebeth South Africa	54.84	Nanette van der Walt South Africa	53.40	Zoubida Laayouni Morocco	52.74
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Seraphina Nyauma Kenya	53.02	Liezl Roux South Africa	52.42	Rhona Dwinger South Africa	51.28
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	Chrisna Oosthuizen South Africa	5056	Caroline Kola Kenya	4994	Albertine Koutouan Côte d'Ivoire	4977
5000 metre track walk	Dounia Kara Algeria	24:57.02	Maryse Pyndiah Mauritius	25:11.95	Susan Bingham South Africa	25:45.64
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	South Africa	44.53	Nigeria	45.19	Madagascar	45.38
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Nigeria	3:33.13	South Africa	3:36.19	Mauritius	3:42.68

Medal table

1	South Africa	16	16	15	47
2	Nigeria	8	2	5	15
3	Kenya	4	5	6	15
4	Algeria	4	1	0	5
5	Ethiopia	3	1	2	6
6	Senegal	1	5	1	7
7	Mauritius	1	3	3	7
7	Morocco	1	3	3	7
9	Madagascar	1	0	2	3
10	Côte d'Ivoire	1	0	1	2
11	Burundi	1	0	0	1
12	Egypt	0	3	0	3
13	Ghana	0	2	1	3
14	Seychelles	0	0	1	1
14	Benin	0	0	1	1

External links

Results - GBR Athletics

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.