The sixth All-Africa Games

1995 All-Africa Games

The 6th All-Africa Games were played from September 13, 1995 to September 23, 1995 in Harare, Zimbabwe. 46 countries participated in eighteen sports....

 were held in August 1995 in Harare

Harare

Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...

, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

. As the track is at an altitude of 1473 metres all performances are considered to be set at altitude, this is believed to assist events up to 400 metres and in the long jump and triple jump. However for events beyond 800 metres the thinner air is believed to have a detrimental effect on performances.

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...	Davidson Ezinwa Davidson Ezinwa Davidson Ezinwa is a former sprinter from Nigeria.He won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as a silver medal at the 1997 World Championships, both in 4 x 100 metres relay...  Nigeria	10.24	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	10.28	Osmond Ezinwa Osmond Ezinwa Osmond Ezinwa is a former sprinter from Nigeria. Together with Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu and Davidson Ezinwa he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics....  Nigeria	10.31
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...	Sunday Bada Sunday Bada Sunday Bada is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres event.Bada won three medals at World Indoor Championships, including a gold medal in 1997....  Nigeria	20.28	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	20.29	Joseph Gikonyo Joseph Gikonyo Joseph Gikonyo is a former Kenyan athlete who competed in the 100 and 200 metres. He was the Kenyan record holder in both distances with 10.28 seconds and 20.43 seconds respectively...  Kenya	20.80
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...	Samson Kitur Samson Kitur Samson Kitur was a Kenyan athlete, and an Olympic medalist in 1992.Unlike most of his compatriots, who run in distances 800 metres and up, Kitur specialised in the 400 metres. He won the continental championship in 1991, and the next year he took the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics,...  Kenya	44.36	Sunday Bada Sunday Bada Sunday Bada is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres event.Bada won three medals at World Indoor Championships, including a gold medal in 1997....  Nigeria	45.03	Jude Monye Jude Monye Jude Monye is a Nigerian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres. He is of Onicha-Ugbo, Delta State of Nigeria origin. Monye came to the United States to attend Mississippi State University, where he obtained a degree in Geology...  Nigeria	45.17
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...	Arthémon Hatungimana Arthémon Hatungimana Arthémon Hatungimana is a middle distance runner from Burundi. In 1995, he won a silver medal in 800 metres at the World Championships in Athletics.-Personal bests:*400 metres - 46.78 *800 metres - 1:43.38...  Burundi	1:47.42	Vincent Malakwen  Kenya	1:47.43	Savieri Ngidhi Savieri Ngidhi - Achievements :*1999 African Southern Region Championships - gold medal *1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships - sixth place *1995 All-Africa Games - bronze medal...  Zimbabwe	1:47.61
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...	Vincent Malakwen  Kenya	3:40.11	Reuben Chesang  Kenya	3:40.66	Julius Achon Julius Achon Julius Achon is an Ugandan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.Achon currently hold the 800m American Collegiate Record with a time of 1:44.55 set back in 1996 as a student at George Mason University....  Uganda	3:40.83
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...	Josphat Machuka  Kenya	13:31.11	Habte Jifar Habte Jifar Habte Jifar is an Ethiopian middle distance runner. He has a total of three medals in the All-African Games. His best performance in a global event was a sixth place at the 1999 World Championships. He currently specializes in the marathon race.-Achievements:- External links :...  Ethiopia	13:45.11	Ayele Mezgebu Ayele Mezgebu Ayele Mezgebu is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialized in cross-country running.He is the older brother of Assefa Mezgebu.-Achievements:-External links:...  Ethiopia	13:46.02
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	28:03.6	Habte Jifar Habte Jifar Habte Jifar is an Ethiopian middle distance runner. He has a total of three medals in the All-African Games. His best performance in a global event was a sixth place at the 1999 World Championships. He currently specializes in the marathon race.-Achievements:- External links :...  Ethiopia	28:26.3	Paul Koech Paul Koech Paul Koech is a Kenyan distance and marathon runner. He participated at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1998 and finished first place...  Kenya	28:28.8
Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...	Nicolas Nyengerai  Zimbabwe	2:20:08	Honest Mutsairo  Zimbabwe	2:20:15	Simon Bisiligilwa  Tanzania	2:20:21
3000 metre steeplechase	Bernard Barmasai Bernard Barmasai Bernard Barmasai is an athlete from Kenya. He specialised in steeplechase running but is nowadays a marathoner.He set the new 3000 metres steeplechase world record of 7:55.72 on August 24, 1997 in Cologne. The record was broken by Brahim Boulami from Morocco in 2001...  Kenya	8:27.15	Gideon Chirchir  Kenya	8:29.17	Eliud Barngetuny  Kenya	8:34.57
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...	William Erese William Erese William Erese is a retired male hurdler from Nigeria. His personal best time is 13.42 seconds, achieved in July 2003 in Mals, . This is the current Nigerian record.-Achievements:-External links:...  Nigeria	13.73	Kehinde Aladefa Kehinde Aladefa Kenny Aladefa is a Nigerian track and field athlete who competed in 400 metres hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics and won a silver and bronze medal at the All-Africa Games in 1995 and 1999....  Nigeria	13.79	Moses Oyiki  Nigeria	13.84
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...	Ibou Faye Ibou Faye Ibou Faye is a Senegalese athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres hurdles.- Achievements :*2003 All-Africa Games - bronze medal*1999 All-Africa Games - gold medal - 48.30 seconds, personal best...  Senegal	49.12	Gideon Biwott Gideon Biwott Gideon Biwott is a retired Kenyan athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.He won silver medals at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and the 1995 All-Africa Games, the latter in a career best time of 49.19 seconds....  Kenya	49.19	Julius Masvanhise  Zimbabwe	49.86
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....	Pierre Vorster  South Africa	2.22	Anthony Idiata Anthony Idiata Anthony Idiata is a Nigerian high jumper.He holds the African indoor record in high jump with 2.32 metres, achieved in February 2000 in Patras.- Achievements :*1999 All-Africa Games - gold medal - 2.27 metres, personal best...  Nigeria 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	2.19	|
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	5.50	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	5.20	Sameh Hassan Farid  Egypt Rafik Mefti  Algeria	4.80
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...	Cheikh Touré Cheikh Touré Cheikh Tidiane Touré is a Senegal-born French athlete who specialised in the long jump. He retired after the 2003 season.His best international performance came in the 1997 World Championships, where he finished 7th....  Senegal	8.10	Andrew Owusu Andrew Owusu Andrew Owusu is a Ghanaian athlete who competes in the triple jump.His personal best was 17.23 metres, achieved in August 1998 in Dakar. This is the Ghanaian record as well as the fourth best triple jump result in Africa, behind Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa , Ajayi Agbebaku and Khotso Mokoena...  Ghana	8.01	Jacob Katonon  Kenya	7.80
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...	Jacob Katonon  Kenya	16.93	Mohamed Karim Sassi Mohamed Karim Sassi Mohamed Karim Sassi is a Tunisian triple jumper.He represented the club AC Nabeul. He won the silver medals at the 1990 Maghreb Championships and the 1995 All-Africa Games, and competed at the 1995 World Championships and the 1996 Olympic Games without reaching the final...  Tunisia	16.75	Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa is a retired Zimbabwean triple jumper. He was the African record holder with 17.34 metres from 1998 to 2007....  Zimbabwe	16.60
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....	Henk Booysen  South Africa	18.80	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	18.55	Jaco Snyman  South Africa	18.44
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	61.68	Mickael Conjungo Mickaël Conjungo Mickaël Conjungo is a French discus thrower. He formerly represented his birth country of the Central African Republic....  Central African Republic	58.94	Frits Potgieter  South Africa	58.54
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	67.12	Sherif Farouk El Hennawi  Egypt	66.68	Mohamed Karim Horchani  Tunisia	65.78
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...	Pius Bazighe Pius Bazighe Pius Bazighe is a retired male javelin thrower from Nigeria, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He set his personal best on June 16, 1999 at a meet in Athens, Greece, breaking the Nigerian national record.-Achievements:-References:*...  Nigeria	77.56	Phillip Spies  South Africa	76.24	Louis Fouché Louis Fouché Louis A. Fouché is a South African athlete who competed in the 1938 British Empire Games.In 1936 he won the gold medal in the shot put event.-External links:*...  South Africa	75.04
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...	Danie van Wyk  South Africa	7339	Anis Riahi Anis Riahi Anis Riahi is a retired Tunisian decathlete.-Career:Riahi won the gold medal in pole vault at the 1996 African Championships...  Tunisia	7165	Sid Ali Sabour  Algeria	6986
20 kilometre road walk	Chris Britz  South Africa	1:28:06	David Kimutai David Kimutai David Kimutai Rotich , is a race walker from Kenya. He is an African Champion, All-Africa Games winner, Commonwealth Games medalist and has competed twice at the Olympics....  Kenya	1:31:02	Shemsu Hassan  Ethiopia	1:32:03
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...	Ghana	39.12	Sierra Leone	39.51	Côte d'Ivoire	39.61
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	3:01.63	Kenya	3:03.11	South Africa	3:03.65

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...	Mary Onyali  Nigeria	11.18	Christy Opara-Thompson  Nigeria	11.35	Mary Tombiri Mary Tombiri Mary Tombiri is a retired female track and field sprinter from Nigeria. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games she, together with Faith Idehen, Christy Opara-Thompson and Mary Onyali, won the gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay.-Achievements:...  Nigeria	11.40
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...	Mary Onyali  Nigeria	22.75	Calister Uba  Nigeria	23.42	Kate Iheagwam  Nigeria	23.77
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...	Fatima Yusuf Fatima Yusuf Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju is a retired Nigerian athlete, who competed mainly in the 400 metres during her career. She won 400 metres race in the 1991 All-Africa Games and was second in the 200 metres race. She is married to Adewale Olukoju.She later competed in the 200 meters at the World Championship...  Nigeria	49.43	Falilat Ogunkoya Falilat Ogunkoya Falilat Ogunkoya is a Nigerian athlete.Ogunkoya has won a number of national championships, including a gold medal in 1996 in the 400 metres, gold in the 200 metres and 400 m in 1998, and gold again in 1999 and 2001 in the 400 m. At the 1987 All Africa Games in Kenya she won the silver medal in...  Nigeria	50.31	Olabisi Afolabi Olabisi Afolabi Olabisi Afolabi is a retired female track and field athlete from Nigeria, who specialized in the 400 metres during her career. She was a member of the Nigerian team that won the silver medal in the 1996 Olympics 4 x 400 metres relay.She won the World Junior Championships in 1994...  Nigeria	51.53
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...	Maria de Lurdes Mutola  Mozambique	1:56.99	Tina Paulino Tina Paulino Tina Paulino is an 800 metres runner from Mozambique.- Early life :Born in Inhambane, Tina Paulino is a distant cousin of Maria de Lurdes Mutola. She started competing in 1992 at the age of 18, having already played basketball for the national team...  Mozambique	2:01.07	Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha is a middle distance runner from Ethiopia. She mainly competes in 1500 metres, where she set a world junior record in 1997. She became world indoor champion in 2004, Ethiopia's first ever women's 1500 m medalist at the championships...  Ethiopia	2:02.26
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...	Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha is a middle distance runner from Ethiopia. She mainly competes in 1500 metres, where she set a world junior record in 1997. She became world indoor champion in 2004, Ethiopia's first ever women's 1500 m medalist at the championships...  Ethiopia	4:18.32	Julia Sakara Julia Sakara - Achievements :In addition she competed at the World Championships in 1993, 1995 and 1997 as well as the 2000 Summer Olympics without reaching the finals.-External links:...  Zimbabwe	4:21.10	Genet Gebregiorgis Genet Gebregiorgis Genet Gebregioris is an Ethiopian middle distance runner who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.She won a bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 1995 All-Africa Games held in Harare...  Ethiopia	4:21.94
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...	Rose Cheruiyot Rose Cheruiyot Rose Jelagat Cheruiyot is a runner from Kenya.She is married to Ismael Kirui. The couple completed an unusual double when they both won their senior races at the Belfast International Cross Country in 1995....  Kenya	15:37.9	Ayelech Worku Ayelech Worku Ayelech Worku is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning two World Championships bronze medals on the 5000 metres...  Ethiopia	15:48.3	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	15:52.6
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...	Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio is a Kenyan distance runner. , Barsosio is the youngest ever medallist at the World Junior Championships in Athletics...  Kenya	32:22.26	Delillah Asiago  Kenya	32:56.12	Gete Wami Gete Wami Getenesh Wami is a female Ethiopian cross country and track runner....  Ethiopia	33:17.96
Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...	Jowaine Parrott  South Africa	2:55:09	Emebet Abosa  Ethiopia	3:01:53	Elfenesh Alemu Elfenesh Alemu Elfenesh Alemu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon race. She represented Ethiopia at the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2004...  Ethiopia	3:08:43
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...	Taiwo Aladefa Taiwo Aladefa Taiwo Aladefa-Darden is a retired Nigerian 100 m hurdler.She won Gold at the 1995 All African games and silver medals at the 1991 All-Africa Games and the 1993 African Championships and won the 1995 All-Africa Games in a new championship record of 12.98 seconds.Her personal best time is 12.72...  Nigeria	12.98	Angela Atede Angela Atede Angela Atede is a Nigerian athlete who mainly competes in the 100 metres hurdles. Her personal best is 12.72 seconds, achieved in 1998.-Achievements:-References:*...  Nigeria	13.01	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	13.09
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...	Omolade Akinremi Omolade Akinremi Omolade Akinremi is a retired Nigerian hurdler.-Achievements:-External links:...  Nigeria	56.1	Karen van der Veen  South Africa	57.0	Lana Uys  South Africa	57.6
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....	Hestrie Storbeck  South Africa	1.85	Irène Tiendrébéogo Irène Tiéndrebeogo Irène Dimwaogdo Tiendrébéogo is a Burkinabé high jumper. Tiéndrebeogo competed at the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Championships in Athletics in the Women's high jump. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:...  Burkina Faso	1.75	Madeleine Joubert  Namibia	1.70
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...	Eunice Barber Eunice Barber Eunice Barber is a Sierra Leonean athlete competing in heptathlon and long jump. Barber initially competed for Sierra Leone and then for France from 1999 onwards...  Sierra Leone	6.70w	Sanet Fouché  South Africa	6.45	Patience Itanyi  Nigeria	6.39
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...	Rosa Collins-Okah  Nigeria	13.80	Abiola Williams  Nigeria	13.12	Eunice Basweti  Kenya	12.86
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....	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	15.29	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi -Achievements:-References:...  Egypt	14.76	Beatrix Steenberg  South Africa	14.71
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...	Monia Kari Monia Kari Monia Kari is a Tunisian discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 61.74 metres, achieved in May 1996 in Tunis. This is the current African record.-Achievements:-References:*...  Tunisia	54.26	Rhona Dwinger  South Africa	49.84	Caroline Fournier  Mauritius	45.12
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...	Rhona Dwinger  South Africa	55.98	Fatma Zouhour Toumi  Tunisia	50.04	Bernadette Perrine  Mauritius	48.98
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:...	Oluchi Elechi  Nigeria	5609	Maralize Visser  South Africa	5436	Caroline Kola  Kenya	5248
5000 metre track walk	Dounia Kara  Algeria	23:59.4	Nagwa Ibrahim Ali  Egypt	24:25.3	Gete Komar  Ethiopia	24:25.7
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...	Nigeria	43.43	Ghana	44.44	Zimbabwe	45.74
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	3:27.51	South Africa	3:33.68	Ghana	3:35.67

Medal table

1	Nigeria	15	9	8	32
2	Kenya	8	7	7	22
3	South Africa	8	6	6	20
4	Algeria	2	0	1	3
5	Senegal	2	0	0	2
6	Ethiopia	1	4	7	12
7	Ghana	1	4	1	6
8	Tunisia	1	3	1	5
	Egypt	1	3	1	5
10	Zimbabwe	1	2	4	7
11	Mozambique	1	1	0	2
	Sierra Leone	1	1	0	2
13	Burundi	1	0	0	1
14	Mauritius	0	1	2	3
15	Burkina Faso	0	1	0	1
15	Côte d'Ivoire	0	0	1	1
	Namibia	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
	Tanzania	0	0	1	1

External links

• GBR Athletics