1979 African Championships in Athletics

The 1979 African Championships in Athletics
African Championships in Athletics
The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics. It is generally organised biennually, every other event is held same year as the Summer Olympics....

were held in the Stade Demba Diop

Stade Demba Diop

Stade Demba Diop is a multi-use stadium in greater Dakar, Senegal. It is situated on Boulevard Président Habib Bourguiba in Sicap-Liberté, an urban arrondissement of Dakar.-History:...

in Dakar

Dakar

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, Senegal

Senegal

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. There were a total number of 251 competitors from 24 countries, with 23 men's and 16 women's events.

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...	Ernest Obeng Ernest Obeng Ernest Obeng is a retired Ghanaian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. His personal best time was 10.21 seconds, achieved in August 1980 in Budapest. Ghana boycotted the Olympic Games that year.... Ghana	10.54	Théophile Nkounkou Republic of the Congo	10.63	Edward Ofili Nigeria	10.66
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...	Edward Ofili Nigeria	20.90	Georges Kablan Degnan Côte d'Ivoire	21.14	Emmanuel Bitanga Cameroon	21.18
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...	El Kashief Hassan Sudan	45.34	James Atuti Kenya	45.95	Billy Konchellah Billy Konchellah Billy Komintai Konchellah is a former 800 m runner who won two World Championship gold medals in Rome 1987 and Tokyo 1991.-Career:... Kenya	46.28
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...	James Maina Kenya	1:48.8a	Omer Khalifa Omer Khalifa Omer Khalifa is a former Sudanese middle distance runner who set a national record of 3:33.28 minutes over 1500 metres in Grossetto in 1986. Prior to this, he won silver medals in the 800m and 1500m races at the Olympic Boycott Games in 1980. Khalifa won the 1500 m race at the World Cup 1985 in... Sudan	1:49.3a	Mehdi Aidet Algeria	1:49.8a
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...	Mike Boit Mike Boit Mike Boit Mike Boit Mike Boit (Michael Kipsubut Boit; (born 1 June 1949) is a Kenyan former middle distance athlete whose career spanned fifteen years. He is presently a professor at Kenyatta University in the Department of Exercise and Sports Science.... Kenya	3:39.9a	Abderrahmane Morceli Abderrahmane Morceli Abderrahmane Morceli is a retired Algerian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.He is a brother of Noureddine Morceli. At the 1979 Mediterranean Games he won a bronze medal in the 1500 metres and a silver medal in the 800 metres. He also won the bronze medal at the 1977 Summer... Algeria	3:40.1a	Mehdi Aidet Algeria	3:40.5a
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...	Miruts Yifter Miruts Yifter Miruts Yifter ]] is a former Ethiopian athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. His name is also sometimes spelled as Muruse Yefter.... Ethiopia	14:14.0a	Yohannes Mohamed Ethiopia	14:14.2a	Kip Rono Kenya	14:18.0a
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...	Miruts Yifter Miruts Yifter Miruts Yifter ]] is a former Ethiopian athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. His name is also sometimes spelled as Muruse Yefter.... Ethiopia	29:08.0a	Yohannes Mohamed Ethiopia	29:10.0a	Rachid Habchaoui Rachid Habchaoui Rachid Habchaoui is a retired Algerian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres and the 10,000 metres.He competed in both the 5000 metres and the 10,000 metres at the 1980 Olympic Games, but failed to reach the final in either event... Algeria	29:28.9a
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...	Kebede Balcha Ethiopia	2:29:53	Gidamis Shahanga Gidamis Shahanga Gidamis Shahanga is a retired Tanzanian long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres and the marathon race.-Achievements:-External links:*... Tanzania	2:36:46	Ladislas Hakuzimana Rwanda	2:54:28
3000 metre steeplechase	Kip Rono Kenya	8:30.9a	Eshetu Tura Eshetu Tura Eshetu Tura is a retired long-distance runner from Ethiopia. He won the bronze medal in 3,000 metres steeplechase at the 1980 Summer Olympics.-Career:... Ethiopia	8:31.4a	Yohannes Mohamed Ethiopia	8:39.4a
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...	Godwin Obasogie Nigeria	13.76w	Philip Sang Kenya	13.81w	Thomas Nnakwe Nigeria	14.03w
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...	Daniel Kimaiyo Kenya	50.05	Wilson Kibiego Kenya	51.06	Dennis Otono Nigeria	51.23
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....	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	2.15	Hamid Sahil Algeria	2.13	Moussa Fall Senegal	2.05
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...	Mohamed Bensaad Algeria	4.70	Loué Legbo Côte d'Ivoire	4.60	Ahmed Rezki Algeria	4.50
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...	Ajayi Agbebaku Ajayi Agbebaku Ajayi Agbebaku is a retired Nigerian athlete who competed in the triple jump.His personal best jump was 17.26 metres, achieved in July 1983 in Edmonton. This is the Nigerian record as well as second in Africa, only behind Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa... Nigeria	7.94	Kayode Elegbede Nigeria	7.89	Joseph Kio Nigeria	7.78
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...	Ajayi Agbebaku Ajayi Agbebaku Ajayi Agbebaku is a retired Nigerian athlete who competed in the triple jump.His personal best jump was 17.26 metres, achieved in July 1983 in Edmonton. This is the Nigerian record as well as second in Africa, only behind Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa... Nigeria	16.82w	Abdoulaye Diallo Abdoulaye Diallo Abdoulaye Diallo is a French football player of Senegalese and Guinean descent who currently plays for Ligue 1 club Rennes. He is a former graduate of the prestigious Clairefontaine academy and joined Rennes in 2007... Senegal	16.42w	Joseph Kio Nigeria	16.25w
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....	Youssef Nagui Asaad Egypt	20.32	Mohamed Fatihi Morocco	15.80	Abderrazak Ben Hassine Tunisia	14.42
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...	Abderrazak Ben Hassine Tunisia	54.60	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	54.40	Harrison Salami Nigeria	53.10
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...	Abdellah Boubekeur Algeria	56.02	Youssef Ben Abid Tunisia	53.84	Hisham Fouad Greis Egypt	49.10
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...	Jacques Ayé Abehi Côte d'Ivoire	76.74	Zakayo Malekwa Zakayo Malekwa Zakayo Malekwa is a retired track and field athlete from Tanzania, who competed in the men's javelin throw event during his career. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Moscow, Soviet Union . There he set his best Olympic result by finishing in 16th... Tanzania	76.06	Tarek Chaabani Tunisia	75.20
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...	Mohamed Bensaad Algeria	7148	Ebewele Brown Nigeria	7043	Alioune Seck Senegal	6741
10000 metre track walk	Benamar Kachkouche Algeria	48:50.8a	Hunde Ture Ethiopia	50:45.6a	John Mutinda Kenya	55:45.2a
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...	Côte d'Ivoire	39.80	Senegal	41.60	Tanzania	41.71
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...	Kenya	3:08.2a	Nigeria	3:10.2a	Senegal	3:11.5a

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...	Obuzoene Nsenu Nigeria	11.53w	Hannah Afriyie Hannah Afriyie Hannah Afriyie is a retired Ghanaian athlete-West African games:In the 1977 West African games in Lagos, Hannah Afriyie won the silver medal in the 100 metres.-All Africa games:... Ghana	11.56w	Nzaeli Kyomo Tanzania	11.59w
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...	Hannah Afriyie Hannah Afriyie Hannah Afriyie is a retired Ghanaian athlete-West African games:In the 1977 West African games in Lagos, Hannah Afriyie won the silver medal in the 100 metres.-All Africa games:... Ghana	23.81	Nzaeli Kyomo Tanzania	24.48	Ruth Waithera Ruth Waithera Ruth Waithera Nganga is a retired sprinter from Kenya.Waithera won bronze over 200 metres at the 1978 All-Africa games and 1979 African Championships... Kenya	24.66
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...	Grace Bakari Ghana	53.33	Marième Boye Senegal	54.52	Mary Chemweno Kenya	55.41
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...	Mary Chemweno Kenya	2:08.4a	Rose Tata Kenya	2:10.9a	Amsala Woldegebriel Ethiopia	2:11.9a
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...	Sakina Boutamine Algeria	4:23.6a	Rose Thomson Kenya	4:25.0a	Hassania Darami Morocco	4:26.5a
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...	Sakina Boutamine Algeria	9:31.1a	Rose Thomson Kenya	9:32.1a	Hassania Darami Morocco	9:39.7a
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...	Judy Bell-Gam Nigeria	14.13	Bella Bell-Gam Bella Bell-Gam -Career:She won the gold medal in the 1978 All Africa Games held in Algiers, Algeria with 3790 points. She also won bronze medals in the 100m hurdles and long jump during the same competition achieving a time of 13.99s and 6.12m respectively.... Nigeria	14.36	Fatima El Faquir Morocco	14.52
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...	Fatima El Faquir Morocco	59.73	Rose Tata Kenya	59.85	Ruth Kyalisima Uganda	60.41
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....	Kawther Akrémi Tunisia	1.69	Elizabeth Ezo Nigeria	1.69	Fernande Agnentchoué Gabon	1.63
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...	Bella Bell-Gam Bella Bell-Gam -Career:She won the gold medal in the 1978 All Africa Games held in Algiers, Algeria with 3790 points. She also won bronze medals in the 100m hurdles and long jump during the same competition achieving a time of 13.99s and 6.12m respectively.... Nigeria	6.24	Florence Ochonogor Nigeria	6.18	Jeanette Yawson Ghana	6.04
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....	Odette Mistoul Gabon	13.45	Grace Apiafi Grace Apiafi Grace Apiafi is a former track and field athlete from Nigeria, who competed in the shot put and discus throw events during her career. She represented her native West African country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where she didn't reach the final in both... Nigeria	13.24	Joyce Aciro Uganda	12.95
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...	Zoubida Laayouni Morocco	46.18	Fathia Jerbi Tunisia	45.18	Helen Alyek Uganda	43.04
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...	Agnès Tchuinté Cameroon	50.20	Eunice Nekesa Kenya	49.98	Constance Rwabiryagye Uganda	41.64
Pentathlon Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...	Bella Bell-Gam Bella Bell-Gam -Career:She won the gold medal in the 1978 All Africa Games held in Algiers, Algeria with 3790 points. She also won bronze medals in the 100m hurdles and long jump during the same competition achieving a time of 13.99s and 6.12m respectively.... Nigeria	3607	Florence Ochonogor Nigeria	3524	Julie-Marie Gomis Senegal	3409
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	45.63	Nigeria	46.45	Senegal	50.23
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...	Ghana	3:41.8a	Kenya	3:46.1a	Nigeria	3:54.9a

Medal table

1	Nigeria	8	9	7	24
2	Algeria	7	2	4	13
3	Kenya	6	9	5	20
4	Ghana	5	1	1	7
5	Ethiopia	3	4	2	9
6	Tunisia	2	2	2	6
7	Côte d'Ivoire	2	2	0	4
8	Morocco	2	1	3	6
9	Egypt	1	1	1	3
10	Sudan	1	1	0	2
11	Cameroon	1	0	1	2
11	Gabon	1	0	1	2
13	Senegal	0	3	5	8
14	Tanzania	0	3	2	5
15	Republic of the Congo	0	1	0	1
16	Uganda	0	0	4	4
17	Rwanda	0	0	1	1

External links

Results - GBR Athletics

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