1984 African Championships in Athletics

The 1984 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 Rabat

Rabat

Rabat , is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000...

, Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

from August 12 to August 15, 1984

1984 in athletics (track and field)

-International Events:*African Championships in Rabat, Morocco*Balkan Games in Athens, Greece*European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden*World Cross Country Championships in New York, United States*Olympic Games in Los Angeles, United States-Men:...

in the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium.

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...	Chidi Imo Nigeria	10.40	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	10.49	Eseme Ikpoto Nigeria	10.58
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...	Innocent Egbunike Innocent Egbunike Innocent Egbunike is a former sprinter from Nigeria who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984... Nigeria	20.66	Eseme Ikpoto Nigeria	21.19	Ali Bakhta Algeria	21.32
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...	Gabriel Tiacoh Gabriel Tiacoh Gabriel Tiacoh was a sprinter from Côte d'Ivoire who specialised in the 400 metres. He is best known for winning his nation's sole Olympic medal thus far, in the 400 meters in 1984.... Côte d'Ivoire	45.52	Sunday Uti Sunday Uti Sunday Uti is a former Nigerian sprinter who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984. He finished sixth in the final of the individual 400 metres contest.... Nigeria	46.16	El Kashief Hassan Sudan	46.47
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...	Sammy Koskei Sammy Koskei Sammy Koskei is a former Kenyan middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.Koskei was one of the best Kenyan 800m competitors in 80's, setting fast times, but lacked success at the international major championships. His breakthrough year was 1982 when the youngster broke 1:45 second... Kenya	1:45.17	Moussa Fall Senegal	1:45.56	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	1:45.78
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...	Saïd Aouita Said Aouita Saïd Aouita is a former Moroccan athlete, winner of 5000 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 5000 meters at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, 3000 meters at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and former world record holder at 1500m , 2000m , 3000m , and twice at 5000m [ and ]... Morocco	3:38.18	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	3:39.90	Mehdi Aidet Algeria	3:40.85
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...	Abderrazak Bounour Abderrazak Bounour Abderrazak Bounour is a retired Algerian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres.He was born in Annaba, and represented the club USSN. He reached the semi-final of the 1983 World Championships, as well as at the 1984 Olympic Games... Algeria	13:41.94	Samson Obwocha Kenya	13:41.98	Kipsubai Koskei Kenya	13:42.05
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...	Kipsubai Koskei Kenya	28:11.70	Ahmed Salah Djibouti	28:17.40 (NR)	Mohamed Ali Chouri Tunisia	28:49.80
3000 metre steeplechase	Joshua Kipkemboi Kenya	8:27.88	Lahcene Babaci Algeria	8:36.60	Habib Chérif Algeria	8:38.26
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...	Philip Sang Kenya	14.15	Riad Benhaddad Algeria	14.36	Hisham Mohamed Makin Egypt	14.6
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...	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	49.30	Henry Amike Henry Amike Henry Amike is a retired Nigerian athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-External links:... Nigeria	49.95	Ahmed Abdel Halim Ghanem Egypt	50.77
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....	Mohamed Aghlal Morocco	2.17	Boubacar Guèye Senegal	2.14	Azzedine Mostéfa Algeria Belba Ngaroudel Chad	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 Bouihiri Morocco	4.60	Mongi Labidi Tunisia	4.40	Choukri Abahnini Choukri Abahnini Choukri Abahnini is a former athlete from Tunisia who competed in the pole vaultHe competed for Tunisia in the 1984 African Championships held in Rabat, Morocco in the Pole vault finishing in the bronze medal position with a performance of 4m40. At the following years African Championships held in... Tunisia	4.40
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...	Paul Emordi Paul Emordi Paul Emordi is a retired Nigerian athlete who competed in the long jump and triple jump.His personal best in long jump was 8.25 metres, achieved in June 1987 in Baton Rouge. This ranks him third among Nigerian long jumpers, only behind Yusuf Alli and Charlton Ehizuelen . -Achievements:-External... Nigeria	7.90	Yusuf Alli Yusuf Alli Yusuf Alli is a retired Nigerian long jumper, best known for his gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.His personal best is 8.27 metres, achieved at the 1989 African Championships in Athletics in Lagos. This is the Nigerian record... Nigeria	7.88	Joseph Kio Nigeria	7.82
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...	Joseph Taiwo Joseph Taiwo Joseph Taiwo is a retired Nigerian athlete who competed in the triple jump.His personal best was 17.22 metres, achieved in June 1988 in Bauchi. This ranks him second among Nigerian triple jumpers, behind Ajayi Agbebaku, and fifth in Africa, behind Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa, Agbebaku, Khotso Mokoena... Nigeria	17.19	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	16.96	Mamadou Diallo Mamadou Diallo (athlete) Mamadou Diallo is a retired triple jumper from Senegal. He competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, finishing in 12th place in the final rankings with a jump of 15.99 m.-Achievements:... Senegal	16.68
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....	Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush is an Egyptian athlete .* Three times African champion in shot put, in 1984, 1985 and 1988.* Won a bronze medal at the 1987 All-Africa Games.-Achievements:-References:... Egypt	18.45	Ahmed Kamel Shata Egypt	18.09	Mohamed Fatihi Morocco	16.95
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...	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	58.62	Abderrazak Ben Hassine Tunisia	54.46	Mohamed Fatihi Morocco	48.86
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	68.64	Hisham Abdeslam Zaki Egypt	61.04	Yacine Louail Algeria	59.90
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...	Tarek Chaabani Tunisia	77.40	Mongi Alimi Tunisia	73.88	Ahmed Mahour Bacha Algeria	71.86
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	7022	Hatem Bachar Tunisia	6890	Abdennacer Moumen Morocco	6810
20 kilometre road walk	Abdelwahab Ferguène Algeria	1:30:02	Benamar Kachkouche Algeria	1:30:02	Hassan Kouchaoui Morocco	1:32:46
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 Nigeria Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in... Nigeria	39.49	Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be... Côte d'Ivoire	39.94	Senegal Senegal Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north... Senegal	40.86
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...	Senegal Senegal Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north... Senegal	3:04.76	Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in... Nigeria	3:04.85	Kenya Kenya Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east... Kenya	3:06.73

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...	Doris Wiredu Ghana	11.88	Joyce Odhiambo Kenya	11.93	Grace Armah Ghana	11.98
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...	Nawal El Moutawakil Morocco	23.93	Mercy Addy Mercy Addy Mercy Addy is a Ghanaian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.Her personal best time is 51.0 seconds , achieved in October 1989 in Accra. This is the current Ghanaian record. She had 52.08 seconds with electronic timing.... Ghana	24.42	Joyce Odhiambo Kenya	24.44
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...	Ruth Atuti Kenya	54.05	Mable Esendi Kenya	54.88	Mercy Addy Mercy Addy Mercy Addy is a Ghanaian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.Her personal best time is 51.0 seconds , achieved in October 1989 in Accra. This is the current Ghanaian record. She had 52.08 seconds with electronic timing.... Ghana	56.36
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...	Justina Chepchirchir Kenya	2:04.52	Florence Wanjiru Kenya	2:05.96	Célestine N'Drin Célestine N'Drin Célestine N'Drin is a Côte d'Ivoire runner who specialized in the 400 and 800 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:400 metres - 52.04 s - national record.800 metres - 2:02.99 min - national record.-References:... Côte d'Ivoire	2:07.72
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...	Justina Chepchirchir Kenya	4:18.45	Fatima Aouam Fatima Aouam Fatima Aouam is a former female middle distance runner from Morocco. She is best known for twice winning the gold medal at the 1987 Mediterranean Games in Latakia, Syria. Aouam set her personal best in the 1,500 m in 1986.... Morocco	4:22.75	Leïla Bendahmane Algeria	4:23.15
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...	Mary Chepkemboi Kenya	9:19.05	Regina Chemeli Kenya	9:22.17	Leïla Bendahmane Algeria	9:26.28
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...	Maria Usifo Maria Usifo Maria Usifo is a retired Nigerian athlete who specialized in the 100 and 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:1989 African Championships - gold medal 1988 African Championships - gold medal... Nigeria	13.42	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	14.40	Chérifa Meskaoui Morocco	14.55
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...	Nawal El Moutawakil Morocco	56.01	Rachida Ferdjaoui Algeria	63.17
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....	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	1.76	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	1.73	Salimata Coulibaly Côte d'Ivoire	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...	Marianne Mendoza Senegal	5.93	Basma Gharbi Tunisia	5.77	Dalila Tayebi Algeria	5.68
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	15.51	Souad Malloussi Morocco	15.31	Aïcha Dahmous Algeria	13.44
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...	Zoubida Laayouni Morocco	52.70	Aïcha Dahmous Algeria	50.12	Chérifa Meskaoui Morocco	46.04
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...	Ténin Camara Côte d'Ivoire	45.48	Samira Benhamza Morocco	44.90	Naïma Fouad Morocco	44.40
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:...	Chérifa Meskaoui Morocco	5448	Frida Kiptala Kenya	5292	Nacèra Achir Algeria	5195
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...	Kenya	46.18	Ghana	46.20	The Gambia	47.20
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	3:37.76	Ghana	3:45.96	Morocco	3:54.41

Medal table

1	Kenya	10	6	3	19
2	Morocco	7	3	8	18
3	Nigeria	6	6	2	14
4	Algeria	4	4	5	13
5	Senegal	4	4	2	10
6	Egypt	2	2	2	6
6	Côte d'Ivoire	2	2	2	6
8	Tunisia	1	5	2	8
9	Ghana	1	3	2	6
10	Gabon	1	0	0	1
11	Sudan	0	1	2	3
12	Djibouti	0	1	0	1
13	Chad	0	0	1	1
13	The Gambia	0	0	1	1

External links

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