1989 African Championships in Athletics explained

1989 African Championships in Athletics
Host City:	Lagos, Nigeria
Dates:	4–8 August
Previous:	Annaba 1988
Next:	Cairo 1990

The 1989 African Championships in Athletics were held in Lagos, Nigeria between 4 and 8 August.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Amadou Mbagnick Mbaye	10.60	Salaam Gariba	10.64	Patrick Nwankwo	10.66
200 metres (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Olapade Adeniken	20.74	Davidson Ezinwa	20.82	Nelson Boateng	20.84
400 metres	Gabriel Tiacoh	45.25	Simeon Kipkemboi	46.29	Hachim Ndiaye	46.69
800 metres	Nixon Kiprotich	1:45.71	Joseph Chesire	1:45.96	Babacar Niang	1:46.09
1500 metres	Joseph Chesire	3:39.43	Robert Kibet	3:40.05	Nixon Kiprotich	3:41.51
5000 metres	John Ngugi	13:22.07	Addis Abebe	13:35.09	Moses Tanui	13:36.79
10,000 metres	Addis Abebe	27:51.07	Moses Tanui	28:22.90	Bedilu Kibret	28:29.14
Marathon	Tsegaye Sengni	2:26:26	Kebede Balcha	2:26:35	Tekla Gebrselassie	2:26:55
3000 metre steeplechase	Azzedine Brahmi	8:31.29	Micah Boinett	8:31.79	Boniface Merande	8:35.35
110 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Ikechukwu Mbadugha	14.16	Noureddine Tadjine	14.18	Akwasi Abrefa	14.56
400 metres hurdles	Henry Amike	49.58	Hamidou Mbaye	50.76	Saïd Aberkan	50.84
4 × 100 metres relay		39.94		40.78		40.91
4 × 400 metres relay		3:04.44		3:05.54		3:08.18
20 kilometre road walk	Mohamed Bouhalla	1:30:43	Abdelwahab Ferguène	1:36:49	Bekele Lema	1:45:25
High jump	Othmane Belfaa	2.20	Abdenour Krim	2.15	Boubacar Guèye	2.10
Pole vault	Sami Si Mohamed	4.90	Issam Ben Mohamed	4.80	Samir Agsous	4.60
Long jump	Yusuf Alli	8.27	Ayodele Aladefa	7.89	Badara Mbengue	7.88
Triple jump	Eugene Koranteng	16.83	Toussaint Rabenala	16.80	Paul Nioze	16.74
Shot put	Robert Welikhe	17.28	Chima Ugwu	16.76	Vincent Oghene	16.62
Discus throw	Hassan Ahmed Hamad	53.44	Vincent Oghene	52.98	Ikechukwu Chika	50.70
Hammer throw	Hakim Toumi	69.98	Hassan Chahine	66.86	Djamel Zouiche	63.52
Javelin throw	Pius Bazighe	68.96	Mongi Alimi	68.42	William Sang	68.06
Decathlon	Mourad Mahour Bacha	7080	Hatem Bachar	6757	Stanley Flowers	6519 (NR)

Women's events

100 metres (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Mary Onyali	11.22	Tina Iheagwam	11.28	Rufina Uba	11.47
200 metres (wind: -1.6 m/s)	Mary Onyali	23.00	Falilat Ogunkoya	23.74	Lalao Ravaonirina	23.94
400 metres	Falilat Ogunkoya	51.22	Fatima Yusuf	52.30	Airat Bakare	52.38
800 metres	Hassiba Boulmerka	2:06.80	Zewde Haile Mariam	2:08.20	Emebet Shiferaw	2:09.30
1500 metres	Hassiba Boulmerka	4:13.85	Hellen Kimaiyo	4:16.42	Emebet Shiferaw	4:20.81
3000 metres	Hellen Kimaiyo	9:14.97	Jane Ngotho	9:15.43	Luchia Yishak	9:24.31
10,000 metres	Jane Ngotho	33:05.60	Tigist Moreda	34:05.58	Marcianne Mukamurenzi	34:09.48
100 metres hurdles	Dinah Yankey	13.68	Hope Obika	13.80	Mosun Adesina	13.86
400 metres hurdles	Maria Usifo	55.45	Marie Womplou	57.57	Zewde Haile Mariam	59.51
4 × 100 metres relay	? ? Beatrice Utondu ?	44.6		45.4		46
4 × 400 metres relay	Airat Bakare Falilat Ogunkoya Charity Opara Fatima Yusuf	3:33.12		3:39.60		3:41.87
5000 metre track walk	Agnetha Chelimo	26:36.18	Mercy Nyambura	27:08.58
High jump	Lucienne N'Da	1.81	Nkechi Madubuko	1.78	Yasmina Azzizi	1.78
Long jump	Chioma Ajunwa	6.53	Beatrice Utondu	6.20	Christy Opara	6.18
Shot put	Hanan Ahmed Khaled	14.28	Mariam Nnodu	14.02	Ann Otutu	13.88
Discus throw	Zoubida Laayouni	51.14	Hanan Ahmed Khaled	50.32	Nabila Mouelhi	46.80
Javelin throw	Chinweoke Chikwelu	52.18	Milka Johnson	50.32	Yasmina Azzizi	48.16
Heptathlon	Yasmina Azzizi	5957	Nacèra Zaaboub (Achir)	5573	Chinweoke Chikwelu	5503

See also

• 1989 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Results – GBR Athletics