Athletics at the 1991 All-Africa Games explained

Athletics at the V All-Africa Games
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Colour:	F5D0A9
Host City:	Cairo, Egypt
Dates:	23–27 September
Stadium:	Cairo International Stadium
Previous:	1987 Nairobi
Next:	1995 Harare
Games:	1991 All-Africa Games

The athletics competition at the 1991 All-Africa Games was held from 23–27 September 1991 in Cairo, Egypt.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks	10.18 GR	Davidson Ezinwa	10.24	Emmanuel Tuffour	10.30
200 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks	20.28 GR	Emmanuel Tuffour	20.59	Daniel Phillip	20.62
400 metres	Samson Kitur	45.40	Sunday Bada	45.81	Francis Ogola	46.21
800 metres	William Tanui	1:47.40	Robert Kibet	1:47.69	Kennedy Osei	1:48.41
1500 metres	William Kimei	3:41.97	Desta Asgedom	3:42.65	Alemayehu Roba	3:42.91
5000 metres	Fita Bayissa	13:36.91	Ibrahim Kinuthia	13:37.67	Ondoro Osoro	13:38.60
10,000 metres	Thomas Osano	27:56.45 GR	William Koech	27:56.86	Chala Kelile	28:11.73
Marathon	Tena Negere	2:31:17	Ernest Tjela	2:31:42	Allaoua Khélil	2:32:29
3000 metres steeplechase	Moses Kiptanui	8:27.09	William Mutwol	8:28.29	Johnstone Kipkoech	8:33.88
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.0 m/s)	Judex Lefou	14.12	Noureddine Tadjine	14.17	Emeka Osaji	14.22
400 metres hurdles	Erick Keter	48.95	Gideon Yego	49.09	Amadou Dia Bâ	49.12
4 × 100 metres relay	Victor Omagbemi Innocent Asonze Oluyemi Kayode Davidson Ezinwa	39.36	Edoard Samatey Amadou M'Baye Joseph Diaz (sprinter) Charles-Louis Seck	40.00	Joseph Gikonyo Kennedy Ondiek Donald Onchiri Amos Rutere	40.70
4 × 400 metres relay	Simeon Kipkemboi Erick Keter Simon Kemboi Samson Kitur	3:03.14	Sunday Bada Hassan Bosso Clement Chukwu Abu Danjuma	3:03.72	Ahmed Ali Nelson Boateng Timothy Hesse Kennedy Osei	3:08.18
20 kilometre road walk	Shemsu Hassan	1:29:04 GR	Abdelwahab Ferguène	1:35:21	Abderrahmane Djebbar	1:38:11
High jump	Othmane Belfaa	2.18	Boubacar Guèye	2.16	Yacine Mousli	2.16
Pole vault	Sami Si Mohamed	5.20 GR	Belgacem Touami	5.10	Kersley Gardenne	5.00
Long jump	George Ogbeide	8.22	Yusuf Alli	7.81	James Sabulei	7.72
Triple jump	James Sabulei	16.53	Paul Nioze	16.50	Benjamin Koech	16.26
Shot put	Chima Ugwu	17.64	Adewale Olukoju	17.58	Martin Mélagne	17.33
Discus throw	Adewale Olukoju	59.22 GR	Mohamed Naguib Hamed	55.32	Hassan Ahmed Hamad	54.90
Hammer throw	Sherif Farouk El Hennawi	67.58	Hakim Toumi	63.12	Magdi Zakaria Abdallah	62.10
Javelin throw	Christian Okemefula	77.14	Pius Bazighe	71.78	James Saina	71.44
Decathlon	Mourad Mahour Bacha	7431 GR	Tommy Ozono	7163	Sid Ali Sabour	6956

• In the men's 4 × 100 metres relay, a Sierra Leonan team of David Sawyer, Horace Dove-Edwin, Haroun Korjie, and Sanusi Turay originally finished as runners-up with a time of 39.66 seconds, but were later disqualified for fielding an ineligible runner.
• In the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, the Ugandan team originally finished third with a time of 3:07.72 minutes.

Women's events

100 metres (wind: +0.8 m/s)	Mary Onyali	11.12	Beatrice Utondu	11.13	Rufina Uba	11.43
200 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s)	Tina Iheagwam	22.82	Fatima Yusuf	22.84	Christy Opara-Thompson	23.68
400 metres	Fatima Yusuf	50.71	Charity Opara	51.23	Airat Bakare	52.98
800 metres	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	2:04.02	Zewde Haile Mariam	2:04.99	Gladys Wamuyu	2:07.14
1500 metres	Susan Sirma	4:10.68	Margaret Kigari	4:12.34	Getenesh Urge	4:12.38
3000 metres	Susan Sirma	8:49.33	Luchia Yishak	8:51.04	Delillah Asiago	8:55.53
10000 metres	Derartu Tulu	33:40.37	Lydia Cheromei	33:53.00	Tigist Moreda	33:59.76
100 metres hurdles	Ime Akpan	13.44	Taiwo Aladefa	13.51	Nicole Ramalalanirina	13.70
400 metres hurdles	Marie Womplou	57.35	Omolade Akinremi	58.16	Omotayo Akinremi	58.85
4 × 100 metres relay	Chioma Ajunwa Rufina Ubah Beatrice Utondu Mary Onyali	44.21	Alimata Kone Marie Womplou Louise Ayétotché Olga Mutanda	45.86	Ramy Razafimanantsoa Hamitra Rakotondrabe Nicole Ramalalanirina Lalao Ravaorina	45.96
4 × 400 metres relay	Omotayo Akinremi Airat Bakare Charity Opara Fatima Yusuf	3:31.05	Gladys Wamuyu Pharis Wanja Marcela Mbunde Jane Kimatia	3:41.20	Louise Ayétotché Alimata Koné Olga Mutanda Marie Womplou	3:44.06
5000 metre track walk	Agnetha Chelimo	24:25.00	Grace Karimi	24:33.86	Dounia Kara	25:27.03
High jump	Lucienne N'Da	1.83	Ifeanyi Aduba	1.73	Stella Agbaegbu	1.70
Long jump	Chioma Ajunwa	6.67	Beatrice Utondu	6.50	Christy Opara-Thompson	6.33
Shot put	Hanan Ahmed Khaled	14.88	Elizabeth Olaba	14.83	Mariam Nnodu	14.66
Discus throw	Hanan Ahmed Khaled	48.32	Hiba Meshili Abu Zaghari	46.88	Wilma Brendenham	46.42 (NR)
Javelin throw	Seraphina Nyauma	51.94	Ann Otutu	50.54	Matilda Kisava	46.58
Heptathlon	Rita Izojie	5383	Oluchi Elechi	5320	Nacèra Zaaboub	5253

See also

• 1991 in athletics (track and field)

References

• African Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
• Sports Results and Details. Canberra Times (1991-09-26). Retrieved 2020-03-28.
• Sports Results and Details. Canberra Times (1991-09-27). Retrieved 2020-03-28.
• Sports Results and Details. Canberra Times (1991-09-27). Retrieved 2020-03-28.