List of African Games medalists in athletics (men) explained

This is the complete list of African Games medalists in men's athletics from 1965 to 2015.

200 metres

1965 Brazzaville		21.1		21.4		21.7
1973 Lagos		21.13		21.32		21.53
1978 Algiers		20.77 (NR)		20.90		20.98
1987 Nairobi		20.90		20.94		21.01
1991 Cairo		20.28		20.59		20.62
1995 Harare		20.28		20.29		20.80
1999 Johannesburg		20.06 (GR)		20.37		20.49
		20.42		20.43		20.51
		20.81		20.88		20.94
		20.66		20.76		20.94
2015 Brazzaville		20.42		20.45		20.58
2019 Rabat		20.35		20.54		20.56

400 metres

1965	Wilson Kiprugut	46.9	James Addy	47.4	Amadou Gakou	47.7
1973	Charles Asati	46.31	Tegegne Bezabeh	46.8	Mulugetta Tadesse	47.17
1978	Hassan El Kashief Sudan	45.32	Dele Udo Nigeria	45.65	Cyril Etoori Uganda	45.65
1987	Innocent Egbunike	44.23	David Kitur	44.93	Moses Ugbisien	45.35
1991	Samson Kitur	45.40	Sunday Bada	45.81	Francis Ogola	46.21
1995	Samson Kitur	44.36	Sunday Bada	45.03	Jude Monye	45.17
1999	Kennedy Ochieng	44.77	Clement Chukwu	45.31	Philip Mukomana	45.43
2003		44.98		45.22		45.42
2007	California Molefe	45.59	Young Talkmore Nyongani	45.76	Mathieu Gnanligo	45.89
2011		45.27		45.82		46.52
2015		44.35		45.01		45.50

800 metres

1965	Wilson Kiprugut	1:47.4	Papa M'Baye N'Diaye	1:48.6	Peter Francis	1:49.1
1973	Cosmas Silei	1:45.38	John Kipkurgat	1:47.29	Mohamed Sid Ali Djouadi	1:48.70
1978	James Maina Boi Kenya	1:47.14	Amar Brahmia Algeria	1:47.54	Peter Lemashon Kenya	1:47.83
1987	Billy Konchellah	1:45.99	Stephen Marai	1:46.64	Dieudonné Kwizera	1:46.69
1991	William Tanui	1:47.40	Robert Kibet	1:47.69	Kennedy Osei	1:48.41
1995	Arthémon Hatungimana	1:47.42	Vincent Malakwen	1:47.43	Savieri Ngidhi	1:47.61
1999	Japheth Kimutai	1:44.91	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	1:45.32	Hezekiél Sepeng	1:45.58
2003	Samwel Mwera	1:46.13		1:46.44		1:46.50
2007	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	1:45.22	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1:45.54	Justus Koech	1:45.80
2011		1:46:32		1:46:40		1:46:52
2015		1:50.45		1:50.72		1:50.79

1500 metres

1965	Kipchoge Keino	3:41.1	Charles Maina	3:47.8	Ahmed Issa	3:47.8 (NR)
1973	Filbert Bayi	3:37.23	Kipchoge Keino	3:39.63	Shibrou Regassa	3:40.04
1978	Filbert Bayi	3:36.21	Wilson Waigwa Kenya	3:36.48	Amar Brahmia Algeria	3:37.33
1987	Sisa Kirati	3:39.40	Wilfred Kirochi	3:39.66	Joseph Chesire	3:39.84
1991	William Kemei	3:41.97	Desta Asgedom	3:42.65	Alemayehu Roba	3:42.91
1995	Vincent Malakwen	3:40.11	Reuben Chesang	3:40.66	Julius Achon	3:40.83
1999	Hailu Mekonnen	3:39.73	David Lelei	3:40.46	Fred Cheruiyot	3:41.21
2003		3:37.52		3:38.13		3:38.94
2007	Asbel Kiprop	3:38.97	Antar Zerguelaïne	3:39.04	Tarek Boukensa	3:39.18
2011		3:39.12		3:39.72		3:39.99
2015		3:45.73		3:45.98		3:46.31

5000 metres

1965	Kipchoge Keino	13:44.4	Naftali Temu	13:58.4	Mamo Wolde	14:18.6
1973	Ben Jipcho	14:07.21	Miruts Yifter	14:07.57	Paul Mose	14:08.43
1978	Yohannes Mohamed Ethiopia	13:44.39	Michael Musyoki Kenya	13:44.79	Suleiman Nyambui	13:49.60
1987	John Ngugi	13:31.87	Paul Kipkoech	13:36.32	Peter Koech	13:44.94
1991	Fita Bayisa	13:36.91	Ibrahim Kinuthia	13:37.67	Ondoro Osoro	13:38.60
1995	Josephat Machuka	13:31.11	Habte Jifar	13:45.11	Ayele Mezgebu	13:46.02
1999	Julius Gitahi	13:49.06	Fita Bayisa	13:49.79	Tom Nyariki	13:50.40
2003		13:26.16 GR		13:26.73		13:29.14
2007	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	13:12:51	Josphat Kiprono Menjo	13:12.64	Tariku Bekele	13:13.43
2011		13:43.08		13:43.33		13:43.51
2015		13:21.88		13:22.13		13:22.72

10000 metres

1973	Miruts Yifter	29:04.6	Paul Mose	29:50.8	Richard Juma	29:24.3
1978	Henry Rono Kenya	27:58.90	Michael Musyoki Kenya	28:05.20	Mohamed Kedir Ethiopia	28:42.00
1987	Paul Kipkoech	28:34.77	Abebe Mekonnen	28:58.70	Some Muge	28:59.96
1991	Thomas Osano	27:56.45	William Koech	27:56.86	Chala Kelele	28:11.73
1995	Josephat Machuka	28:03.6	Habte Jifar	28:26.3	Paul Koech	28:28.8
1999	Assefa Mezgebu	28:12.15	David Chelule	28:13.71	Habte Jifar	28:15.11
2003		27:42.13		27:43.12		27:47.19
2007	Zersenay Tadese	27:00.30 GR	Tadese Tola	27:28.08	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	27:41.24
2011		28:18.22		28:19.22		28:19.32
2015		27:27.19		27:27.55		27:28.40

Marathon

1973	Mamo Wolde	2:17:33	Lengissa Bedane	2:18:16	Richard Mabuza	2:34:18
1978	Richard Mabuza Swaziland	2:21:53	Dereje Nedi Ethiopia	2:23:08	Girma Guebre Ethiopia	2:27:35
1987	Belayneh Dinsamo	2:14:47	Dereje Nedi	2:15:27	Kebede Balcha	2:16:07
1991	Tena Negere	2:31:17	Ernest Tjela	2:31:42	Allaoua Khellil	2:32:29
1995	Nicolas Nyengerai	2:20:08	Honest Mutsairo	2:20:15	Simon Mrashani	2:20:21
1999	Joshua Peterson	2:19:07	Fokasi Wilbrod	2:20:47	Frank Pooe	2:23:36
2003		2:25:01		2:26:08		2:27:39

Half-marathon

2007	Deriba Merga	1:02:24	Martin Sulle	1:03:01	Yonas Kifle	1:03:19
2011		1:04:31		1:04:44		1:04:51
2015		1:03.11		1:03.27		1:03.39

3000 metre steeplechase

1965	Benjamin Kogo	8:47.4	Naftali Chirchir	8:54.2	Eddy Okadapau	9:05.8
1973	Ben Jipcho	8:20.74	Evans Mogaka	8:26.11	Yohannes Mohamed	8:32.86
1978	Henry Rono Kenya	8:15.82	James Munyala Kenya	8:25.68	Kip Rono Kenya	8:26.38
1987	Patrick Sang	8:33.69	Joshua Kipkemboi	8:45.94	Astère Havugiyarémye	8:57.19
1991	Moses Kiptanui	8:27.09	William Mutwol	8:28.29	Johnstone Kipkoech	8:33.88
1995	Bernard Barmasai	8:27.15	Gideon Chirchir	8:29.17	Eliud Barngetuny	8:34.57
1999	Kipkurui Misoi	8:32.42	Wilson Boit Kipketer	8:41.33	Christopher Koskei	8:41.35
2003		8:12.27 GR		8:14.77		8:27.33
2007	Willy Komen	8:15.11	Ezekiel Kemboi	8:16.93	Nahom Mesfin Tariku	8:39.67
2011		8:17.40		8:18.40		8:20.70
2015		8:20.31		8:22.96 SB		8:24.19 SB

110 metres hurdles

1965	Folu Erinle	14.6	Edward Akika	14.6	Simbara Maki	14.7
1973	Fatwell Kimaiyo	14.19	Adeola Aboyade-Cole	14.54	Abdoulaye Sarr	14.56
1978	Fatwell Kimaiyo Kenya	13.89	Philip Sang Kenya	14.02	Thomas Nnakwe Nigeria	14.35
1987	Judex Lefou	14.11	Gideon Yego	14.24	René Djédjémel Mélédjé	14.30
1991	Judex Lefou	14.12	Noureddine Tadjine	14.17	Emeka Osaji	14.22
1995	William Erese	13.73	Kehinde Aladefa	13.79	Moses Oyiki	13.84
1999	William Erese	13.71	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja	13.85	Kehinde Aladefa	13.86
2003		13.77		13.81		13.94
2007	Selim Nurudeen	13.59 GR	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja	13.72	Shaun Bownes	13.81
2011		13.48 GR		13.61		13.75
2015		13.32 GR		13.49		13.54

400 metres hurdles

1965	Kimaru Songok	51.7	Mamadou Sarr	51.9	Samuel Sang	52.5
1973	John Akii-Bua	48.54	Bill Koskei	50.22	Silver Ayoo	50.25
1978	Daniel Kimaiyo Kenya	49.48	John Akii-Bua Uganda	49.55	Peter Rwamuhanda Uganda	50.18
1987	Amadou Dia Ba	48.03	Shem Ochako	48.97	Henry Amike	49.08
1991	Erick Keter	48.95	Gideon Yego	49.09	Amadou Dia Ba	49.12
1995	Ibou Faye	49.12	Gideon Biwott	49.19	Julius Masvanise	49.86
1999	Ibou Faye	48.30	Ken Harnden	48.47	Erick Keter	49.17
2003		50.25		50.36		50.89
2007	L. J. van Zyl	48.74	Pieter De Villiers	48.91	Alwyn Myburgh	48.91
2011		50:48		51.04		51.15
2015		48.67		49.27		49.32

High jump

1965	Samuel Igun	2.07	Henri Elendé Congo-Brazzaville	2.03	Ahmed Sénoussi	1.99
1973	Abdullah Noor Wasughe	2.04	Sheikh Tidiane Faye	2.04	Ahmadou Evélé	2.00
1978	Paul Ngadjadoum Chad	2.16	Hamid Sahil Algeria	2.14	Amadou Dia Ba Senegal	2.08
1987	Othmane Belfaa	2.19	Asmir Okoro	2.16	Paul Ngadjadoum	2.16
1991	Othmane Belfaa	2.18	Boubacar Guèye	2.16	Yacine Mousli	2.16
1995	Pierre Vorster	2.22	Anthony Idiata Khemraj Naiko	2.19
1999	Anthony Idiata	2.27 GR	Abderrahmane Hammad	2.24	Malcolm Hendriks	2.24
2003		2.15		2.10		2.10
2007	Kabelo Kgosiemang	2.27	Abderrahmane Hammad	2.24	Mohamed Benhadia Arinze Obiora	2.20
2011		2.25		2.20		2.15
2015		2.25		2.22		2.22

Pole vault

1965	Brou Elloé	4.15	Mohamed Alaa Ghita	4.05	Bernard Gnéplou Jean-Prosper Tsondzabéka Congo-Brazzaville	4.05
1973	Mohamed Alaa Ghita	4.25	Lakhdar Rahal	4.20	Jean-Prosper Tsondzabéka	4.20
1978	Lakhdar Rahal Algeria	5.00	Ahmed Rezki Algeria	4.80	Mohamed Bensaad Algeria	4.80
1987	Choukri Abahnini	4.85	Abdelatif Chekir	4.75	Sami Si Mohamed	4.70
1991	Sami Si Mohamed	5.20	Belgacem Touami	5.10	Jean-Kersley Gardenne	5.00
1995	Okkert Brits	5.50	Jean-Kersley Gardenne	5.20	Sameh Hassan Farid Rafik Mefti	4.80
1999	Okkert Brits	5.40	Mohamed Bédoui	4.80	none
2003		5.20		5.20		5.00
2007	Abderrahmane Tamada	5.10	Karim Sène	5.10	Hamdi Dhouibi	4.90
2011		5:00		4.00	No mark
2015		5.25		5.20		5.10

Long jump

1965	Edward Akika	7.49	Ezzedin Yacoub Hamed	7.49	Mansour Dia	7.29
1973	Joshua Owusu	8.00w	John Okoro	7.83	Mansour Dia	7.71
1978	Charlton Ehizuelen Nigeria	7.92	Fidelis Ndyabagye Uganda	7.75 (NR)	Emmanuel Mifetu Ghana	7.57
1987	Paul Emordi	8.23	Yusuf Alli	8.18w	Joseph Kio	7.96
1991	George Ogbeide	8.22	Yusuf Alli	7.81	James Sabulei	7.72
1995	Cheikh Touré	8.10	Andrew Owusu	8.01	Jacob Katonon	7.80
1999	Hatem Mersal	8.09	Téko Folligan	8.00	Mark Anthony Awere	7.96
2003		8.30		7.92		7.83
2007	Gable Garenamotse	8.08 (+0.7)	Arnaud Casquette	8.03 (+1.4)	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	7.99 (+0.6)
2011		8.02 -0.1		7.86 0.2		7.83 -0.6
2015		7.74		7.69		7.44

Triple jump

1965	Samuel Igun	16.27	Mansour Dia	15.93	Laurent Sarr	15.38
1973	Mansour Dia	16.53	Abraham Munabi	16.26 (NR)	Moise Pomaney	16.09
1978	Charlton Ehizuelen Nigeria	16.51	Abdoulaye Diallo Senegal	16.29	Saïd Saad Algeria	15.93
1987	Francis Dodoo	17.12	Joseph Taiwo	16.90w	Toussaint Rabenala	16.35
1991	James Sabulei	16.53	Paul Nioze	16.50	Benjamin Koech	16.26
1995	Jacob Katonon	16.93	Mohamed Karim Sassi	16.75	Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa	16.60
1999	Andrew Owusu	16.89	Remmy Limo	16.84	Toussaint Rabenala	16.60
2003		16.41		16.28		16.21
2007	Ndiss Kaba Badji	16.80 (+0.0)	Hugo Mamba-Schlick	16.61 (+0.0)	Andrew Owusu	16.32 (+1.0)
2011		16.65		16.54		16.17
2015		17.00		16.98		16.54

Shot put

1965	Denis Ségui Kragbé	16.32	Hassan Mahrous	14.87	Yovan Ochola	14.84
1973	Nagui Asaad	19.48	Namakoro Niaré	16.81	Jean-Marie Djebaili	16.63
1978	Nagui Asaad Egypt	18.88	Namakoro Niaré Mali	17.16	Emad Fayez Egypt	16.93
1987	Adewale Olukoju	18.13	Martin Mélagne	17.89 (NR)	Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush	17.85
1991	Chima Ugwu	17.64	Adewale Olukoju	17.58	Martin Mélagne	17.33
1995	Henk Booysen	18.80	Chima Ugwu	18.55	Jaco Snyman	18.44
1999	Burger Lambrechts	19.50	Janus Robberts	19.16	Karel Potgieter	18.90
2003		18.87		18.66		17.96
2007	Yasser Fathy Ibrahim Farag	19.20	Roelie Potgieter	19.02	Mohammed Medded	17.94
2011		19.73 GR		18.89		18.68
2015		20.25 GR, NR		19.78		19.55

Discus throw

1965	Namakoro Niaré	51.20	Denis Ségui Kragbé	50.84	Patrick Anukwa	45.16
1973	Namakoro Niaré	55.28	Nagui Asaad	53.60	Denis Ségui Kragbé	52.12
1978	Namakoro Niaré Mali	58.02	Abderrazak Ben Hassine Tunisia	55.74	Tiékité Somet Cote d'Ivoire	51.86
1987	Adewale Olukoju	56.50	Mohamed Naguib Hamed	56.08	Hassan Ahmed Hamad	55.84
1991	Adewale Olukoju	59.22	Mohamed Naguib Hamed	55.32	Hassan Ahmed Hamad	54.90
1995	Adewale Olukoju	61.68	Mickaël Conjungo	58.94	Frits Potgieter	58.54
1999	Frantz Kruger	61.02	Frits Potgieter	60.59	Mickaël Conjungo	57.09
2003		63.61 GR		62.86		62.43
2007	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly	62.28	Yasser Fathy Ibrahim Farag	61.58	Hannes Hopley	57.79
2011		63.20		62.60		55.98
2015		60.41		52.72 NR		50.30

Hammer throw

1973	Yovan Ochola	50.64	Gabriel Luzira	49.86	Seifullah Negmeddin Shaheen	47.58
1978	Youssef Ben Abid Tunisia	54.90	Abdellah Boubekeur Algeria	54.74	Noureddine Bendifallah Algeria	52.20
1987	Hakim Toumi	70.10	Yacine Louail	63.66	Ahmed Ibrahim Taha	57.52
1991	Sherif Farouk El Hennawi	67.58	Hakim Toumi	63.12	Magdi Zakaria Abdallah	62.10
1995	Hakim Toumi	67.12	Sherif Farouk El Hennawi	66.68	Mohamed Karim Horchani	65.78
1999	Chris Harmse	74.75	Samir Haouam	65.80	Yamen Hussein Abdel Moneim	65.25
2003		75.17		70.81		68.95
2007	Chris Harmse	76.73	Mohsen Mohamed Anani	72.00	Saber Souid	70.01
2011		74.76		74.66		69.70
2015		74.92		73.49		59.36

Javelin throw

1965	Anthony Oyakhire	71.52	Cheruon Kiptalam	70.46	Elie Yanyambal	68.54
1973	Jacques Ayé Abehi	77.22	John Mayaka	71.08	François Ganongo	69.26
1978	Justin Arop Uganda	76.94	Ali Memmi Tunisia	71.28	John Mayaka Kenya	70.76
1987	Justin Arop	73.42	Zakayo Malekwa	72.32	George Odera	71.30
1991	Christian Okemefula	77.14	Pius Bazighe	71.78	James Saina	71.44
1995	Pius Bazighe	77.56	Phillip Spies	76.24	Louis Fouché	75.04
1999	Marius Corbett	78.74	Johan Vosloo	75.60	Maher Ridane	72.18
2003		76.95		73.79		72.94
2007	John Robert Oosthuizen	78.05	Gerhardus Pienaar	76.70	Mohamed Ali Kebabou	71.77
2011		78.34 NR		72.68		71.01
2015		85.37 GR		82.94		76.85

Decathlon

1978	Mohamed Bensaad Algeria	7338	Brown Ebewele Nigeria	6876	Alain Smaïl Algeria	6822
1987	Mourad Mahour Bacha	7104	Mbanefo Akpom	6979	Geoffrey Seurey	6918
1991	Mourad Mahour Bacha	7431	Tommy Ozono	7163	Sid Ali Sabour	6956
1995	Danie van Wyk	7339	Anis Riahi	7165	Sid Ali Sabour	6986
1999	Anis Riahi	7497	Rédouane Youcef	7401	Patrick Legrand	6034
2003		7400 points		7240 points		7119 points
2007	Hamdi Dhouibi	7838 points GR	Boualem Lamri	7473 points	Larbi Bourrada	7349 points
2011		7985 pts GR		7481 pts NR		7458 pts
2015		7591 NR		7478		7186

20 km road walk

1978	Benamar Kachkouche Algeria	1:39:21	Hunde Ture Egypt	1:39:51	Elisha Kasuka Kenya	1:43:21
1987	Shemsu Hassan	1:35:57	William Sawe	1:42:30	Mutisya Kilonzo	1:43:04
1991	Shemsu Hassan	1:29:04	Abdelwahab Ferguène	1:35:21	Abderrahmane Djebbar	1:38:11
1995	Chris Britz	1:28:06	David Kimutai	1:31:02	Shemsu Hassan	1:32:03
1999	David Kimutai	1:29:12	Moussa Aouanouk	1:29:36	Vincent Asumang	1:48:00
2003		1:30:32		1:30:36		1:35:19
2007	Hatem Ghoula	1:22:33	David Kimutai	1:24:16	Mohamed Ameur	1:25:12
2011		1:24:53		1:26:44		1:32:08
2015		1:26.43		1:26.44		1:27.32

4 × 100 metres relay

1965		40.5		40.8		40.9
1973		39.89		40.01		40.23
1978	Ghana	39.24	Nigeria	39.39	Congo	39.79
1987		39.06		39.64		39.70
1991		39.36		39.66		40.00
1995		39.12		39.51		39.61
1999	Daniel Effiong Chinedu Oriala Innocent Asonze ?	38.56 GR		38.88		39.09
2003		38.63		38.70		39.79
2007		38.91		39.11		39.16 NR
2011		38.93		38.95		39.09
2015		38.93		39.22		39.71

4 × 400 metres relay

1965		3:11.5		3:12.2		3:12.2
1973		3:06.38		3:06.98		3:07.21
1978	Nigeria	3:03.24	Uganda	3:04.20	Kenya	3:05.92
1987	Moses Ugbisien Joseph Fallaye Henry Amike Innocent Egbunike	3:00.55 GR	John Anzarah Tito Sawe Elkana Nyangau David Kitur	3:01.00	P.C. Nyabenda C. Rugerinyange A. Nsazurwimo Dieudonné Kwizera	3:06.91
1991		3:03.14		3:03.72		3:08.18
1995		3:01.63		3:03.11		3:03.65
1999		3:01.20		3:01.34	Kennedy Ochieng Hillary Maritim Matilu Abednego Julius Chepkwony	3:01.73
2003		3:02.24 NR		3:04.49		3:05.62
2007		3:03.16		3:03.99		3:04.84
2011		3:03.10		3:05.26		3:05.92
2015		3:00.34 GR		3:00.95		3:03.07

References

• All-Africa Games medal winners up to 2003