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1984 Rabat 1988 Annaba All 24 editions

Africa Continental championships · since 1979

1985 African Championships

Cairo, Egypt 15–18 Aug 1985

events: 40
medals awarded: 119
nations on the podium: 17
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

wind +1.8

1

Chidi Imoh CR 10.22

2

Charles-Louis Seck 10.37

3

Victor Edet 10.44

Sprints

200m

wind +1.9

1

Simon Kipkemboi 20.82

2

Innocent Egbunike 20.85

3

Alfred Nyambane 20.92

Sprints

400m

1

Innocent Egbunike CR 45.22

2

Gabriel Tiacoh 45.44

3

David Kitur 46.01

Middle & long

800m

1

Sammy Koskei 1:45.30

2

Moussa Fall 1:45.95

3

Juma Ndiwa 1:46.67

Middle & long

1500m

1

Omar Khalifa CR 3:37.74

2

Abdi Bile 3:38.19

3

Joseph Chesire 3:38.72

Middle & long

5000m

1

Wodajo Bulti 5400m 14:40.12

2

Paul Kipkoech 5400m 14:43.05

3

John Ngugi 5400m 14:44.33

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Wodajo Bulti 28:22.43

2

Kipsubai Koskei 28:26.63

3

Paul Kipkoech 28:29.64

Road

Marathon

1

Ahmed Salah 2:23:01

2

Kebede Balcha 2:24:31

3

Dereje Nedi 2:25:41

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

Julius Kariuki CR 8:20.74

2

Joshua Kipkemboi 8:21.70

3

Fethi Baccouche 8:38.94

Hurdles

110m hurdles

wind +0.7

1

Rene Djedjemel 14.14

2

Ikechukwu Mbadugha 14.47

3

Hisham Mohamed Makin 14.52

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Amadou Dia Ba CR 48.29

2

Henry Amike 49.16

3

Rene Djedjemel 49.59

Jumps

High jump

1

Moussa Sagna Fall 2.17

2

Asmir Ogmore Okoro 2.17

3

Khalid Koughbar 2.11

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Choukri Abahnini 4.60

2

Ahmed Mahour Bacha 4.50

3

Youssef Qortobi 4.50

Jumps

Long jump

1

Paul Emordi 7.90

2

Joshua Kio 7.81

3

Mustapha Benmarah (1965) 7.56

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Paul Emordi 16.56

2

Joshua Kio 16.26

3

Mamadou Diallo 16.17

Throws

Shot put

1

Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush 19.34

2

Ahmed Kamel Shatta 19.23

3

Mohamed Fatihi (1953) 17.40

Throws

Discus throw

1

Christian Okoye CR 63.56

2

Mohamed Naguib 62.24

3

Hassan Ahmed Hamad 55.38

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Hakim Toumi CR 70.56

2

Yacine Louail 61.30

3

Ahmed Ibrahim Taha 61.54

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Ahmed Mahour Bacha CR 80.04

2

Mongi Alimi 75.30

3

Justin Arop 74.60

Race walks

20 km race walk

1

Abdelwahab Ferguene 1:33:28

2

Shemsu Hassan (1961) 1:42:26

3

Abderrahmane Djebbar 1:49:26

Combined

Decathlon

1

Mourad Mahour Bacha 6712

2

Abu El Makarem El Hamd 5642

3

Landry Nzambe-Busugu 5259

Relays

4x100m

1

Nigeria CR 39.28

2

Kenya 39.91

3

Algeria 40.14

Relays

4x400m

1

Kenya CR 3:01.86

2

Nigeria 3:05.51

3

Senegal 3:07.94

Medal table

17 nations · 119 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Nigeria NGR	11	10	3	24
2	Kenya KEN	7	6	8	21
3	Morocco MAR	5	2	6	13
4	Algeria ALG	4	4	4	12
5	Senegal SEN	4	2	2	8
6	Ethiopia ETH	2	2	1	5
7	Egypt EGY	1	4	3	8
8	Ghana GHA	1	3	3	7
9	Tunisia TUN	1	2	1	4
10	Cameroon CMR	1	2	0	3
11	Ivory Coast CIV	1	1	5	7
12	Djibouti DJI	1	0	0	1
13	Sudan SUD	1	0	0	1
14	Somalia SOM	0	1	0	1
15	Zimbabwe ZIM	0	1	0	1
16	Gabon GAB	0	0	2	2
17	Uganda UGA	0	0	1	1

Records set

12 CR

CR Chidi Imoh 100m · Men 10.22
CR Innocent Egbunike 400m · Men 45.22
CR Omar Khalifa 1500m · Men 3:37.74
CR Julius Kariuki 3000m steeplechase · Men 8:20.74
CR Amadou Dia Ba 400m hurdles · Men 48.29
CR Christian Okoye Discus throw · Men 63.56
CR Hakim Toumi Hammer throw · Men 70.56
CR Ahmed Mahour Bacha Javelin throw · Men 80.04
CR Nigeria 4x100m · Men 39.28
CR Kenya 4x400m · Men 3:01.86
CR Rufina Ubah 200m · Women 23.79
CR Nawal El Moutawakel 400m hurdles · Women 56.00