1985 African Championships in Athletics

The 1985 African Championships in Athletics were held in Cairo, Egypt.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Chidi Imo Nigeria	10.22	Charles-Louis Seck Senegal	10.37	Victor Edet Nigeria	10.44
200 metres	Simeon Kipkemboi Kenya	20.82	Innocent Egbunike Nigeria	20.85	Alfred Nyambane Kenya	20.92
400 metres	Innocent Egbunike Nigeria	45.22	Gabriel Tiacoh Ivory Coast	45.44	David Kitur Kenya	46.01
800 metres	Sammy Koskei Kenya	1:45.30	Moussa Fall Senegal	1:45.95	Juma Ndiwa Kenya	1:46.67
1500 metres	Omer Khalifa Sudan	3:37.74	Abdi Bile Somalia	3:38.19	Joseph Chesire Kenya	3:38.72
5000 metres	Wodajo Bulti Ethiopia	14:40.12	Paul Kipkoech Kenya	14:43.05	John Ngugi Kenya	14:44.33
10000 metres	Wodajo Bulti Ethiopia	28:22.43	Kipsubai Koskei Kenya	28:26.63	Paul Kipkoech Kenya	28:29.64
Marathon	Ahmed Salah Djibouti	2:23:01	Kebede Balcha Ethiopia	2:24:31	Dereje Nedi Ethiopia	2:25:41
3000 metre steeplechase	Julius Kariuki Kenya	8:20.74	Joshua Kipkemboi Kenya	8:21.70	Féthi Baccouche Tunisia	8:38.94
110 metres hurdles	René Djédjémel Mélédjé Ivory Coast	14.14	Ikechukwu Mbadugha Nigeria	14.47	Hisham Mohamed Makin Egypt	14.52
400 metres hurdles	Amadou Dia Bâ Senegal	48.29	Henry Amike Nigeria	49.16	René Djédjémel Mélédjé Ivory Coast	49.59
High jump	Moussa Sagna Fall Senegal	2.17	Ogmore Okoro Nigeria	2.17	Khalid Koughbar Morocco	2.11
Pole vault	Choukri Abahnini Tunisia	4.60	Mourad Mahour Bacha Algeria	4.50	Youssef Qortobi Morocco	4.50
Long jump	Paul Emordi Nigeria	7.90	Joseph Kio Nigeria	7.81	Mustapha Benmrah Morocco	7.56
Triple jump	Paul Emordi Nigeria	16.56	Joseph Kio Nigeria	16.26	Mamadou Diallo Senegal	16.17
Shot put	Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush Egypt	19.34	Ahmed Kamel Shata Egypt	19.23	Mohamed Fatihi Morocco	17.40
Discus throw	Christian Okoye Nigeria	63.56	Mohamed Naguib Hamed Egypt	62.24	Hassan Ahmed Hamad Egypt	55.38
Hammer throw	Hakim Toumi Algeria	70.56	Yacine Louail Algeria	61.30	Ahmed Ibrahim Taha Egypt	61.54
Javelin throw	Ahmed Mahour Bacha Algeria	80.04	Mongi Alimi Tunisia	75.30	Justin Arop Uganda	74.60
Decathlon	Mourad Mahour Bacha Algeria	6712	Abu El Makarem El Hamd Egypt	5642	Landry Nzambé-Busugu Gabon	5259
20 kilometre road walk	Abdelwahab Ferguène Algeria	1:33:28	Shemsu Hassan Ethiopia	1:42:26	Abderrahmane Djebbar Algeria	1:49:26
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria Iziaq Adeyanju Eseme Victor Edet Chidi Imo	39.28	Kenya Alfred Nyambane Simeon Kipkemboi Joseph Sainah Wekesa	39.91	Algeria Kadouri Kaci Boudebibah Mustapha Kamel Selmi	40.14
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya Julius Sang Tito Sawe Alfred Nyambane David Kitur	3:01.86 CR	Nigeria	3:05.51	Senegal	3:07.94

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Rufina Uba Nigeria	11.61	Doris Wiredu Ghana	11.82	Lynda Eseimokumo Nigeria	11.86
200 metres	Rufina Uba Nigeria	23.79	Mary Onyali Nigeria	23.98	Martha Appiah Ghana	24.10
400 metres	Kehinde Vaughan Nigeria	53.33	Doris Wiredu Ghana	53.62	Grace Bakari Ghana	53.72
800 metres	Selina Chirchir Kenya	2:03.70	Mary Chemweno Kenya	2:04.58	Fatima Aouam Morocco	2:04.91
1500 metres	Mary Chemweno Kenya	4:17.90	Fatima Aouam Morocco	4:19.11	Hellen Kimaiyo Kenya	4:22.85
3000 metres	Hellen Kimaiyo Kenya	9:18.53	Hassania Darami Morocco	9:19.82	Regina Chemeli Kenya	9:20.62
10000 metres	Hassania Darami Morocco	35:09.68	Karima Farag Mohamed Ethiopia	44:01.32
100 metres hurdles	Maria Usifo Nigeria	13.52	Cécile Ngambi Cameroon	13.81	Albertine Koutouan Ivory Coast	14.27
400 metres hurdles	Nawal El Moutawakil Morocco	56.00	Maria Usifo Nigeria	57.02	Marie Womplou Ivory Coast	59.85
High jump	Awa Dioum-Ndiaye Senegal	1.76	Kawther Akrémi Tunisia	1.76	Lucienne N'Da Ivory Coast	1.70
Long jump	Marianne Mendoza Senegal	6.15	Grace Armah Ghana	6.01	Caroline Nwajei Nigeria	6.00
Shot put	Souad Malloussi Morocco	15.20	Agnès Tchuinté Cameroon	14.74	Odette Mistoul Gabon	14.54
Discus throw	Zoubida Laayouni Morocco	51.80	Mariette van Heerden Zimbabwe	50.14	Aïcha Dahmous Algeria	48.84
Javelin throw	Agnès Tchuinté Cameroon	54.00	Samia Djémaa Algeria	50.50	Samira Benhamza Morocco	49.32
Heptathlon	Chérifa Meskaoui Morocco	5294	Nacèra Achir Algeria	5286	Yasmina Azzizi Algeria	4909
4 × 100 metres relay	Ghana	45.08	Nigeria	45.45	Ivory Coast	46.98
4 × 400 metres relay	Nigeria	3:36.13	Kenya	3:39.66	Ghana	3:42.32

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria	11	10	3	24
2	Kenya	7	5	7	19
3	Morocco	5	2	6	13
4	Algeria	4	4	4	12
5	Senegal	4	2	2	8
6	Ghana	1	3	3	7
6	Egypt	1	3	3	7
8	Ethiopia	1	3	1	5
9	Tunisia	1	2	1	4
10	Cameroon	1	2	0	3
11	Ivory Coast	1	1	5	7
12	Djibouti	1	0	0	1
12	Sudan	1	0	0	1
14	Zimbabwe	0	1	0	1
14	Somalia	0	1	0	1
16	Gabon	0	0	2	2
17	Uganda	0	0	1	1

External links

Results – GBR Athletics

Championships of the Confederation of African Athletics

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See also: Athletics at the All-Africa Games • African Marathon Championships • African Half Marathon Championships

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