Athletics at the 1973 All-Africa Games

Athletics at the II All-Africa Games
Host city	Lagos, Nigeria
← 1965 Brazzaville 1978 Algiers → 1973 All-Africa Games

The second All-Africa Games were held in Lagos, Nigeria in January 1973.

Ten new events were added, three for the men, 10,000 metres, marathon and hammer throw and seven for the women, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres, shot put, discus throw and 4 × 400 metres relay. Also the women's hurdles were changed from the 80 metre hurdles to the 100 metre hurdles as had happened across the world.

Five nations won medals for the first time these being Somalia, Algeria, Gambia, Togo and Swaziland while both Egypt and PR Congo won medals under new names.

Only one athlete defended his title from the 1965 Games, namely Malian discus thrower Namakoro Niaré. Four track and field athletes, two male and two female, won more than one event:

• Ohene Karikari, Ghana (100 metres and 200 metres men)
• Alice Annum, Ghana (100 metres and 200 metres women)
• Modupe Oshikoya, Nigeria (high jump, long jump and 100m hurdles)
• Ben Jipcho, Kenya (5000 metres and steeplechase)

Several women's events was added. These were 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres, discus throw, shot put and 4 × 400 metres relay.

• Nagui Asaad won his first Gold medal in Shot Put of the All Africa Games, 1973, Nigeria, and then he went to win a second time in 1978, All-Africa Games Algeria,^[1] He also was the Silver medallist in Discus throw of the All Africa Games, 1973 ^[1]

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Ohene Karikari  Ghana	10.60	Barka Sy  Senegal	10.67	John Mwebi  Kenya	10.76
200 metres	Ohene Karikari  Ghana	21.13	George Daniels  Ghana	21.32	John Mwebi  Kenya	21.53
400 metres	Charles Asati  Kenya	46.31	Telegne Bezabeh  Ethiopia	46.8	Mulugeta Tadessa  Ethiopia	47.17
800 metres	Cosmas Silei  Kenya	1:45.38	John Kipkurgat  Kenya	1:47.29	Sid Ali Djouadi  Algeria	1:48.70
1500 metres	Filbert Bayi  Tanzania	3:37.23	Kip Keino  Kenya	3:39.63	Shibru Regassa  Ethiopia	3:40.04
5000 metres	Ben Jipcho  Kenya	14:07.21	Miruts Yifter  Ethiopia	14:07.57	Paul Mose  Kenya	14:08.43
10000 metres	Miruts Yifter  Ethiopia	29:04.6	Paul Mose  Kenya	29:50.8	Richard Juma  Kenya	29:24.3
Marathon	Mamo Wolde  Ethiopia	2:17:33	Lenyissa Bedame  Ethiopia	2:18:16	Richard Mabuza  Swaziland	2:34:18
3000 metre steeplechase	Ben Jipcho  Kenya	8:20.74	Evans Mogaka  Kenya	8:26.11	Yohannes Mohamed  Ethiopia	8:32.86
110 metres hurdles	Fatwell Kimaiyo  Kenya	14.19	Aboyade Cole  Nigeria	14.54	Abdoulaye Sarr  Senegal	14.56
400 metres hurdles	John Akii-Bua  Uganda	48.54	William Koskei  Kenya	50.22	Silver Ayoo  Uganda	50.25
High jump	Abdulle Noor Wasughe  Somalia	2.04	Sheikh Tidiane Faye  Gambia	2.04	Ahmadou Evélé  Cameroon	2.00
Pole vault	Mohamed Alaa Ghita  Egypt	4.25	Lakhdar Rahal  Algeria	4.20	Jean-Prosper Tsondzabéka  Congo	4.20
Long jump	Joshua Owusu  Ghana	8.00w	John Okoro  Nigeria	7.83	Mansour Dia  Senegal	7.71
Triple jump	Mansour Dia  Senegal	16.53	Abraham Munabi  Uganda	16.26 (NR)	Moise Pomaney  Ghana	16.09
Shot put	Youssef Nagui Asaad  Egypt	19.48	Namakoro Niaré  Mali	16.81	Jean-Marie Djebaili  Algeria	16.63
Discus throw	Namakoro Niaré  Mali	55.28	Youssef Nagui Asaad  Egypt	53.60	Denis Ségui Kragbé  Ivory Coast	52.12
Hammer throw	Yovan Ochola  Uganda	50.64	Gabriel Luzira  Uganda	49.86	Seifullah Negmeddin Shaheen  Egypt	47.58
Javelin throw	Jacques Ayé Abehi  Ivory Coast	77.22	John Mayaka  Kenya	71.08	François Ganongo  Congo	69.26
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria	39.89	Ghana	40.01	Ivory Coast	40.23
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya	3:06.38	Nigeria	3:06.98	Uganda	3:07.21

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Alice Anum  Ghana	11.77	Rose Asiedua  Ghana	11.93	Utifon Ufon Oko  Nigeria	12.06
200 metres	Alice Anum  Ghana	23.88	Beatrice Ewuzie  Nigeria	24.78	Josephine Ocran  Ghana	24.82
400 metres	Tekla Chemabwai  Kenya	54.06	Grace Bakari  Ghana	55.63	Florence Mgbakwe  Nigeria	56.08
800 metres	Christine Anyakun  Uganda	2:09.5	Rosalind Joshua  Nigeria	2:10.7	Helena Opoku  Ghana	2:11.7
1500 metres	Peace Kesiime  Uganda	4:38.7	Mary Wagaki  Kenya	4:38.8	Ruth Yeboah  Ghana	4:42.3
100 metres hurdles	Modupe Oshikoya  Nigeria	14.28	Emilia Edet  Nigeria	14.48	Budesia Nyakecho  Uganda	15.29
High jump	Modupe Oshikoya  Nigeria	1.71	Agnes Aghagba  Nigeria	1.69	Magdalena Chesire  Kenya	1.60
Long jump	Modupe Oshikoya  Nigeria	6.16	Margaret Odafin  Nigeria	6.07	Christine Kabanda  Uganda	5.73
Shot put	Evelyn Okeke  Nigeria	13.59	Nnenna Njoku  Nigeria	12.39	Brigitte Goze  Ivory Coast	11.90
Discus throw	Rose Hart  Ghana	41.06	Adobi Okoli  Nigeria	40.82	Albestine de Zouza  Togo	38.20
Javelin throw	Constance Rwabiryagye  Uganda	47.50	Lilian Cherotich  Kenya	41.94	Angelina Chekpiyeng  Kenya	39.12
4 × 100 metres relay	Ghana	46.25	Nigeria	46.58	Kenya	48.53
4 × 400 metres relay	Uganda	3:45.42	Nigeria	3:45.69	Kenya	3:46.06

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	7	8	8	23
2	Ghana	7	4	4	15
3	Uganda	6	2	4	12
4	Nigeria	5	12	2	19
5	Ethiopia	2	3	3	8
6	Egypt	2	1	1	4
7	Senegal	1	1	2	4
8	Mali	1	1	0	2
9	Ivory Coast	1	0	3	4
10	Somalia	1	0	0	1
	Tanzania	1	0	0	1
12	Algeria	0	1	2	3
13	Gambia	0	1	0	1
14	Congo	0	0	2	2
15	Cameroon	0	0	1	1
	Togo	0	0	1	1
	Swaziland	0	0	1	1

References

1. All-Africa Games

• GBR Athletics