1985 African Championships in Athletics

The 1985 African Championships in Athletics were held in Cairo, Egypt between 15 and 18 August.

1985 African Championships in Athletics
Dates15–18 August
Host cityCairo, Egypt

Medal summary

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +1.8 m/s)
Chidi Imo
  Nigeria
10.22 Charles-Louis Seck
  Senegal
10.37 Victor Edet
  Nigeria
10.44
200 metres
(wind: +1.9 m/s)
Simeon Kipkemboi
  Kenya
20.82 Innocent Egbunike
  Nigeria
20.85 Alfred Nyambane
  Kenya
20.92
400 metres Innocent Egbunike
  Nigeria
45.22 CR 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 CR Abdi Bile
  Somalia
3:38.19 Joseph Chesire
  Kenya
3:38.72
5000 metres[a] Wodajo Bulti
  Ethiopia
14:40.12 Paul Kipkoech
  Kenya
14:43.05 John Ngugi
  Kenya
14:44.33
10,000 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 CR Joshua Kipkemboi
  Kenya
8:21.70 Féthi Baccouche
  Tunisia
8:38.94
110 metres hurdles
(wind: +0.7 m/s)
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 CR Henry Amike
  Nigeria
49.16 René Djédjémel Mélédjé
  Ivory Coast
49.59
4 × 100 metres relay   Nigeria
Iziaq Adeyanju
Ikpoto Eseme
Victor Edet
Chidi Imo
39.28 CR   Kenya
Alfred Nyambane
Simeon Kipkemboi
Joseph Sainah
Peter Wekesa
39.91   Algeria
Abdesslam Kadouri
Abdelkader Kaci
Djamel Boudebibah
Mustapha Kamel Selmi
40.14
4 × 400 metres relay   Kenya
Julius Sang
Tito Sawe
Alfred Nyambane
David Kitur
3:01.86 CR   Nigeria
Henry Amike
Innocent Egbunike
Moses Ugbisien
Sunday Uti
3:05.51   Senegal
Amadou Dia Ba
Ousmane Diarra
Moussa Fall
Babacar Niang
3:07.94
20 kilometre road walk Abdelwahab Ferguène
  Algeria
1:33:28 Shemsu Hassan
  Ethiopia
1:42:26 Abderrahmane Djebbar
  Algeria
1:49:26
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 CR Mohamed Naguib Hamed
  Egypt
62.24 Hassan Ahmed Hamad
  Egypt
55.38
Hammer throw Hakim Toumi
  Algeria
70.56 CR Yacine Louail
  Algeria
61.30 Ahmed Ibrahim Taha
  Egypt
61.54
Javelin throw Ahmed Mahour Bacha
  Algeria
80.04 CR 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

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +0.9 m/s)
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
10,000 metres Hassania Darami
  Morocco
35:09.68 Karima Farag Mohamed
  Ethiopia
44:01.32
100 metres hurdles
(wind: +1.3 m/s)
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
4 × 100 metres relay   Ghana
Martha Appiah
Grace Armah
Cynthia Quartey
Doris Wiredu
45.08   Nigeria
Beatrice Utondu
Mary Onyali
Lynda Eseimokumo
Rufina Ubah
45.45   Ivory Coast
Patricia Foufoué Ziga
Célestine N'Drin
Louise Koré
Seraphine Murekatete
46.98
4 × 400 metres relay   Nigeria
Airat Bakare
Maria Usifo
Kehinde Vaughan
Sadia Showunmi
3:36.13   Kenya
Selina Jeruto
Mary Chemweno
Selina Chirchir
Esther Kawaya
3:39.66   Ghana
Mary Mensah
Veronica Bawuah
Doris Wiredu
Ayishetu Adam
3:42.32
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

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Nigeria (NGR)1110324
2  Kenya (KEN)76821
3  Morocco (MAR)52613
4  Algeria (ALG)44412
5  Senegal (SEN)4228
6  Ethiopia (ETH)2316
7  Egypt (EGY)1337
  Ghana (GHA)1337
9  Tunisia (TUN)1214
10  Cameroon (CMR)1203
11  Ivory Coast (CIV)1157
12  Djibouti (DJI)1001
  Sudan (SUD)1001
14  Somalia (SOM)0101
  Zimbabwe (ZIM)0101
16  Gabon (GAB)0022
17  Uganda (UGA)0011
Totals (17 entries)404039119

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Notes

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  1. ^ The athletes ran an extra lap, making the distance 5400 metres in total.
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