List of African Championships in Athletics medalists (women)

This is the complete list of women's medalists at the African Championships in Athletics from 1979 to 2018.

Current program

100 metres


Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1979 Dakar	Oguzoeme Nsenu (NGR)	Hannah Afriyie (GHA)	Nzaeli Kyomo (TAN)
1982 Cairo	Alice Adala (KEN)	Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)	Nzaeli Kyomo (TAN)
1984 Rabat	Doris Wiredu (GHA)	Joyce Odhiambo (KEN)	Grace Armah (GHA)
1985 Cairo	Rufina Ubah (NGR)	Doris Wiredu (GHA)	Lynda Eseimokumo (NGR)
1988 Annaba	Mary Onyali (NGR)	Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)	Lalao Ravaonirina (MAD)
1989 Lagos	Mary Onyali (NGR)	Tina Iheagwam (NGR)	Rufina Ubah (NGR)
1990 Cairo	Onyinye Chikezie (NGR)	Chioma Ajunwa (NGR)	Mary Tombiri (NGR)
1992 Belle-Vue	Elinda Vorster (RSA)	Marcel Winkler (RSA)	Rufina Ubah (NGR)
1993 Durban	Beatrice Utondu (NGR)	Elinda Vorster (RSA)	Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR)
1996 Yaoundé	Georgette Nkoma (CMR)	Marliese Steyn (RSA)	Myriam Léonie Mani (CMR)
1998 Dakar	Mary Onyali (NGR)	Endurance Ojokolo (NGR)	Rose Aboaje (NGR)
2000 Algiers	Myriam Léonie Mani (CMR)	Aïda Diop (SEN)	Monica Twum (GHA)
2002 Radès	Endurance Ojokolo (NGR)	Myriam Léonie Mani (CMR)	Chinedu Odozor (NGR)
2004 Brazzaville	Endurance Ojokolo (NGR)	Mercy Nku (NGR)	Geraldine Pillay (RSA)
2006 Bambous	Vida Anim (GHA)	Geraldine Pillay (RSA)	Endurance Ojokolo (NGR)
2008 Addis Ababa	Damola Osayomi (NGR)	Vida Anim (GHA)	Delphine Atangana (CMR)
2010 Nairobi	Blessing Okagbare (NGR)	Ruddy Zang Milama (GAB)	Oludamola Osayomi (NGR)
2012 Porto-Novo	Ruddy Zang Milama (GAB)	Blessing Okagbare (NGR)	Gloria Asumnu (NGR)
2014 Marrakech	Blessing Okagbare (NGR)	Murielle Ahouré (CIV)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)
2016 Durban	Murielle Ahouré (CIV)	Carina Horn (RSA)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)

200 metres

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1979	Hannah Afriyie Ghana	23.81	Nzaeli Kyomo Tanzania	24.48	Ruth Waithera Kenya	24.66
1982	Nzaeli Kyomo Tanzania	23.7	Marième Boye Senegal	24.5	Ruth Enang Cameroon	24.6
1984	Nawal El Moutawakil Morocco	23.93	Mercy Addy Ghana	24.42	Joyce Odhiambo Kenya	24.44
1985	Rufina Uba Nigeria	23.79	Mary Onyali Nigeria	23.98	Martha Appiah Ghana	24.10
1988	Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria	23.33w	Martha Appiah Ghana	23.72w	Veronica Bawuah Ghana	24.35w
1989	Mary Onyali Nigeria	23.00	Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria	23.74	Lalao Ravaonirina Madagascar	23.94
1990	Fatima Yusuf Nigeria	23.19	Emily Odoemenam Nigeria	23.59	Helena Amoako Ghana	24.36
1992	Elinda Vorster South Africa	23.60	Marcel Winkler South Africa	23.60	Yolanda Steyn South Africa	24.11
1993	Mary Onyali Nigeria	22.71	Yolanda Steyn South Africa	23.22	Evette de Klerk South Africa	23.29
1996	Georgette Nkoma Cameroon	23.1	Marliese Steyn South Africa	23.3	Myriam Léonie Mani Cameroon	23.5
1998	Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria	22.22	Rose Aboaje Nigeria	22.83	Heide Seÿerling South Africa	22.89
2000	Myriam Léonie Mani Cameroon	22.54	Aïda Diop Senegal	23.01	Fatima Yusuf Nigeria	23.27
2002	Nadjina Kaltouma Chad	22.80w	Aïda Diop Senegal	23.29w	Myriam Léonie Mani Cameroon	23.30w
2004	Geraldine Pillay South Africa	23.18	Kadiatou Camara Mali	23.22	Nadjina Kaltouma Chad	23.29

400 metres

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1979	Grace Bakari Ghana	53.33	Marième Boye Senegal	54.52	Mary Chemweno Kenya	55.41
1982	Ruth Atuti Kenya	54.48	Célestine N'Drin Ivory Coast	54.58	Marième Boye Senegal	54.87
1984	Ruth Atuti Kenya	54.05	Mable Esendi Kenya	54.88	Mercy Addy Ghana	56.36
1985	Kehinde Vaughan Nigeria	53.33	Doris Wiredu Ghana	53.62	Grace Bakari Ghana	53.72
1988	Airat Bakare Nigeria	52.15	Célestine N'Drin Ivory Coast	52.77	Mercy Addy Ghana	52.88
1989	Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria	51.22	Fatima Yusuf Nigeria	52.30	Airat Bakare Nigeria	52.38
1990	Fatima Yusuf Nigeria	50.85	Charity Opara Nigeria	51.68	Emily Odoemenam Nigeria	53.30
1992	Omotayo Akinremi Nigeria	52.53	Aïssatou Tandian Senegal	52.64	Omolade Akinremi Nigeria	53.14
1993	Tina Paulino Mozambique	51.82	Emily Odoemenam Nigeria	52.26	Aïssatou Tandian Senegal	53.00
1996	Saidat Onanuga Nigeria	52.85	Grace Birungi Uganda	53.40	Alimata Koné Ivory Coast	54.31
1998	Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria	50.07	Charity Opara Nigeria	50.13	Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy Madagascar	52.11
2000	Claudine Komgang Cameroon	51.35	Mireille Nguimgo Cameroon	51.81	Nadjina Kaltouma Chad	52.27
2002	Nadjina Kaltouma Chad	51.09	Mireille Nguimgo Cameroon	51.61	Awatef Ben Hassine Tunisia	52.22
2004	Fatou Bintou Fall Senegal	50.62	Nadjina Kaltouma Chad	50.80	Hortense Béwouda Cameroon	51.15

800 metres

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1979	Mary Chemweno Kenya	2:08.4a	Rose Tata Kenya	2:10.9a	Amsala Woldegebriel Ethiopia	2:11.9a
1982	Evelyn Adiru Uganda	2:07.0	Célestine N'Drin Ivory Coast	2:08.2	Mary Chepkemboi Kenya	2:08.4
1984	Justina Chepchirchir Kenya	2:04.52	Florence Wanjiru Kenya	2:05.96	Célestine N'Drin Ivory Coast	2:07.72
1985	Selina Chirchir Kenya	2:03.70	Mary Chemweno Kenya	2:04.58	Fatima Aouam Morocco	2:04.91
1988	Hassiba Boulmerka Algeria	2:06.16	Maria Mutola Mozambique	2:06.55	Sheila Seebaluck Mauritius	2:08.26
1989	Hassiba Boulmerka Algeria	2:06.8	Zewde Haile Mariam Ethiopia	2:08.2	Emebet Shiferaw Ethiopia	2:09.3
1990	Maria Mutola Mozambique	2:13.54	Edith Nakiyingi Uganda	2:14.00	Zewde Haile Mariam Ethiopia	2:15.14
1992	Zewde Haile Mariam Ethiopia	2:06.20	Najat Ouali Morocco	2:07.40	Ilse Wicksell South Africa	2:07.48
1993	Maria Mutola Mozambique	1:56.36	Gladys Wamuyu Kenya	2:01.24	Ilse Wicksell South Africa	2:03.75
1996	Naomi Mugo Kenya	2:02.8	Léontine Tsiba Congo	2:09.1	Adama Njie Gambia	2:10.1
1998	Maria Mutola Mozambique	1:57.95	Hasna Benhassi Morocco	2:01.24	Julia Sakara Zimbabwe	2:01.55
2000	Hasna Benhassi Morocco	1:59.01	Nouria Mérah-Benida Algeria	1:59.73	Gladys Wamuyu Kenya	2:00.32
2002	Maria Mutola Mozambique	2:03.11	Agnes Samaria Namibia	2:03.63	Mina Aït Hammou Morocco	2:03.94
2004	Saïda El Mehdi Morocco	2:03.52	Charity Wandia Kenya	2:04.08	Caroline Chepkwony Kenya	2:04.58

1500 metres

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1979	Sakina Boutamine Algeria	4:23.6a	Rose Thomson Kenya	4:25.0a	Hassania Darami Morocco	4:26.5a
1982	Justina Chepchirchir Kenya	4:22.03	Mary Chepkemboi Kenya	4:24.58	Linah Cheruiyot Kenya	4:26.39
1984	Justina Chepchirchir Kenya	4:18.45	Fatima Aouam Morocco	4:22.75	Leïla Bendahmane Algeria	4:23.15
1985	Mary Chemweno Kenya	4:17.90	Fatima Aouam Morocco	4:19.11	Hellen Kimaiyo Kenya	4:22.85
1988	Hassiba Boulmerka Algeria	4:12.14	Fatima Aouam Morocco	4:12.57	Getenesh Urge Ethiopia	4:17.61
1989	Hassiba Boulmerka Algeria	4:13.85	Hellen Kimaiyo Kenya	4:16.42	Emebet Shiferaw Ethiopia	4:20.81
1990	Maria Mutola Mozambique	4:25.27	Edith Nakiyingi Uganda	4:25.34	Margaret Ngotho Kenya	4:27.14
1992	Elana Meyer South Africa	4:18.44	Gwen Griffiths South Africa	4:20.79	Najat Ouali Morocco	4:23.22
1993	Elana Meyer South Africa	4:12.56	Gwen Griffiths South Africa	4:13.17	Getenesh Urge Ethiopia	4:13.68
1996	Naomi Mugo Kenya	4:12.3	Stéphanie Nicole Zanga Cameroon	4:34.2	Léontine Tsiba Congo	4:35.6
1998	Jackline Maranga Kenya	4:11.75	Julia Sakara Zimbabwe	4:13.64	Bouchra Benthami Morocco	4:17.83
2000	Nouria Mérah-Benida Algeria	4:16.14	Gladys Wamuyu Kenya	4:16.56	Berhane Herpassa Ethiopia	4:16.87
2002	Jackline Maranga Kenya	4:18.91	Abir Nakhli Tunisia	4:19.02	Hasna Benhassi Morocco	4:20.15
2004	Nancy Lagat Kenya	4:24.56	Saïda El Mehdi Morocco	4:24.87	Jeruto Kiptum Kenya	4:25.85

3000 metres

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1979	Sakina Boutamine Algeria	9:31.1a	Rose Thomson Kenya	9:32.1a	Hassania Darami Morocco	9:39.7a
1982	Justina Chepchirchir Kenya	9:20.3	Linah Cheruiyot Kenya	9:20.8	Hassania Darami Morocco	9:54.9
1984	Mary Chepkemboi Kenya	9:19.05	Regina Chemeli Kenya	9:22.17	Leïla Bendahmane Algeria	9:26.28
1985	Hellen Kimaiyo Kenya	9:18.53	Hassania Darami Morocco	9:19.82	Regina Chemeli Kenya	9:20.62
1988	Fatima Aouam Morocco	8:59.19	Josiane Boullé Mauritius	9:14.37	Tigist Moreda Ethiopia	9:15.92
1989	Hellen Kimaiyo Kenya	9:14.97	Jane Ngotho Kenya	9:15.43	Luchia Yishak Ethiopia	9:24.31
1990	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia	9:11.21	Luchia Yishak Ethiopia	9:15.99	Margaret Ngotho Kenya	9:16.41
1992	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia	9:01.12	Gwen Griffiths South Africa	9:03.10	Getenesh Urge Ethiopia	9:03.32
1993	Gwen Griffiths South Africa	9:13.92	Merima Denboba Ethiopia	9:14.48	Hellen Chepngeno Kenya	9:14.49
1998	Zahra Ouaziz Morocco	8:53.75	Genet Gebregiorgis Ethiopia	9:13.47	Yimenashu Taye Ethiopia	9:13.59

5000 metres

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1996	Florence Djépé Cameroon	17:59.32	Marie Python Cameroon	18:14.40	Cathreen Ngwang Cameroon	19:27.39
1998	Berhane Adere Ethiopia	15:54.31	Sally Barsosio Kenya	15:59.12	Merima Denboba Ethiopia	16:11.16
2000	Asmae Leghzaoui Morocco	15:43.46	Meseret Defar Ethiopia	15:49.86	Merima Denboba Ethiopia	15:53.68
2002	Berhane Adere Ethiopia	15:51.08	Dorcus Inzikuru Uganda	15:54.22	Ejegayehu Dibaba Ethiopia	15:56.02
2004	Etalemahu Kidane Ethiopia	16:25.83	Priscah Jepleting Kenya	16:26.15	Angele Haronsimana Burundi	16:55.99

10,000 metres

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1985	Hassania Darami Morocco	35:09.68	Karima Farag Mohamed Ethiopia	44:01.32	only 2 finishers	35:41.80
1988	Marcianne Mukamurenzi Rwanda	33:03.98	Hassania Darami Morocco	33:41.75	Malika Benhabylès Algeria	34:09.48
1989	Jane Ngotho Kenya	33:05.60	Tigist Moreda Ethiopia	34:05.58	Marcianne Mukamurenzi Rwanda	34:24.67
1990	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia	33:37.82	Jane Ngotho Kenya	33:39.26	Tigist Moreda Ethiopia	32:28.86
1992	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia	31:32.25	Lydia Cheromei Kenya	31:41.09	Luchia Yishak Ethiopia	32:55.32
1993	Berhane Adere Ethiopia	32:48.52	Lydia Cheromei Kenya	32:54.55	Fatuma Roba Ethiopia	34:08.79
2000	Souad Aït Salem Algeria	34:02.28	Genet Teka Ethiopia	34:05.18	Bouchra Chaabi Morocco	32:21.60
2002	Susan Chepkemei Kenya	31:45.14	Leah Malot Kenya	32:00.78	Eyerusalem Kuma Ethiopia	32:35.71
2004	Eyerusalem Kuma Ethiopia	31:56.77	Irene Kwambai Kenya	31:57.54	Catherine Kirui Kenya	None

3000 metres steeplechase

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2004	Bouchra Chaabi Morocco	9:53.46	Nawal Baïbi Morocco	10:11.42	Tebogo Masehla South Africa	10:34.40

100 metres hurdles

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1979	Judy Bell-Gam Nigeria	14.13	Bella Bell-Gam Nigeria	14.36	Fatima El Faquir Morocco	14.52
1982	Nawal El Moutawakil Morocco	13.8	Ruth Kyalisima Uganda	14.0	Chérifa Meskaoui Morocco	14.0
1984	Maria Usifo Nigeria	13.42	Awa Dioum-Ndiaye Senegal	14.40	Chérifa Meskaoui Morocco	14.55
1985	Maria Usifo Nigeria	13.52	Cécile Ngambi Cameroon	13.81	Albertine Koutouan Ivory Coast	14.27
1988	Maria Usifo Nigeria	13.71	Dinah Yankey Ghana	13.94	Yasmina Azzizi Algeria	14.08
1989	Dinah Yankey Ghana	13.68	Hope Obika Nigeria	13.80	Mosun Adesina Nigeria	13.86
1990	Dinah Yankey Ghana	13.55	Nezha Bidouane Morocco	13.70	Mosun Adesina Nigeria	13.85
1992	Ime Akpan Nigeria	13.14	Karen van der Veen South Africa	13.29	Annemarie le Roux South Africa	13.70
1993	Nicole Ramalalanirina Madagascar	13.32	Taiwo Aladefa Nigeria	13.50	Annemarie le Roux South Africa	13.74
1996	Glory Alozie Nigeria	13.62	Lana Uys South Africa	13.78	Mame Tacko Diouf Senegal	14.21
1998	Glory Alozie Nigeria	12.77	Mame Tacko Diouf Senegal	13.08	Corien Botha South Africa	13.25
2000	Glory Alozie Nigeria	13.09	Lalanirina Rosa Rakotozafy Madagascar	13.21	Maria-Joëlle Conjungo Central African Republic	13.77
2002	Lalanirina Rosa Rakotozafy Madagascar	13.13w	Angela Atede Nigeria	13.16w	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	13.72w
2004	Lalanirina Rosa Rakotozafy Madagascar	13.73	Carole Kaboud Mebam Cameroon	14.07	Alima Soura Burkina Faso	14.38

400 metres hurdles

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1979	Fatima El Faquir Morocco	59.73	Rose Tata Kenya	59.85	Ruth Kyalisima Uganda	60.41
1982	Nawal El Moutawakil Morocco	58.42	Ruth Kyalisima Uganda	59.00	Rose Tata-Muya Kenya	60.9
1984	Nawal El Moutawakil Morocco	56.01	Rachida Ferdjaoui Algeria	63.17	only 2 finishers	59.85
1985	Nawal El Moutawakil Morocco	56.00	Maria Usifo Nigeria	57.02	Marie Womplou Ivory Coast	57.60
1988	Maria Usifo Nigeria	56.74	Ruth Kyalisima Uganda	57.32	Marie Womplou Ivory Coast	59.51
1989	Maria Usifo Nigeria	55.45	Marie Womplou Ivory Coast	57.57	Zewde Haile Mariam Ethiopia	58.83
1990	Nezha Bidouane Morocco	57.17	Omolade Akinremi Nigeria	57.97	Omotayo Akinremi Nigeria	57.43
1992	Myrtle Bothma South Africa	56.02	Nadia Zétouani Morocco	57.31	Omolade Akinremi Nigeria	58.23
1993	Omotayo Akinremi Nigeria	57.59	Lana Uys South Africa	57.60	Karen Swanepoel South Africa	60.19
1996	Saidat Onanuga Nigeria	56.64	Lana Uys South Africa	57.05	Kleintjie Mogotsi South Africa	56.84
1998	Nezha Bidouane Morocco	54.24	Mame Tacko Diouf Senegal	55.06	Saidat Onanuga Nigeria	62.45
2000	Mame Tacko Diouf Senegal	57.48	Gnima Touré Senegal	58.96	Nabila Jami Tunisia	58.86
2002	Zahra Lachgar Morocco	57.91	Carole Kaboud Mebam Cameroon	58.11	Mame Tacko Diouf Senegal	57.12
2004	Surita Febbraio South Africa	55.12	Mame Tacko Diouf Senegal	55.62	Zahra Lachgar Morocco	None

High jump

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1979	Kawther Akrémi Tunisia	1.69	Elizabeth Ezo Nigeria	1.69	Fernande Agnentchoué Gabon	1.63
1982	Fernande Agnentchoué Gabon	1.67	Salimata Coulibaly Ivory Coast	1.67	Lucienne N'Da Ivory Coast	1.64
1984	Awa Dioum-Ndiaye Senegal	1.76	Lucienne N'Da Ivory Coast	1.73	Salimata Coulibaly Ivory Coast	1.70
1985	Awa Dioum-Ndiaye Senegal	1.76	Kawther Akrémi Tunisia	1.76	Lucienne N'Da Ivory Coast	1.70
1988	Lucienne N'Da Ivory Coast	1.80	Constance Senghor Senegal	1.68	Salimata Coulibaly Ivory Coast	1.68
1989	Lucienne N'Da Ivory Coast	1.81	Nkechi Madubuko Nigeria	1.78	Yasmina Azzizi Algeria	1.78
1990	Lucienne N'Da Ivory Coast	1.80	Stella Agbaegbu Nigeria	1.77	Ifeanyi Aduba Nigeria	1.68
1992	Lucienne N'Da Ivory Coast	1.95	Charmaine Weavers South Africa	1.92	Desiré du Plessis South Africa	1.86
1993	Charmaine Weavers South Africa	1.90	Lucienne N'Da Ivory Coast	1.86	Desiré du Plessis South Africa	1.80
1996	Irène Tiendrébéogo Burkina Faso	1.84	Lolita Nack Cameroon	1.80	Jeanine Blé Ivory Coast	1.75
1998	Hestrie Storbeck South Africa	1.92	Irène Tiendrébéogo Burkina Faso	1.84	Nkechinyere Mbaoma Nigeria	1.75
2000	Hind Bounouar Morocco	1.75	Amina Lemgherbi Algeria	1.70	Hamida Benhocine Algeria	1.70
2002	Hestrie Cloete (Storbeck) South Africa	1.95	Amina Lemgherbi Algeria	1.70	Hanène Dhouibi Tunisia	1.70
2004	Hestrie Cloete South Africa	1.95	Samantha Dodd South Africa	1.60	Janice Josephs South Africa	1.50

Pole vault

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2000	Syrine Balti Tunisia	3.85	Annelie van Wyk South Africa	3.80	Rasha Abdel Khalek Egypt	3.10
2002	Syrine Balti Tunisia	4.06	Aïda Mohsni Tunisia	3.60	Asma Akkari Tunisia	3.40
2004	Syrine Balti Tunisia	4.00	Samantha Dodd South Africa	3.80	Nancy Cheekoussen Mauritius	3.70

Long jump

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1979	Bella Bell-Gam Nigeria	6.24	Florence Ochonogor Nigeria	6.18	Jeanette Yawson Ghana	6.04
1982	Jacinta Serete Kenya	5.37	Ifaf Abdel Fatah Mohamed Egypt	5.22	Soheir Mohamed Ahmed Egypt	5.03
1984	Marianne Mendoza Senegal	5.93	Basma Gharbi Tunisia	5.77	Dalila Tayebi Algeria	5.68
1985	Marianne Mendoza Senegal	6.15	Grace Armah Ghana	6.01	Caroline Nwajei Nigeria	6.00
1988	Juliana Yendork Ghana	5.70	Néné Sangharé Senegal	5.68w	Fatou Tambédou Senegal	5.56w
1989	Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria	6.53	Beatrice Utondu Nigeria	6.20	Christy Opara Nigeria	6.18
1990	Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria	6.13	Stella Emefesi Nigeria	5.79	Nagwa Abd El Hay Riad Egypt	5.71
1992	Karen Botha South Africa	6.78	Stella Emefesi Nigeria	5.98	Maryna van Niekerk South Africa	5.98
1993	Christy Opara-Thompson Nigeria	6.57	Beatrice Utondu Nigeria	6.44	Hiwot Sisay Ethiopia	6.23
1996	Grace Umelo Nigeria	6.13	Béryl Laramé Seychelles	5.98	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	5.85
1998	Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria	6.78	Chinedu Odozor Nigeria	6.45	Baya Rahouli Algeria	6.36
2000	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	6.39	Elisa Cossa Mozambique	6.20	Béryl Laramé Seychelles	6.18
2002	Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon	6.68w	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	6.45w	Chinedu Odozor Nigeria	6.39
2004	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	6.64	Kadiatou Camara Mali	6.29	Yah Koïta Mali	6.27

Triple jump

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1992	Awa Dioum-Ndiaye Senegal	12.47	Ndounga Kolossi Kenya	12.41	Sonya Agbéssi Benin	12.17
1993	Petrusa Swart South Africa	12.95w	Béryl Laramé Seychelles	12.20w	Sonya Agbéssi Benin	12.02w
1996	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	12.99	Abiola Williams Nigeria	12.68	Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon	12.51
1998	Baya Rahouli Algeria	13.96	Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon	13.80	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	13.30
2000	Baya Rahouli Algeria	14.23	Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon	13.87	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	13.81
2002	Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon	14.95	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	14.28	Baya Rahouli Algeria	13.78
2004	Yamilé Aldama Sudan	14.90	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	14.44	Mariette Mien Burkina Faso	12.61

Shot put

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1979	Odette Mistoul Gabon	13.45	Grace Apiafi Nigeria	13.24	Joyce Aciro Uganda	12.95
1982	Odette Mistoul Gabon	14.21	Souad Malloussi Morocco	13.74	Herina Malit Kenya	12.56
1984	Odette Mistoul Gabon	15.51	Souad Malloussi Morocco	15.31	Aïcha Dahmous Algeria	13.44
1985	Souad Malloussi Morocco	15.20	Agnès Tchuinté Cameroon	14.74	Odette Mistoul Gabon	14.54
1988	Hanan Ahmed Khaled Egypt	15.02	Souad Malloussi Morocco	14.85	Jeanne Ngo Minyemeck Cameroon	13.92
1989	Hanan Ahmed Khaled Egypt	14.28	Mariam Nnodu Nigeria	14.02	Ann Otutu Nigeria	13.88
1990	Hanan Ahmed Khaled Egypt	15.21	Elizabeth Olaba Kenya	14.26	Fouzia Fatihi Morocco	14.12
1992	Fouzia Fatihi Morocco	15.82	Hanan Ahmed Khaled Egypt	15.49	Elizabeth Olaba Kenya	14.77
1993	Louise Meintjies South Africa	14.66	Elizabeth Olaba Kenya	14.42	Luzanda Swanepoel South Africa	14.23
1996	Hanan Ahmed Khaled Egypt	14.47	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Egypt	14.24	Oumou Traoré Mali	12.84
1998	Veronica Abrahamse South Africa	15.07	Amel Ben Khaled Tunisia	14.83	Hanan Ahmed Khaled Egypt	14.68
2000	Hanaa Salah El Melegi Egypt	16.01	Amel Ben Khaled Tunisia	15.39	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Egypt	14.97
2002	Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria	17.60	Amel Ben Khaled Tunisia	15.94	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Egypt	15.43
2004	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Egypt	15.53	Amel Ben Khaled Tunisia	15.45	Alifatou Djibril Togo	15.16

Discus throw

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1979	Zoubida Laayouni Morocco	46.18	Fathia Jerbi Tunisia	45.18	Helen Alyek Uganda	43.04
1982	Zoubida Laayouni Morocco	51.50	Helen Alyek Uganda	42.40	Filomena Silva Angola	42.20
1984	Zoubida Laayouni Morocco	52.70	Aïcha Dahmous Algeria	50.12	Chérifa Meskaoui Morocco	46.04
1985	Zoubida Laayouni Morocco	51.80	Mariette van Heerden Zimbabwe	50.14	Aïcha Dahmous Algeria	48.84
1988	Grace Apiafi Nigeria	50.60	Hanan Ahmed Khaled Egypt	47.58	Zoubida Laayouni Morocco	47.50
1989	Zoubida Laayouni Morocco	51.14	Hanan Ahmed Khaled Egypt	50.32	Nabila Mouelhi Tunisia	46.80
1990	Zoubida Laayouni Morocco	53.10	Hanan Ahmed Khaled Egypt	49.90	Elizabeth Olaba Kenya	45.04
1992	Lizette Etsebeth South Africa	54.84	Nanette van der Walt South Africa	53.40	Zoubida Laayouni Morocco	52.74
1993	Lizette Etsebeth South Africa	54.16	Nanette van der Walt South Africa	51.58	Sandra Willms South Africa	50.56
1996	Monia Kari Tunisia	53.00	Caroline Fournier Mauritius	48.80	Felicia Nkiru Ojiego Nigeria	45.58
1998	Elizna Naudé South Africa	50.28	Caroline Fournier Mauritius	50.28	Hanan Ahmed Khaled Egypt	42.82
2000	Monia Kari Tunisia	58.46	Ndoumbé Gaye Senegal	50.81	Felicia Nkiru Ojiego Nigeria	49.65
2002	Monia Kari Tunisia	55.28	Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria	54.12	Elizna Naudé South Africa	51.89
2004	Elizna Naudé South Africa	57.50	Alifatou Djibril Togo	52.62	Hiba Meshili Abu Zaghari Egypt	50.58

Hammer throw

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1998	Caroline Fournier Mauritius	54.29	Marwa Ahmed Hussein Egypt	47.55	Djida Yalloulène Algeria	47.43
2000	Caroline Fournier Mauritius	59.60	Marwa Ahmed Hussein Egypt	57.15	Djida Yalloulène Algeria	49.72
2002	Marwa Ahmed Hussein Egypt	61.64	Caroline Fournier Mauritius	58.39	Hayat El Ghazi Morocco	58.27
2004	Marwa Ahmed Hussein Egypt	66.14	Mouna Dani Morocco	57.98	Hayat El Ghazi Morocco	57.67

Javelin throw

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1979	Agnès Tchuinté Cameroon	50.20	Eunice Nekesa Kenya	49.98	Constance Rwabiryagye Uganda	41.64
1982	Agnès Tchuinté Cameroon	50.64	Fatiha Belamghar Morocco	45.86	Eunice Nekesa Kenya	44.14
1984	Ténin Camara Ivory Coast	45.48	Samira Benhamza Morocco	44.90	Naïma Fouad Morocco	44.40
1985	Agnès Tchuinté Cameroon	54.00	Samia Djémaa Algeria	50.50	Samira Benhamza Morocco	49.32
1988	Yasmina Azzizi Algeria	48.82	Samia Djémaa Algeria	45.74	Schola Mujawamaria Uganda	44.86
1989	Chinweoke Chikwelu Nigeria	52.18	Milka Johnson Kenya	50.32	Yasmina Azzizi Algeria	48.16
1990	Seraphina Nyauma Kenya	46.82	Matilda Kisava Tanzania	46.44	Kate Nwani Nigeria	45.44
1992	Seraphina Nyauma Kenya	53.02	Liezl Roux South Africa	52.42	Rhona Dwinger South Africa	51.28
1993	Liezl Roux South Africa	48.24	Rhona Dwinger South Africa	47.60	Michelle Bradbury South Africa	43.92
1996	Fatma Zouhour Toumi Tunisia	51.88	Lindy Leveaux Seychelles	42.24	Monique Djikada Cameroon	40.78
1998	Lindy Leveaux Seychelles	47.56	Bernadette Ravina Mauritius	46.79	Monique Djikada Cameroon	45.61
2000	Aïda Sellam Tunisia	53.35	Lindy Leveaux Seychelles	50.88	Hanaa Salah El Melegi Egypt	42.31
2002	Aïda Sellam Tunisia	55.46	Sorochukwu Ihuefo Nigeria	55.30	Bernadette Ravina Mauritius	51.49
2004	Sunette Viljoen South Africa	60.13	Aïda Sellam Tunisia	54.68	Cecilia Kiplagat Kenya	48.78

Pentathlon

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1979	Bella Bell-Gam Nigeria	3607	Florence Ochonogor Nigeria	3524	Julie-Marie Gomis Senegal	3409

Heptathlon

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1982	Chérifa Meskaoui Morocco	5353	Margaret Bisereko Uganda	5029	Frida Kiptala Kenya	4808
1984	Chérifa Meskaoui Morocco	5448	Frida Kiptala Kenya	5292	Nacèra Achir Algeria	5195
1985	Chérifa Meskaoui Morocco	5294	Nacèra Achir Algeria	5286	Yasmina Azzizi Algeria	4909
1988	Yasmina Azzizi Algeria	5740	Marie-Lourdes Ally Samba Mauritius	4821	Huda Hashem Ismail Egypt	4289
1989	Yasmina Azzizi Algeria	5957	Nacèra Zaaboub (Achir) Algeria	5573	Chinweoke Chikwelu Nigeria	5503
1990	Albertine Koutouan Ivory Coast	5065	Huda Hashem Ismail Egypt	4716	Marie-Lourdes Ally Samba Mauritius	4501
1992	Chrisna Oosthuizen South Africa	5056	Caroline Kola Kenya	4994	Albertine Koutouan Ivory Coast	4977
1993	Chrisna Oosthuizen South Africa	5339	Maralize Visser South Africa	5159	Caroline Kola Kenya	4925
1996	Caroline Kola Kenya	5270	Anne-Marie Mouri-Nkeng Cameroon	4372	Adélaïde Koudougnon Ivory Coast	3453
1998	Patience Itanyi Nigeria	5376	Mary Dolly Zé Oyono Cameroon	5211	Paulette Mendy Senegal	4716
2000	Yasmina Kettab (Azzizi) Algeria	5837	Maralize Fouché (Visser) South Africa	5726	Patience Itanyi Nigeria	5611
2002	Margaret Simpson Ghana	6105w	Stéphanie Domaingue Mauritius	5206	Imène Chatbri Tunisia	5103
2004	Margaret Simpson Ghana	6154	Janice Josephs South Africa	5785	Céline Laporte Seychelles	5172

5000 metres track walk

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1988	Sabiha Mansouri Algeria	25:51.7	Dalila Frihi Algeria	27:06.2	Kheïra Sadat Algeria	29:19.3
1989	Agnetha Chelimo Kenya	26:36.18	Mercy Nyambura Kenya	27:08.58	only 2 finishers	27:11.6
1990	Agnetha Chelimo Kenya	25:45.2	Méryem Kouch Morocco	26:36.7	Amani Mohamed Adel Egypt	25:45.64
1992	Dounia Kara Algeria	24:57.02	Maryse Pyndiah Mauritius	25:11.95	Susan Bingham South Africa	25:32.68
1993	Dounia Kara Algeria	24:33.56	Amsale Yakobe Ethiopia	24:39.04	Felicita Falconer South Africa	24:05.7
1996	Dounia Kara Algeria	23:15.8	Nagwa Ibrahim Ali Egypt	24:05.4	Monica Akoth Kenya	25:33.11
1998	Nagwa Ibrahim Ali Egypt	24:28.42	Dounia Kara Algeria	25:17.17	Anne-Hortense Ebéna Cameroon	None

10 kilometres road walk

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2000	Bahia Boussad Algeria	49:33	Nagwa Ibrahim Ali Egypt	50:15	Dounia Kara Algeria	50:55
2002	Nagwa Ibrahim Ali Egypt	49:26	Bahia Boussad Algeria	49:57	Grace Wanjiru Kenya	51:35

20 kilometres road walk

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2004	Grace Wanjiru Kenya	1:42:45	Nicolene Cronjé South Africa	1:43:57	Bahia Boussad Algeria	1:46:12

4 × 100 metres relay

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1979	Ghana Ghana	45.63	Nigeria Nigeria	46.45	Senegal Senegal	50.23
1982	Kenya Kenya	46.77	Ivory Coast Ivory Coast	47.23	Senegal Senegal	50.62
1984	Kenya Kenya	46.18	Ghana Ghana	46.20	Gambia Gambia	47.20
1985	Ghana Ghana	45.08	Nigeria Nigeria	45.45	Ivory Coast Ivory Coast	46.98
1988	Ghana Ghana	44.68	Ivory Coast Ivory Coast	45.59	Senegal Senegal	46.45
1989	Nigeria Nigeria	44.60	Ghana Ghana	45.40	Ivory Coast Ivory Coast	46.00
1990	Nigeria Nigeria	45.06	Ghana Ghana	45.87	Egypt Egypt	46.79
1992	South Africa South Africa	44.53	Nigeria Nigeria	45.19	Madagascar Madagascar	45.38
1993	Nigeria Nigeria	43.49	Madagascar Madagascar	44.93	South Africa South Africa	45.15
1996	Cameroon Cameroon	44.7	Ivory Coast Ivory Coast	45.5	Senegal Senegal	46.8
1998	Nigeria Nigeria	43.75	Madagascar Madagascar	43.78	Ghana Ghana	43.89
2000	Ghana Ghana	43.99	Senegal Senegal	44.62	Cameroon Cameroon	46.97
2002	South Africa South Africa	45.60	Ivory Coast Ivory Coast	47.15	Ghana Ghana	47.41
2004	Nigeria Nigeria	44.32	South Africa South Africa	44.42	Senegal Senegal	45.21

4 × 400 metres relay

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1979	Ghana Ghana	3:41.8a	Kenya Kenya	3:46.1a	Nigeria Nigeria	3:54.9a
1982	Kenya Kenya	3:43.8	Uganda Uganda	3:44.9	Morocco Morocco	3:47.4
1984	Kenya Kenya	3:37.76	Ghana Ghana	3:45.96	Morocco Morocco	3:54.41
1985	Nigeria Nigeria	3:36.13	Kenya Kenya	3:39.66	Ghana Ghana	3:42.32
1988	Uganda Uganda	3:37.74	Ivory Coast Ivory Coast	3:38.30	Morocco Morocco	3:50.25
1989	Nigeria Nigeria	3:33.12	Kenya Kenya	3:39.60	Ivory Coast Ivory Coast	3:41.87
1990	Nigeria Nigeria	3:40.04	Kenya Kenya	3:45.99	Mauritius Mauritius	3:46.94
1992	Nigeria Nigeria	3:33.13	South Africa South Africa	3:36.19	Mauritius Mauritius	3:42.68
1993	Nigeria Nigeria	3:33.21	South Africa South Africa	3:37.24	Ghana Ghana	3:39.66
1996	Nigeria Nigeria	3:39.2	Cameroon Cameroon	3:40.5	Gabon Gabon	3:54.8
1998	Nigeria Nigeria	3:31.07	Senegal Senegal	3:31.42	Cameroon Cameroon	3:33.85
2000	Cameroon Cameroon	3:32.89	Morocco Morocco	3:42.91	Algeria Algeria	3:51.01
2002	Cameroon Cameroon	3:35.33	Nigeria Nigeria	3:38.25	Algeria Algeria	3:39.70
2004	Senegal Senegal	3:29.41	South Africa South Africa	3:30.12	Cameroon Cameroon	3:30.77

Men's decathlon

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1999	Rédouane Youcef Algeria	7375	Christo Blignaut South Africa	7347	Amine Hafed Algeria	7042
2005	François Potgieter South Africa	7168	Anis Riahi Tunisia	7140	Jannie Botha South Africa	7004

Women's heptathlon

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1999	Stéphanie Domaingue Mauritius	4857	Fatima Zahra Dkouk Morocco	4742	Zahra Lachgar Morocco	4715
2005	Sarah Bouaoudia Algeria	5492	Mona Jabir Ahmed Sudan	4919	Aïda Chaabane Tunisia	4747

References

African Championships medal winners up to 2004

Medalists in athletics
Games	Asian Games African Games men women Central American and Caribbean Games Commonwealth Games men women Maccabiah Games men women Olympic Games men women Pan American Games men women
Championships	African men Asian men women European men women European Indoor men women South American men women World men women World Indoor men women
Men by event	100 metres