1998 African Championships in Athletics

International athletics championship event

1998 African Championships

Host stadium in Dakar

Dates| 18–22 August
Host city| Dakar, Senegal
Venue| Stade Léopold Senghor
Events| 42
Participation| 395 athletes from
39 nations

<- 1996 Yaoundé

2000 Algiers ->

The 11th African Championships in Athletics were held in Dakar, Senegal, from August 18 to August 22 at the Stade Léopold Senghor.

## Men's results

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### Track

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 m
(wind: +0.1 m/s)  | Seun Ogunkoya
Nigeria | 9.94 CR  | Frankie Fredericks
Namibia | 9.97  | Leonard Myles-Mills
Ghana | 10.10
200 m
(wind: +0.6 m/s)  | Frankie Fredericks
Namibia | 19.99 CR  | Sunday Emmanuel
Nigeria | 20.45  | Oumar Loum
Senegal | 20.59
400 m | Clement Chukwu
Nigeria | 44.65 CR  | Davis Kamoga
Uganda | 44.79  | Ibrahima Wade
Senegal | 45.05
800 m | Japheth Kimutai
Kenya | 1:45.82  | Patrick Ndururi
Kenya | 1:45.85  | Djabir Saïd-Guerni
Algeria | 1:46.31
1500 m | Laban Rotich
Kenya | 3:45.03  | Adil Kaouch
Morocco | 3:47.34  | Ali Saïdi Sief
Algeria | 3:47.89
3000 m | Tom Nyariki
Kenya | 8:03.75  | Brahim Lahlafi
Morocco | 8:05.00  | Fita Bayissa
Ethiopia | 8:05.16
5000 m | Daniel Komen
Kenya | 13:35.70  | Hailu Mekonnen
Ethiopia | 13:38.19  | William Kalya
Kenya | 13:39.17
3000 m st. | Bernard Barmasai
Kenya | 8:11.74 CR  | Richard Limo
Kenya | 8:20.67  | Brahim Boulami
Morocco | 8:29.52
110 m H
(wind: +0.5 m/s)  | Shaun Bownes
South Africa | 13.72  | William Erese
Nigeria | 13.92  | Doudou Félou Sow
Senegal | 14.57
400 m H | Samuel Matete
Zambia | 48.58  | Ken Harnden
Zimbabwe | 49.39  | Ibou Faye
Senegal | 49.59
4 x 100 m |  Ivory Coast
Eric Pacome N'Dri
Jean-Olivier Zirignon
Ahmed Douhou
Ibrahim Meité | 38.76  |  Nigeria
Ejiogou Okechukwu
Tunde Suleiman
Paul Egonye
Sunday Emmanuel | 38.88  |  Cameroon
Benjamin Sirimou
Claude Toukene-Guebogo
Serge Bengono
Alexandre Dalle Dalle | 39.61
4 x 400 m |  Senegal
Ousmane Niang
Ibou Faye
Hachim Ndiaye
Ibrahima Wade | 3:04.20  |  Zimbabwe
Ken Harnden
Crispen Mutakanyi
Phillip Mukomana
Jeffrey Masvanhise | 3:04.47  |  Nigeria
Tony Ogbeta
Musa Audu
Fidelis Gadzama
Nduka Awazie | 3:05.18
20 km Walk | Hatem Ghoula
Tunisia | 1:31:28  | Moussa Aouanouk
Algeria | 1:32:18  | Getachew Demisse
Ethiopia | 1:34:19

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

### Field

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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High jump | Abderrahmane Hammad
Algeria | 2.21  | Khemraj Naiko
Mauritius | 2.18  | Gavin Lendis
South Africa | 2.15
Long jump | Hatem Mersal
Egypt | 8.13  | Anis Gallali
Tunisia | 8.01  | Mark Anthony Awere
Ghana | 7.77
Pole vault | Okkert Brits
South Africa | 5.40 =CR  | Kersley Gardenne
Mauritius | 5.20  | Mohamed Bédoui
Tunisia | 4.80
Triple jump | Andrew Owusu
Ghana | 17.23 CR  | Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa
Zimbabwe | 17.19  | Oluyemi Sule
Nigeria | 16.37
Shot put | Burger Lambrechts
South Africa | 19.78  | Dhia Kamel Ahmed
Egypt | 17.61  | Quentin Soné Ehawa
Cameroon | 15.51
Discus | Frantz Kruger
South Africa | 62.17  | Frits Potgieter
South Africa | 60.50  | Mickael Conjungo
Central African Republic | 57.52
Javelin | Marius Corbett
South Africa | 79.82  | Khaled Es Sayed Yassin
Egypt | 72.84  | Bouna Diop
Senegal | 72.66
Hammer | Chris Harmse
South Africa | 72.11 CR  | Hakim Toumi
Algeria | 69.36  | Samir Haouam
Algeria | 68.79
Decathlon | Rédouane Youcef
Algeria | 7352 points  | Mohamed Benyahia
Algeria | 7093 points  | Issam Abdelatif Saber
Egypt | 6420 points

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

## Women results

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### Track

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 m
(wind: -1.1 m/s)  | Mary Onyali
Nigeria | 11.05 CR  | Endurance Ojokolo
Nigeria | 11.08  | Rose Aboaje
Nigeria | 11.31
200 m
(wind: -1.1 m/s)  | Falilat Ogunkoya
Nigeria | 22.22 CR  | Rose Aboaje
Nigeria | 22.83  | Heide Seyerling
South Africa | 22.89
400 m | Falilat Ogunkoya
Nigeria | 50.07 CR  | Charity Opara
Nigeria | 50.13  | Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy
Madagascar | 52.11
800 m | Maria de Lurdes Mutola
Mozambique | 1:57.95  | Hasna Benhassi
Morocco | 2:01.24  | Julia Sakara
Zimbabwe | 2:01.55
1500 m | Jackline Maranga
Kenya | 4:11.75 CR  | Julia Sakara
Zimbabwe | 4:13.64  | Bouchra Benthami
Morocco | 4:17.83
3000 m | Zahra Ouaziz
Morocco | 8:53.75  | Genet Gebregiorgis
Ethiopia | 9:13.47  | Yemenashu Taye
Ethiopia | 9:13.59
5000 m | Berhane Adere
Ethiopia | 15:54.31 CR  | Sally Barsosio
Kenya | 15:59.12  | Merima Denboba
Ethiopia | 16:11.16
100 m H
(wind: -0.1 m/s)  | Glory Alozie
Nigeria | 12.77 CR  | Mame Tacko Diouf
Senegal | 13.08  | Corien Botha
South Africa | 13.25
400 m H | Nezha Bidouane
Morocco | 54.24 CR  | Mame Tacko Diouf
Senegal | 55.06  | Saidat Onanuga
Nigeria | 56.84
4 x 100 m |  Nigeria
Endurance Ojokolo
Henrietta Ajaegbu
Funmilola Ogundana
Rose Aboaja | 43.75  |  Madagascar
Hanitriniaina Rakotrondrabe
Lalao Ravaonirina
Paule Ony Ratsimbazafy
Rosa Rakotozafy | 43.78  |  Ghana
Veronica Bawuah
Vida Nsiah
Monica Twum
Mavis Akoto | 43.89
4 x 400 m |  Nigeria
Folashade Ogundemi
Rosemary Okafor
Doris Jacob
Falilat Ogunkoya | 3:31.07 CR  |  Senegal
Mame Tacko Diouf
Amy Mbacke Thiam
Aminata Diouf
Gnima Touré | 3:31.07  |  Cameroon
Myriam Leonie Mani
Sylvie Mballa Eloundou
Mireille Nguimgo
Claudine Komgang | 3:33.85
5000 m walk | Nagwa Ibrahim Ali
Egypt | 24:28.42  | Dounia Kara
Algeria | 25:17.17  | Anne-Hortense Ebéna
Cameroon | 25:33.11

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

### Field

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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High jump | Hestrie Storbeck
South Africa | 1.92  | Irène Tiendrébéogo
Burkina Faso | 1.84  | Nkechinyere Mbaoma
Nigeria | 1.75
Long jump | Chioma Ajunwa
Nigeria | 6.78 =CR  | Chinedu Odozor
Nigeria | 6.45  | Baya Rahouli
Algeria | 6.36
Triple jump | Baya Rahouli
Algeria | 13.96 CR  | Françoise Mbango Etone
Cameroon | 13.80  | Kéné Ndoye
Senegal | 13.30
Shot put | Veronica Abrahamse
South Africa | 15.07  | Amel Ben Khaled
Tunisia | 14.83  | Hanan Ahmed Khaled
Egypt | 14.68
Discus | Elizna Naudé
South Africa | 50.28  | Caroline Fournier
Mauritius | 50.28  | Hanan Ahmed Khaled
Egypt | 42.82
Hammer | Caroline Fournier
Mauritius | 54.29  | Marwa Ahmed Hussein
Egypt | 47.55  | Djida Yalloulène
Algeria | 47.43
Javelin
(old type) | Lindy Leveaux
Seychelles | 47.56  | Bernadette Ravina
Mauritius | 46.79  | Monique Djikada
Cameroon | 45.61
Heptathlon | Patience Itanyi
Nigeria | 5376 points  | Mary Dolly Zé Oyono
Cameroon | 5211 points  | Paulette Mendy
Senegal | 4716 points

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Nigeria (NGR)| 10| 7| 5| 22
2|  South Africa (RSA)| 9| 1| 3| 13
3|  Kenya (KEN)| 6| 3| 1| 10
4|  Algeria (ALG)| 3| 4| 5| 12
5|  Egypt (EGY)| 2| 3| 3| 8
6|  Morocco (MAR)| 2| 3| 2| 7
7|  Mauritius (MRI)| 1| 4| 0| 5
8|  Senegal (SEN)| 1| 3| 7| 11
9|  Ethiopia (ETH)| 1| 2| 4| 7
10|  Tunisia (TUN)| 1| 2| 1| 4
11|  Namibia (NAM)| 1| 1| 0| 2
12|  Ghana (GHA)| 1| 0| 3| 4
13|  Ivory Coast (CIV)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Mozambique (MOZ)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Seychelles (SEY)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Zambia (ZAM)| 1| 0| 0| 1
17|  Zimbabwe (ZIM)| 0| 4| 1| 5
18|  Cameroon (CMR)| 0| 2| 5| 7
19|  Madagascar (MAD)| 0| 1| 1| 2
20|  Burkina Faso (BFA)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Uganda (UGA)| 0| 1| 0| 1
22|  Central African Republic (CAF)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (22 entries)| 42| 42| 42| 126

## See also

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* 1998 in athletics (track and field)

## External links

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* Results \- GBR Athletics

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