The 1982 African Championships in Athletics were held in Cairo, Egypt from 25 to 28 August.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Ernest Obeng   Ghana	10.2 CR	Théophile Nkounkou   Congo	10.2	Boubacar Diallo   Senegal	10.5
200 metres	Boubacar Diallo   Senegal	20.97	Georges Kablan Degnan   Côte d'Ivoire	21.41	Omar Ghizlat   Morocco	21.46
400 metres	Amadou Dia Ba   Senegal	45.8	James Atuti   Kenya	45.9	Mike Okot   Uganda	46.2
800 metres	Juma Ndiwa   Kenya	1:48.10 CR	James Maina   Kenya	1:48.54	Saïd Aouita   Morocco	1:48.80
1500 metres	Kip Cheruiyot   Kenya	3:42.2	Saïd Aouita   Morocco	3:42.2	Wodajo Bulti   Ethiopia	3:42.5
5000 metres	Wodajo Bulti   Ethiopia	13:45.34 CR	Eshetu Tura   Ethiopia	13:50.33	Erastus Kemei   Kenya	13:50.50
10,000 metres	Mohamed Kedir   Ethiopia	28:55.5 CR	Erastus Kemei   Kenya	28:59.3	Ahmed Musa Jouda   Sudan	29:37.0
Marathon	Juma Ikangaa   Tanzania	2:21:05 CR	Djama Robleh   Djibouti	2:31:06	Abdillahi Charmaké   Djibouti	2:39:59
3000 metre steeplechase	Eshetu Tura   Ethiopia	8:30.47 CR	Julius Korir   Kenya	8:32.20	Joshua Kipkemboi   Kenya	8:33.40
110 metres hurdles	Philip Sang   Kenya	13.8 CR	Charles Kokoyo   Kenya	14.2	Hisham Mohamed Makin   Egypt	14.3
400 metres hurdles	Amadou Dia Bâ   Senegal	49.55 CR	Peter Rwamuhanda   Uganda	49.85	Meshak Munyoro   Kenya	51.69
4 × 100 metres relay	Côte d'Ivoire Amadou Meïté Otokpa Kouadio Barthelemy Koffi Georges Kablan Degnan	40.3	Senegal ? ? ? Mamadou Sène Boubacar Diallo	40.6	Kenya John Anzrah James Atuti Alfred Nyambane Moja Shivanda	40.7
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya Elisha Bitok Juma Ndiwa James Maina Boi James Atuti	3:05.61 CR	Senegal Boubacar Diallo Moussa Fall Babacar Niang Amadou Dia Ba	3:05.75	Uganda Moses Kyeswa Mike Okot Peter Rwamuhanda John Goville	3:06.82
20 kilometre road walk	Shemsu Hassan   Ethiopia	1:41:39	David Munyao   Kenya	1:49:14	Nelsensio Byingingo   Uganda	1:57:02 (NR)
High jump	Moussa Sagna Fall   Senegal	2.20 CR	Boubacar Guèye   Senegal	2.05	Bhaa El Din Bakr   Sudan	2.05
Pole vault	Loué Legbo   Côte d'Ivoire	4.00	Gamal Ramses   Egypt	3.80	Shawki Hassan Abdallah   Egypt	3.50
Long jump	Doudou Ndiaye   Senegal	7.62	Mohamed Kharib Mansour   Egypt	7.51	Moses Kiyai   Kenya	7.47
Triple jump	Mamadou Diallo   Senegal	16.23	Hassan Badra   Egypt	15.50	William Bisereko   Uganda	15.42
Shot put	Youssef Nagui Asaad   Egypt	20.44 CR	Ahmed Kamel Shata   Egypt	18.41	Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush   Egypt	17.89
Discus throw	Mohamed Naguib Hamed   Egypt	59.82 CR	Hassan Ahmed Hamad   Egypt	53.08	Mohamed Fatihi   Morocco	46.94
Hammer throw	Hisham Fouad Greiss   Egypt	60.64 CR	Ahmed Ibrahim Taha   Egypt	57.86	Hisham Abdeslam Zaki   Egypt	55.10
Javelin throw	Zakayo Malekwa   Tanzania	76.18	George Odera   Kenya	71.06	Akram Mohamed Khamis   Egypt	64.24
Decathlon	Charles Kokoyo   Kenya	7080	Patrick Cheruiyot   Kenya	6625	Solomon Kaptich   Kenya	6511

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Alice Adala   Kenya	11.6	Nawal El Moutawakil   Morocco	11.7	Nzaeli Kyomo   Tanzania	11.7
200 metres	Nzaeli Kyomo   Tanzania	23.7	Marième Boye   Senegal	24.5	Ruth Enang   Cameroon	24.6
400 metres	Ruth Atuti   Kenya	54.48	Célestine N'Drin   Côte d'Ivoire	54.58	Marième Boye   Senegal	54.87
800 metres	Evelyn Adiru   Uganda	2:07.00	Célestine N'Drin   Côte d'Ivoire	2:08.20	Mary Chepkemboi   Kenya	2:08.40
1500 metres	Justina Chepchirchir   Kenya	4:22.03	Mary Chepkemboi   Kenya	4:24.58	Linah Cheruiyot   Kenya	4:26.39
3000 metres	Justina Chepchirchir   Kenya	9:20.30	Linah Cheruiyot   Kenya	9:20.80	Hassania Darami   Morocco	9:54.90
100 metres hurdles	Nawal El Moutawakil   Morocco	13.8	Ruth Kyalisima   Uganda	14.0	Chérifa Meskaoui   Morocco	14.0
400 metres hurdles	Nawal El Moutawakil   Morocco	58.42	Ruth Kyalisima   Uganda	59.0	Rose Tata-Muya   Kenya	60.9
4 × 100 metres relay	Kenya Joyce Odhiambo Geraldine Shitandayi Alice Adala Ruth Atuti	46.77	Côte d'Ivoire Soungbe Sakanoko Odette Tape Seraphine Diambra ?	47.23	Senegal Marième Boye Françoise Damado ? ?	50.62
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya Selina Chirchir Ruth Atuti Mary Chepkemboi Frida Kiptala	3:43.80	Uganda Evelyn Adiru Farida Kyakutema Ruth Kyalisima Margaret Komugisha	3:44.90	Morocco Fatima Aouam Nawal El Moutawakel Fatima Salahi Chaibia Bilali	3:47.40
High jump	Fernande Agnentchoué   Gabon	1.67	Salimata Coulibaly   Côte d'Ivoire	1.67	Lucienne N'Da   Côte d'Ivoire	1.64
Long jump	Jacinta Serete   Kenya	5.37	Ifaf Abdel Fatah Mohamed   Egypt	5.22	Soheir Mohamed Ahmed   Egypt	5.03
Shot put	Odette Mistoul   Gabon	14.21	Souad Malloussi   Morocco	13.74	Herina Malit   Kenya	12.56
Discus throw	Zoubida Laayouni   Morocco	51.50	Helen Alyek   Uganda	42.40	Filomena Silva   Angola	42.20
Javelin throw	Agnès Tchuinté   Cameroon	50.64	Fatiha Belamghar   Morocco	45.86	Eunice Nekesa   Kenya	44.14
Heptathlon	Chérifa Meskaoui   Morocco	5353	Margaret Bisereko   Uganda	5029	Frida Kiptala   Kenya	4808

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	12	10	12	34
2	Senegal	6	4	3	13
3	Morocco	4	4	6	14
4	Ethiopia	4	1	1	6
5	Egypt	3	7	6	16
6	Tanzania	3	0	1	4
7	Ivory Coast	2	5	1	8
8	Gabon	2	0	0	2
9	Uganda	1	6	4	11
10	Cameroon	1	0	1	2
11	Ghana	1	0	0	1
12	Djibouti	0	1	1	2
13	Congo	0	1	0	1
14	Sudan	0	0	2	2
15	Angola	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		39	39	39	117

See also

• 1982 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Results – GBR Athletics