1990 African Championships in Athletics

{{Infobox Athletics Championships

|Name = 1990 African Championships in Athletics

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|Host city = Cairo, Egypt

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|Nations participating =

|Athletes participating =

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|Dates = 3–6 October

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|Previous = Lagos 1989

|Next = Belle Vue Maurel 1992

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The 1990 African Championships in Athletics were held in Cairo, Egypt between 3 and 6 October.

Medal summary

=Men's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
100 metres
(wind: +0.1 m/s)

|Joseph Gikonyo
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

10.28

|Abdullahi Tetengi
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

10.36

|Charles-Louis Seck
{{flagcountry|Senegal}}

10.38
200 metres
(wind: +0.5 m/s)

|Joseph Gikonyo
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

20.89

|Abdullahi Tetengi
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

21.01

|Sunday Bada
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

21.05
400 metres

|Samson Kitur
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

45.15

|David Kitur
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

46.13

|Sunday Bada
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

46.19
800 metres

|William Tanui
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

1:46.80

|Robert Kibet
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

1:47.15

|Desta Asgedom
{{flagcountry|Ethiopia|1987}}

1:47.38
1500 metres

|Moses Kiptanui
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

3:39.51

|Abdelaziz Sahere
{{flagcountry|Morocco}}

3:39.53

|David Kibet
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

3:41.49
5000 metres

|Ezequeil Bitok
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

13:33.30

|Andrew Sambu
{{flagcountry|Tanzania}}

13:33.90

|Mohamed Issangar
{{flagcountry|Morocco}}

13:34.37
10000 metres

|Khalid Skah
{{flagcountry|Morocco}}

28:31.10

|Andrew Sambu
{{flagcountry|Tanzania}}

28:31.50

|Addis Abebe
{{flagcountry|Ethiopia|1987}}

28:34.40
Marathon

|Tesfaye Tafa
{{flagcountry|Ethiopia|1987}}

2:33:38

|Belaye Wolashe
{{flagcountry|Ethiopia|1987}}

2:37:17

|Negash Dube
{{flagcountry|Ethiopia|1987}}

2:49:42
3000 metre steeplechase

|Abdelaziz Sahere
{{flagcountry|Morocco}}

8:33.58

|William Mutwol
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

8:34.03

|Bizuneh Yai Tura
{{flagcountry|Ethiopia|1987}}

8:56.14
110 metre hurdles
(wind: +0.4 m/s)

|Moses Oyiki Orode
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

14.26

|Gideon Yego
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

14.39

|Judex Lefou
{{flagcountry|Mauritius}}

14.42
400 metre hurdles

|Hamidou Mbaye
{{flagcountry|Senegal}}

51.10

|Ahmed Abdel Halim Ghanem
{{flagcountry|Egypt}}

51.16

|Judex Lefou
{{flagcountry|Mauritius}}

51.41
4 × 100 metres relay

|Nigeria
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}
Nnamdi Anusim
Abdullah Tetengi
Michael Monye
Ebiyo Pupre

39.85

|Senegal
{{flagcountry|Senegal}}
Joseph Diaz
Amadou M'Baye
Charles-Louis Seck
Mamadou Dione

40.05

|Ivory Coast
{{flagcountry|Ivory Coast}}
Gilles Bogui
Ouattara Lagazane
Jean-Olivier Zirignon
Hyacinthe Kamelan

40.24
4 × 400 metres relay

|Nigeria
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}
Omokaro Alohan
Hassan Bosso
Abu Danjuma
Sunday Bada

3:04.77

|Morocco
{{flagcountry|Morocco}}
Abdelali Kasbane
Benyounés Lahlou
Ali Dahhane
Abdelkader El Boukhari

3:05.89

|Kenya
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

3:06.88
20 kilometre road walk

|Shemsu Hassan
{{flagcountry|Ethiopia|1987}}

1:29:31

|Abdelwahab Ferguène
{{flagcountry|Algeria}}

1:31:00

|Andrew Eyapan
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

1:32:24
High jump

|Othmane Belfaa
{{flagcountry|Algeria}}

2.16

|Samson Kebenei
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

2.13

|Khemraj Naiko
{{flagcountry|Mauritius}}

2.09
Pole vault

|Ali Ziouani
{{flagcountry|Morocco}}

4.90

|Kersley Gardenne
{{flagcountry|Mauritius}}

4.70

|Sid Ali Sabour
{{flagcountry|Algeria}}

4.40
Long jump

|Ayodele Aladefa
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

7.92

|Badara Mbengue
{{flagcountry|Senegal}}

7.90

|Amos Rutere
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

7.55
Triple jump

|Toussaint Rabenala
{{flagcountry|Madagascar}}

16.61

|James Sabulei
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

16.06

|Papa Ladji Konaté
{{flagcountry|Senegal}}

15.81
Shot put

|Robert Welikhe
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

17.57

|Ahmed Kamel Shata
{{flagcountry|Egypt}}

17.36

|Mohamed Ismail Muslem
{{flagcountry|Egypt}}

16.50
Discus throw

|Hassan Ahmed Hamad
{{flagcountry|Egypt}}

55.80

|Dhia Kamel Ahmed
{{flagcountry|Egypt}}

52.74

|Ikechukwu Chika
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

52.50
Hammer throw

|Sherif Farouk El Hennawi
{{flagcountry|Egypt}}

69.60

|Hassan Chahine
{{flagcountry|Morocco}}

66.98

|Hakim Toumi
{{flagcountry|Algeria}}

66.34
Javelin throw

|Fidèle Rakotonirina
{{flagcountry|Madagascar}}

69.50

|Pius Bazighe
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

68.80

|Justin Arop
{{flagcountry|Uganda}}

67.76
Decathlon

|Abdennacer Moumen
{{flagcountry|Morocco}}

6983

|Tommy Ozono
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

6869

|Mourad Mahour Bacha
{{flagcountry|Algeria}}

6802

=Women's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
100 metres
(wind: +0.6 m/s)

|Onyinye Chikezie
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

11.56

|Chioma Ajunwa
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

11.63

|Mary Tombiri
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

11.74
200 metres
(wind: +0.5 m/s)

|Fatima Yusuf
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

23.19

|Emily Odoemenam
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

23.59

|Helena Amoako
{{flagcountry|Ghana}}

24.36
400 metres

|Fatima Yusuf
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

50.85

|Charity Opara
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

51.68

|Emily Odoemenam
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

53.3
800 metres

|Maria de Lurdes Mutola
{{flagcountry|Mozambique}}

2:13.54

|Edith Nakiyingi
{{flagcountry|Uganda}}

2:14.00

|Zewde Haile Mariam
{{flagcountry|Ethiopia|1987}}

2:15.14
1500 metres

|Maria de Lurdes Mutola
{{flagcountry|Mozambique}}

4:25.27

|Edith Nakiyingi
{{flagcountry|Uganda}}

4:25.34

|Margaret Ngotho
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

4:27.14
3000 metres

|Derartu Tulu
{{flagcountry|Ethiopia|1987}}

9:11.21

|Luchia Yishak
{{flagcountry|Ethiopia|1987}}

9:15.99

|Margaret Ngotho
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

9:16.41
10,000 metres

|Derartu Tulu
{{flagcountry|Ethiopia|1987}}

33:37.82

|Jane Ngotho
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

33:39.26

|Tigist Moreda
{{flagcountry|Ethiopia|1987}}

34:24.67
100 metres hurdles
(wind: -0.6 m/s)

|Dinah Yankey
{{flagcountry|Ghana}}

13.55

|Nezha Bidouane
{{flagcountry|Morocco}}

13.70

|Mosun Adesina
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

13.85
400 metres hurdles

|Nezha Bidouane
{{flagcountry|Morocco}}

57.17

|Omolade Akinremi
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

57.97

|Omotayo Akinremi
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

58.83
4 × 100 metres relay

|Nigeria
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}
Chioma Ajunwa
Onyinye Chikezie
Mary Tombiri
Fatima Yusuf

45.06

|Ghana
{{flagcountry|Ghana}}
Philomena Mensah
Cynthia Quartey
Dinah Yankey
Helen Amoako

45.87

|Egypt
{{flagcountry|Egypt}}
Karima Meskin Saad
Wafa Bashir
Huda Hashem Ismail
Muna Mohamed Mansour

46.79
4 × 400 metres relay

|Nigeria
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}
Omolade Akinremi
Omotayo Akinremi
Charity Opara
Fatima Yusuf

3:40.04

|Kenya
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}
Rose Tata-Muya
Ruth Onsarigo
Isabella Mushilla
Selina Tanui

3:45.99

|Mauritius
{{flagcountry|Mauritius}}
Christine Duverge
Sheila Seebaluck
Jane Thondojee
Gilliane Quirin

3:46.94
5000 metre track walk

|Agnetha Chelimo
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

25:45.20

|Méryem Kouch
{{flagcountry|Morocco}}

26:36.70

|Amani Mohamed Adel
{{flagcountry|Egypt}}

27:11.60
High jump

|Lucienne N'Da
{{flagcountry|Ivory Coast}}

1.80

|Stella Agbaegbu
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

1.77

|Ifeanyi Aduba
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

1.68
Long jump

|Chioma Ajunwa
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

6.13

|Stella Emefesi
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

5.79

|Nagwa Abd El Hay Riad
{{flagcountry|Egypt}}

5.71
Shot put

|Hanan Ahmed Khaled
{{flagcountry|Egypt}}

15.21

|Elizabeth Olaba
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

14.26

|Fouzia Fatihi
{{flagcountry|Morocco}}

14.12
Discus throw

|Zoubida Laayouni
{{flagcountry|Morocco}}

53.10

|Hanan Ahmed Khaled
{{flagcountry|Egypt}}

49.90

|Elizabeth Olaba
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

45.04
Javelin throw

|Seraphina Nyauma
{{flagcountry|Kenya}}

46.82

|Matilda Kisava
{{flagcountry|Tanzania}}

46.44

|Kate Nwani
{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}

45.44
Heptathlon

|Albertine Koutouan
{{flagcountry|Ivory Coast}}

5065

|Howaida Hashem Ismail
{{flagcountry|Egypt}}

4716

|Marie-Lourdes Ally Samba
{{flagcountry|Mauritius}}

4501

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

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| event =

| team =

| gold_NGR = 10 | silver_NGR = 10 | bronze_NGR = 9

| gold_KEN = 9 | silver_KEN = 9 | bronze_KEN = 7

| gold_MAR = 6 | silver_MAR = 5 | bronze_MAR = 2

| gold_ETH = 4 | silver_ETH = 2 | bronze_ETH = 6 | name_ETH = {{flagteam|ETH|1987}}

| gold_EGY = 3 | silver_EGY = 5 | bronze_EGY = 4

| gold_CIV = 2 | silver_CIV = 0 | bronze_CIV = 1

| gold_MOZ = 2 | silver_MOZ = 0 | bronze_MOZ = 0

| gold_MAD = 2 | silver_MAD = 0 | bronze_MAD = 0

| gold_SEN = 1 | silver_SEN = 2 | bronze_SEN = 2

| gold_ALG = 1 | silver_ALG = 1 | bronze_ALG = 3

| gold_GHA = 1 | silver_GHA = 1 | bronze_GHA = 1

| gold_TAN = 0 | silver_TAN = 3 | bronze_TAN = 0

| gold_UGA = 0 | silver_UGA = 2 | bronze_UGA = 1

| gold_MRI = 0 | silver_MRI = 1 | bronze_MRI = 5

}}

See also