# 1982 African Championships in Athletics

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

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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) | Totals (15 entries) | 39 | 39 | 39 | 117 |