Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games

The seventh All-Africa Games were held in September 1999 in Johannesburg, South Africa. As the track is at an altitude of 1748 metres all performances are considered to be set at altitude, this is believed to assist events up to 400 metres and in the long jump and triple jump. However, for events beyond 800 metres the thinner air is believed to have a detrimental effect on performances.

Athletics at the VII All-Africa Games
Dates	14–18 September
Host city	Johannesburg, South Africa
Venue	Johannesburg Stadium
Participation	45 nations
← 1995 Harare 2003 Abuja → 1999 All-Africa Games

Maria de Lurdes Mutola of Mozambique won her third 800 metres title in a row. Nigeria won all four relay races; 4 × 100 metres and 4 × 400 metres for men and women. South African athletes won all four throwing events for men.

Some new women's events were added: pole vault, hammer throw and 10 kilometres road walk.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Leonard Myles-Mills  Ghana	9.99 GR	Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria	10.01	Frankie Fredericks  Namibia	10.10
200 metres details	Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria	20.06 GR	Joseph Batangdon  Cameroon	20.37	Daniel Effiong  Nigeria	20.49
400 metres details	Kennedy Ochieng  Kenya	44.77	Clement Chukwu  Nigeria	45.31	Phillip Mukomana  Zimbabwe	45.43
800 metres details	Japheth Kimutai  Kenya	1:44.91 GR	Djabir Saïd-Guerni  Algeria	1:45.32	Hezekiél Sepeng  South Africa	1:45.58
1500 metres details	Hailu Mekonnen  Ethiopia	3:39.73	David Lelei  Kenya	3:40.46	Fred Cheruiyot  Kenya	3:41.21
5000 metres details	Julius Gitahi  Kenya	13:49.06	Fita Bayissa  Ethiopia	13:49.79	Tom Nyariki  Kenya	13:50.40
10,000 metres details	Assefa Mezgebu  Ethiopia	28:12.15	David Chelule  Kenya	28:13.71	Habte Jifar  Ethiopia	28:15.11
Marathon details	Joshua Peterson  South Africa	2:19:07	Focus Wolbroad  Tanzania	2:20:47	Frank Pooe  South Africa	2:23:36
3000 metres steeplechase details	Kipkurui Misoi  Kenya	8:32.42	Wilson Boit Kipketer  Kenya	8:41.33	Christopher Kosgei  Kenya	8:41.35
110 metres hurdles details	William Erese  Nigeria	13.71 GR	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja  Madagascar	13.85	Kehinde Aladefa  Nigeria	13.86
400 metres hurdles details	Ibou Faye  Senegal	48.30	Ken Harnden  Zimbabwe	48.47	Erick Keter  Kenya	49.17
4 × 100 metres relay details	Nigeria Deji Aliu Daniel Effiong Chinedu Oriala Innocent Asonze	38.56 GR	South Africa Morne Nagel Marcus La Grange Lee-Roy Newton Mathew Quinn	38.88	Ivory Coast	39.09
4 × 400 metres relay details	Nigeria Fidelis Gadzama Jude Monye Clement Chukwu Sunday Bada	3:01.20	South Africa Adriaan Botha Hendrik Mokganyetsi Hennie Botha Arnaud Malherbe	3:01.34	Kenya Kennedy Ochieng Hillary Maritim Matilu Abednego Julius Chepkwony	3:01.73
20 kilometres walk details	David Kimutai  Kenya	1:29:12	Moussa Aouanouk  Algeria	1:29:36	Vincent Asumang  Ghana	1:48:00
High jump details	Anthony Idiata  Nigeria	2.27 GR	Abderrahmane Hammad  Algeria	2.24	Malcolm Hendriks  South Africa	2.24
Pole vault details	Okkert Brits  South Africa	5.40	Mohamed Bédoui  Tunisia	4.80	none
Long jump details	Hatem Mersal  Egypt	8.09	Georges Téko Folligan  Togo	8.00	Mark Anthony Awere  Ghana	7.96
Triple jump details	Andrew Owusu  Ghana	16.89	Remmy Limo  Kenya	16.84	Toussaint Rabenala  Madagascar	16.60
Shot put details	Burger Lambrechts  South Africa	19.50 GR	Janus Robberts  South Africa	19.16	Karel Potgieter  South Africa	18.90
Discus throw details	Frantz Kruger  South Africa	61.02	Frits Potgieter  South Africa	60.59	Mickael Conjungo  Central African Republic	57.09
Hammer throw details	Chris Harmse  South Africa	74.75 GR	Samir Haouam  Algeria	65.80	Yamen Hussein Abdel Moneim  Egypt	65.25
Javelin throw details	Marius Corbett  South Africa	78.74 GR	Johan Vosloo  South Africa	75.60	Maher Ridane  Tunisia	72.18
Decathlon details	Anis Riahi  Tunisia	7497 GR	Rédouane Youcef  Algeria	7401	Patrick Legrand  Mauritius	6034

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Mercy Nku  Nigeria	11.03 GR	Myriam Léonie Mani  Cameroon	11.24	Endurance Ojokolo  Nigeria	11.25
200 metres details	Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria	22.45 GR	Myriam Léonie Mani  Cameroon	22.91	Monica Twum  Ghana	22.98
400 metres details	Falilat Ogunkoya  Nigeria	50.02	Olabisi Afolabi  Nigeria	50.34	Amy Mbacké Thiam  Senegal	50.95
800 metres details	Maria Mutola  Mozambique	1:59.73 GR	Nouria Mérah-Benida  Algeria	2:00.83	Grace Birungi  Uganda	2:01.76
1500 metres details	Kutre Dulecha  Ethiopia	4:18.33	Nouria Mérah-Benida  Algeria	4:18.69	Jackline Maranga  Kenya	4:19.31
5000 metres details	Ayelech Worku  Ethiopia	15:38.22	Elana Meyer  South Africa	15:42.76	Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya	15:42.79
10,000 metres details	Gete Wami  Ethiopia	32:08.15	Merima Hashim  Ethiopia	32:16.24	Leah Malot  Kenya	32:36.02
Marathon details	Hiywot Gizwa  Ethiopia	2:45:38 GR	Meseret Kotu  Ethiopia	2:46:29	Kore Alemu  Ethiopia	2:48:31
100 metres hurdles details	Glory Alozie  Nigeria	12.74 GR	Angela Atede  Nigeria	12.99	Mame Tacko Diouf  Senegal	13.02
400 metres hurdles details	Mame Tacko Diouf  Senegal	55.69	Surita Febbraio  South Africa	57.11	Saidat Onanuga  Nigeria	58.34
4 × 100 metres relay details	Nigeria ? Endurance Ojokolo ? ?	43.28	Madagascar	43.98	Ghana Mavis Akoto Monica Twum Helena Amoako Dora Manu	44.21
4 × 400 metres relay details	Nigeria Saidat Onanuga Fatima Yusuf Olabisi Afolabi Falilat Ogunkoya	3:29.22	Senegal	3:31.63	Cameroon	3:33.28
10 kilometres walk details	Susan Vermeulen  South Africa	49:33 GR	Nagwa Ibrahim Ali  Egypt	50:19	Bahia Boussad  Algeria	51:31
High jump details	Hestrie Cloete  South Africa	1.96 GR	Irène Tiendrébéogo  Burkina Faso	1.85	Philippa Erasmus  South Africa	1.80
Pole vault details	Rika Erasmus  South Africa	3.60	Elmarie Gerryts  South Africa	3.60	none
Long jump details	Grace Umelo  Nigeria	6.60	Françoise Mbango Etone  Cameroon	6.55 (NR)	Charlene Lawrence  South Africa	6.50
Triple jump details	Françoise Mbango Etone  Cameroon	14.70 GR	Baya Rahouli  Algeria	14.64	Kéné Ndoye  Senegal	13.86
Shot put details	Vivian Peters  Nigeria	16.72	Veronica Abrahamse  South Africa	16.53	Maranelle du Toit  South Africa	16.45
Discus throw details	Monia Kari  Tunisia	57.22	Lezelle Duvenage  South Africa	54.55	Elizna Naudé  South Africa	53.26
Hammer throw details	Caroline Fournier  Mauritius	58.83	Elmarie Knoetzen  South Africa	58.74	Marwa Ahmed Hussein  Egypt	55.25
Javelin throw details	Liezl Roux  South Africa	49.38	Aïda Sellam  Tunisia	48.91	Sorochukwu Ihuefo  Nigeria	48.24
Heptathlon details	Maralize Fouché (Visser)  South Africa	5631	Patience Itanyi  Nigeria	5565	Oluchi Elechi  Nigeria	5537

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	13	5	6	24
2	South Africa (SAF)	11	11	8	30
3	Ethiopia (ETH)	6	3	2	11
4	Kenya (KEN)	5	4	8	17
5	Tunisia (TUN)	2	2	1	5
6	Senegal (SEN)	2	1	3	6
7	Ghana (GHA)	2	0	4	6
8	Cameroon (CMR)	1	4	1	6
9	Egypt (EGY)	1	1	2	4
10	Mauritius (MRI)	1	0	1	2
11	Mozambique (MOZ)	1	0	0	1
12	Algeria (ALG)	0	8	1	9
13	Madagascar (MAD)	0	2	1	3
14	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	1	1	2
15	Burkina Faso (BUR)	0	1	0	1
	Tanzania (TAN)	0	1	0	1
	Togo (TOG)	0	1	0	1
18	Central African Republic (CAF)	0	0	1	1
	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	0	1	1
	Namibia (NAM)	0	0	1	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		45	45	43	133

Participating nations

•  Algeria
•  Angola
•  Benin
•  Botswana
•  Burkina Faso
•  Burundi
•  Cape Verde
•  Central African Republic
•  Chad
• Comoros
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
•  Egypt
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  Eritrea
•  Ethiopia
•  Gabon
•  Ghana
•  Guinea
•  Guinea-Bissau
•  Ivory Coast
•  Kenya
• Lesotho
• Libya
•  Madagascar
•  Malawi
•  Mali
•  Mauritius
•  Mozambique
•  Namibia
•  Niger
•  Nigeria
•  Republic of the Congo
• Rwanda
•  São Tomé and Príncipe
•  Senegal
•  Seychelles
•  Somalia
•  South Africa
• Swaziland
•  Tanzania
•  Togo
•  Tunisia
•  Uganda
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe

See also

• 1999 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• GBR Athletics