List of African Games medalists in athletics (women)

This is the complete list of African Games medalists in women's athletics from 1965 to 2015.

Current Program edit

100 metres edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1965 Brazzaville
details
Jumoke Bodunrin
  Nigeria
12.4 Regina Okafor
  Nigeria
12.5 Rose Hart
  Ghana
12.5
1973 Lagos
details
Alice Annum
  Ghana
11.77 Rose Asiedua
  Ghana
11.93 Utifon Ufon Oko
  Nigeria
12.06
1978 Algiers
details
Hannah Afriyie
  Ghana
11.50 Utifon Ufon Oko
  Nigeria
11.55 Kemi Sandgodeyi
  Nigeria
11.92
1987 Nairobi
details
Tina Iheagwam
  Nigeria
11.32A Falilat Ogunkoya
  Nigeria
11.43A Mary Onyali
  Nigeria
11.47A
1991 Cairo
details
Mary Onyali
  Nigeria
11.12 Beatrice Utondu
  Nigeria
11.13 Rufina Ubah
  Nigeria
11.43
1995 Harare
details
Mary Onyali
  Nigeria
11.18A Christy Opara-Thompson
  Nigeria
11.35A Mary Tombiri
  Nigeria
11.40A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Mercy Nku
  Nigeria
11.03A Myriam Léonie Mani
  Cameroon
11.24A Endurance Ojokolo
  Nigeria
11.25A
2003 Abuja
details
Mary Onyali
  Nigeria
11.26 Endurance Ojokolo
  Nigeria
11.26 Vida Anim
  Ghana
11.29
2007 Algiers
details
Oludamola Osayomi
  Nigeria
11.20 Constance Mkenku
  South Africa
11.27 Vida Anim
  Ghana
11.33
2011 Maputo
details
Oludamola Osayomi
  Nigeria
10.90 Blessing Okagbare
  Nigeria
11.01 Gloria Asumnu
  Nigeria
11.26
2015 Brazzaville
details
Marie-Josée Ta Lou
  Ivory Coast
11.02 Eunice Kadogo
  Kenya
11.47 Pon-Karidjatou Traoré
  Burkina Faso
11.49
2019 Rabat
details
Marie-Josée Ta Lou
  Ivory Coast
11.09 Gina Bass
  Gambia
11.13 Bassant Hemida
  Egypt
11.31

200 metres edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1973 Lagos
details
Alice Annum
  Ghana
23.88 Beatrice Ewuzie
  Nigeria
24.78 Josephine Ocran
  Ghana
24.82
1978 Algiers
details
Hannah Afriyie
  Ghana
23.01 Kehinde Vaughan
  Nigeria
23.70 Ruth Waithera
  Kenya
23.91
1987 Nairobi
details
Mary Onyali
  Nigeria
22.66A Falilat Ogunkoya
  Nigeria
22.95A Tina Iheagwam
  Nigeria
23.56A
1991 Cairo
details
Tina Iheagwam
  Nigeria
22.82 Fatima Yusuf
  Nigeria
22.84 Christy Opara-Thompson
  Nigeria
23.68
1995 Harare
details
Mary Onyali
  Nigeria
22.75A Calister Uba
  Nigeria
23.42A Kate Iheagwam
  Nigeria
23.77A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Fatima Yusuf
  Nigeria
22.45A Myriam Léonie Mani
  Cameroon
22.91A Monica Twum
  Ghana
22.98A
2003 Abuja
details
Mary Onyali
  Nigeria
23.09 Vida Anim
  Ghana
23.17 Estie Wittstock
  South Africa
23.46
2007 Algiers
details
Oludamola Osayomi
  Nigeria
23.21 Vida Anim
  Ghana
23.29 Amandine Allou Affoue
  Ivory Coast
23.44
2011 Maputo
details
Oludamola Osayomi
  Nigeria
22.86 Vida Anim
  Ghana
23.06 Tjipekapora Herunga
  Namibia
23.50
2015 Brazzaville
details
Marie-Josée Ta Lou
  Ivory Coast
22.57 Ngozi Onwumere
  Nigeria
23.24 Lawretta Ozoh
  Nigeria
23.37
2019 Rabat
details
Gina Bass
  Gambia
22.58 Bassant Hemida
  Egypt
22.89 Marie-Josée Ta Lou
  Ivory Coast
23.00

400 metres edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1973 Lagos
details
Tekla Chemabwai
  Kenya
54.06 Grace Bakari
  Ghana
55.63 Florence Mgbakwe
  Nigeria
56.08
1978 Algiers
details
Kehinde Vaughan
  Nigeria
53.86 Ruth Kyalisima
  Uganda
54.49 Georgina Aidou
  Ghana
54.84
1987 Nairobi
details
Francisca Chepkurui
  Kenya
51.99A Geraldine Shitandayi
  Kenya
52.07A Mercy Addy
  Ghana
52.35A
1991 Cairo
details
Fatima Yusuf
  Nigeria
50.71 Charity Opara
  Nigeria
51.23 Airat Bakare
  Nigeria
52.98
1995 Harare
details
Fatima Yusuf
  Nigeria
49.43A Falilat Ogunkoya
  Nigeria
50.31A Olabisi Afolabi
  Nigeria
51.53A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Falilat Ogunkoya
  Nigeria
50.02A Olabisi Afolabi
  Nigeria
50.34A Amy Mbacké Thiam
  Senegal
50.95A
2003 Abuja
details
Fatou Bintou Fall
  Senegal
51.38 Doris Jacob
  Nigeria
51.41 Mireille Nguimgo
  Cameroon
51.59
2007 Algiers
details
Amantle Montsho
  Botswana
51.13 Joy Eze
  Nigeria
51.20 Folashade Abugan
  Nigeria
51.44
2011 Maputo
details
Amantle Montsho
  Botswana
50.87 Amy Mbacké Thiam
  Senegal
51.77 Tjipekapora Herunga
  Namibia
51.84
2015 Brazzaville
details
Kabange Mupopo
  Zambia
50.22 Patience Okon George
  Nigeria
50.71 Tjipekapora Herunga
  Namibia
51.55
2019 Rabat
details
Galefele Moroko
  Botswana
22.58 Favour Ofili
  Nigeria
22.89 Grace Obour
  Ghana
23.00

800 metres edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1973 Lagos
details
Christine Anyakun
  Uganda
2:09.53 Rosalind Joshua
  Nigeria
2:10.74 Helena Opoku
  Ghana
2:11.71
1978 Algiers
details
Tekla Chemabwai
  Kenya
2:04.84 Sakina Boutamine
  Algeria
2:05.64 Célestine N'Drin
  Ivory Coast
2:06.08
1987 Nairobi
details
Selina Chirchir
  Kenya
2:03.22A Florence Wanjiru
  Kenya
2:03.77A Mary Chemweno
  Kenya
2:04.34A
1991 Cairo
details
Maria Mutola
  Mozambique
2:04.02 Zewde Hailemariam
  Ethiopia
2:04.99 Gladys Wamuyu
  Kenya
2:07.14
1995 Harare
details
Maria Mutola
  Mozambique
1:56.99A Tina Paulino
  Mozambique
2:01.07A Kutre Dulecha
  Ethiopia
2:02.26A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Maria Mutola
  Mozambique
1:59.73A Nouria Mérah-Benida
  Algeria
2:00.83A Grace Birungi
  Uganda
2:01.76A
2003 Abuja
details
Grace Ebor
  Nigeria
2:02.04 Akosua Serwaa
  Ghana
2:02.40 Lwiza John
  Tanzania
2:02.85
2007 Algiers
details
Leonor Piuza
  Mozambique
2:02.83 Agnes Samaria
  Namibia
2:03.17 Nahida Touhami
  Algeria
2:03.79
2011 Maputo
details
Annet Negesa
  Uganda
2:01.81 Fantu Magiso
  Ethiopia
2:03.22 Sylvia Chesebe
  Kenya
2:04.16
2015 Brazzaville
details
Caster Semenya
  South Africa
2:00.97 Annet Mwanzi
  Kenya
2:01.54 Chaltu Shume
  Ethiopia
2:01.59
2019 Rabat
details
Hirut Meshesha
  Ethiopia
2:03.16 Rababe Arafi
  Morocco
2:03.40 Halimah Nakaayi
  Uganda
2:03.55

1500 metres edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1973 Lagos
details
Peace Kesiime
  Uganda
4:38.70 Mary Wagaki
  Kenya
4:38.79 Ruth Yeboah
  Ghana
4:42.32
1978 Algiers
details
Sakina Boutamine
  Algeria
4:16.43 Anna Kiprop
  Kenya
4:19.59 Rose Thomson
  Kenya
4:20.07
1987 Nairobi
details
Selina Chirchir
  Kenya
4:13.91A Susan Sirma
  Kenya
4:14.12A Evelyn Adiru
  Uganda
4:17.87A
1991 Cairo
details
Susan Sirma
  Kenya
4:10.68 Margaret Kigari
  Kenya
4:12.34 Getenesh Urge
  Ethiopia
4:12.38
1995 Harare
details
Kutre Dulecha
  Ethiopia
4:18.32A Julia Sakara
  Zimbabwe
4:21.10A Genet Gebregiorgis
  Ethiopia
4:21.94A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Kutre Dulecha
  Ethiopia
4:18.33A Nouria Mérah-Benida
  Algeria
4:18.69A Jackline Maranga
  Kenya
4:19.31A
2003 Abuja
details
Kutre Dulecha
  Ethiopia
4:21.63 Jackline Maranga
  Kenya
4:22.69 Naomi Mugo
  Kenya
4:24.33
2007 Algiers
details
Gelete Burka
  Ethiopia
4:06.89 Veronica Nyaruai
  Kenya
4:09.11 Agnes Samaria
  Namibia
4:09.18
2011 Maputo
details
Irene Jelagat
  Kenya
4:13.67 Joyce Chepkirui
  Kenya
4:13.71 Tezita Bogale
  Ethiopia
4:14.41
2015 Brazzaville
details
Dawit Seyaum
  Ethiopia
4:16.69 Besu Sado
  Ethiopia
4:18.86 Beatrice Chepkoech
  Kenya
4:19.16
2019 Rabat
details
Quailyne Jebiwott Kiprop
  Kenya
4:19.33 Rababe Arafi
  Kenya
4:20.19 Halimah Nakaayi
  Ethiopia
4:20.60

3000 metres steeplechase edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2007 Algiers
details
Ruth Bosibori
  Kenya
9:31.99 Mekdes Bekele
  Ethiopia
9:49.95 Netsanet Achamo
  Ethiopia
9:51.63
2011 Maputo
details
Hyvin Jepkemoi
  Kenya
10:00.50 Hiwot Ayalew
  Ethiopia
10:00.57 Birtukan Adamu
  Ethiopia
10:02.22
2015 Brazzaville
details
Sofia Assefa
  Ethiopia
9:51.30 Hiwot Ayalew
  Ethiopia
9:51.94 Purity Cherotich Kirui
  Kenya
9:52.54
2019 Rabat
details
Mekides Abebe
  Ethiopia
9:35.18 Mercy Gitahi
  Kenya
9:37.35 Weynshet Ansa
  Ethiopia
9:38.56

5000 metres edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1995 Harare
details
Rose Cheruiyot
  Kenya
15:37.9A Ayelech Worku
  Ethiopia
15:48.3A Lydia Cheromei
  Kenya
15:52.6A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Ayelech Worku
  Ethiopia
15:38.22A Elana Meyer
  South Africa
15:42.76A Vivian Cheruiyot
  Kenya
15:42.79A
2003 Abuja
details
Meseret Defar
  Ethiopia
16:42.0 Dorcus Inzikuru
  Uganda
16:42.9 Isabella Ochichi
  Kenya
16:43.4
2007 Algiers
details
Meseret Defar
  Ethiopia
15:02.72 Meselech Melkamu
  Ethiopia
15:03.86 Sylvia Kibet
  Kenya
15:06.39
2011 Maputo
details
Sule Utura
  Ethiopia
15:38.70 Emebet Anteneh Mengistu
  Ethiopia
15:40.13 Pauline Korikwiang
  Kenya
15:40.93
2015 Brazzaville
details
Margaret Chelimo
  Kenya
15:30.15 Rosemary Wanjiru
  Kenya
15:30.18 Alice Aprot
  Kenya
15:31.82
2019 Rabat
details
Lilian Kasait Rengeruk
  Kenya
15:33.63 Hawi Feysa
  Ethiopia
15:33.99 Alemitu Tariku
  Ethiopia
15:37.15

10,000 metres edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1987 Nairobi
details
Leah Malot
  Kenya
33:58.15A Marcianne Mukamurenzi
  Rwanda
33:58.55A Mary Kirui
  Kenya
34:12.21A
1991 Cairo
details
Derartu Tulu
  Ethiopia
33:40.37 Lydia Cheromei
  Kenya
33:53.00 Tigist Moreda
  Ethiopia
33:59.76
1995 Harare
details
Sally Barsosio
  Kenya
32:22.26A Delilah Asiago
  Kenya
32:56.12A Gete Wami
  Ethiopia
33:17.96A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Gete Wami
  Ethiopia
32:08.15A Merima Hashim
  Ethiopia
32:16.24A Leah Malot
  Kenya
32:36.02A
2003 Abuja
details
Ejegayehu Dibaba
  Ethiopia
32:34.54 Werknesh Kidane
  Ethiopia
32:37.35 Leah Malot
  Kenya
32:56.43
2007 Algiers
details
Mestawet Tufa
  Ethiopia
31:26.05 Edith Masai
  Kenya
31:31.18 Irene Kwambai
  Kenya
31:36.78
2011 Maputo
details
Sule Utura
  Ethiopia
33:24.82 Wude Ayalew
  Ethiopia
33:24.88 Pauline Korikwiang
  Kenya
33:26.17
2015 Brazzaville
details
Alice Aprot
  Kenya
31:24.18 Gladys Kiptagelai
  Kenya
31:36.87 Gelete Burka
  Ethiopia
31:38.33
2019 Rabat
details
Tsehay Gemechu
  Ethiopia
31:56.92 Zeineba Yimer
  Ethiopia
31:57.95 Dera Dida
  Ethiopia
31:58.78

Half marathon edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2007 Algiers
details
Souad Aït Salem
  Algeria
1:13:35 Atsede Baysa
  Ethiopia
1:13:54 Kenza Dahmani
  Algeria
1:14:40
2011 Maputo
details
Mare Dibaba
  Ethiopia
1:10:47 Mamitu Daska
  Ethiopia
1:10:52 Helalia Johannes
  Namibia
1:11:12
2015 Brazzaville
details
Mamitu Daska
  Ethiopia
1:12:42 Worknesh Degefa
  Ethiopia
1:12:42 Yebrgual Melese
  Ethiopia
1:12:42
2019 Rabat
details
Yalemzerf Yehualaw
  Ethiopia
1:10.26 Degitu Azimeraw
  Ethiopia
1:10.31 Meseret Belete
  Ethiopia
1:12.08

100 metres hurdles edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1973 Lagos
details
Modupe Oshikoya
  Nigeria
14.28 Emilia Edet
  Nigeria
14.48 Budesia Nyakecho
  Uganda
15.29
1978 Algiers
details
Judy Bell-Gam
  Nigeria
13.67 Ruth Kyalisima
  Uganda
13.92 Bella Bell-Gam
  Nigeria
13.99
1987 Nairobi
details
Maria Usifo
  Nigeria
13.29A Diana Yankey
  Ghana
13.73A Nacèra Zaaboub
  Algeria
13.80A
1991 Cairo
details
Ime Akpan
  Nigeria
13.44 Taiwo Aladefa
  Nigeria
13.51 Nicole Ramalalanirina
  Madagascar
13.70
1995 Harare
details
Taiwo Aladefa
  Nigeria
12.98A Angela Atede
  Nigeria
13.01A Ime Akpan
  Nigeria
13.09A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Glory Alozie
  Nigeria
12.74A Angela Atede
  Nigeria
12.99A Mame Tacko Diouf
  Senegal
13.02A
2003 Abuja
details
Angela Atede
  Nigeria
13.01 Damaris Agbugba
  Nigeria
13.06 Christy Akinremi
  Nigeria
13.55
2007 Algiers
details
Olutoyin Augustus
  Nigeria
13.23 Jessica Ohanaja
  Nigeria
13.27 Fatmata Fofanah
  Guinea
13.76
2011 Maputo
details
Seun Adigun
  Nigeria
13.20 Jessica Ohanaja
  Nigeria
13.36 Rosa Rakotozafy
  Madagascar
13.55
2015 Brazzaville
details
Oluwatobiloba Amusan
  Nigeria
13.15 Gnima Faye
  Senegal
13.28 Lindsay Lindley
  Nigeria
13.30
2019 Rabat
details
Tobi Amusan
  Nigeria
12.68 Marthe Koala
  Burkina Faso
13.20 Taylon Bieldt
  South Africa
13.40

400 metres hurdles edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1987 Nairobi
details
Maria Usifo
  Nigeria
55.72A Rose Tata-Muya
  Kenya
55.94A Zewde Hailemariam
  Ethiopia
57.60A
1991 Cairo
details
Marie Womplou
  Ivory Coast
57.35 Omolade Akinremi
  Nigeria
58.16 Omotayo Akinremi
  Nigeria
58.85
1995 Harare
details
Omolade Akinremi
  Nigeria
56.1A Karen van der Veen
  South Africa
57.0A Lana Uys
  South Africa
57.6A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Mame Tacko Diouf
  Senegal
55.69A Surita Febbraio
  South Africa
57.11A Saidat Onanuga
  Nigeria
58.34A
2003 Abuja
details
Omolade Akinremi
  Nigeria
56.98 Kate Obilor
  Nigeria
57.53 Carole Kaboud Mebam
  Cameroon
58.28
2007 Algiers
details
Muna Jabir Adam
  Sudan
54.93 Aïssata Soulama
  Burkina Faso
55.49 Ajoke Odumosu
  Nigeria
55.80
2011 Maputo
details
Ajoke Odumosu
  Nigeria
56.26 Wenda Theron
  South Africa
57.13 Kou Luogon
  Liberia
57.34
2015 Brazzaville
details
Amaka Ogoegbunam
  Nigeria
55.86 Ajoke Odumosu
  Nigeria
57.63 Lilianne Klaasman
  Namibia
58.68
2019 Rabat
details
Vanice Nyagisera
  Kenya
56.95 Lamiae Lhabze
  Morocco
56.97 Uwemedino Abasiono Akpan
  Nigeria
57.66

High jump edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1965 Brazzaville
details
Amelia Okoli
  Nigeria
1.62 Habibah Atta
  Ghana
1.59 Regina Awori
  Uganda
1.56
1973 Lagos
details
Modupe Oshikoya
  Nigeria
1.71 Agnes Aghagba
  Nigeria
1.69 Magdalena Chesire
  Kenya
1.60
1978 Algiers
details
Modupe Oshikoya
  Nigeria
1.77 Kawther Akrémi
  Tunisia
1.73 Emilia Blavo
  Ghana
1.68
1987 Nairobi
details
Awa Dioum-Ndiaye
  Senegal
1.80A Nacèra Zaaboub
  Algeria
1.78A Constance Senghor
  Senegal
1.73A
1991 Cairo
details
Lucienne N'Da
  Ivory Coast
1.83 Ifeanyi Aduba
  Nigeria
1.73 Stella Agbaegbu
  Nigeria
1.70
1995 Harare
details
Hestrie Storbeck
  South Africa
1.85A Irène Tiendrébéogo
  Burkina Faso
1.75A Madeleine Joubert
  Namibia
1.70A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Hestrie Cloete (Storbeck)
  South Africa
1.96A Irène Tiendrébéogo
  Burkina Faso
1.85A Philippa Erasmus
  South Africa
1.80A
2003 Abuja
details
Nkeka Ukuh
  Nigeria
1.84 Marizca Gertenbach
  South Africa
1.84 Anika Smit
  South Africa
1.80
2007 Algiers
details
Doreen Amata
  Nigeria
1.89 Anika Smit
  South Africa
1.89 Marcoleen Pretorius
  South Africa
1.83
2011 Maputo
details
Doreen Amata
  Nigeria
1.80 Uhunoma Osazuwa
  Nigeria
1.80 Lissa Labiche
  Seychelles
1.80
2015 Brazzaville
details
Lissa Labiche
  Seychelles
1.91 Doreen Amata
  Nigeria
1.85 Julia du Plessis
  South Africa
1.80
2019 Rabat
details
Rose Yeboah
  Ghana
1.84 Rhizlane Siba
  Morocco
1.81 Ariyat Dibow Ubang
  Ethiopia
1.81

Pole vault edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1999 Johannesburg
details
Rika Erasmus
  South Africa
3.60A Elmarie Gerryts
  South Africa
3.60A not awarded
2003 Abuja
details
Samantha Dodd
  South Africa
3.90 Annelie van Wyk
  South Africa
3.80 Margaretha du Plessis
  South Africa
3.50
2007 Algiers
details
Leila Ben Youssef
  Tunisia
3.85 Ahmed Eman Nesrim
  Egypt
3.60 Eva Thornton
  South Africa
3.30
2011 Maputo
details
Dorra Mahfoudhi
  Tunisia
3.60 Alima Ouattara
  Ivory Coast
3.20 not awarded
2015 Brazzaville
details
Syrine Balti
  Tunisia
4.10 Dorra Mahfoudhi
  Tunisia
4.10 Sinaly Ouattara
  Ivory Coast
3.40
2019 Rabat
details
Dora Mahfoudhi
  Tunisia
4.31 Fatma Elbendary
  Egypt
4.10 Dina Eltabaa
  Egypt
4.00

Long jump edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1965 Brazzaville
details
Alice Annum
  Ghana
5.63 Angelina Osuagwu
  Nigeria
5.34 Teddy Nakisuyi
  Uganda
5.22
1973 Lagos
details
Modupe Oshikoya
  Nigeria
6.16 Margaret Odafin
  Nigeria
6.07 Christine Kabanda
  Uganda
5.73
1978 Algiers
details
Modupe Oshikoya
  Nigeria
6.32 Janet Yawson
  Ghana
6.29 Bella Bell-Gam
  Nigeria
6.12
1987 Nairobi
details
Beatrice Utondu
  Nigeria
6.45A Comfort Igeh
  Nigeria
6.19A Albertine Koutouan
  Ivory Coast
6.05A
1991 Cairo
details
Chioma Ajunwa
  Nigeria
6.67 Beatrice Utondu
  Nigeria
6.50 Christy Opara-Thompson
  Nigeria
6.33
1995 Harare
details
Eunice Barber
  Sierra Leone
6.70Aw Sanet Fouché
  South Africa
6.45A Patience Itanyi
  Nigeria
6.39A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Grace Umelo
  Nigeria
6.60A Françoise Mbango Etone
  Cameroon
6.55A Charlene Lawrence
  South Africa
6.50A
2003 Abuja
details
Esther Aghatise
  Nigeria
6.58 Grace Umelo
  Nigeria
6.56 Chinedu Odozor
  Nigeria
6.52
2007 Algiers
details
Janice Josephs
  South Africa
6.79 Blessing Okagbare
  Nigeria
6.46 Yah Koïta
  Mali
6.35w
2011 Maputo
details
Blessing Okagbare
  Nigeria
6.50w Sarah Ngo Ngoa
  Cameroon
6.46w Romaissa Belabioud
  Algeria
6.46
2015 Brazzaville
details
Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin
  Cameroon
6.31 Romaissa Tahani Belabiod
  Algeria
6.30 Lissa Labiche
  Seychelles
6.25
2019 Rabat
details
Ese Brume
  Nigeria
6.69 Deborah Acquah
  Ghana
6.37 Lynique Beneke
  South Africa
6.30

Triple jump edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1995 Harare
details
Rosa Collins-Okah
  Nigeria
13.80A Abiola Williams
  Nigeria
13.12A Eunice Basweti
  Kenya
12.86A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Françoise Mbango Etone
  Cameroon
14.70A Baya Rahouli
  Algeria
14.64A Kéné Ndoye
  Senegal
13.86A
2003 Abuja
details
Kéné Ndoye
  Senegal
14.23 Salamatu Alimi
  Nigeria
13.47 Nkechinyere Mbaoma
  Nigeria
13.18
2007 Algiers
details
Yamilé Aldama
  Sudan
14.46 Chinonye Ohadugha
  Nigeria
14.21 Otonye Iworima
  Nigeria
13.83
2011 Maputo
details
Baya Rahouli
  Algeria
14.08m Kéné Ndoye
  Senegal
13.69m Otonye Iworima
  Nigeria
13.53m
2015 Brazzaville
details
Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin
  Cameroon
13.75 Ibrahim Blessing Ibukun
  Nigeria
13.52 Nadia Eke
  Ghana
13.40
2019 Rabat
details
Grace Anigbata
  Nigeria
13.75 Jamaa Chnaik
  Morocco
13.69 Zinzi Chabangu
  South Africa
13.59

Shot put edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1973 Lagos
details
Evelyn Okeke
  Nigeria
13.59 Nnenna Njoku
  Nigeria
12.39 Brigitte Goze
  Ivory Coast
11.90
1978 Algiers
details
Joyce Aciro
  Uganda
14.47 Veronica Baawah
  Ghana
12.88 Herina Malit
  Kenya
12.70
1987 Nairobi
details
Elizabeth Olaba
  Kenya
15.30A Aïcha Dahmous
  Algeria
13.84A Martha Atieno
  Kenya
12.81A
1991 Cairo
details
Hanan Ahmed Khaled
  Egypt
14.88 Elizabeth Olaba
  Kenya
14.83 Mariam Nnodu
  Nigeria
14.66
1995 Harare
details
Hanan Ahmed Khaled
  Egypt
15.29A Wafaa Ismail Baghdadi
  Egypt
14.76A Beatrix Steenberg
  South Africa
14.71A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Vivian Peters
  Nigeria
16.72A Veronica Abrahamse
  South Africa
16.53A Maranelle du Toit
  South Africa
16.45A
2003 Abuja
details
Vivian Chukwuemeka (Peters)
  Nigeria
18.12 Veronica Abrahamse
  South Africa
15.77 Wafaa Ismail Baghdadi
  Egypt
15.32
2007 Algiers
details
Vivian Chukwuemeka
  Nigeria
17.60 Simoné du Toit
  South Africa
16.77 Veronica Abrahamse
  South Africa
15.75
2011 Maputo
details
Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang
  Cameroon
16.03 Veronica Abrahamse
  South Africa
15.70 Sonia Smuts
  South Africa
15.29
2015 Brazzaville
details
Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang
  Cameroon
17.21 Claire Uke
  Nigeria
16.64 Sonia Smuts
  South Africa
15.92
2019 Rabat
details
GSade Olatoye
  Nigeria
16.61 Ischke Senekal
  South Africa
16.18 Mieke Strydom
  South Africa
14.64

Discus throw edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1973 Lagos
details
Rose Hart
  Ghana
41.06 Adobi Okoli
  Nigeria
40.82 Albestine de Zouza
  Togo
38.20
1978 Algiers
details
Fathia Jerbi
  Tunisia
46.56 Helen Alyek
  Uganda
45.90 Martha Jugah
  Nigeria
45.02
1987 Nairobi
details
Jeanne Ngo Minyemeck
  Cameroon
46.28A Hanan Ahmed Khaled
  Egypt
45.12A Aïcha Dahmous
  Algeria
44.80A
1991 Cairo
details
Hanan Ahmed Khaled
  Egypt
48.32 Hiba Meshili Abu Zaghari
  Egypt
46.88 Wilma Brendenham
  Namibia
46.42
1995 Harare
details
Monia Kari
  Tunisia
54.26A Rhona Dwinger
  South Africa
49.84A Caroline Fournier
  Mauritius
45.12A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Monia Kari
  Tunisia
57.22A Lezelle Duvenage
  South Africa
54.55A Elizna Naudé
  South Africa
53.26A
2003 Abuja
details
Elizna Naudé
  South Africa
57.44 Vivian Chukwuemeka
  Nigeria
54.83 Alifatou Djibril
  Togo
54.79
2007 Algiers
details
Elizna Naudé
  South Africa
58.40 Monia Kari
  Tunisia
55.15 Vivian Chukwuemeka
  Nigeria
52.52
2011 Maputo
details
Kazai Suzanne Kragbé
  Ivory Coast
56.56 Elizna Naudé
  South Africa
53.63 Alifatou Djibril
  Togo
46.46
2015 Brazzaville
details
Claire Uke
  Nigeria
54.25 Ischke Senekal
  South Africa
50.53 Julia Agawu
  Ghana
49.08
2019 Rabat
details
Chioma Onyekwere
  Nigeria
59.91 Yolandi Stander
  South Africa
57.75 Ischke Senekal
  South Africa
53.95

Hammer throw edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1999 Johannesburg
details
Caroline Fournier
  Mauritius
58.83A Elmarie Knoetzen
  South Africa
58.74A Marwa Ahmed Hussein
  Egypt
55.25A
2003 Abuja
details
Marwa Ahmed Hussein
  Egypt
64.28 Susan Adeoye Olufunke
  Nigeria
58.86 Vivian Chukwuemeka
  Nigeria
56.54
2007 Algiers
details
Marwa Hussein
  Egypt
65.70 Susan Olufunke Adeoye
  Nigeria
64.04 Florence Ezeh
  Togo
59.55
2011 Maputo
details
Amy Sène
  Senegal
61.48 Sarah Bensaad
  Tunisia
59.65 Rana Ahmed Ibrahim
  Egypt
58.57
2015 Brazzaville
details
Lætitia Bambara
  Burkina Faso
66.91 Amy Sène
  Senegal
63.64 Jennifer Batu Bawsitika
  Congo
62.13
2019 Rabat
details
Lætitia Bambara
  Burkina Faso
65.28 Temilola Ogunrinde
  Nigeria
64.68 Sade Olatoye
  Nigeria
63.97

Javelin throw edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1965 Brazzaville
details
Helena Okwara
  Nigeria
40.30 Theresia Dismas
  Tanzania
40.24 Angelina Anyikwa
  Nigeria
39.48
1973 Lagos
details
Constance Rwabiryagye
  Uganda
47.50 Lilian Cherotich
  Kenya
41.94 Angelina Chekpiyeng
  Kenya
39.12
1978 Algiers
details
Eunice Nekesa
  Kenya
51.58 Agnès Tchuinté
  Cameroon
49.16 Constance Rwabiryagye
  Uganda
45.52
1987 Nairobi
details
Samia Djémaa
  Algeria
53.30A Seraphina Nyauma
  Kenya
51.60A Matilda Kisava
  Tanzania
47.02A
1991 Cairo
details
Seraphina Nyauma
  Kenya
51.94 Ann Otutu
  Nigeria
50.54 Matilda Kisava
  Tanzania
46.58
1995 Harare
details
Rhona Dwinger
  South Africa
55.98A Fatma Zouhour Toumi
  Tunisia
50.04A Bernadette Perrine
  Mauritius
48.98A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Liezl Roux
  South Africa
49.38A Aïda Sellam
  Tunisia
48.91A Sorochukwu Ihuefo
  Nigeria
48.24A
2003 Abuja
details
Aïda Sellam
  Tunisia
54.58 Lindy Leveau
  Seychelles
53.23 Sunette Viljoen
  South Africa
51.68
2007 Algiers
details
Justine Robbeson
  South Africa
58.09 Lindy Leveau
  Seychelles
56.49 Sunette Viljoen
  South Africa
54.46
2011 Maputo
details
Justine Robbeson
  South Africa
55.33 Gerlize de Klerk
  South Africa
52.27 Lindy Agricole
  Seychelles
51.26
2015 Brazzaville
details
Kelechi Nwanaga
  Nigeria
52.70 Zuta Mary Nartey
  Ghana
50.93 Jo-Ane van Dyk
  South Africa
50.52
2019 Rabat
details
Kelechi Nwanaga
  Nigeria
55.88 Jo-Ane van Dyk
  South Africa
55.38 Sunette Viljoen
  South Africa
53.44

Heptathlon edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1987 Nairobi
details
Yasmina Azzizi
  Algeria
5663A Nacèra Zaaboub
  Algeria
5565A Frida Kiptala
  Kenya
4939A
1991 Cairo
details
Rita Izojie
  Nigeria
5383 Oluchi Elechi
  Nigeria
5320 Nacèra Zaaboub
  Algeria
5253
1995 Harare
details
Oluchi Elechi
  Nigeria
5609A Maralize Visser
  South Africa
5436A Caroline Kola
  Kenya
5248A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Maralize Fouché (Visser)
  South Africa
5631A Patience Itanyi
  Nigeria
5565A Oluchi Elechi
  Nigeria
5537A
2003 Abuja
details
Margaret Simpson
  Ghana
6152 Justine Robbeson
  South Africa
5697 Patience Okoro
  Nigeria
5436
2007 Algiers
details
Margaret Simpson
  Ghana
13.54 Patience Okoro
  Nigeria
15.12 Béatrice Kamboulé
  Burkina Faso
14.07
2011 Maputo
details
Margaret Simpson
  Ghana
13.71 Gabriela Kouassi
  Ivory Coast
13.76 Selloane Tsoaeli
  Lesotho
14.62
2015 Brazzaville
details
Uhunoma Osazuwa
  Nigeria
13.86 Odile Ahouanwanou
  Benin
14.00 Marthe Koala
  Burkina Faso
13.43
2019 Rabat
details
Marthe Koala
  Burkina Faso
5866 Kemi Francis
  Nigeria
5683 Nada Chroudi
  Tunisia
5302

20 kilometres walk edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2003 Abuja
details
Estlé Viljoen
  South Africa
1:44:29 Amsale Yakobe
  Ethiopia
1:47:42 Natalie Fourie
  South Africa
1:48:08
2007 Algiers
details
Chaima Trabelsi
  Tunisia
1:49:13 Mercy Njoki
  Kenya
1:49:18 Asnakch Ararissa
  Ethiopia
1:49:29
2011 Maputo
details
Chaima Trabelsi
  Tunisia
1:40:35 Olfa Lafi
  Tunisia
1:41:25 Aynalem Eshetu
  Ethiopia
1:42:19
2015 Brazzaville
details
Grace Wanjiru
  Kenya
1:38:28 Aynalem Eshetu
  Ethiopia
1:39:49 Askale Tiksa
  Ethiopia
1:42:25

4 × 100 metres relay edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1965 Brazzaville
details
  Nigeria 48.0   Ghana 49.1   Cameroon 49.2
1973 Lagos
details
  Ghana 46.25   Nigeria 46.58   Kenya 48.53
1978 Algiers
details
  Nigeria 44.63   Ghana 45.19   Uganda 46.77
1987 Nairobi
details
  Nigeria 43.44A   Ghana 44.43A   Kenya
Geraldine Shitandayi
Ruth Waithera
Esther Kavaya
Jane Wanja
45.24A NR
1991 Cairo
details
  Nigeria 44.21   Ivory Coast 45.86   Madagascar 45.96
1995 Harare
details
  Nigeria 43.43A   Ghana 44.44A   Zimbabwe 45.74A
1999 Johannesburg
details
  Nigeria 43.28A   Madagascar 43.98A   Ghana
Mavis Akoto
Monica Twum
Helena Amoako
Dora Manu
44.21A
2003 Abuja
details
  Nigeria
Emem Edem
Endurance Ojokolo
Chinedu Odozor
Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
43.04 GR   South Africa
Dikeledi Moropane
Heide Seyerling
Geraldine Pillay
Kerryn Hulsen
44.44   Senegal
Aissatou Badji
Fatou Bintou Fall
Aminata Diouf
Aïda Diop
45.42
2007 Algiers
details
  Ghana
Mariama Salifu,
Esther Dankwah,
Gifty Addy,
Vida Anim
43.84   Nigeria
Gladys Nwabani,
Endurance Ojokolo,
Oludamola Osayomi,
Emem Edem
43.85   Ivory Coast
Judith Djaman Brah,
Louise Ayétotché,
Cynthia Niako,
Amandine Allou Affoue
44.48
2011 Maputo
details
  Nigeria 43.34   Ghana 44.33   Cameroon 45.00
2015 Brazzaville
details
  Nigeria
Cecilia Francis
Blessing Okagbare
Ngozi Onwumere
Lawretta Ozoh
43.10   Ghana
Flings Owusu-Agyapong
Gemma Acheampong
Beatrice Gyaman
Janet Amponsah
43.72   Ivory Coast
Rosvitha Okou
Adeline Gouenon
Adjona Triphene Kouame
Marie-Josée Ta Lou
43.98
2019 Rabat
details
  Nigeria
Joy Udo-Gabriel
Jasper Bukola Adekunle
Rosemary Chukwuma
Mercy Ntia-Obong
44.16   South Africa
Tebogo Mamathu
Tamzin Thomas
Patience Ntshingila
Taylon Bieldt
44.61   Kenya
Maximila Imali
Milcent Ndoro
Maureen Nyatichi Thomas
Joan Cherono
45.44

4 × 400 metres relay edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1973 Lagos
details
  Uganda 3:45.42   Nigeria 3:45.69   Kenya 3:46.06
1978 Algiers
details
  Ghana 3:35.55   Kenya 3:39.27   Uganda 3:39.94
1987 Nairobi
details
  Nigeria 3:27.08A   Kenya
Geraldine Shitandayi
Florence Wanjiru
Esther Kavaya
Francisca Chepkurui
3:28.94A NR   Uganda
Farida Kyakutema
Evelyn Adiru
Edith Nakiyingi
Grace Buzu
3:34.41A NR
1991 Cairo
details
  Nigeria 3:31.05   Kenya 3:41.20   Ivory Coast 3:44.06
1995 Harare
details
  Nigeria 3:27.51A   South Africa 3:33.68A   Ghana 3:35.67A
1999 Johannesburg
details
  Nigeria 3:29.22A   Senegal 3:31.63A   Cameroon 3:33.28A
2003 Abuja
details
  Nigeria
Olabisi Afolabi
Glory Nwosu
Doris Jacob
Rosemary Onochie
3:27.76   Cameroon
Hortense Béwouda
Carole Kaboud Mebam
Mireille Nguimgo
Muriel Noah Ahanda
3:31.52 not awarded
2007 Algiers
details
  Nigeria
Joy Eze,
Folashade Abugan,
Sekinat Adesanya,
Christy Ekpukhon
3:29.74   South Africa
Estie Wittstock,
Amanda Kotze,
Tihanna Vorster,
Tsholofelo Selemela
3:33.62   Sudan
Nawal El Jack,
Faiza Omar,
Mohamed Hind,
Muna Jabir Adam
3:39.79
2011 Maputo
details
  Nigeria 43.34   Ghana 44.33   Cameroon 45.00
2015 Brazzaville
details
  Nigeria
Rita Ossai
Funke Oladoye
Tosin Adeloye
Patience Okon George
3:27.12   Botswana
Lydia Mashila
Goitseone Seleka
Galefele Moroko
Christine Botlogetswe
3:32.84   Kenya
Hellen Syombua
Annet Mwanzi
Winny Chebet
Maureen Nyatichi
3:35.91

Discontinued events edit

3000 metres edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1987 Nairobi
details
Susan Sirma
  Kenya
9:19.20A Hellen Kimaiyo
  Kenya
9:21.50A Nata Nangae
  Tanzania
9:31.17A
1991 Cairo
details
Susan Sirma
  Kenya
8:49.33 Luchia Yishak
  Ethiopia
8:51.04 Delilah Asiago
  Kenya
8:55.53

Marathon edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1995 Harare
details
Jowaine Parrott
  South Africa
2:55:09A Emebet Abosa
  Ethiopia
3:01:53A Elfenesh Alemu
  Ethiopia
3:08:43A
1999 Johannesburg
details
Hiywot Gizaw
  Ethiopia
2:45:38A Meseret Kotu
  Ethiopia
2:46:29A Kore Alemu
  Ethiopia
2:48:31A
2003 Abuja
details
Clarisse Rasoarizay
  Madagascar
2:46:58 Tadelech Birra
  Ethiopia
2:52:04 Leila Aman
  Ethiopia
2:55:07

80 metres hurdles edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1965 Brazzaville
details
Rose Hart
  Ghana
11.7 Diana Monks
  Kenya
11.8 Mopelope Obayemi
  Nigeria
11.9

Pentathlon edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1978 Algiers
details
Bella Bell-Gam
  Nigeria
3709 Margaret Bisereko
  Uganda
3788 Madeleine Bonzi
  Upper Volta
3427

5000 metres track walk edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1987 Nairobi
details
Agnetha Chelimo
  Kenya
25:38.91A Valeria Ndaliro
  Kenya
25:41.15A Monica Akoth
  Kenya
26:03.35A
1991 Cairo
details
Agnetha Chelimo
  Kenya
24:25.00 Grace Karimi
  Kenya
24:33.86 Dounia Kara
  Algeria
25:27.03
1995 Harare
details
Dounia Kara
  Algeria
23:59.4A Nagwa Ibrahim Ali
  Egypt
24:25.3A Gete Komar
  Ethiopia
24:25.7A

10 kilometres walk edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1999 Johannesburg
details
Susan Vermeulen
  South Africa
49:33A Nagwa Ibrahim Ali
  Egypt
50:19A Bahia Boussad
  Algeria
51:31A

References edit