List of African Games medalists in athletics (women)

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

Current Program

100 metres

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

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

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

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

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
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3000 metres

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

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

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

Pentathlon

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

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

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