Athletics at the 1965 All-Africa Games
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The inaugural All African Games were held in Brazzaville
, Republic of Congo in July 1965.
Brazzaville
-Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo...
, Republic of Congo in July 1965.
Men's events
| 100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896... |
Gaoussou Koné Gaoussou Koné Gaoussou Koné is a former sprinter from Côte d'Ivoire, who represented his native West African country at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1964, 1968 and 1972. He is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1965 All-Africa Games.-References:*...  Côte d'Ivoire |
10.3 | John Owiti Kenya |
10.5 | Folu Erinle Nigeria |
10.6 |
| 200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first... |
Gaoussou Koné Gaoussou Koné Gaoussou Koné is a former sprinter from Côte d'Ivoire, who represented his native West African country at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1964, 1968 and 1972. He is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1965 All-Africa Games.-References:*... Côte d'Ivoire |
21.1 | David Njoke Nigeria |
21.4 | Jean-Louis Ravelomanatsoa Madagascar |
21.7 |
| 400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and... |
Wilson Kiprugut Wilson Kiprugut Wilson Kiprugut Chuma is a Kenyan former athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres.He competed at the 1962 Commonwealth Games and was part of the Kenyan 4 x 440 yards relay team which finished fifth. Other members of the relay team were Kimaru Songok, Peter Francis and Seraphino Antao... Kenya |
46.9 | James Addy Ghana |
47.4 | Amadou Gakou Amadou Gakou Amadou Gakou is a retired Senegalese athlete who competed in the 400 metres. He participated at three Olympic Games, and finished fourth at the 1968 Olympics, running in a national record of 45.01 seconds. He won a silver medal at the 1965 All-Africa Games.His sister is the grandmother of 400...  Senegal |
47.7 |
| 800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps... |
Wilson Kiprugut Wilson Kiprugut Wilson Kiprugut Chuma is a Kenyan former athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres.He competed at the 1962 Commonwealth Games and was part of the Kenyan 4 x 440 yards relay team which finished fifth. Other members of the relay team were Kimaru Songok, Peter Francis and Seraphino Antao... Kenya |
1:47.4 | Papa Mambaye N'Diaye Senegal |
1:48.6 | Peter Francis Kenya |
1:49.1 |
| 1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could... |
Kip Keino Kenya |
3:41.1 | Charles Maina Kenya |
3:47.8 | Ahmed Issa Chad |
3:47.8 (NR) |
| 5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event... |
Kip Keino Kenya |
13:44.4 | Naftali Temu Naftali Temu Naftali Temu was a Kenyan athlete, who won the 10.000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.-Early career:Born in Nyamira District, Naftali Temu started running at the age of 14... Kenya |
13:58.4 | Mamo Wolde Mamo Wolde Degaga Wolde was an Ethiopian long distance track and road running athlete and was winner of the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics....  Ethiopia |
14:18.6 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Benjamin Kogo Benjamin Kogo Benjamin Kogo is retired athlete from Kenya who specialised in 3000 metre steeplechase running. He is silver medalist from 1968 Summer Olympics, in an event won by his compatriot Amos Biwott.... Kenya |
8:47.4 | Naftali Chirchir Kenya |
8:54.2 | Eddy Okadapau Uganda |
9:05.8 |
| 110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight... |
Folu Erinle Nigeria |
14.6 | Edward Akika Edward Akika Edward Akika is a retired Olympic track and field athlete from Nigeria. He specialised in the hurdling and the long jump events during his career.... Nigeria |
14.6 | Simbara Maki Côte d'Ivoire |
14.7 |
| 400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly... |
Kimaru Songok Kimaru Songok Kimaru Songok is a former Kenyan runner who specialised in 400 metres hurdles.He was among the first Kenyan medalist internationally, when he won silver in 440 Yards hurdles at the 1962 Commonwealth Games. Songok was also part of the Kenyan 4 x 440 yards relay team which finished fifth. Other... Kenya |
51.7 | Mamadou Sarr Senegal |
51.9 | Samuel Sang Kenya |
52.5 |
| High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
Samuel Igun Samuel Igun Samuel Igun is a retired Olympic athlete from Nigeria. He specialised in the triple jump, high jump and long jump events during his career.... Nigeria |
2.07 | Henri Elendé Congo-Brazzaville |
2.03 | Ahmed Sénoussi Ahmed Senoussi Ahmed Senoussi is a former Chadian high jumper.He finished twelfth in the high jump final at the 1968 Olympic Games. He also competed at the 1972 Olympic Games without reaching the final.-External links:*... Chad |
1.99 |
| Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts... |
Brou Elloé Côte d'Ivoire |
4.15 | Mohamed Alaa Ghita United Arab Republic |
4.05 | Bernard Gnéplou Côte d'Ivoire Jean-Prosper Tsondzabéka Congo-Brazzaville |
4.05 |
| Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
Edward Akika Edward Akika Edward Akika is a retired Olympic track and field athlete from Nigeria. He specialised in the hurdling and the long jump events during his career.... Nigeria |
7.49 | Ezzedin Yacoub Hamed Ezzedin Yacoub Hamed -Achievements:-References:... United Arab Republic |
7.49 | Mansour Dia Senegal |
7.29 |
| Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... |
Samuel Igun Samuel Igun Samuel Igun is a retired Olympic athlete from Nigeria. He specialised in the triple jump, high jump and long jump events during his career.... Nigeria |
16.27 | Mansour Dia Senegal |
15.93 | Laurent Sarr Senegal |
15.38 |
| Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
Denis Ségui Kragbé Côte d'Ivoire |
16.32 | Hassan Mahrous United Arab Republic |
14.87 | Yovan Ochola Uganda |
14.84 |
| Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... |
Namakoro Niaré Mali |
51.20 | Denis Ségui Kragbé Côte d'Ivoire |
50.84 | Patrick Anukwa Nigeria |
45.16 |
| Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... |
Anthony Oyakhire Nigeria |
71.52 | Cheruon Kiptalam Kenya |
70.46 | Elie Yanyambal Chad |
68.54 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race... |
Senegal |
40.5 | Nigeria |
40.8 | Ghana |
40.9 |
| 4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes... |
Senegal |
3:11.5 | Kenya |
3:12.2 | Ghana |
3:12.2 |
Women's events
| 100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896... |
Jumoke Bodunrin Nigeria |
12.4 | Regina Okafor Nigeria |
12.5 | Rose Hart Rose Hart Rose Hart is a retired female track and field athlete from Ghana. She specialised in the hurdling, the sprints and the discus throw events during his career.... Ghana |
12.5 |
| 80 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner... |
Rose Hart Rose Hart Rose Hart is a retired female track and field athlete from Ghana. She specialised in the hurdling, the sprints and the discus throw events during his career.... Ghana |
11.7 | Diana Monks Kenya |
11.8 | Mopelope Obayemi Nigeria |
11.9 |
| High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
Amelia Okoli Amelia Okoli Amelia Okoli is a retired female track and field athlete from Nigeria. She specialised in the high jump event during her career.... Nigeria |
1.62 | Habibah Atta Ghana |
1.59 | Regina Awori Uganda |
1.56 |
| Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
Alice Annum Alice Annum Alice Anum is a retired Ghanaian sprinter. Her personal best time in the 200 metres was 22.89 seconds, achieved at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.-Achievements:... Ghana |
5.63 | Angelina Osuagwu Nigeria |
5.34 | Teddy Nakisuyi Uganda |
5.22 |
| Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... |
Helena Okwara Nigeria |
40.30 | Theresia Dismas Tanzania |
40.24 | Angelina Anyikwa Nigeria |
39.48 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race... |
Nigeria |
48.0 | Ghana |
49.1 |  Cameroon |
49.2 |
Medal table
| 1 | Nigeria |
9 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | Kenya |
6 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Côte d'Ivoire |
4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Senegal |
2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Ghana |
2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Mali |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | United Arab Republic |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Congo-Brazzaville |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Tanzania |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Uganda |
0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | Chad |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Cameroon |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ethiopia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Madagascar |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |