Athletics Three athletes, two female and one male, won more than one event: •
Selina Chirchir, Kenya (800 metres and 1500 metres) •
Maria Usifo, Nigeria (100 m hurdles and 400 m hurdles) •
Adewale Olukoju, Nigeria (shot put and discus throw) In addition, Nigeria won all four
relay races; 4x100 metres and 4x400 metres for men and for women. Some new women's events were added:
3000 metres,
10000 metres,
400 metres hurdles and
5000 metres track walk. Additionally, the obsoleted
pentathlon event was replaced by the
heptathlon.
Basketball • Men: 1.
Angola, 2.
Senegal • Women: 1.
Zaire Boxing Field hockey Field hockey was part of the games for the first time. The venue was
City Park Hockey Stadium. • Men: 1.
Kenya, 2.
Zimbabwe, 3.
Egypt, 4.
Ghana, 5.
Tanzania, 7.
Zambia Football The
football tournament was won by Egypt. It was the first Games in which the host country did not win, although the host Kenya finished second. Malawi won their first All-Africa medal.
Handball • Men: 1.
Algeria, 2.
Congo, 3.
Egypt • Women: 1.
Cote d'Ivoire, 2.
Congo, 3.
Cameroon Table tennis Taekwondo The taekwondo competition took place at Desai Memorial Hall between August 1 and August 4, 1987. The men's winners were:
Volleyball • Men: 1.
Cameroon, 2.
Algeria, 3.
Nigeria • Women: 1.
Egypt, 2.
Kenya, 3.
Mauritius ==References==