The 1982 African Championships in Athletics were held in Cairo, Egypt from 25 to 28 August.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Ernest Obeng  Ghana	10.2 CR	Théophile Nkounkou  Congo	10.2	Boubacar Diallo  Senegal	10.5
200 metres	Boubacar Diallo  Senegal	20.97	Georges Kablan Degnan  Côte d'Ivoire	21.41	Omar Ghizlat  Morocco	21.46
400 metres	Amadou Dia Ba  Senegal	45.8	James Atuti  Kenya	45.9	Mike Okot  Uganda	46.2
800 metres	Juma Ndiwa  Kenya	1:48.10 CR	James Maina  Kenya	1:48.54	Saïd Aouita  Morocco	1:48.80
1500 metres	Kip Cheruiyot  Kenya	3:42.2	Saïd Aouita  Morocco	3:42.2	Wodajo Bulti  Ethiopia	3:42.5
5000 metres	Wodajo Bulti  Ethiopia	13:45.34 CR	Eshetu Tura  Ethiopia	13:50.33	Erastus Kemei  Kenya	13:50.50
10,000 metres	Mohamed Kedir  Ethiopia	28:55.5 CR	Erastus Kemei  Kenya	28:59.3	Ahmed Musa Jouda  Sudan	29:37.0
Marathon	Juma Ikangaa  Tanzania	2:21:05 CR	Djama Robleh  Djibouti	2:31:06	Abdillahi Charmaké  Djibouti	2:39:59
3000 metre steeplechase	Eshetu Tura  Ethiopia	8:30.47 CR	Julius Korir  Kenya	8:32.20	Joshua Kipkemboi  Kenya	8:33.40
110 metres hurdles	Philip Sang  Kenya	13.8 CR	Charles Kokoyo  Kenya	14.2	Hisham Mohamed Makin  Egypt	14.3
400 metres hurdles	Amadou Dia Bâ  Senegal	49.55 CR	Peter Rwamuhanda  Uganda	49.85	Meshak Munyoro  Kenya	51.69
4 × 100 metres relay	Côte d'Ivoire Amadou Meïté Otokpa Kouadio Barthelemy Koffi Georges Kablan Degnan	40.3	Senegal ? ? ? Mamadou Sène Boubacar Diallo	40.6	Kenya John Anzrah James Atuti Alfred Nyambane Moja Shivanda	40.7
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya Elisha Bitok Juma Ndiwa James Maina Boi James Atuti	3:05.61 CR	Senegal Boubacar Diallo Moussa Fall Babacar Niang Amadou Dia Ba	3:05.75	Uganda Moses Kyeswa Mike Okot Peter Rwamuhanda John Goville	3:06.82
20 kilometre road walk	Shemsu Hassan  Ethiopia	1:41:39	David Munyao  Kenya	1:49:14	Nelsensio Byingingo  Uganda	1:57:02 (NR)
High jump	Moussa Sagna Fall  Senegal	2.20 CR	Boubacar Guèye  Senegal	2.05	Bhaa El Din Bakr  Sudan	2.05
Pole vault	Loué Legbo  Côte d'Ivoire	4.00	Gamal Ramses  Egypt	3.80	Shawki Hassan Abdallah  Egypt	3.50
Long jump	Doudou Ndiaye  Senegal	7.62	Mohamed Kharib Mansour  Egypt	7.51	Moses Kiyai  Kenya	7.47
Triple jump	Mamadou Diallo  Senegal	16.23	Hassan Badra  Egypt	15.50	William Bisereko  Uganda	15.42
Shot put	Youssef Nagui Asaad  Egypt	20.44 CR	Ahmed Kamel Shata  Egypt	18.41	Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush  Egypt	17.89
Discus throw	Mohamed Naguib Hamed  Egypt	59.82 CR	Hassan Ahmed Hamad  Egypt	53.08	Mohamed Fatihi  Morocco	46.94
Hammer throw	Hisham Fouad Greiss  Egypt	60.64 CR	Ahmed Ibrahim Taha  Egypt	57.86	Hisham Abdeslam Zaki  Egypt	55.10
Javelin throw	Zakayo Malekwa  Tanzania	76.18	George Odera  Kenya	71.06	Akram Mohamed Khamis  Egypt	64.24
Decathlon	Charles Kokoyo  Kenya	7080	Patrick Cheruiyot  Kenya	6625	Solomon Kaptich  Kenya	6511

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Alice Adala  Kenya	11.6	Nawal El Moutawakil  Morocco	11.7	Nzaeli Kyomo  Tanzania	11.7
200 metres	Nzaeli Kyomo  Tanzania	23.7	Marième Boye  Senegal	24.5	Ruth Enang  Cameroon	24.6
400 metres	Ruth Atuti  Kenya	54.48	Célestine N'Drin  Côte d'Ivoire	54.58	Marième Boye  Senegal	54.87
800 metres	Evelyn Adiru  Uganda	2:07.00	Célestine N'Drin  Côte d'Ivoire	2:08.20	Mary Chepkemboi  Kenya	2:08.40
1500 metres	Justina Chepchirchir  Kenya	4:22.03	Mary Chepkemboi  Kenya	4:24.58	Linah Cheruiyot  Kenya	4:26.39
3000 metres	Justina Chepchirchir  Kenya	9:20.30	Linah Cheruiyot  Kenya	9:20.80	Hassania Darami  Morocco	9:54.90
100 metres hurdles	Nawal El Moutawakil  Morocco	13.8	Ruth Kyalisima  Uganda	14.0	Chérifa Meskaoui  Morocco	14.0
400 metres hurdles	Nawal El Moutawakil  Morocco	58.42	Ruth Kyalisima  Uganda	59.0	Rose Tata-Muya  Kenya	60.9
4 × 100 metres relay	Kenya Joyce Odhiambo Geraldine Shitandayi Alice Adala Ruth Atuti	46.77	Côte d'Ivoire Soungbe Sakanoko Odette Tape Seraphine Diambra ?	47.23	Senegal Marième Boye Françoise Damado ? ?	50.62
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya Selina Chirchir Ruth Atuti Mary Chepkemboi Frida Kiptala	3:43.80	Uganda Evelyn Adiru Farida Kyakutema Ruth Kyalisima Margaret Komugisha	3:44.90	Morocco Fatima Aouam Nawal El Moutawakel Fatima Salahi Chaibia Bilali	3:47.40
High jump	Fernande Agnentchoué  Gabon	1.67	Salimata Coulibaly  Côte d'Ivoire	1.67	Lucienne N'Da  Côte d'Ivoire	1.64
Long jump	Jacinta Serete  Kenya	5.37	Ifaf Abdel Fatah Mohamed  Egypt	5.22	Soheir Mohamed Ahmed  Egypt	5.03
Shot put	Odette Mistoul  Gabon	14.21	Souad Malloussi  Morocco	13.74	Herina Malit  Kenya	12.56
Discus throw	Zoubida Laayouni  Morocco	51.50	Helen Alyek  Uganda	42.40	Filomena Silva  Angola	42.20
Javelin throw	Agnès Tchuinté  Cameroon	50.64	Fatiha Belamghar  Morocco	45.86	Eunice Nekesa  Kenya	44.14
Heptathlon	Chérifa Meskaoui  Morocco	5353	Margaret Bisereko  Uganda	5029	Frida Kiptala  Kenya	4808

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	12	10	12	34
2	Senegal	6	4	3	13
3	Morocco	4	4	6	14
4	Ethiopia	4	1	1	6
5	Egypt	3	7	6	16
6	Tanzania	3	0	1	4
7	Ivory Coast	2	5	1	8
8	Gabon	2	0	0	2
9	Uganda	1	6	4	11
10	Cameroon	1	0	1	2
11	Ghana	1	0	0	1
12	Djibouti	0	1	1	2
13	Congo	0	1	0	1
14	Sudan	0	0	2	2
15	Angola	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		39	39	39	117