Athletics at the V All-Africa Games
Dates	23–27 September
Host city	Cairo, Egypt
Venue	Cairo International Stadium
← 1987 Nairobi 1995 Harare → 1991 All-Africa Games

The athletics competition at the 1991 All-Africa Games was held from 23–27 September 1991 in Cairo, Egypt.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks  Namibia	10.18 GR	Davidson Ezinwa  Nigeria	10.24	Emmanuel Tuffour  Ghana	10.30
200 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks  Namibia	20.28 GR	Emmanuel Tuffour  Ghana	20.59	Daniel Phillip  Nigeria	20.62
400 metres	Samson Kitur  Kenya	45.40	Sunday Bada  Nigeria	45.81	Francis Ogola  Uganda	46.21
800 metres	William Tanui  Kenya	1:47.40	Robert Kibet  Kenya	1:47.69	Kennedy Osei  Ghana	1:48.41
1500 metres	William Kimei  Kenya	3:41.97	Desta Asgedom  Ethiopia	3:42.65	Alemayehu Roba  Ethiopia	3:42.91
5000 metres	Fita Bayissa  Ethiopia	13:36.91	Ibrahim Kinuthia  Kenya	13:37.67	Ondoro Osoro  Kenya	13:38.60
10,000 metres	Thomas Osano  Kenya	27:56.45 GR	William Koech  Kenya	27:56.86	Chala Kelile  Ethiopia	28:11.73
Marathon	Tena Negere  Ethiopia	2:31:17	Ernest Tjela  Lesotho	2:31:42	Allaoua Khélil  Algeria	2:32:29
3000 metres steeplechase	Moses Kiptanui  Kenya	8:27.09	William Mutwol  Kenya	8:28.29	Johnstone Kipkoech  Kenya	8:33.88
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.0 m/s)	Judex Lefou  Mauritius	14.12	Noureddine Tadjine  Algeria	14.17	Emeka Osaji  Nigeria	14.22
400 metres hurdles	Erick Keter  Kenya	48.95	Gideon Yego  Kenya	49.09	Amadou Dia Bâ  Senegal	49.12
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria Victor Omagbemi Innocent Asonze Oluyemi Kayode Davidson Ezinwa	39.36	Senegal Edoard Samatey Amadou M'Baye Joseph Diaz (sprinter) Charles-Louis Seck	40.00	Kenya Joseph Gikonyo Kennedy Ondiek Donald Onchiri Amos Rutere	40.70
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya Simeon Kipkemboi Erick Keter Simon Kemboi Samson Kitur	3:03.14	Nigeria Sunday Bada Hassan Bosso Clement Chukwu Abu Danjuma	3:03.72	Ghana Ahmed Ali Nelson Boateng Timothy Hesse Kennedy Osei	3:08.18
20 kilometre road walk	Shemsu Hassan  Ethiopia	1:29:04 GR	Abdelwahab Ferguène  Algeria	1:35:21	Abderrahmane Djebbar  Algeria	1:38:11
High jump	Othmane Belfaa  Algeria	2.18	Boubacar Guèye  Senegal	2.16	Yacine Mousli  Algeria	2.16
Pole vault	Sami Si Mohamed  Algeria	5.20 GR	Belgacem Touami  Algeria	5.10	Kersley Gardenne  Mauritius	5.00
Long jump	George Ogbeide  Nigeria	8.22	Yusuf Alli  Nigeria	7.81	James Sabulei  Kenya	7.72
Triple jump	James Sabulei  Kenya	16.53	Paul Nioze  Seychelles	16.50	Benjamin Koech  Kenya	16.26
Shot put	Chima Ugwu  Nigeria	17.64	Adewale Olukoju  Nigeria	17.58	Martin Mélagne  Ivory Coast	17.33
Discus throw	Adewale Olukoju  Nigeria	59.22 GR	Mohamed Naguib Hamed  Egypt	55.32	Hassan Ahmed Hamad  Egypt	54.90
Hammer throw	Sherif Farouk El Hennawi  Egypt	67.58	Hakim Toumi  Algeria	63.12	Magdi Zakaria Abdallah  Egypt	62.10
Javelin throw	Christian Okemefula  Nigeria	77.14	Pius Bazighe  Nigeria	71.78	James Saina  Kenya	71.44
Decathlon	Mourad Mahour Bacha  Algeria	7431 GR	Tommy Ozono  Nigeria	7163	Sid Ali Sabour  Algeria	6956

• In the men's 4 × 100 metres relay, a Sierra Leonan team of David Sawyer, Horace Dove-Edwin, Haroun Korjie, and Sanusi Turay originally finished as runners-up with a time of 39.66 seconds, but were later disqualified for fielding an ineligible runner.
• In the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, the Ugandan team originally finished third with a time of 3:07.72 minutes.

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.8 m/s)	Mary Onyali  Nigeria	11.12	Beatrice Utondu  Nigeria	11.13	Rufina Uba  Nigeria	11.43
200 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s)	Tina Iheagwam  Nigeria	22.82	Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria	22.84	Christy Opara-Thompson  Nigeria	23.68
400 metres	Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria	50.71	Charity Opara  Nigeria	51.23	Airat Bakare  Nigeria	52.98
800 metres	Maria de Lurdes Mutola  Mozambique	2:04.02	Zewde Haile Mariam  Ethiopia	2:04.99	Gladys Wamuyu  Kenya	2:07.14
1500 metres	Susan Sirma  Kenya	4:10.68	Margaret Kigari  Kenya	4:12.34	Getenesh Urge  Ethiopia	4:12.38
3000 metres	Susan Sirma  Kenya	8:49.33	Luchia Yishak  Ethiopia	8:51.04	Delillah Asiago  Kenya	8:55.53
10000 metres	Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia	33:40.37	Lydia Cheromei  Kenya	33:53.00	Tigist Moreda  Ethiopia	33:59.76
100 metres hurdles	Ime Akpan  Nigeria	13.44	Taiwo Aladefa  Nigeria	13.51	Nicole Ramalalanirina  Madagascar	13.70
400 metres hurdles	Marie Womplou  Ivory Coast	57.35	Omolade Akinremi  Nigeria	58.16	Omotayo Akinremi  Nigeria	58.85
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria Chioma Ajunwa Rufina Ubah Beatrice Utondu Mary Onyali	44.21	Ivory Coast Alimata Kone Marie Womplou Louise Ayétotché Olga Mutanda	45.86	Madagascar Ramy Razafimanantsoa Hamitra Rakotondrabe Nicole Ramalalanirina Lalao Ravaorina	45.96
4 × 400 metres relay	Nigeria Omotayo Akinremi Airat Bakare Charity Opara Fatima Yusuf	3:31.05	Kenya Gladys Wamuyu Pharis Wanja Marcela Mbunde Jane Kimatia	3:41.20	Ivory Coast Louise Ayétotché Alimata Koné Olga Mutanda Marie Womplou	3:44.06
5000 metre track walk	Agnetha Chelimo  Kenya	24:25.00	Grace Karimi  Kenya	24:33.86	Dounia Kara  Algeria	25:27.03
High jump	Lucienne N'Da  Ivory Coast	1.83	Ifeanyi Aduba  Nigeria	1.73	Stella Agbaegbu  Nigeria	1.70
Long jump	Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria	6.67	Beatrice Utondu  Nigeria	6.50	Christy Opara-Thompson  Nigeria	6.33
Shot put	Hanan Ahmed Khaled  Egypt	14.88	Elizabeth Olaba  Kenya	14.83	Mariam Nnodu  Nigeria	14.66
Discus throw	Hanan Ahmed Khaled  Egypt	48.32	Hiba Meshili Abu Zaghari  Egypt	46.88	Wilma Brendenham  Namibia	46.42 (NR)
Javelin throw	Seraphina Nyauma  Kenya	51.94	Ann Otutu  Nigeria	50.54	Matilda Kisava  Tanzania	46.58
Heptathlon	Rita Izojie  Nigeria	5383	Oluchi Elechi  Nigeria	5320	Nacèra Zaaboub  Algeria	5253

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	13	16	9	38
2	Kenya (KEN)	12	10	7	29
3	Ethiopia (ETH)	4	3	4	11
4	Algeria (ALG)	3	4	6	13
5	Egypt (EGY)	3	2	2	7
6	Ivory Coast (CIV)	2	1	2	5
7	Namibia (NAM)	2	0	1	3
8	Mauritius (MRI)	1	0	1	2
9	Mozambique (MOZ)	1	0	0	1
10	Ghana (GHA)	0	1	3	4
11	Senegal (SEN)	0	1	2	3
12	Lesotho (LES)	0	1	0	1
	Seychelles (SEY)	0	1	0	1
	Sierra Leone (SLE)	0	1	0	1
15	Madagascar (MAD)	0	0	2	2
16	Tanzania (TAN)	0	0	1	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		41	41	41	123