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Athletics At The 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 *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 Medal table See also *1991 in athletics (track and field) ReferencesAfrican Games GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-28.Sports Results and Details ''Canberra Times'' (1991-09-26). Retrieved 2020-03-28.Sports Results and Details ''Canberra Times'' (1991-09-27). Retrieved 2020-03-28.Sports Results and Details ''Canberra Times'' (1991-09-27). Retrieved 2020-03-28. {{1991 in athletics 1991 Athletics All-Africa Games 1991 All-Africa Games All-Africa Games The Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.9 million, is the 12th-largest in the world by population. Cairo is associated with ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, the city first developed as Fustat, a settlement founded after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 640 next to an existing ancient Roman fortress, Babylon. Under the Fatimid dynasty a new city, ''al-Qāhirah'', was founded nearby in 969. It later superseded Fustat as the main urban centre during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (12th–16th centuries). Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Ogola
Francis Ogola (born 1 July 1973 in Lira) is a retired Ugandan sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. His personal bests were 21.03 seconds over 200 metres (from 1995) and 45.47 s over 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ... (from 1993). Achievements External links * 1973 births Living people People from Lira District Ugandan male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Uganda Commonwealth Games competitors for Uganda African Games bronze medalists for Uganda African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10,000 Metres
The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race consists of 25 laps around an Olympic-sized track. It is less commonly held at track and field meetings, due to its duration. The 10,000-metre track race is usually distinguished from its road running counterpart, the 10K run, by its reference to the distance in metres rather than kilometres. The 10,000 metres is the longest standard track event, approximately equivalent to or . Most of those running such races also compete in road races and cross country events. Added to the Olympic programme in 1912, athletes from Finland, nicknamed the "Flying Finns", dominated the event until the late 1940s. In the 1960s, African runners began to come to the fore. In 1988, the women's competition debuted in the Olympic Games. Official records ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondoro Osoro
Ondoro Osoro (born 3 December 1967) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who competed mostly in cross country and road races. In his early career he won a series of cross country races in Europe (taking the first IAAF World Cross Challenge title) and twice represented Kenya at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He also ran the 5000 metres on the track, competing at the World Championships in Athletics and winning a bronze medal at the 1991 All-Africa Games. He won the San Silvestre Vallecana 10 km road race three times during this period. A serious car accident in 1995 left him unable to compete for two years, but he returned to action with a world record for the run in late 1997. On his debut over the distance, he won the 1998 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:06:54 hours, which ranked him as the third fastest ever at that point and was the fastest ever debut run for the marathon. He was third in Chicago in 1999 and came fourth at the 2000 Boston Marathon. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahim Kinuthia
Ibrahim Kinuthia (born 22 May 1963) is a retired Kenyan long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. He won a bronze medal in 5000 metres at the 1991 All-Africa Games, and finished third in the IAAF Grand Prix circuit the same year. That year he ran the 5000 m in 13:09.76 minutes, which was the second best time in the world that season, only behind Yobes Ondieki Yobes Ondieki (born February 21, 1961, in Kisii, Nyanza) is a Kenyan former 5000 m runner, who won the World Championships' gold medal in Tokyo 1991. In the same year he set a temporary Kenyan 5000 m record of 13:01.82 in Zurich. He partici ... External links * 1963 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runners African Games bronze medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Kenyan male cross country runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fita Bayissa
Fita Bayisa ( Amharic: ፊጣ ባይሳ; born December 15, 1972 in Ambo, Oromia) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning a bronze medal on the 5000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics. A year before he had won a silver medal at the World Championships in Tokyo. Before the Olympic Games in Barcelona, Bayisa had emerged as the favourite for 10,000 metres, as he had defeated a world-class field at the Bislett Games in Oslo in a time of 27:14.26 min. However, he failed to make an impact on the 10,000 m final, which was won by Khalid Skah. Among his other achievements, he was the winner of the 1999 Belgrade Race Through History. He beat Paul Tergat Paul Kibii Tergat (born 17 June 1969) is a Kenyan former professional long distance runner. He became the first Kenyan man to set the world record in the marathon in 2003, with a time of 2:04:55, and is regarded as one of the most accomplished l ... by a second in the unusual race across Belgrade's city fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5000 Metres
The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a standard track. The same distance in road running is called a 5K run; referring to the distance in metres rather than kilometres serves to disambiguate the two events. The 5000 m has been present on the Olympic programme since 1912 for men and since 1996 for women. Prior to 1996, women had competed in an Olympic 3000 metres race since 1984. The 5000 m has been held at each of the World Championships in Athletics in men's competition and since 1995 in women's. The event is almost the same length as the dolichos race held at the Ancient Olympic Games, introduced in 720 BCE. World Athletics keeps official records for both outdoor and indoor 5000-metre track events. 3 miles The 5000 metres is the (slightly longer) approximate m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alemayehu Roba
Alemayehu Roba (born 27 October 1972) is a retired Ethiopian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. He won a silver medal at the 1990 World Junior Championships and a bronze medal at the 1991 All-Africa Games The 5th All-Africa Games were held from September 20 to October 1, 1991, in Cairo, Egypt. Forty-three countries participated in eighteen sports. For the first time the Games were held on a four-year cycle as planned. Egypt had hoped to use the G .... - GBR Athletics He competed at the 1991 World Championships, but did not progress from the qualification round. References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desta Asgedom
Desta Asgedom (29 February 1972 – 1 September 1992) was an Ethiopian athlete who specialised in middle distance races. A world junior 800 metres champion and an All-Africa Games silver medalist, he died in the United States not long after these achievements. Biography Asgedom first came to prominence in 1990 with his performances at the World Junior Championships in Bulgaria, where he won a gold medal in the 800 metres and claimed a bronze medal in the 1500 metres race. In the same year he was a bronze medalist in the 800 metres at the African Championships in Cairo. In 1991 he competed in the World Championships, which were held in Tokyo. Soon after he represented Ethiopia at the 1991 All-Africa Games and finished with the silver medal in the 1500 metres. He came to the United States early in 1992 to attend California's Riverside Community College. In August he got an offer of a scholarship to Wayland Baptist in Texas and spent a week on campus before deciding to decline, du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Kimei
William Kemei (22 February 1969 – 20 December 2007) was a Kenyan middle-distance runner who won the 1500 metres race at the 1991 All-Africa Games. In 1992 he set Kenyan records for 1500 m and one mile. His greatest achievement was the victory in the Mile race at the ISTAF meeting in Berlin 1992 where he defeated the 1500 m world champion Noureddine Morceli Noureddine Morceli ( ar, نور الدين مرسلي, ''Nūr ud-Dīn Mursilī''; born February 28, 1970) is a retired Algerian middle-distance runner. He was the winner of the 1500 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics and won three straight gold me ..., and remained undefeated until 1996. Kemei finished that race in 3:48.80 min, Morceli clocked 3:49.79. His time was a Kenyan record. He died on 20 December 2007 at his home in Baraton, Nandi County. John Bale, Joe SangKenyan Running/ref> References External links * 1969 births 2007 deaths Kenyan male middle-distance runners African Games medalists in athletics (tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1500 Metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilometers or approximately miles. The event is closely associated with its slightly longer cousin, the mile race, from which it derives its nickname "the metric mile". The demands of the race are similar to that of the 800 metres, but with a slightly higher emphasis on aerobic endurance and a slightly lower sprint speed requirement. The 1500 metre race is predominantly aerobic, but anaerobic conditioning is also required. Each lap run during the world-record race run by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1998 in Rome, Italy averaged just under 55 seconds (or under 13.8 seconds per 100 metres). 1,500 metres is three and three-quarter laps around a 400-metre track. During the 1970s and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennedy Osei
Kennedy Osei (born 21 October 1966) is a retired Ghanaian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 1991 All-Africa Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 1993 and 1997 as well as the World Indoor Championships in 1993 and 1997, reaching the semifinals on each occasion. Personal bests *800 metres - 1:45.13 min (1994) - national record. * 1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...
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