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 |