The 1984 African Championships in Athletics were held in Rabat, Morocco from August 12 to 15, 1984 in the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Chidi Imo  Nigeria	10.40 CR	Charles-Louis Seck  Senegal	10.49	Eseme Ikpoto  Nigeria	10.58
200 metres	Innocent Egbunike  Nigeria	20.66 CR	Eseme Ikpoto  Nigeria	21.19	Ali Bakhta  Algeria	21.32
400 metres	Gabriel Tiacoh  Ivory Coast	45.52	Sunday Uti  Nigeria	46.16	El Kashief Hassan  Sudan	46.47
800 metres	Sammy Koskei  Kenya	1:45.17 CR	Moussa Fall  Senegal	1:45.56	Omer Khalifa  Sudan	1:45.78
1500 metres	Saïd Aouita  Morocco	3:38.18 CR	Omer Khalifa  Sudan	3:39.90	Mehdi Aidet  Algeria	3:40.85
5000 metres	Abderrazak Bounour  Algeria	13:41.94 CR	Samson Obwocha  Kenya	13:41.98	Kipsubai Koskei  Kenya	13:42.05
10,000 metres	Kipsubai Koskei  Kenya	28:11.70 CR	Ahmed Salah  Djibouti	28:17.40 (NR)	Mohamed Ali Chouri  Tunisia	28:49.80
3000 metre steeplechase	Joshua Kipkemboi  Kenya	8:27.88 CR	Lahcene Babaci  Algeria	8:36.60	Habib Chérif  Algeria	8:38.26
110 metres hurdles	Philip Sang  Kenya	14.15	Riad Benhaddad  Algeria	14.36	Hisham Mohamed Makin  Egypt	14.6
400 metres hurdles	Amadou Dia Bâ  Senegal	49.30 CR	Henry Amike  Nigeria	49.95	Ahmed Abdel Halim Ghanem  Egypt	50.77
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria  Nigeria Iziak Adeyanju Ikpoto Eseme Samson Oyeledun Chidi Imoh	39.49 CR	Côte d'Ivoire  Ivory Coast Otokpa Kouadio Barthelemy Koffi Georges Kablan Degnan Gabriel Tiacoh	39.94	Senegal  Senegal Hamidou Diawara Ibrahima Fall Charles-Louis Seck Mamadou Sène	40.86
4 × 400 metres relay	Senegal  Senegal Boubacar Diallo Babacar Niang Moussa Fall Amadou Dia Ba	3:04.76 CR	Nigeria  Nigeria Henry Amike Olurotimi Peters Moses Ugbisien Sunday Uti	3:04.85	Kenya  Kenya Elkana Nyangau Tito Sawe James Maina Boi Peter Kipchumba	3:06.73
20 kilometre road walk	Abdelwahab Ferguène  Algeria	1:30:02 CR	Benamar Kachkouche  Algeria	1:30:02	Hassan Kouchaoui  Morocco	1:32:46
High jump	Mohamed Aghlal  Morocco	2.17	Boubacar Guèye  Senegal	2.14	Azzedine Mostéfa  Algeria Belba Ngaroudel  Chad	2.05
Pole vault	Mohamed Bouihiri  Morocco	4.60	Mongi Labidi  Tunisia	4.40	Choukri Abahnini  Tunisia	4.40
Long jump	Paul Emordi  Nigeria	7.90	Yusuf Alli  Nigeria	7.88	Joseph Kio  Nigeria	7.82
Triple jump	Joseph Taiwo  Nigeria	17.19 CR	Ajayi Agbebaku  Nigeria	16.96	Mamadou Diallo  Senegal	16.68
Shot put	Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush  Egypt	18.45	Ahmed Kamel Shata  Egypt	18.09	Mohamed Fatihi  Morocco	16.95
Discus throw	Mohamed Naguib Hamed  Egypt	58.62	Abderrazak Ben Hassine  Tunisia	54.46	Mohamed Fatihi  Morocco	48.86
Hammer throw	Hakim Toumi  Algeria	68.64 CR	Hisham Abdeslam Zaki  Egypt	61.04	Yacine Louail  Algeria	59.90
Javelin throw	Tarek Chaabani  Tunisia	77.40 CR	Mongi Alimi  Tunisia	73.88	Ahmed Mahour Bacha  Algeria	71.86
Decathlon	Mourad Mahour Bacha  Algeria	7022	Hatem Bachar  Tunisia	6890	Abdennacer Moumen  Morocco	6810

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Doris Wiredu  Ghana	11.88	Joyce Odhiambo  Kenya	11.93	Grace Armah  Ghana	11.98
200 metres	Nawal El Moutawakil  Morocco	23.93	Mercy Addy  Ghana	24.42	Joyce Odhiambo  Kenya	24.44
400 metres	Ruth Atuti  Kenya	54.05	Mable Esendi  Kenya	54.88	Mercy Addy  Ghana	56.36
800 metres	Justina Chepchirchir  Kenya	2:04.52	Florence Wanjiru  Kenya	2:05.96	Célestine N'Drin  Ivory Coast	2:07.72
1500 metres	Justina Chepchirchir  Kenya	4:18.45	Fatima Aouam  Morocco	4:22.75	Leïla Bendahmane  Algeria	4:23.15
3000 metres	Mary Chepkemboi  Kenya	9:19.05	Regina Chemeli  Kenya	9:22.17	Leïla Bendahmane  Algeria	9:26.28
100 metres hurdles	Maria Usifo  Nigeria	13.42	Awa Dioum-Ndiaye  Senegal	14.40	Chérifa Meskaoui  Morocco	14.55
400 metres hurdles	Nawal El Moutawakil  Morocco	56.01	Rachida Ferdjaoui  Algeria	63.17	only two finalists
4 × 100 metres relay	Kenya Esther Kawaya Joyce Odhiambo Ruth Atuti Mable Esendi	46.18	Ghana Mercy Addy Grace Armah Cynthia Quartey Doris Wiredu	46.20	Gambia Georgiana Freeman Jabou Jawo Amie N'Dow Frances Jatta	47.20
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya Justina Chepchirchir Esther Kawaya Ruth Atuti Mable Esendi	3:37.76	Ghana Mercy Addy Martha Appiah Doris Wiredu ?	3:45.96	Morocco ? ? Fatima Aouam Nawal El Moutawakel	3:54.41
High jump	Awa Dioum-Ndiaye  Senegal	1.76	Lucienne N'Da  Ivory Coast	1.73	Salimata Coulibaly  Ivory Coast	1.70
Long jump	Marianne Mendoza  Senegal	5.93	Basma Gharbi  Tunisia	5.77	Dalila Tayebi  Algeria	5.68
Shot put	Odette Mistoul  Gabon	15.51	Souad Malloussi  Morocco	15.31	Aïcha Dahmous  Algeria	13.44
Discus throw	Zoubida Laayouni  Morocco	52.70	Aïcha Dahmous  Algeria	50.12	Chérifa Meskaoui  Morocco	46.04
Javelin throw	Ténin Camara  Ivory Coast	45.48	Samira Benhamza  Morocco	44.90	Naïma Fouad  Morocco	44.40
Heptathlon	Chérifa Meskaoui  Morocco	5,448	Frida Kiptala  Kenya	5,292	Nacèra Achir  Algeria	5,195

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	10	6	3	19
2	Morocco	7	3	8	18
3	Nigeria	6	6	2	14
4	Algeria	4	5	11	20
5	Senegal	4	4	2	10
6	Egypt	2	2	2	6
	Ivory Coast	2	2	2	6
8	Tunisia	1	5	2	8
9	Ghana	1	3	2	6
10	Gabon	1	0	0	1
11	Sudan	0	1	2	3
12	Djibouti	0	1	0	1
13	Chad	0	0	1	1
	Gambia	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		38	38	38	114

• 1984 in athletics (track and field)

• Results – GBR Athletics