The inaugural All African Games were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo in July 1965.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Gaoussou Koné  Ivory Coast	10.3	John Owiti  Kenya	10.5	Folu Erinle  Nigeria	10.6
200 metres	Gaoussou Koné  Ivory Coast	21.1	David Ejoke  Nigeria	21.4	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa  Madagascar	21.7
400 metres	Wilson Kiprugut  Kenya	46.9	James Addy  Ghana	47.4	Amadou Gakou  Senegal	47.7
800 metres	Wilson Kiprugut  Kenya	1:47.4	Papa Mambaye N'Diaye  Senegal	1:48.6	Peter Francis  Kenya	1:49.1
1500 metres	Kip Keino  Kenya	3:41.1	Charles Maina  Kenya	3:47.8	Ahmed Issa  Chad	3:47.8 (NR)
5000 metres	Kip Keino  Kenya	13:44.4	Naftali Temu  Kenya	13:58.4	Mamo Wolde  Ethiopia	14:18.6
3000 metre steeplechase	Benjamin Kogo  Kenya	8:47.4	Naftali Chirchir  Kenya	8:54.2	Eddy Okadapau  Uganda	9:05.8
110 metres hurdles	Folu Erinle  Nigeria	14.6	Edward Akika  Nigeria	14.6	Simbara Maki  Ivory Coast	14.7
400 metres hurdles	Kimaru Songok  Kenya	51.7	Mamadou Sarr  Senegal	51.9	Samuel Sang  Kenya	52.5
4 × 100 metres relay	Senegal Abdoulaye N'Diaye Bassirou Doumbia Malick Diop Mané Malang	40.5	Nigeria Sydney Asiodu Folu Erinle David Ejoke Lawrence Okoroafor	40.8	Ghana James Addy Michael Ahey Stanley Allotey Bonner Mends	40.9
4 × 400 metres relay	Senegal Amadou Gakou Papa M'Baye N'Diaye Daniel Thiaw Mamadou Sarr	3:11.5	Kenya Peter Francis Wilson Kiprugut Kimaru Songok Samuel Sang	3:12.2	Ghana John Asare-Antwi Samuel Bugri Ebenezer Quartey William Quaye	3:12.2
High jump	Samuel Igun  Nigeria	2.07	Henri Elendé Congo-Brazzaville	2.03	Ahmed Sénoussi  Chad	1.99
Pole vault	Brou Elloé  Ivory Coast	4.15	Mohamed Alaa Ghita  United Arab Republic	4.05	Bernard Gnéplou  Ivory Coast Jean-Prosper Tsondzabéka Congo-Brazzaville	4.05
Long jump	Edward Akika  Nigeria	7.49	Ezzedin Yacoub Hamed  United Arab Republic	7.49	Mansour Dia  Senegal	7.29
Triple jump	Samuel Igun  Nigeria	16.27	Mansour Dia  Senegal	15.93	Laurent Sarr  Senegal	15.38
Shot put	Denis Ségui Kragbé  Ivory Coast	16.32	Hassan Mahrous  United Arab Republic	14.87	Yovan Ochola  Uganda	14.84
Discus throw	Namakoro Niaré  Mali	51.20	Denis Ségui Kragbé  Ivory Coast	50.84	Patrick Anukwa  Nigeria	45.16
Javelin throw	Anthony Oyakhire  Nigeria	71.52	Cheruon Kiptalam  Kenya	70.46	Elie Yanyambal  Chad	68.54

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Olajumoke Bodunrin  Nigeria	12.4	Regina Okafor  Nigeria	12.5	Rose Hart  Ghana	12.5
80 metres hurdles	Rose Hart  Ghana	11.7	Diana Monks  Kenya	11.8	Mopelope Obayemi  Nigeria	11.9
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria Olajumoke Bodunrin Regina Okafor Irene Erondu Uche Ezekwesili	48.0	Ghana Alice Annum Rose Hart Phyllis Laryea Habibah Atta	49.1	Cameroon Rhita Mahouvet Marguerite Handy Bernardette Osogo Agnes Lembe	49.2
High jump	Amelia Okoli  Nigeria	1.62	Habibah Atta  Ghana	1.59	Regina Awori  Uganda	1.56
Long jump	Alice Anum  Ghana	5.63	Angelina Osuagwu  Nigeria	5.34	Teddy Nakisuyi  Uganda	5.22
Javelin throw	Helena Okwara  Nigeria	40.30	Theresa Dismas  Tanzania	40.24	Angelina Anyikwa  Nigeria	39.48

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	9	5	4	18
2	Kenya (KEN)	6	7	2	15
3	Ivory Coast (CIV)	4	1	2	7
4	Senegal (SEN)	2	4	2	8
5	Ghana (GHA)	2	2	4	8
6	Mali (MLI)	1	0	0	1
7	United Arab Republic (UAR)	0	3	0	3
8	Congo (CGO)	0	1	1	2
9	Tanzania (TAN)	0	1	0	1
10	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	4	4
11	Chad (CHA)	0	0	3	3
12	Cameroon (CMR)	0	0	1	1
	Ethiopia (ETH)	0	0	1	1
	Madagascar (MAD)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		24	24	25	73

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