1987 All-Africa Games
th allafrica game swahili michezo ya ya afrika nzima also known nairobi played august nairobi kenya country participated fourteen sport beginning intent hold african game every four year economic difficulty general civil unrest never allowed happen fourth game exception originally scheduled weak kenyan economy slowed preparation chinese helped provide necessary fund manpower begin building kasarani stadium late hold game schedule suggested one time tunis tunisia arrange fourth game nairobi take turn fifth game proposal voted nairobi game date pushed back still enough time kenyan ready game finally opened august game kept fouryear schedule since edition torch relayed nairobi kenyan coast kenyan highland back nairobi world champion john ngugi carried stadium front enthusiastic crowd organizational difficulty housing facility typical event evident nairobi game well end game concluded without undue calamity egypt soccer final host kenya final day topped medal table closing ceremony torch passed cairo egypt begin preparation vth allafrica game host nation kenya three athlete two female one male one event selina chirchir kenya metre metre maria usifo nigeria hurdle hurdle adewale olukoju nigeria shot put discus throw addition nigeria four relay race x metre x metre men woman new womens event added metre metre metre hurdle metre track walk additionally obsoleted pentathlon event replaced heptathlon men angola senegal woman zaire field hockey part game first time venue city park hockey stadium men kenya zimbabwe egypt ghana tanzania zambia football tournament egypt first game host country win although host kenya finished second malawi first allafrica medal men algeria congo egypt woman cote divoire congo cameroon taekwondo competition took place desai memorial hall august august men winner men cameroon algeria nigeria woman egypt kenya mauritius sport