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1984 African Badminton Championships

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1984 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
DatesAugust 1984
Edition4th
LocationDar es Salaam, Tanzania
← 1982 1988 →

The 1984 African Badminton Championships was a continental stage tournament to crown the best badminton squads and players in Africa. The tournament took place in August 1984 at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This edition of the championships introduced five new events, which were the individual events. The tournament was initially scheduled to be held in May.[1]

Simon Gondwe of Zambia won the gold medal in the men's singles title after defeating Firoz of Tanzania.[2] In the women's singles event, Indira Bhikha became the first Mozambican to win gold in the African championships.[3]

Background

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Originally, ten countries planned to participate in the tournament, these countries were Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Seychelles, and hosts Tanzania. The participating countries were later reduced. Malawi, Lesotho, Madagascar and Swaziland also planned to send players to the championships but later declined participation.[4] Nigeria withdrew from the tournament.[5]

Medalists

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Individual events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Zambia Simon Gondwe Tanzania Firoz Din Tanzania Mukesh Shah
Mozambique Luis Antonio Timm
Women's singles Mozambique Indira Bhikha Tanzania Nasra Juma Zambia Josephine Chipepo
Zambia Mary Mukangwa
Men's doubles Tanzania Firoz Din
Tanzania Mukesh Shah 		Zambia Raj Patel
Zambia Shailesh Patel 		Zambia Simon Gondwe
Zambia Abraham Mutale
Mozambique Sozinho Guerra
Mozambique Luis Antonio Timm
Women's doubles Mozambique Indira Bhikha
Mozambique Eline Coelho 		Zambia Josephine Chipepo
Zambia Mary Mukangwa 		Tanzania Nasra Juma
Tanzania Sharifa Juma
Zambia Priscilla Mutambirwa
Zambia Madhavi Tijoriwala
Mixed doubles Mozambique Sozinho Guerra
Mozambique Indira Bhikha 		Tanzania Mukesh Shah
Tanzania Nasra Juma 		Zambia Abraham Mutale
Zambia Josephine Chipepo
Zambia Simon Gondwe
Zambia Mary Mukangwa

Team events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Tanzania  Zambia  Mozambique
Women's team  Mozambique  Tanzania  Zambia
Mixed team  Mozambique  Tanzania  Zambia
Junior mixed team  Mozambique  Tanzania  Zambia

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Tanzania)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Mozambique6039
2 Tanzania*26210
3 Zambia13913
Totals (3 entries)991432

References

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  1. ^ Scheele, H. A. E. (1984). World Badminton (PDF) (1st ed.). International Badminton Federation. p. 30. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  2. ^ Walubita, Moses Sayela (2011-08-04). Zambia Sporting Score: A Period of Hits and Misses. iUniverse. ISBN 9781450279123.
  3. ^ Scheele, H. A. E. (1985). World Badminton (PDF) (1st ed.). International Badminton Federation. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  4. ^ Talking Drums. Vol. 1. Talking Drums. 1984. p. 26. Badminton contest - Ten states Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Uganda, Zambia, Gabon, Seychelles and Tanzania will compete in the fourth African badminton championships in Dar-es-Salaam in August, the government-owned Daily News reported yesterday. Malawi, Lesotho, Madagascar and Swaziland may also participate, Tanzania Badminton Association (TBA) secretary Wilbard Kente told the newspaper.
  5. ^ Tejuoso, Dapo; Tejuoso, Adedapo Adewale (1989). The Ultimate Honour. Nelson Publishers. p. 208. ISBN 9789781261657.
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