The 9th African Championships in Athletics were held between 23 and 27 June 1993 in Durban, South Africa at Kings Park Stadium.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Daniel Effiong  Nigeria	10.39	Jean-Olivier Zirignon  Ivory Coast	10.53	Nelson Boateng  Ghana	10.55
200 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Johan Rossouw  South Africa	20.65 CR	Oluyemi Kayode  Nigeria	20.79	Nelson Boateng  Ghana	21.01
400 metres	Kennedy Ochieng  Kenya	45.29	Ibrahim Hassan  Ghana	45.90	Simon Kemboi  Kenya	46.06
800 metres	Sammy Langat  Kenya	1:45.43	Paul Ruto  Kenya	1:45.99	Arthémon Hatungimana  Burundi	1:46.42
1500 metres	David Kibet  Kenya	3:45.67	Johan Landsman  South Africa	3:46.03	Johan Fourie  South Africa	3:46.22
5000 metres	Simon Chemoiywo  Kenya	13:09.68 CR	Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia	13:10.41	Worku Bikila  Ethiopia	13:12.53
10,000 metres	William Sigei  Kenya	27:25.23 CR	Fita Bayissa  Ethiopia	27:26.90	Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia	27:30.17
3000 metre steeplechase	Joseph Keter  Kenya	8:22.34	Christopher Kosgei  Kenya	8:24.58	Simretu Alemayehu  Ethiopia	8:31.51
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Kobus Schoeman  South Africa	13.93	Moses Oyiki Orode  Nigeria	14.21	Winpie Nel  South Africa	14.22
400 metres hurdles	Erick Keter  Kenya	49.38	Dries Vorster  South Africa	49.59	Hamidou Mbaye  Senegal	50.22
4 × 100 metres relay	Ghana Nelson Boateng Felix Andam Abbas Tanko Kofi Yevakpor	39.53	Nigeria Daniel Effiong Paul Egonye Oluyemi Kayode Victor Omagbemi	39.97	South Africa Tshakile Nzimande Johan Rossouw Johann Venter Adrian Lambert	40.25
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya Charles Gitonga Simon Kemboi Simon Kipkemboi Kennedy Ochieng	3:03.10	Nigeria Alohan Omokaro Hassan Bosso Udeme Ekpeyong John Okoye	3:06.03	Senegal Soulemane Diumbia Ibou Faye Hamidou Mbaye Hachim N'Diaye	3:06.38
20 kilometre road walk	Getachew Demisse  Ethiopia	1:28:56	Chris Britz  South Africa	1:29:28	Riecus Blignouat  South Africa	1:30:55
High jump	Flippie van Vuuren  South Africa	2.22 CR	Khemraj Naiko  Mauritius	2.19	Pierre Vorster  South Africa	2.13
Pole vault	Okkert Brits  South Africa	5.40 CR	Riaan Botha  South Africa	5.20	Brian Mardaymootoo  Mauritius	4.60
Long jump	Obinna Eregbu  Nigeria	8.32w	Ayodele Aladefa  Nigeria	8.05w	James Sabulei  Kenya	7.99
Triple jump	Toussaint Rabenala  Madagascar	16.72	Wikus Olivier  South Africa	16.35	Paul Nioze  Seychelles	16.11
Shot put	Carel le Roux  South Africa	18.29	Chima Ugwu  Nigeria	18.07	Jaco Snyman  South Africa	17.38
Discus throw	Mickael Conjungo  Central African Republic	59.92	Christo Kruger  South Africa	54.42	Dawie Kok  South Africa	54.08
Hammer throw	Hakim Toumi  Algeria	69.82	Samir Haouam  Algeria	63.76	Charlie Koen  South Africa	60.46
Javelin throw	Tom Petranoff  South Africa	82.40	Phillip Spies  South Africa	77.68	Louis Fouché  South Africa	77.10
Decathlon	Pierre Faber  South Africa	7164	Danie van Wyk  South Africa	7108	Hassan Farouk Sayed  Egypt	6770

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Beatrice Utondu  Nigeria	11.39	Elinda Vorster  South Africa	11.45	Christy Opara-Thompson  Nigeria	11.60
200 metres (wind: +1.9 m/s)	Mary Onyali  Nigeria	22.71	Yolanda Steyn  South Africa	23.22	Evette de Klerk  South Africa	23.29
400 metres	Tina Paulino  Mozambique	51.82	Emily Odoemenam  Nigeria	52.26	Aïssatou Tandian  Senegal	53.00
800 metres	Maria de Lurdes Mutola  Mozambique	1:56.36	Gladys Wamuyu  Kenya	2:01.24	Ilse Wicksell  South Africa	2:03.75
1500 metres	Elana Meyer  South Africa	4:12.56	Gwen Griffiths  South Africa	4:13.17	Getenesh Urge  Ethiopia	4:13.68
3000 metres	Gwen Griffiths  South Africa	9:13.92	Merima Denboba  Ethiopia	9:14.48	Hellen Chepngeno  Kenya	9:14.49
10,000 metres	Berhane Adere  Ethiopia	32:48.52	Lydia Cheromei  Kenya	32:54.55	Fatuma Roba  Ethiopia	32:55.32
100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.3 m/s)	Nicole Ramalalanirina  Madagascar	13.32	Taiwo Aladefa  Nigeria	13.50	Annemarie le Roux  South Africa	13.74
400 metres hurdles	Omotayo Akinremi  Nigeria	57.59	Lana Uys  South Africa	57.60	Karen Swanepoel  South Africa	58.23
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria Faith Idehen Mary Onyali-Omagbemi Christy Opara-Thompson Beatrice Utondu	43.49	Madagascar Hanitriniaina Rakotrondrabe Nicole Ramalalanirina Lalao Ravaonirina Lantoniaina Ramalalanirina	44.93	South Africa Evette de Klerk Yolanda Steyn Elinda Vorster Susan Knox	45.15
4 × 400 metres relay	Nigeria Omolade Akinremi Omotayo Akinremi Emily Odoemenam Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	3:33.21	South Africa Evette de Klerk Lana Uys Marinda Fourie Adri Schoeman	3:37.24	Ghana Helen Amoako Helena Wrappah Nabiama Salifu Agnes Yaa Nuamah	3:39.66
5000 metre track walk	Dounia Kara  Algeria	24:33.56	Amsale Yakobe  Ethiopia	24:39.04	Felicita Falconer  South Africa	25:32.68
High jump	Charmaine Weavers  South Africa	1.90	Lucienne N'Da  Ivory Coast	1.86	Desiré du Plessis  South Africa	1.80
Long jump	Christy Opara-Thompson  Nigeria	6.57	Beatrice Utondu  Nigeria	6.44	Hiwot Sisay  Ethiopia	6.23 (NR)
Triple jump	Petrusa Swart  South Africa	12.95w	Béryl Laramé  Seychelles	12.20w	Sonya Agbéssi  Benin	12.02w
Shot put	Louise Meintjies  South Africa	14.66	Elizabeth Olaba  Kenya	14.42	Luzanda Swanepoel  South Africa	14.23
Discus throw	Lizette Etsebeth  South Africa	54.16	Nanette van der Walt  South Africa	51.58	Sandra Willms  South Africa	50.56
Javelin throw	Liezl Roux  South Africa	48.24	Rhona Dwinger  South Africa	47.60	Michelle Bradbury  South Africa	43.92
Heptathlon	Chrisna Oosthuizen  South Africa	5339	Maralize Visser  South Africa	5159	Caroline Kola  Kenya	4925

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (SAF)	15	16	19	50
2	Nigeria (NGR)	8	9	1	18
3	Kenya (KEN)	8	5	4	17
4	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	4	6	12
5	Algeria (ALG)	2	1	0	3
	Madagascar (MAD)	2	1	0	3
7	Mozambique (MOZ)	2	0	0	2
8	Ghana (GHA)	1	1	3	5
9	Central African Republic (CAF)	1	0	0	1
10	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	2	0	2
11	Mauritius (MRI)	0	1	1	2
	Seychelles (SEY)	0	1	1	2
13	Senegal (SEN)	0	0	3	3
14	Benin (BEN)	0	0	1	1
	Burundi (BDI)	0	0	1	1
	Egypt (EGY)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		41	41	41	123

• 1993 in athletics (track and field)

• Results – GBR Athletics