| Athletics at the IV All-Africa Games | |
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| Dates | 7–12 August |
| Host city | Nairobi, Kenya  |
| ← 1978 Algiers 1991 Cairo → 1987 All-Africa Games | |
The fourth All-Africa Games were held in August 1987 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Four new events were added to the games these were the women's 3000 metres, 10000 metres, 400 metres hurdles and 5000 metres track walk. Additionally the pentathlon for women was replaced with the heptathlon. Also four nations won medals for the first time in athletics at the All-Africa Games. These were Mauritius, Rwanda, Burundi and Madagascar
Medal summary
Men's events
Women's events
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Nigeria | 14 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 | Kenya | 13 | 18 | 12 | 43 |
| 3 |  Algeria | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 |  Ethiopia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  Senegal | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 |  Ghana | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 |  Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Uganda | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Mauritius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Egypt | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 |  Ivory Coast | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Tanzania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 14 |  Rwanda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 |  Burundi | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 |  Chad | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 41 | 41 | 41 | 123 | |
See also
References
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