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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = Athletics at the 1st Central African Games
|Logo =
|Size = 250
|Colour = #F5F6CE
|Optional caption = The host stadium
|Host city = [[Libreville]], [[Gabon]]
|Dates = 30 June – 10 July
|Events = 31
|Nations = 11
|Stadium = [[Stade Omar Bongo]]
|Next = [[Athletics at the 1981 Central African Games|1981 Luanda]]
|Games = [[1976 Central African Games]]
}}
At the '''[[1976 Central African Games]]''', the '''[[Sport of athletics|athletics]]''' events were held at the [[Stade Omar Bongo]] in [[Libreville]], [[Gabon]] from 30 June – 10 July.<ref name=Bell>Bell, Daniel (2003). ''Encyclopedia of International Games'' (Pg. 91). McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. {{ISBN|0-7864-1026-4}}.</ref><ref>[https://library.olympic.org/Portal/basicfilesdownload.ashx?itemId=1032 Jeux régionaux et sous-régionaux] {{in lang|fr}}. Comite International Olympique (2012-11-29). Retrieved 2019-09-12.</ref>

A total of 31 [[track and field]] [[list of athletics events|events]] were contested (19 for men and 12 for women). There were no [[long-distance running]] or [[hurdling|hurdles]] races for women and [[triple jump]] was a men-only event. [[Cameroon]] comfortably topped the medal table with 28 medals and 13 gold medals. [[Republic of the Congo]] was a clear second, with six gold medals among a haul of 27. [[Chad]] and the host nation [[Gabon]] were the only other nations to reach double digits in the medal tally and win multiple gold medals. A total of seven of the eleven competing nations reached the medal table.<ref name=GBR>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cafg.htm Central African Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.</ref>

Three athletes won multiple individual titles. On the men's side, [[Denis Dakréo]] of Cameroon won both the [[110 metres hurdles|110 m]] and [[400 m hurdles]] events, while on the women's side Gabon's [[Eulalie Mbourou]] scored a [[middle-distance running|middle-distance]] double and Cameroon's [[Germaine Wonja]] won the [[shot put]] and [[discus throw]] events. Congolese [[Théophile Nkounkou]] and Chadian [[Boulot Alladoum]] won the individual and relay events over men's [[100 metres]] and [[400 metres]], respectively.<ref name=GBR/>

Both Dakréo's hurdles times went unbeaten over the history of the games. Among the other unbeaten men's games records established at the competition, [[Paul Ngadjadoum]] set 2.13&nbsp;m in the [[high jump]], [[Oumarou Poro]] managed 14.89 m in the shot put, [[Jean-Emmanuel Vanlier]] threw 49.04 m in the discus, and the Congolese [[4 × 100 metres relay]] team won in a record 40.3 seconds. [[Rhoda Idowu]]'s winning [[long jump]] of 5.60 m was the only women's performance that stood as an all-time games record.<ref name=GBR/>

==Medal summary==
===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|100 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Théophile Nkounkou]]|CGO}} || 10.2 {{AthAbbr|GR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jean-Pierre Basségéla]]|CGO}} || 10.3
|{{flagathlete|[[Emmanuel Bitanga]]|CMR}} || 10.4
|-
|200 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Emmanuel Bitanga]]|CMR}} || 21.4
|{{flagathlete|[[Louis Kanza]]|CGO}} || 21.5
|{{flagathlete|[[Théophile Nkounkou]]|CGO}} || 21.5
|-
|400 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Boulot Alladoum]]|CHA}} || 48.2
|{{flagathlete|[[?. Killadoum]]|CHA}} || 48.5
|{{flagathlete|[[Alphonse Mandonda]]|CGO}} || 48.8
|-
|800 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Ghislain Obounghat]]|CGO}} || 1:53.7
|{{flagathlete|[[?. Bakobanza]]|BDI}} || 1:54.2
|{{flagathlete|[[Georges Okomba]]|GAB}} || 1:54.5
|-
|1500 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Esaie Fongang]]|CMR}} || 3:56.6
|{{flagathlete|[[Alain Benga]]|GAB}} || 3:56.6
|{{flagathlete|[[Ghislain Obounghat]]|CGO}} || 3:57.1
|-
|5000 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Gérard Nsabimana]]|BDI}} || 14:52.6
|{{flagathlete|[[Esaie Fongang]]|CMR}} || 14:53.0
|{{flagathlete|[[?. Haja]]|BDI}} || 14:57.2
|-
|10,000 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Fabien Mbarute]]|RWA}} || 31:11.8
|{{flagathlete|[[?. Bazikamwe]]|BDI}} || 31:12.8
|{{flagathlete|[[?. Niyonzima]]|BDI}} || 31:46.6
|-
|3000 m steeplechase
|{{flagathlete|[[Ben Dagai Docteur]]|CHA}} || ?
|{{flagathlete|[[Emmanuel M'pioh]]|CGO}} || ?
|{{flagathlete|[[Sylvestre Hanyurwimfura]]|RWA}} || ?
|-
|110 m hurdles
|{{flagathlete|[[Denis Dakréo]]|CMR}} || 14.5 {{AthAbbr|GR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Mabikana]]|CGO}} || 14.6
|{{flagathlete|[[Jean-François Boussongou]]|GAB}} || 15.1
|-
|400 m hurdles
|{{flagathlete|[[Denis Dakréo]]|CMR}} || 52.6 {{AthAbbr|GR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Albert Toro (athlete)|Albert Toro]]|CAF}} || 53.2
|{{flagathlete|[[Albert Ekoté]]|CGO}} || 55.0
|-
|High jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Ngadjadoum]]|CHA}} || 2.13 m {{AthAbbr|GR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Oussame Mouangangbame]]|CHA}} || 2.00 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Georges Banthoud]]|CGO}} || 1.95 m
|-
|Pole vault
|{{flagathlete|[[Jean-Prosper Tsondzabéka]]|CGO}} || 3.60 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Daniel Elebou]]|CGO}} || 3.60 m
|{{flagathlete|[[?. Hicuburundi]]|BDI}} || 3.60 m
|-
|Long jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Kémobé Djimassal]]|CHA}} || 7.25 m
|{{flagathlete|[[?. Tetimian]]|CHA}} || 7.01 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Gilbert Babakala]]|CGO}} || 6.94 m
|-
|Triple jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Simon Dégoto]]|CAF}} || 14.54 m
|{{flagathlete|[[?. Mahamat]]|CHA}} || 14.54 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Kémobé Djimassal]]|CHA}} || 14.49 m
|-
|Shot put
|{{flagathlete|[[Oumarou Poro]]|CMR}} || 14.89 m {{AthAbbr|GR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Claude Bessala]]|CMR}} || 14.75 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Casimir Molongo]]|CGO}} || 14.42 m
|-
|Discus throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Jean-Emmanuel Vanlier]]|CMR}} || 49.04 m {{AthAbbr|GR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Casimir Molongo]]|CGO}} || 45.74 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Isaac Tchoué]]|CMR}} || 43.84 m
|-
|Javelin throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Elie Yanyambal]]|CHA}} || 68.80 m
|{{flagathlete|[[François Ganongo]]|CGO}} || 68.64 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Degaulle Gamy]]|CHA}} || 68.16 m
|-
|4 × 100 m relay
|{{flagteam|CGO}} || 40.3 {{AthAbbr|GR}}
|{{flagteam|CAF}} || 41.3
|{{flagteam|CMR}} || 41.5
|-
|4 × 400 m relay
|{{flagteam|CHA}} || 3:14.9
|{{flagteam|CMR}} || 3:15.4
|{{flagteam|CAF}} || 3:17.8
|}

===Women===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|100 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Brigitte Baégné]]|CGO}} || 12.0
|{{flagathlete|[[Colette Raoumbé]]|GAB}} || 12.2
|{{flagathlete|[[?. Sissa]]|CMR}} || 12.4
|-
|200 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Colette Raoumbé]]|GAB}} || 25.4
|{{flagathlete|[[Brigitte Baégné]]|CGO}} || 25.5
|{{flagathlete|[[?. Ozoumet]]|CGO}} || 25.9
|-
|400 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Agathe Ngo Nack]]|CMR}} || 58.2
|{{flagathlete|[[Claudine Lemongo]]|CMR}} || 58.2
|{{flagathlete|[[Véronique Koumba]]|GAB}} || 59.3
|-
|800 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Eulalie Mbourou]]|GAB}} || 2:17.8
|{{flagathlete|[[Claudine Lemongo]]|CMR}} || 2:22.0
|{{flagathlete|[[Lea Oumba]]|CGO}} || 2:23.1
|-
|1500 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Eulalie Mbourou]]|GAB}} || 4:52.4
|{{flagathlete|[[Sophie Ngo Nkot]]|CMR}} || 4:53.7
|{{flagathlete|[[Catherine Tsatsa]]|CGO}} || 4:56.2
|-
|High jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Cécile Ngambi]]|CMR}} || 1.65 m
|{{flagathlete|[[?. Ngo Mbock]]|CMR}} || 1.65 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Myriam Mahamat]]|CHA}} || 1.59 m
|-
|Long jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Rhoda Idowu]]|CMR}} || 5.60 m {{AthAbbr|GR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[?. Fube]]|CMR}} || 5.44 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Colette Raoumbé]]|GAB}} || 5.38 m
|-
|Shot put
|{{flagathlete|[[Germaine Wonja]]|CMR}} || 11.51 m
|{{flagathlete|[[?. Bouanga]]|CGO}} || 11.22 m
|{{flagathlete|[[?. Manyongha]]|CMR}} || 11.21 m
|-
|Discus throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Germaine Wonja]]|CMR}} || 35.28 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Myriame Mekonodji]]|CHA}} || 34.20 m
|{{flagathlete|[[?. Manyongha]]|CMR}} || 32.66 m
|-
|Javelin throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Agnès Tchuinté]]|CMR}} || 43.56 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Marie-Jacqueline Azambou]]|CMR}} || 39.60 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Yvonne Makouala]]|CGO}} || 36.52 m
|-
|4 × 100 m relay
|{{flagteam|CMR}} || 48.5
|{{flagteam|GAB}} || 50.1
|{{flagteam|CGO}} || 50.3
|-
|4 × 400 m relay
|{{flagteam|CGO}} || 4:06.2
|{{flagteam|GAB}} || 4:06.7
!colspan=2|Only 2 teams finished
|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | flag_template  = flagIOC2team
 | event          = Central African Games
 | host           = GAB
 | host_GAB       = yes
 | team           = 
 |gold_CGO = 6 | silver_CGO= 9 | bronze_CGO = 12
 |gold_CMR = 13 | silver_CMR = 9 | bronze_CMR = 6
 |gold_CHA = 5 | silver_CHA = 5 | bronze_CHA = 3
 |gold_BDI = 1 | silver_BDI = 2 | bronze_BDI = 3
 |gold_RWA = 1 | bronze_RWA = 1
 |gold_CAF = 1 | silver_CAF = 2 | bronze_CAF = 1
 |gold_GAB = 3 | silver_GAB = 4 | bronze_GAB = 4
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
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*[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cafg.htm Central African Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.

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