Discus
- South Africa's Frantz Kruger couldn't go to Tunis, because of obligations related to his medical studies in Bloemfontein. He should however be included in the African team for the world cup next month. Kruger absent, his fellow countryman Janus Robberts, not really exhausted after his participation in the shot put, won the event.
Decathlon
- A record was probably broken with no fewer than 9 false starts in the only 100m heat and two ahtletes out after the first event : Mostafa Taha Kheirallah (Egypt) was disqualified whereas Selwyn Lieutier (Mauritius) couldn't finish the race because of an injury.
400m
- Kenyan Ezrah Sambu apparently missed the 400m final because he wasn't back on time from the airport where he was processing his return ticket.
- Edmonton world champion Amy Mbacke Thiam didn't take part in the final as she felt a pain in her thigh after the heat.
Sprints
- A sprinter from Chad, who underwent a crisis of madness, laid into the officials present on the stadium. He was immediately brought under control and arrested by the police forces.
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