African Championships in Athletics
Sport | Athletics |
---|---|
Founded | 1979 |
No. of teams | 54 |
Continent | Africa (CAA) |
Most recent champion(s) | Last winners lists |
The African Championships in Athletics is a continental
Asaba, Nigeria
in August 2018.
The event featured a men's
IAAF World Championships in Athletics, with the exception of the 50 kilometres race walk.[2]
The following list shows changes to the event programme:
- 1982, women's 10 km walk.
- 1985, women's 10,000 mwas added.
- 1988, women's 5 km walk was added. Discontinued since 1998.
- 1992, women's triple jump was added. Men's marathon, held from 1979 to 1990 (with the exception of 1984) was permanently dropped.
- 1996, women's 5000 metres was added.
- 1998, women's hammer throw was added. Women's 3000 metres was permanently removed from the programme, while men's 3000 metres event was held for the only time.
- 2000, women's 10 km walkwas also added before being held again in 2002 and discontinued.
- 2004, women's 20 km walkwere added.
- 2022, mixed 4 × 400 metres relay was added.
Championships
Edition | Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | Events | Nations | Athletes | Top of the medal table |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1979 | Dakar | Senegal | 2–5 August | Stade Iba Mar Diop | 39 | 24 | 251 | Nigeria |
2 | 1982 | Cairo | Egypt | 25–28 August | Cairo International Stadium | 39 | 18 | 297 | Kenya |
3 | 1984 | Rabat | Morocco | 12–15 July | Stade Moulay Abdellah
|
38 | 28 | 298 | Kenya |
4 | 1985 | Cairo | Egypt | 15–18 August | Cairo International Stadium | 40 | 24 | 324 | Nigeria |
5 | 1988 | Annaba | Algeria | 29 August – 2 September | Stade 19 Mai 1956
|
41 | 30 | 341 | Nigeria |
6 | 1989 | Lagos | Nigeria | 4–8 August | Lagos National Stadium
|
41 | 27 | 308 | Nigeria |
7 | 1990 | Cairo | Egypt | 3–6 October | Cairo International Stadium | 41 | 23 | 218 | Nigeria |
8 | 1992 | Belle Vue Maurel
|
Mauritius | 25–28 June | Stade Anjalay
|
41 | 24 | 336 | South Africa |
9 | 1993 | Durban | South Africa | 23–27 June | Kings Park Stadium | 41 | 32 | 294 | South Africa |
10 | 1996 | Yaoundé | Cameroon | 13–16 June | Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium | 40 | 33 | 307 | Nigeria |
11 | 1998 | Dakar | Senegal | 18–22 August | Stade Leopold Senghor
|
42 | 39 | 395 | Nigeria |
12 | 2000 | Algiers | Algeria | 10–14 July | Stade 5 Juillet 1962
|
43 | 43 | 411 | Algeria |
13 | 2002 | Radès | Tunisia | 6–10 August | Rades Olympic Stadium
|
43 | 42 | 417 | South Africa |
14 | 2004 | Brazzaville | Congo | 14–18 July | Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat
|
44 | 42 | 431 | South Africa |
15 | 2006 | Bambous | Mauritius | 9–13 August | Stade Germain Comarmond | 44 | 41 | 456 | South Africa |
16 | 2008 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 30 April – 4 May | Addis Ababa Stadium | 44 | 42 | 543 | South Africa |
17 | 2010 | Nairobi | Kenya | 28 July – 1 August | Nyayo Stadium
|
44 | 46 | 588 | Kenya |
18 | 2012 | Porto-Novo | Benin | 27 June – 1 July | Stade Charles de Gaulle | 44 | 47 | 569 | Nigeria |
19 | 2014 | Marrakech[3]
|
Morocco | 10–14 August | Stade de Marrakech | 44 | 47 | 548 | South Africa |
20 | 2016 | Durban[4] | South Africa | 22–26 June | Kings Park Stadium | 44 | 43 | 720 | South Africa |
21 | 2018 | Asaba
|
Nigeria | 1–5 August | Stephen Keshi Stadium
|
44 | 52 | 800 | Kenya |
22 | 2022 | Saint Pierre[5] | Mauritius | 8–12 June | Cote d’Or National Sports Complex | 45 | 50 | 636 | Kenya |
23 | 2024 | Douala[6] | Cameroon | 15–25 June | Stade de la Réunification |
Championship records
Statistics
Points Wins by country
Country | First | Second | Third | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nigeria | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
South Africa | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
Kenya | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
Algeria | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Morocco | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Tunisia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Senegal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
All-time medal table (1979–2022)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nigeria | 160 | 125 | 94 | 379 |
2 | Kenya | 154 | 134 | 117 | 405 |
3 | South Africa | 138 | 127 | 110 | 375 |
4 | Algeria | 77 | 52 | 73 | 202 |
5 | Morocco | 52 | 50 | 81 | 183 |
6 | Ethiopia | 45 | 63 | 62 | 170 |
7 | Senegal | 40 | 55 | 54 | 149 |
8 | Tunisia | 39 | 40 | 35 | 114 |
9 | Egypt | 35 | 57 | 48 | 140 |
10 | Ghana | 33 | 34 | 31 | 98 |
11 | Ivory Coast | 25 | 32 | 31 | 88 |
12 | Botswana | 22 | 11 | 6 | 39 |
13 | Cameroon | 20 | 30 | 34 | 84 |
14 | Madagascar | 9 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
15 | Mauritius | 8 | 23 | 20 | 51 |
16 | Burkina Faso | 8 | 11 | 9 | 28 |
17 | Uganda | 6 | 14 | 16 | 36 |
18 | Mozambique | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
19 | Sudan | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 |
20 | Gabon | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
21 | Seychelles | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
22 | Tanzania | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
23 | Namibia | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
24 | Zambia | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
25 | Burundi | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
26 | Djibouti | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
27 | Chad | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
28 | Benin | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
29 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
30 | Gambia | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
31 | Central African Republic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
32 | DR Congo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
33 | Guinea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Niger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
35 | Eritrea | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Lesotho | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Rwanda | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
38 | Angola | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Libya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
40 | Eswatini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
41 | Congo | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
42 | Mali | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
43 | Togo | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
44 | Liberia | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
45 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (46 entries) | 920 | 925 | 912 | 2757 |
Most successful athletes
The best athletes of these championships are:
Men Hakim Toumi 7 gold medals
Women Zoubida Laayouni 7 gold medals
References
- ^ African Marathon Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-05.
- ^ African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-05.
- ^ 19th Africa Senior Championships. Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-05.
- ^ "20th Africa Senior championships 2016 in South Africa". Archived from the original on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ "Omanyala among stars set to feature at return of African Athletics Championships in Mauritius". 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Le Cameroun accueille les Championnats d'Afrique d'athlétisme 2024 en juin". Actu Cameroun. Retrieved 7 April 2022.