African Championships in Athletics

The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), the continental association for the sport in Africa. Since its inaugural edition in 1979 it was at first organised intermittently with nine editions held in fourteen years until 1993. Following the tenth edition in 1996 it has been organised biennially on even years, and is always held in the same year as the Summer Olympics. The 21st edition was held in Asaba, Nigeria in August 2018.

African Championships in Athletics
SportAthletics
Founded1979
No. of teams54
ContinentAfrica (CAA)
Most recent
champion(s)
Last winners lists

The event featured a men's marathon from 1979 to 1990. Following it being dropped from the programme an African Marathon Championships was briefly contested.[1] The event programme has roughly matched that of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, with the exception of the 50 kilometres race walk.[2]

The following list shows changes to the event programme:

Championships

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Edition Year City Country Date Venue Events Nations Athletes Top of the
medal table
1 1979 Dakar   Senegal 2–5 August Stade Demba 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 21–26 June Japoma Stadium 45 54 800   South Africa
24 2026 Accra[7]   Ghana Legon Sports Stadium

Championship records

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Statistics

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Points Wins by country

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Overall points winners
Country First Second Third Total
  South Africa 9 3 2 14
  Nigeria 8 5 6 19
  Kenya 5 8 7 20
  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 (1979–2024)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Nigeria16513198394
2  Kenya159141124424
3  South Africa145132118395
4  Algeria805674210
5  Morocco535182186
6  Ethiopia506763180
7  Senegal435555153
8  Tunisia394135115
9  Egypt365951146
10  Ghana353531101
11  Ivory Coast26333392
12  Botswana2414745
13  Cameroon20333790
14  Burkina Faso912930
15  Madagascar95923
16  Mauritius8232051
17  Uganda8141941
18  Mozambique63110
19  Sudan59721
20  Gabon52613
21  Seychelles47718
22  Namibia43613
23  Tanzania36312
24  Zambia35513
25  Djibouti34411
26  Liberia32510
27  Benin3047
28  Burundi23712
29  Chad2237
30  Gambia2158
31  Zimbabwe17513
32  Central African Republic1135
33  DR Congo1113
  Guinea1113
35  Niger1102
36  Eritrea1023
  Lesotho1023
  Rwanda1023
39  Angola1012
  Libya1012
41  Eswatini1001
42  Congo0347
  Mali0347
44  Togo0224
45  Guinea-Bissau0101
  Somalia0101
47  Malawi0011
Totals (47 entries)9659709572,892

Most successful athletes

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The best athletes of these championships are:

Men   Hakim Toumi 7 gold medals
Women   Zoubida Laayouni 7 gold medals

References

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  1. ^ African Marathon Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-05.
  2. ^ African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-05.
  3. ^ 19th Africa Senior Championships. Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-05.
  4. ^ "20th Africa Senior championships 2016 in South Africa". Archived from the original on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Omanyala among stars set to feature at return of African Athletics Championships in Mauritius". 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Le Cameroun accueille les Championnats d'Afrique d'athlétisme 2024 en juin". Actu Cameroun. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  7. ^ Yomi, Omogbeja (23 June 2024). "Ghana to host CAA African Athletics Senior Championships 2026". athletics.africa. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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