African Championships in Athletics

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 athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics. It is generally organised biennially, meaning every four years it is held in the same year as the Summer Olympics. The 2014 edition was held in Marrakech, Morocco.

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. The event programme has roughly matched that of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, with the exception of the 50 kilometres race walk.

Edition

	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Nations	No. of Athletes	Winning Nation
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	39	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	Tunis / Radès	Tunisia	6–10 August	Rades Olympic Stadium	43	42	417	South Africa
14	2004	Brazzaville	Republic of the 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	51	800	Nigeria
19	2014	Marrakech	Morocco	10–14 August	Stade de Marrakech	44	47	548	South Africa
20	2016		South Africa
21	2018		Nigeria
22	2020		Algeria

Statistics

Wins by country

Overall points winners

Country	Winners	Second	Third	Total
Nigeria	8	5	2	15
South Africa	7	1	2	10
Kenya	3	6	7	16
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 (1979–2014)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria	142	112	78	332
2	Kenya	125	115	99	339
3	South Africa	104	91	80	275
4	Algeria	69	49	71	189
5	Morocco	50	43	71	164
6	Ethiopia	39	45	49	133
7	Senegal	38	53	53	144
8	Tunisia	36	36	26	98
9	Egypt	33	52	41	126
10	Ghana	31	30	29	90
11	Ivory Coast	20	29	27	76
12	Cameroon	19	25	31	75
13	Botswana	13	7	4	24
14	Madagascar	9	5	7	21
15	Mauritius	8	22	20	50
16	Uganda	6	13	13	32
17	Mozambique	6	3	1	10
18	Sudan	5	9	7	21
19	Burkina Faso	5	5	9	19
20	Gabon	5	1	6	12
21	Seychelles	3	7	7	17
22	Tanzania	3	6	3	12
23	Namibia	3	3	4	10
24	Djibouti	2	3	2	7
25	Burundi	2	2	7	11
26	Chad	2	2	3	7
27	Zimbabwe	1	5	4	10
28	Central African Republic	1	1	2	4
29	Zambia	1	1	1	3
30	Guinea	1	1	0	2
31	Rwanda	1	0	2	3
32	Angola	1	0	1	2
	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1	0	1	2
	Eritrea	1	0	1	2
	Lesotho	1	0	1	2
	Libya	1	0	1	2
37	Republic of the Congo	0	3	3	6
	Mali	0	3	3	6
39	Togo	0	2	2	4
40	Somalia	0	1	0	1
41	Gambia	0	0	4	4
42	Benin	0	0	3	3
43	Liberia	0	0	2	2
Total		788	785	779	2352

External links

• Confederation of African Athletics