The 2010

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 ...

was held in

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from 28 July to 1 August 2010.

Background

The African Championships in Athletics were held in Kenya for the first time. Previously two major athletics events have been held in Kenya, namely

1987 All-Africa Games The 4th All-Africa Games were played from August 1, 1987, to August 12, 1987, in Nairobi, Kenya. 42 countries participated in fourteen sports. From the beginning the intent had been to hold the African Games every four years. Economic difficulti ...

and

2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24, 2007. The races were held at the Mombasa Golf Course in Mombasa, Kenya. Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races encom ...

Preparations

The championships were awarded to Kenya at the April 2007

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Congress in

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. The event was originally scheduled to be held from April 28 to May 2, 2010, but due to delayed preparations the event was moved forward. The

Moi International Sports Centre The Moi International Sports Centre (abbreviated as MISC) is a multi-purpose stadium in Kasarani, Kenya. It was built in 1987 for the All-Africa Games held in Nairobi. The facilities include a 60,000 seat arena with a running track and a pitch u ...

was initially set to become the host venue, but it was later changed to the smaller

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Men's results

Track

Field

Women's results

Track

Field

Medal table

Participating nations

* (16) * (6) * (5) * (14) * (12) * (8) * (12) * (1) * (10) * (11) * (2) * (14) * (2) * (6) * (63) * (2) * (3) * (14) * (2) * (106) * (2) * (5) * (3) * (6) * (1) * (5) * (15) * (19) * (5) * (6) * (37) * (7) * (14) * (13) * (14) * (1) * (5) * (41) * (7) * (1) * (21) * (4) * (7) * (27) * (9) * (4)

References

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External links

Confederation of African Athletics website
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