The African Championships in Athletics is a continental

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event organized by the

Confederation of African Athletics The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA; French: ''Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme'') is the continental association for the sport of athletics in Africa. It is headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. It organises the African Championships in ...

(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,

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in August 2018. 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.African Marathon Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-05. The event programme has roughly matched that of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, with the exception of the

50 kilometres race walk The 50 kilometre race walk was an Olympic athletics event that first appeared in 1932 and made its final Olympic appearance in 2021. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the ...

.African Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-05. The following list shows changes to the event programme: *1982, women's heptathlon and men's 20 km walk were added to replace women's pentathlon and men's

10 km walk The 10 kilometres race walk, or 10-kilometer racewalk, is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it ...

. *1985, women's 10,000 m was added. *1988, women's 5 km walk was added. Discontinued since 1998. *1992, women's

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

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 The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consist ...

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

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

was added. Women's

was also added before being held again in 2002 and discontinued. *2004, women's

3000 m steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres, which derives its name from the ho ...

and 20 km walk were added. *2022, mixed

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...

was added.

Championships

Championship records

Statistics

Points Wins by country

All-time medal table (1979–2022)

Most successful athletes

The best athletes of these championships are: Men Hakim Toumi 7 gold medals
Women Zoubida Laayouni 7 gold medals

References

External links

Confederation of African Athletics
{{DEFAULTSORT:African Championships in Athletics Continental athletics championships Confederation of African Athletics competitions Recurring sporting events established in 1979

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

Biennial athletics competitions