List of African Championships in Athletics records

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List of African Championships in Athletics records - Wikipedia

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The African Championships in Athletics is a quadrennial event which began in 1979. Confederation of African Athletics accepts only athletes who are representing one of the organisation's African member states and the body recognises records set at editions of the African Athletics Championships.

Men's records

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	9.94	Seun Ogunkoya	Nigeria	19 August 1998	1998 Championships	Dakar, Senegal
200 m	19.99	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	22 August 1998	1998 Championships	Dakar, Senegal
400 m	44.23	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	12 August 2014	2014 Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	^[1]
800 m	1:42.84 A	David Rudisha	Kenya	30 July 2010	2010 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	^[2]
1500 m	3:33.95	Brian Komen	Kenya	26 June 2024	2024 Championships	Douala, Cameroon	^[3]
5000 m	13:09.68	Simon Chemoiywo	Kenya	27 June 1993	1993 Championships	Durban, South Africa
10000 m	27:19.74	Kenneth Kipkemoi	Kenya	28 June 2012	2012 Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin	^[4]
110 m hurdles	13.49 (+0.4 m/s)	Louis François Mendy	Senegal	25 June 2024	2024 Championships	Douala, Cameroon	^[5]
110 m hurdles	13.43 NWI	Antonio Alkana	South Africa	25 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa	^[6]
400 m hurdles	48.29	Amadou Dia Ba	Senegal	16 August 1985	1985 Championships	Cairo, Egypt
3000 m steeplechase	8:11.03	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	11 August 2006	2006 Championships	Bambous, Mauritius
High jump	2.34 m	Abderrahmane Hammad	Algeria	14 July 2000	2000 Championships	Algiers, Algeria
High jump	2.34 m	Kabelo Kgosiemang	Botswana	4 May 2008	2008 Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Pole vault	5.41 m	Cheyne Rahme	South Africa	13 August 2014	2014 Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	^[7]
Long jump	8.45 m (-1.2 m/s)	Rushwal Samaai	South Africa	2 August 2018	2018 Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	^[8]
Triple jump	17.23 m	Andrew Owusu	Ghana	19 August 1998	1998 Championships	Dakar, Senegal
Shot put	21.20 m	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi	Nigeria	12 June 2022	2022 Championships	Saint Pierre, Mauritius	^[9]
Discus throw	63.90 m	Oussama Khennoussi	Algeria	23 June 2024	2024 Championships	Douala, Cameroon	^[10]
Hammer throw	79.09 m	Mostafa Al-Gamel	Egypt	13 August 2014	2014 Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	^[11]
Javelin throw	87.26 m	Tom Petranoff	South Africa	28 June 1992	1992 Championships	Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius
Decathlon	8311 pts	Larbi Bourrada	Algeria	10–11 August 2014	2014 Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	^[12]
Decathlon	10.90 (+1.0 m/s) (100 m), 7.45 m (+1.1 m/s) (long jump), 13.20 m (shot put), 2.04 m (high jump), 48.33 (400 m) / 14.33 (+0.2 m/s)(110 m hurdles), 39.99 m (discus), 4.90 m (pole vault), 64.60 m (javelin), 4:20.05 (1500 m)						^[12]
20 km walk	1:19:24 NR	Samuel Ireri Gathimba	Kenya	26 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa	^[13]
4 × 100 m relay	38.25	Akani Simbine Simon Magakwe Emile Erasmus Henricho Bruintjies	South Africa	3 August 2018	2018 Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	^[14]
4 × 400 m relay	3:00.92	Aron Koech Alphas Kishoyian Jared Momanyi Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	5 August 2018	2018 Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	^[15]

Women's records

Event

Record

Name

Nationality

Date

Meet

Place

Ref

100 m

10.99 (+2.0 m/s)

Murielle Ahouré

Ivory Coast

23 June 2016

2016 Championships

Durban, South Africa

^[16]

200 m

22.22

Falilat Ogunkoya

Nigeria

22 August 1998

1998 Championships

Dakar, Senegal

400 m

49.54 NR

Amantle Montsho

Botswana

29 June 2012

2012 Championships

Porto-Novo, Benin

^[17]

800 m

1:56.06

Caster Semenya

South Africa

5 August 2018

2018 Championships

Asaba, Nigeria

^[18]

1500 m

4:01.99 PB

Caster Semenya

South Africa

24 June 2016

2016 Championships

Durban, South Africa

^[19]

5000 m

15:05.45

Sheila Chepkirui

Kenya

23 June 2016

2016 Championships

Durban, South Africa

^[20]

10000 m

30:26.94 PB

Alice Aprot

Kenya

25 June 2016

2016 Championships

Durban, South Africa

^[21]

100 m hurdles

12.70 (+1.1 m/s) NR

Ebony Morrison

Liberia

22 June 2024

2024 Championships

Douala, Cameroon

^[22]

400 m hurdles

54.24

Nezha Bidouane

Morocco

22 August 1998

1998 Championships

Dakar, Senegal

3000 m steeplechase

8:59.88

Beatrice Chepkoech

Kenya

5 August 2018

2018 Championships

Asaba, Nigeria

^[23]

High jump

1.95 m

Lucienne N'Da

Ivory Coast

28 June 1992

1992 Championships

Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius

7 August 2002

Radès, Tunisia

4.21 m

Tunisia

10 August 2006

2006 Championships

Bambous, Mauritius

Long jump

6.96 m (+1.7 m/s)

Blessing Okagbare

Nigeria

30 June 2012

2012 Championships

Porto-Novo, Benin

^[24]

Triple jump

14.95 m

Françoise Mbango Etone

Cameroon

6 August 2002

2002 Championships

Radès, Tunisia

Shot put

18.86 m AR

Vivian Chukwuemeka

Nigeria

1 July 2012

2012 Championships

Porto-Novo, Benin

^[25]

Discus throw

59.79 m

Chinwe Okoro

Nigeria

12 August 2014

2014 Championships

Marrakech, Morocco

^[26]

Hammer throw

68.35 m

Amy Sène

Senegal

22 June 2016

2016 Championships

Durban, South Africa

^[27]

Javelin throw

65.32 m

Sunette Viljoen

South Africa

13 August 2014

2014 Championships

Marrakech, Morocco

^[28]

Heptathlon

6153 pts NR

Uhunoma Osazuwa

Nigeria

24–25 June 2016

2016 Championships

Durban, South Africa

^[29]

100m H (wind)	High jump	Shot put	200m (wind)	Long jump (wind)	Javelin	800m
13.32 (+1.4)	1.83m	12.87m	24.19 (nw)	6.24m (0.0)	36.30m	2:17.50

20 km walk (road)

1:30:43 AR

Grace Wanjiru Njue

Kenya

26 June 2016

2016 Championships

Durban, South Africa

^[30]

4 × 100 m relay

43.01

Justina Tiana Eyakpobeyan
Tima Seikeseye Godbless
Olayinka Olajide
Tobi Amusan

Nigeria

24 June 2024

2024 Championships

Douala, Cameroon

^[31]

4 × 400 m relay

3:27.31

Patience Okon George
Elizabeth Joseph
Omolara Ogunmakinju
Ella Onojuvwevwo

Nigeria

26 June 2024

2024 Championships

Douala, Cameroon

^[32]

Mixed

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
4 × 400 m relay	3:13.12 NR	Gardeo Isaacs Shirley Nekhubui Mthi Mthimkulu Miranda Coetzee	South Africa	22 June 2024	2024 Championships	Douala, Cameroon	^[33]

Key:
^WR World record	^AR African record	^NR National record	^PB Athlete's personal best

References

General

CAA: African Championships records. 31 May 2019 updated

Specific

^ "African Championships Day 3 Results" (PDF). www.marrakech2014.com. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ "800 Metres Results" (PDF). www.dbresults.net. 2010-07-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
^ "Men's 1500m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ Evelyn Watta (29 June 2012). "Milama wins first-ever sprint title for Gabon - African champs, Day 2". IAAF. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
^ "Men's 110m Hurdles Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "African Championships 2016 – Men's 110m Hurdles Results". CAA. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "African Championships Day 4 Results" (PDF). www.marrakech2014.com. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ Bob Ramsak (2 August 2018). "Obiri and Ta Lou dominate in Asaba, Samaai defeats Manyonga - African Championships, day two". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
^ "Kenya top medals table at African Athletics Championships". BBC. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ "Men's Discus Throw Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "African Championships Day 4 Results" (PDF). www.marrakech2014.com. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ "African Championships Day 2 Results" (PDF). www.marrakech2014.com. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ "African Championships 2016 – Men's 20km Race Walk Results". CAA. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ Bob Ramsak (3 August 2018). "Semenya clocks 49.96, Amos defeats Korir in Asaba - African Championships, day three". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
^ Bob Ramsak (5 August 2018). "Kenya takes six more titles as African Championships conclude in Asaba". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
^ "African Championships 2016 Day 2 Results" (PDF). CAA. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ "African Athletics Championships/ women's 400m: Montsho sets new record". www.starafrica.com. 29 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
^ Bob Ramsak (5 August 2018). "Kenya takes six more titles as African Championships conclude in Asaba". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
^ "African Championships 2016 – Women's 1500m Results". CAA. 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ "African Championships 2016 Day 2 Results" (PDF). CAA. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ "African Championships 2016 – Women's 10000m Results". CAA. 25 June 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "Women's 100m Hurdles Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ Bob Ramsak (5 August 2018). "Kenya takes six more titles as African Championships conclude in Asaba". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
^ Mark Ouma (30 June 2012). "Montsho, Makwala, Morton sparkle on Day Three-African Champs". www.africanathletics.org. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
^ Evelyn Watta (2 July 2012). "Burundian teen Niyonsaba takes dramatic 800m title as Nigeria top medal table in Porto-Novo - African champs, Day 5". IAAF. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
^ "African Championships Day 3 Results" (PDF). www.marrakech2014.com. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ "African Championships 2016 Day 2 Results" (PDF). CAA. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ "African Championships Day 4 Results" (PDF). www.marrakech2014.com. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ Wesley Botton (25 June 2016). "Aprot takes African 10,000m title". IAAF. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "African Championships 2016 – 20km Race Walk Results". CAA. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
^ "Women's 4×100m Relay Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "Women's 4×100m Relay Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "Mixed 4×400m Relay Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

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