African Competitions in Athletics
Subcategories
African Championships in Athletics 22
| 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. |
African Cross Country Championships 7
The competition had a one off edition in 1985 in Nairobi, Kenya, and the medallists were mostly from the host nation. Following an announcement by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) that the IAAF World Cross Country Championships would change to a biennial format, the Confederation of African Athletics stated that the 2011 African Cross Country Championships would be held in Cape Town, South Africa, marking a relaunch of the competition.
African Junior Championships 15
The African Junior Athletics Championships is a biennial continental athletics event for junior athletes from African nations. Organized by the Confederation of African Athletics and first held in 1994, only athletes aged 19 or under are allowed to compete.
African Race Walking Championships 4
The African Race Walking Championships was a quadrennial race walking competition for athletes representing countries from Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). It was established in 1999 and has featured races for senior men (20 km) and women (10 km in 1999, 20 km from 2005 on). The 2005 edition was held jointly with the African Combined Events Championships. The 2009 edition also featured junior events (10 km men and women). The 2013 men's event was part of the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge.
African Youth Championships 4
The African Youth Athletics Championships is a biennial continental athletics competition for African athletes, organised by the Confederation of African Athletics. First held in 2013, it is a youth category event open to athletes aged fifteen to seventeen in the year of competition.
All African Games 13
Athletics was an African Games event at its inaugural edition in 1965 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.
Central African Games 3
Athletics was one of the sports at the Central African Games, and featured on the programme at all three editions of the competition, in 1976, 1981 and 1987.
Maghreb Championships 12
The Maghreb Athletics Championships was an international athletics competition between athletes from countries of the Maghreb. The event was hosted eleven times during its existence from the late 1960s to 1990.
Organised by the Union des Fédérations d'Athlétisme du Maghreb Uni (UFAMU), the competition was first held in 1967. It was an annual competition until 1971, at which point it changed to a biennial format. The event schedule was disrupted after 1975, with the final four editions being held in 1981, 1983, 1986 and 1990. The competing nations were principally Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, although Libya was present for a handful of editions (1969, 1981, and 1983).
West African Athletics Championships 4
The West African Athletics Championships is an international athletics competition between West African nations, organised by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA)
