African Athletics U20 Championships

Sport Athletics
Competition Category Continental Championships
Years 1994—2019
Editions 14
Competitors 1533
Countries 36

Editions

Year Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1994 Al-Jaza'ir ALG 6 – 8 July 1994 40 107 14
1995 Bouaké CIV 20 – 22 July 1995 36 76 15
1997 Ibadan NGR 20 – 23 August 1997 43 96 14
1999 Tunis TUN 22 – 25 July 1999 43 127 19
2001 Reduit MRI 17 – 20 August 2001 41 110 18
2003 Garoua CMR 31 July – 3 August 2003 44 117 18
2005 Radès TUN 1 – 4 September 2005 44 126 14
2007 Ouagadougou BUR 9 – 12 August 2007 43 109 19
2009 Bambous MRI 30 July – 2 August 2009 41 124 17
2011 Gaborone BOT 12 – 15 May 2011 44 141 17
2013 Bambous MRI 29 – 31 August 2013 40 120 16
2015 Addis Abeba ETH 5 – 8 March 2015 43 135 16
2017 Tlemcen ALG 29 June – 2 July 2017 43 133 13
2019 Abidjan CIV 16 – 20 April 2019 42 114 18

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 South Africa RSA 118 78 56 252
2 Kenya KEN 93 84 37 214
3 Nigeria NGR 78 59 44 181
4 Ethiopia ETH 53 66 76 195
5 Egypt EGY 52 49 29 130
6 Algeria ALG 43 48 57 148
7 Morocco MAR 26 37 45 108
8 Tunisia TUN 24 24 49 97
9 Ghana GHA 13 22 21 56
10 Mauritius MRI 11 23 25 59
11 Sudan SUD 11 6 4 21
12 Senegal SEN 10 13 15 38
13 Uganda UGA 9 4 11 24
14 Burkina Faso BUR 6 12 15 33
15 Zimbabwe ZIM 6 10 7 23
16 Botswana BOT 5 9 19 33
17 Cameroon CMR 5 8 8 21
18 Ivory Coast CIV 5 5 14 24
19 Seychelles SEY 4 6 7 17
20 Gambia GAM 4 3 3 10
21 Namibia NAM 2 4 8 14
22 Mali MLI 2 1 5 8
23 Madagascar MAD 2 0 2 4
24 Libya LBA 1 2 0 3
25 Lesotho LES 1 1 1 3
= Togo TOG 1 1 1 3
27 Burundi BDI 1 0 1 2
28 Comoros COM 1 0 0 1
= Mozambique MOZ 1 0 0 1
30 Gabon GAB 0 3 0 3
31 Benin BEN 0 2 1 3
= Zambia ZAM 0 2 1 3
33 Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 0 1 0 1
34 Eritrea ERI 0 0 4 4
35 Congo CGO 0 0 1 1
= Rwanda RWA 0 0 1 1