African Athletics Championships

The 2020 edition originally scheduled for Al-Jaza’ir (ALG) from 24 to 28 June 2020 was first moved to Oran (ALG) and rescheduled to 1 to 5 June 2021 and later again moved to 22 to 26 June 2021 all due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally the event was relocated to Lagos (NGR) and rescheduled to 23 to 27 June 2021 before being finally cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1979 African Athletics Championships	Dakar	SEN	2 – 5 August 1979	39	115	17
1982 African Athletics Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	25 – 28 August 2002	39	114	15
1984 African Athletics Championships	Rabat	MAR	12 – 15 July 1984	38	111	14
1985 African Athletics Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	15 – 18 August 1985	40	118	17
1988 African Athletics Championships	Annaba	ALG	29 August – 2 September 1988	41	128	19
1989 African Athletics Championships	Lagos	NGR	4 – 8 August 1989	41	95	14
1990 African Athletics Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	3 – 6 October 1990	41	129	14
1992 African Athletics Championships	Belle Vue Maurel	MRI	25 – 28 June 1992	41	132	15
1993 African Athletics Championships	Durban	RSA	23 – 27 June 1993	41	135	16
1996 African Athletics Championships	Yaoundé	CMR	13 – 16 June 1996	40	114	20
1998 African Athletics Championships	Dakar	SEN	18 – 22 August 1998	42	145	22
2000 African Athletics Championships	Al-Jaza'ir	ALG	10 – 14 July 2000	43	141	20
2002 African Athletics Championships	Radès	TUN	6 – 10 August 2002	43	145	21
2004 African Athletics Championships	Brazzaville	CGO	14 – 18 July 2004	44	144	24
2006 African Athletics Championships	Bambous	MRI	9 – 13 August 2006	44	146	23
2008 African Athletics Championships	Addis Ababa	ETH	30 April – 4 May 2008	44	157	24
2010 African Athletics Championships	Nairobi	KEN	28 July – 1 August 2010	44	154	24
2012 African Athletics Championships	Porto-Novo	BEN	27 June – 1 July 2012	44	154	23
2014 African Athletics Championships	Marrakech	MAR	10 – 14 August 2014	44	149	21
2016 African Athletics Championships	Durban	RSA	22 – 26 June 2016	44	146	22
2018 African Athletics Championships	Asaba	NGR	1 – 5 August 2018	44	151	23
2022 African Athletics Championships	Saint Pierre	MRI	8 – 12 June 2022	45	163	23
2024 African Athletics Championships	Douala	CMR	21 – 26 June 2024	45	152	27

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria	NGR	165	132	96	393
2	Kenya	KEN	163	142	125	430
3	South Africa	RSA	147	131	117	395
4	Algeria	ALG	80	59	80	219
5	Morocco	MAR	53	49	80	182
6	Ethiopia	ETH	52	60	64	176
7	Senegal	SEN	43	55	54	152
8	Tunisia	TUN	39	42	37	118
9	Egypt	EGY	36	59	50	145
10	Ghana	GHA	33	35	32	100
11	Ivory Coast	CIV	26	33	34	93
12	Botswana	BOT	24	14	7	45
13	Cameroon	CMR	20	34	39	93
14	Burkina Faso	BUR	9	12	9	30
15	Madagascar	MAD	9	6	9	24
16	Mauritius	MRI	8	23	20	51
17	Uganda	UGA	8	14	20	42
18	Sudan	SUD	6	9	7	22
19	Mozambique	MOZ	6	4	1	11
20	Gabon	GAB	5	2	6	13
21	Seychelles	SEY	4	7	7	18
22	Tanzania	TAN	3	6	3	12
23	Zambia	ZAM	3	5	5	13
24	Namibia	NAM	3	4	6	13
25	Djibouti	DJI	3	4	3	10
26	Liberia	LBR	3	2	5	10
27	Benin	BEN	3	0	4	7
28	Burundi	BDI	2	3	8	13
29	Chad	CHA	2	2	3	7
30	Gambia	GAM	2	1	6	9
31	Zimbabwe	ZIM	1	7	5	13
32	Central African Republic	CAF	1	1	3	5
=	Lesotho	LES	1	1	3	5
34	Guinea	GUI	1	1	1	3
35	Niger	NIG	1	1	0	2
36	Eritrea	ERI	1	0	2	3
=	Rwanda	RWA	1	0	2	3
38	Angola	ANG	1	0	1	2
=	Democratic Republic of the Congo	COD	1	0	1	2
=	Libya	LBA	1	0	1	2
41	Eswatini	SWZ	1	0	0	1
42	Congo	CGO	0	4	5	9
43	Mali	MLI	0	3	4	7
44	Togo	TOG	0	2	2	4
45	Guinea Bissau	GBS	0	1	0	1
=	Somalia	SOM	0	1	0	1
47	Malawi	MAW	0	0	1	1