African Athletics Championships
The 2020 edition originally scheduled for Al-Jaza’ir (ALG) from 24 to 28 June 2000 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
| Year |
Host City |
Country |
Held |
Events |
Competitors |
Countries |
| 1979 |
Dakar |
 SEN |
2 – 5 August 1979 |
39 |
115 |
17 |
| 1982 |
Al-Qahira |
 EGY |
25 – 28 August 2002 |
39 |
114 |
15 |
| 1984 |
Rabat |
 MAR |
12 – 15 July 1984 |
38 |
111 |
14 |
| 1985 |
Al-Qahira |
EGY |
15 – 18 August 1985 |
40 |
118 |
17 |
| 1988 |
Annaba |
 ALG |
29 August – 2 September 1988 |
41 |
128 |
19 |
| 1989 |
Lagos |
 NGR |
4 – 8 August 1989 |
41 |
95 |
14 |
| 1990 |
Al-Qahira |
EGY |
3 – 6 October 1990 |
41 |
129 |
14 |
| 1992 |
Belle Vue Maurel |
 MRI |
25 – 28 June 1992 |
41 |
132 |
15 |
| 1993 |
Durban |
 RSA |
23 – 27 June 1993 |
41 |
135 |
16 |
| 1996 |
Yaoundé |
 CMR |
13 – 16 June 1996 |
40 |
114 |
20 |
| 1998 |
Dakar |
SEN |
18 – 22 August 1998 |
42 |
145 |
22 |
| 2000 |
Al-Jaza'ir |
ALG |
10 – 14 July 2000 |
43 |
141 |
20 |
| 2002 |
Radès |
 TUN |
6 – 10 August 2002 |
43 |
145 |
21 |
| 2004 |
Brazzaville |
 CGO |
14 – 18 July 2004 |
44 |
144 |
24 |
| 2006 |
Bambous |
MRI |
9 – 13 August 2006 |
44 |
146 |
23 |
| 2008 |
Addis Ababa |
 ETH |
30 April – 4 May 2008 |
44 |
156 |
24 |
| 2010 |
Nairobi |
 KEN |
28 July – 1 August 2010 |
44 |
154 |
24 |
| 2012 |
Porto-Novo |
 BEN |
27 June – 1 July 2012 |
44 |
154 |
23 |
| 2014 |
Marrakech |
MAR |
10 – 14 August 2014 |
44 |
149 |
21 |
| 2016 |
Durban |
RSA |
22 – 26 June 2016 |
44 |
146 |
22 |
| 2018 |
Asaba |
NGR |
1 – 5 August 2018 |
44 |
151 |
23 |
| 2022 |
Saint Pierre |
MRI |
8 – 12 June 2022 |
45 |
163 |
23 |
Medal table
| Pos |
Country |
🥇 Gold |
🥈 Silver |
🥉 Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
Nigeria |
NGR |
160 |
126 |
92 |
378 |
| 2 |
Kenya |
KEN |
158 |
135 |
118 |
411 |
| 3 |
South Africa |
RSA |
138 |
128 |
111 |
377 |
| 4 |
Algeria |
ALG |
77 |
54 |
79 |
210 |
| 5 |
Morocco |
MAR |
53 |
48 |
78 |
179 |
| 6 |
Ethiopia |
ETH |
47 |
56 |
63 |
166 |
| 7 |
Senegal |
SEN |
40 |
55 |
54 |
149 |
| 8 |
Tunisia |
TUN |
39 |
41 |
36 |
116 |
| 9 |
Egypt |
EGY |
35 |
57 |
48 |
140 |
| 10 |
Ghana |
 GHA |
31 |
34 |
32 |
97 |
| 11 |
Ivory Coast |
 CIV |
25 |
32 |
32 |
89 |
| 12 |
Botswana |
 BOT |
22 |
11 |
6 |
39 |
| 13 |
Cameroon |
CMR |
20 |
31 |
35 |
86 |
| 14 |
Madagascar |
 MAD |
9 |
6 |
8 |
23 |
| 15 |
Mauritius |
MRI |
8 |
23 |
20 |
51 |
| 16 |
Burkina Faso |
 BUR |
8 |
11 |
9 |
28 |
| 17 |
Uganda |
 UGA |
6 |
14 |
17 |
37 |
| 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 |
Namibia |
 NAM |
3 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
| 24 |
Zambia |
 ZAM |
3 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
| 25 |
Burundi |
 BDI |
2 |
3 |
8 |
13 |
| 26 |
Djibouti |
 DJI |
2 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
| 27 |
Chad |
 CHA |
2 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
| 28 |
Benin |
BEN |
2 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
| 29 |
Zimbabwe |
 ZIM |
1 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
| 30 |
Gambia |
 GAM |
1 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
| 31 |
Lesotho |
 LES |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| 32 |
Central African Republic |
 CAF |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
| 33 |
Guinea |
 GUI |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| = |
Niger |
 NIG |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| 35 |
Eritrea |
 ERI |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| = |
Rwanda |
 RWA |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| 37 |
Angola |
 ANG |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| = |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
 COD |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| = |
Libya |
 LBA |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 40 |
Eswatini |
 SWZ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 41 |
Congo |
CGO |
0 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
| 42 |
Mali |
 MLI |
0 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
| 43 |
Togo |
 TOG |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| 44 |
Liberia |
 LBR |
0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
| 45 |
Guinea Bissau |
 GBS |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
Somalia |
 SOM |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |