African Athletics Championships
The 2020 edition scheduled for Al-Jaza’ir (ALG) from 24 to 28 June was 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 |
Medal table
Pos |
Country |
🥇 Gold |
🥈 Silver |
🥉 Bronze |
Total |
1 |
Nigeria |
NGR |
155 |
123 |
89 |
367 |
2 |
Kenya |
KEN |
148 |
130 |
110 |
388 |
3 |
South Africa |
RSA |
129 |
114 |
97 |
340 |
4 |
Algeria |
ALG |
72 |
52 |
78 |
202 |
5 |
Morocco |
MAR |
53 |
47 |
76 |
176 |
6 |
Ethiopia |
ETH |
43 |
50 |
59 |
152 |
7 |
Senegal |
SEN |
39 |
54 |
53 |
146 |
8 |
Tunisia |
TUN |
39 |
40 |
34 |
113 |
9 |
Egypt |
EGY |
35 |
56 |
44 |
135 |
10 |
Ghana |
GHA |
30 |
34 |
32 |
96 |
11 |
Ivory Coast |
CIV |
25 |
32 |
32 |
89 |
12 |
Cameroon |
CMR |
20 |
29 |
34 |
83 |
13 |
Botswana |
BOT |
18 |
9 |
5 |
32 |
14 |
Madagascar |
MAD |
9 |
6 |
8 |
23 |
15 |
Mauritius |
MRI |
8 |
22 |
20 |
50 |
16 |
Uganda |
UGA |
6 |
13 |
17 |
36 |
17 |
Burkina Faso |
BUR |
6 |
11 |
9 |
26 |
18 |
Sudan |
SUD |
6 |
9 |
7 |
22 |
19 |
Mozambique |
MOZ |
6 |
4 |
1 |
11 |
20 |
Gabon |
GAB |
5 |
1 |
6 |
12 |
21 |
Seychelles |
SEY |
4 |
7 |
7 |
18 |
22 |
Tanzania |
TAN |
3 |
6 |
3 |
12 |
23 |
Namibia |
NAM |
3 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
24 |
Burundi |
BDI |
2 |
3 |
8 |
13 |
25 |
Djibouti |
DJI |
2 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
26 |
Chad |
CHA |
2 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
27 |
Zambia |
ZAM |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
28 |
Zimbabwe |
ZIM |
1 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
29 |
Lesotho |
LES |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
30 |
Central African Republic |
CAF |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
31 |
Guinea |
GUI |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
32 |
Benin |
BEN |
1 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
33 |
Eritrea |
ERI |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
= |
Rwanda |
RWA |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
35 |
Angola |
ANG |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
= |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
COD |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
= |
Libya |
LBA |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
38 |
Eswatini |
SWZ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
39 |
Congo |
CGO |
0 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
40 |
Mali |
MLI |
0 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
41 |
Togo |
TOG |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
42 |
Gambia |
GAM |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
43 |
Guinea Bissau |
GBS |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Somalia |
SOM |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
45 |
Liberia |
LBR |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |