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Athletics at the African Games

Summary

Athletics is an African Games event ever since the inaugural edition in Brazzaville, Congo, at the 1965 All-Africa Games, and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.

Athletics at the African Games
Athletics
First event	1965 Brazzaville
Occur every	four years
Last event	2023 Accra
Best	Nigeria (NGR)

Editions edit

Games	Year	Host	Events			Best nation
Games	Year	Host	Men	Women	Mixed	Best nation
I	1965	Brazzaville	18	6	—	Nigeria
II	1973	Lagos	21	13	—	Kenya
III	1978	Algiers	23	14	—	Nigeria
IV	1987	Nairobi	23	18	—	Nigeria
V	1991	Cairo	23	18	—	Nigeria
VI	1995	Harare	23	20	—	Nigeria
VII	1999	Johannesburg	23	22	—	Nigeria
VIII	2003	Abuja	23	22	—	Nigeria
IX	2007	Algiers	23	23	—	Nigeria
X	2011	Maputo	23	23	—	Nigeria
XI	2015	Brazzaville	23	23	—	Nigeria
XII	2019	Rabat	23	23	—	Kenya
XIII	2023	Accra	23	23	1	Nigeria

Events edit

Men's events edit

Event	65	73	78	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	Years
Current program
100 metres	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
200 metres	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
400 metres	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
800 metres	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
1500 metres	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
5000 metres	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
10,000 metres		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
Marathon		•	•	•	•	•	•	•			7
Half marathon									•	•	2
110 metres hurdles	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
400 metres hurdles	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
3000 metres steeplechase	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
4 × 100 metres relay	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
4 × 400 metres relay	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
20 km walk			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
Long jump	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
Triple jump	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
High jump	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
Pole vault	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
Shot put	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
Discus throw	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
Hammer throw		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
Javelin throw	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
Decathlon			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
Events	18	21	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

Women's events edit

Event	65	73	78	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	Years
Current program
100 metres	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
200 metres		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
400 metres		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
800 metres		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
1500 metres		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
5000 metres						•	•	•	•	•	5
10,000 metres				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
Marathon						•	•	•			3
Half marathon									•	•	2
80 metres hurdles	•										1
100 metres hurdles		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
400 metres hurdles		•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
3000 metres steeplechase					•				•	•	3
4 × 100 metres relay	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
4 × 400 metres relay		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
20 km walk							•	•	•	•	4
5000 metre track walk				•	•	•					3
Long jump	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
Triple jump						•	•	•	•	•	5
High jump	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
Pole vault							•	•	•	•	4
Shot put			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
Discus throw		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
Hammer throw							•	•	•	•	4
Javelin throw	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
Pentathlon			•								1
Heptathlon				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
Events	6	13	14	18	18	20	22	22	23	23

Medal table edit

Last updated after the 2015 edition; Next update after the conclusion of the 2019 African Games

Excluding Para-Athletics.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	131	97	58	286
2	Kenya (KEN)	74	84	67	225
3	South Africa (RSA)	39	39	33	111
4	Ethiopia (ETH)	37	37	36	110
5	Ghana (GHA)	24	32	29	85
6	Algeria (ALG)	22	32	30	84
7	Egypt (EGY)	20	18	12	50
8	Tunisia (TUN)	18	15	9	42
9	Senegal (SEN)	14	16	17	47
10	Ivory Coast (CIV)	14	8	19	41
11	Uganda (UGA)	12	10	18	40
12	Botswana (BOT)	11	3	1	15
13	Cameroon (CMR)	7	8	5	20
14	Sudan (SUD)	7	3	1	11
15	Mauritius (MRI)	4	3	5	12
16	Mozambique (MOZ)	4	2	0	6
17	Tanzania (TAN)	3	4	6	13
18	Mali (MLI)	3	2	2	7
19	Namibia (NAM)	2	9	15	26
20	Madagascar (MAD)	2	3	7	12
21	Eritrea (ERI)	2	0	2	4
22	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1	4	8	13
23	Seychelles (SEY)	1	4	4	9
24	Burkina Faso (BUR)	1	3	5	9
25	Republic of the Congo (CGO)	1	2	6	9
26	Sierra Leone (SLE)	1	2	0	3
27	Chad (CHA)	1	0	4	5
28	Burundi (BDI)	1	0	3	4
29	Swaziland (SWZ)	1	0	1	2
30	Liberia (LBR)	1	0	0	1
	Somalia (SOM)	1	0	0	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	1	0	0	1
33	Togo (TOG)	0	2	4	6
34	Benin (BEN)	0	1	2	3
35	Lesotho (LES)	0	1	1	2
36	Rwanda (RWA)	0	1	0	1
36	The Gambia (GAM)	0	1	0	1
38	Central African Republic (CAF)	0	0	1	1
38	Guinea (GUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (39 entries)		461	446	412	1319

Medalists edit

Games records edit

See also edit

International athletics championships and games

References edit

External links edit

List of previous winners