List of African Championships in Athletics records

The African Championships in Athletics is a quadrennial event which began in 1979. Confederation of African Athletics accepts only athletes who are representing one of the organisation's African member states and the body recognises records set at editions of the African Athletics Championships.

Men's records

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	9.94	Seun Ogunkoya	Nigeria	1998	1998 Championships	Dakar, Senegal
200 m	19.99	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	1998	1998 Championships	Dakar, Senegal
400 m	44.23	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	12 August 2014	2014 Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	[1]
800 m	1:42.84 A	David Rudisha	Kenya	30 July 2010	2010 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	[2]
1500 m	3:35.71	Caleb Mwangangi	Kenya	1 July 2012	2012 Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin	[3]
5000 m	13:09.68	Simon Chemoiywo	Kenya	1993	1993 Championships	Durban, South Africa
10000 m	27:19.74	Kenneth Kipkemoi	Kenya	28 June 2012	2012 Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin	[4]
110 m hurdles	13.55 (-0.8 m/s)	Lehann Fourie	South Africa	30 June 2012	2012 Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin	[5]
	13.43 (nw)	Antonio Alkana	South Africa	25 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa	[6]
400 m hurdles	48.29	El Hadj Amadou Dia Ba	Senegal		Caire 1985
3000 m steeplechase	8:11.03	Koech Paul Kipsiele	Kenya		Mauritius 2006
High jump	2.34 m	Abderrahmane Hammad	Algeria	July 2000	2000 Championships	Algiers, Algeria
		Kabelo Kgosiemang	Botswana		2008 Addis Ababa
Pole vault	5.41 m	Cheyne Rahme	South Africa	13 August 2014	2014 Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	[7]
Long jump	8.34 m	Younes Moudrik	Morocco	July 2000	2000 Championships	Algiers, Algeria
Triple jump	17.23 m	Andrew Owusu	Ghana		1998 Dakar
Shot put	21.02 m	Janus Robberts	South Africa		Brazzaville 2004
Discus throw	63.85 m	Frantz Kruger	South Africa		Brazzaville 2004
Hammer throw	79.09 m	Mostafa Al-Gamel	Egypt	13 August 2014	2014 Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	[8]
Javelin throw	87.26 m	Tom Petranoff	South Africa		Maurice 1992
Decathlon	8311 pts	Larbi Bourrada	Algeria	10–11 August 2014	2014 Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	[9]
	10.90 (+1.0 m/s) (100 m), 7.45 m (+1.1 m/s) (long jump), 13.20 m (shot put), 2.04 m (high jump), 48.33 (400 m) / 14.33 (+0.2 m/s)(110 m hurdles), 39.99 m (discus), 4.90 m (pole vault), 64.60 m (javelin), 4:20.05 (1500 m)
20 km walk	1:19:24 NR	Samuel Ireri Gathimba	Kenya	26 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa	[10]
4 × 100 m relay	38.75	Hannes Dreyer Corne Du Plessis Sergio Mullins Thuso Mpuang	South Africa		2008 Addis Ababa
4 × 400 m relay	3:01.86	Julius Sang Tito Sawe Alfred Nyambane David Kitur	Kenya	18 August 1985	Cairo 1985

Key:
^WR World record	^AR African record	^NR National record	^PB Athlete's personal best

Women's records

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	10.99 (+2.0 m/s)	Murielle Ahouré	Ivory Coast	23 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa	[11]
200 m	22.22	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria		Dakar 1998
400 m	49.54 NR	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	29 June 2012	2012 Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin	[12]
800 m	1:56.36	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1993	1993 Championships	Durban, South Africa
1500 m	4:01.99 PB	Caster Semenya	South Africa	24 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa	[13]
5000 m	15:05.45	Sheila Chepkirui	Kenya	23 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa	[14]
10000 m	30:26.94 PB	Alice Aprot	Kenya	25 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa	[15]
100 m hurdles	12.77	Glory Alozie	Nigeria		Dakar 1998
400 m hurdles	54.24	Nezha Bidouane	Morocco		Dakar 1998
3000 m steeplechase	9:25.07	Norah Jeruto	Kenya	26 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa	[16]
High jump	1.95 m	Lucienne N'Da	Ivory Coast		1992 Mauritius
		Hestrie Cloete	South Africa		2002 Tunis
Pole vault	4.21 m	Syrine Balti	Tunisia		Mauritius 2006
Long jump	6.96 m (+1.7 m/s)	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	30 June 2012	2012 Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin	[17]
Triple jump	14.95 m	Françoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon		2002 Tunis
Shot put	18.86 m AR	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria	1 July 2012	2012 Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin	[18]
Discus throw	59.79 m	Chinwe Okoro	Nigeria	12 August 2014	2014 Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	[19]
Hammer throw	68.35 m	Amy Sène	Senegal	22 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa	[20]
Javelin throw	65.32 m	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	13 August 2014	2014 Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	[21]
Heptathlon	6153 pts NR	Uhunoma Osazuwa	Nigeria	24–25 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa	[22]
	100m H wind High jump Shot put 200m wind Long jump wind Javelin 800m 13.32 (+1.4) 1.83m 12.87m 24.19 (nw) 6.24m (0.0) 36.30m 2:17.50
20 km walk (road)	1:30:43 AR	Grace Wanjiru Njue	Kenya	26 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa	[23]
4 × 100 m relay	43.21	Christy Udoh Gloria Asumnu Damola Osayemi Lawretta Ozoh	Nigeria	29 June 2012	2012 Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin	[24]
4 × 400 m relay	3:28.49 NR	[[]] [[]] [[]] [[]]	South Africa	26 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa	[25]

Key:
^WR World record	^AR African record	^NR National record	^PB Athlete's personal best

References

General

• African Championships Records MenWomen. Confederation of African Athletics (2009-09-09). Retrieved on 2009-09-09.

Specific

1. "African Championships Day 3 Results" (PDF). www.marrakech2014.com. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
2. "800 Metres Results" (PDF). www.dbresults.net. 2010-07-30. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
3. Evelyn Watta (2 July 2012). "Burundian teen Niyonsaba takes dramatic 800m title as Nigeria top medal table in Porto-Novo - African champs, Day 5". IAAF. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
4. Evelyn Watta (29 June 2012). "Milama wins first-ever sprint title for Gabon - African champs, Day 2". IAAF. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
5. Alfons Juck, Larry Eder (30 June 2012). "Yohan Blake Beats Bolt, NR for Fraser-Pryce". www.runblogrun.com. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
6. "African Championships 2016 – Men's 110m Hurdles Results". CAA. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
7. "African Championships Day 4 Results" (PDF). www.marrakech2014.com. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
8. "African Championships Day 4 Results" (PDF). www.marrakech2014.com. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
9. "African Championships Day 2 Results" (PDF). www.marrakech2014.com. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
10. "African Championships 2016 – Men's 20km Race Walk Results". CAA. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
11. "African Championships 2016 Day 2 Results" (PDF). CAA. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
12. "African Athletics Championships/ women's 400m: Montsho sets new record". www.starafrica.com. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
13. "African Championships 2016 – Women's 1500m Results". CAA. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
14. "African Championships 2016 Day 2 Results" (PDF). CAA. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
15. "African Championships 2016 – Women's 10000m Results". CAA. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
16. "African Championships 2016 – 3000m Steeplechase Results". CAA. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
17. Mark Ouma (30 June 2012). "Montsho, Makwala, Morton sparkle on Day Three-African Champs". www.africanathletics.org. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
18. Evelyn Watta (2 July 2012). "Burundian teen Niyonsaba takes dramatic 800m title as Nigeria top medal table in Porto-Novo - African champs, Day 5". IAAF. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
19. "African Championships Day 3 Results" (PDF). www.marrakech2014.com. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
20. "African Championships 2016 Day 2 Results" (PDF). CAA. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
21. "African Championships Day 4 Results" (PDF). www.marrakech2014.com. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
22. Wesley Botton (25 June 2016). "Aprot takes African 10,000m title". IAAF. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
23. "African Championships 2016 – 20km Race Walk Results". CAA. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
24. "Pistorius out of London, Mekhissi, Rupp win". www.capitalfm.co.ke. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
25. "African Championships 2016 – Women's 4 × 400m Relay Results". CAA. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

External links

• Confederation of African Athletics website