Athletics at the African Games

Athletics at the African Games
Athletics
First event1965 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Occur everyfour years
Last event2023 Ghana Accra
Best Nigeria (NGR)

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.

Editions

Games Year Host Events Best nation
Men Women Mixed
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

Men's events

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

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

  • Last updated after the 2023 edition. Excluding Para-Athletics.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Nigeria (NGR)13811873329
2 Kenya (KEN)909785272
3 Ethiopia (ETH)495055154
4 South Africa (RSA)485254154
5 Algeria (ALG)293738104
6 Ghana (GHA)28353194
7 Egypt (EGY)24242169
8 Tunisia (TUN)20181149
9 Senegal (SEN)15172153
10 Ivory Coast (CIV)1592044
11 Botswana (BOT)147728
12 Uganda (UGA)12122145
13 Cameroon (CMR)891229
14 Sudan (SUD)73111
15 Burkina Faso (BUR)55717
16 Mauritius (MRI)43613
17 Mozambique (MOZ)4206
18 Tanzania (TAN)34613
19 Mali (MLI)3328
20 The Gambia (GAM)3205
 Zambia (ZAM)3205
22 Eritrea (ERI)3126
23 Madagascar (MAD)24713
24 Namibia (NAM)231116
25 Morocco (MAR)18514
26 Zimbabwe (ZIM)141015
27 Seychelles (SEY)1449
28 Liberia (LBR)1225
29 Sierra Leone (SLE)1203
30 Republic of the Congo (CGO)1179
31 Benin (BEN)1146
32 Burundi (BDI)1135
33 Somalia (SOM)1102
34 Chad (CHA)1045
35 Swaziland (SWZ)1012
36 South Sudan (SSD)1001
37 Togo (TOG)0246
38 Guinea (GUI)0112
 Lesotho (LES)0112
40 Djibouti (DJI)0101
 Rwanda (RWA)0101
42 Central African Republic (CAF)0011
Totals (42 entries)5415475381,626

Medalists

Main article: List of African Games medalists in athletics (men)
Main article: List of African Games medalists in athletics (women)

Games records

Main article: List of All-Africa Games records in athletics

See also

References

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