Athletics at the African Games

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 event1965 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Occur everyfour years
Last event2023 Ghana Accra
Best Nigeria (NGR)

Editions

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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

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Men's events

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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

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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

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  • 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

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Games records

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See also

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References

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