African Zone VI Athletics Championships

African Zone VI Athletics Championships
Genre	outdoor track and field
Frequency	annual
Venue	varies
Inaugurated	1987
Most recent	1995
Participants	Southern African nations
Organised by	Confederation of African Athletics

The African Zone VI Athletics Championships was an annual international athletics competition between Southern African nations, organised by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). First held in 1987, it was held each year until 1990 and discontinued completely after 1995, as it was replaced by the African Southern Region Athletics Championships, due to the CAA changing its regional championship formatting.[1]

An African Zone VI Marathon Championships was also held on one occasion in 1989. It was hosted by Swaziland in Mbabane and the hosts won both the men's individual and team titles, led by Tom Dlamini in 2:24:34 hours.

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Country	Athletes
1	1987	Harare	Zimbabwe	[1]
2	1988	Gaborone	Botswana	[1]
3	1989	Luanshya	Zambia	[1]
4	1990	Windhoek	Namibia	[1]
5	1995	Harare	Zimbabwe	[1]

Events

The competition programme features 34 regular athletics events: seven track running events, two obstacle events, three jumps, three throws, and two relays for both the sexes.[1]

Track running

100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres

Obstacle events

100 metres hurdles (women only), 110 metres hurdles (men only), 400 metres hurdles,

Jumping events

High jump, long jump, triple jump

Throwing events

Shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, hammer throw (men only)

Relay races

4 × 100 metres relay, 4 × 400 metres relay

A men's 20K run was included in 1987 and 1989. A men's decathlon was held in 1990 and in 1989 a men's nonathlon (no pole vault) and women's heptathlon was held. A men's 5000 metres race walk was contested in 1990. Men's pole vault was held on three occasions only, and women never competed in this event. A women's 400 m hurdles was first held in 1989 and a women's triple jump was introduced in 1995. For the first four editions, women competed in the 3000 metres rather than the standard 5000 m. A women's 4 × 200 metres relay was held once in 1989.[1]

Participation

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References

African Zone VI Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-09-15.

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[GBR-1] African Zone VI Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-09-15.

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