Athletics at the African Games

Athletics was an African Games event at its inaugural edition in 1965 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	2015 Brazzaville
Next event	2019 TBD
Best	Nigeria (NGR)

Editions

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

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 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
	The Gambia (GAM)	0	1	0	1
38	Central African Republic (CAF)	0	0	1	1
	Guinea (GUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (39 nations)		461	446	412	1319

Medalists

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

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

Games records

See also

• International athletics championships and games

References

External links

• List of previous winners