African Championships in Athletics

The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics. It is generally organised biennually, every other event is held same year as the Summer Olympics.

The 2008 competition was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the 2010 edition was held in Nairobi, Kenya.

Summary of Championships

	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes
1	1979	Dakar	Senegal	2–5 August	Stade Demba Diop
2	1982	Cairo	Egypt	25–28 August	Cairo International Stadium
3	1984	Rabat	Morocco	12–15 July	Stade Moulay Abdellah
4	1985	Cairo	Egypt	15–18 August	Cairo International Stadium
5	1988	Annaba	Algeria	29 August - 2 September	Stade 19 Mai 1956
6	1989	Lagos	Nigeria	4–8 August	Lagos National Stadium
7	1990	Cairo	Egypt	3–6 October	Cairo International Stadium
8	1992	Belle Vue Mauricia	Mauritius	25–28 June	Stade Anjalay
9	1993	Durban	South Africa	23–27 June	Moses Mabhida Stadium
10	1996	Yaoundé	Cameroon	13–16 June	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium
11	1998	Dakar	Senegal	18–22 August	Stade Leopold Senghor
12	2000	Algiers	Algeria	10–14 July	Stade 5 Juillet 1962
13	2002	Tunis / Radès	Tunisia	6–10 August	Stade 14 January
14	2004	Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	14–18 July	Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat
15	2006	Bambous	Mauritius	9–13 August	Stade Germain Comarmond
16	2008	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	30 April – 4 May	Addis Ababa Stadium
17	2010	Nairobi	Kenya	28 July – 1 August	Nyayo Stadium
18	2012	Porto Novo	Benin[1]	27 June – 1 July	Stade Charles de Gaulle

See also

• List of champions of Africa of athletics
• List of African Championships in Athletics records
• African Junior Athletics Championships

External links

• African Championships all-time results
• Confederation of African Athletics

References

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