The African Championships in Athletics is a quadrennial event which began in 1979. Confederation of African Athletics accepts only athletes who are representing one of the organisation's African member states and the body recognises records set at editions of the African Athletics Championships.
Men's records
| Event
|
Record
|
Name
|
Nationality
|
Date
|
Meet
|
Place
|
Ref
|
| 100 m
|
9.94
|
Seun Ogunkoya
|
 Nigeria
|
19 August 1998
|
1998 Championships
|
Dakar, Senegal
|
|
| 200 m
|
19.99
|
Frankie Fredericks
|
 Namibia
|
22 August 1998
|
1998 Championships
|
Dakar, Senegal
|
|
| 400 m
|
44.23
|
Isaac Makwala
|
 Botswana
|
12 August 2014
|
2014 Championships
|
Marrakech, Morocco
|
[1]
|
| 800 m
|
1:42.84 A
|
David Rudisha
|
 Kenya
|
30 July 2010
|
2010 Championships
|
Nairobi, Kenya
|
[2]
|
| 1500 m
|
3:35.20
|
Elijah Manangoi
|
Kenya
|
5 August 2018
|
2018 Championships
|
Asaba, Nigeria
|
[3]
|
| 5000 m
|
13:09.68
|
Simon Chemoiywo
|
Kenya
|
27 June 1993
|
1993 Championships
|
Durban, South Africa
|
|
| 10000 m
|
27:19.74
|
Kenneth Kipkemoi
|
Kenya
|
28 June 2012
|
2012 Championships
|
Porto-Novo, Benin
|
[4]
|
| 110 m hurdles
|
13.51 (-0.9 m/s)
|
Antonio Alkana
|
 South Africa
|
4 August 2018
|
2018 Championships
|
Asaba, Nigeria
|
[5]
|
| 13.43 NWI
|
Antonio Alkana
|
South Africa
|
25 June 2016
|
2016 Championships
|
Durban, South Africa
|
[6]
|
| 400 m hurdles
|
48.29
|
Amadou Dia Ba
|
 Senegal
|
16 August 1985
|
1985 Championships
|
Cairo, Egypt
|
|
| 3000 m steeplechase
|
8:11.03
|
Paul Kipsiele Koech
|
Kenya
|
11 August 2006
|
2006 Championships
|
Bambous, Mauritius
|
|
| High jump
|
2.34 m
|
Abderrahmane Hammad
|
 Algeria
|
14 July 2000
|
2000 Championships
|
Algiers, Algeria
|
|
| Kabelo Kgosiemang
|
Botswana
|
4 May 2008
|
2008 Championships
|
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
|
|
| Pole vault
|
5.41 m
|
Cheyne Rahme
|
South Africa
|
13 August 2014
|
2014 Championships
|
Marrakech, Morocco
|
[7]
|
| Long jump
|
8.45 m (-1.2 m/s)
|
Rushwal Samaai
|
South Africa
|
2 August 2018
|
2018 Championships
|
Asaba, Nigeria
|
[8]
|
| Triple jump
|
17.23 m
|
Andrew Owusu
|
 Ghana
|
19 August 1998
|
1998 Championships
|
Dakar, Senegal
|
|
| Shot put
|
21.20 m
|
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi
|
Nigeria
|
12 June 2022
|
2022 Championships
|
Saint Pierre, Mauritius
|
[9]
|
| Discus throw
|
63.85 m
|
Frantz Kruger
|
South Africa
|
14 July 2004
|
2004 Championships
|
Brazzaville, Congo
|
|
| Hammer throw
|
79.09 m
|
Mostafa Al-Gamel
|
 Egypt
|
13 August 2014
|
2014 Championships
|
Marrakech, Morocco
|
[10]
|
| Javelin throw
|
87.26 m
|
Tom Petranoff
|
South Africa
|
28 June 1992
|
1992 Championships
|
Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius
|
|
| Decathlon
|
8311 pts
|
Larbi Bourrada
|
Algeria
|
10–11 August 2014
|
2014 Championships
|
Marrakech, Morocco
|
[11]
|
10.90 (+1.0 m/s) (100 m), 7.45 m (+1.1 m/s) (long jump), 13.20 m (shot put), 2.04 m (high jump), 48.33 (400 m) /
14.33 (+0.2 m/s)(110 m hurdles), 39.99 m (discus), 4.90 m (pole vault), 64.60 m (javelin), 4:20.05 (1500 m)
|
|
| 20 km walk
|
1:19:24 NR
|
Samuel Ireri Gathimba
|
Kenya
|
26 June 2016
|
2016 Championships
|
Durban, South Africa
|
[12]
|
| 4 × 100 m relay
|
38.25
|
Akani Simbine
Simon Magakwe
Emile Erasmus
Henricho Bruintjies
|
South Africa
|
3 August 2018
|
2018 Championships
|
Asaba, Nigeria
|
[13]
|
| 4 × 400 m relay
|
3:00.92
|
Aron Koech
Alphas Kishoyian
Jared Momanyi
Emmanuel Korir
|
Kenya
|
5 August 2018
|
2018 Championships
|
Asaba, Nigeria
|
[14]
|
Women's records
| Event
|
Record
|
Name
|
Nationality
|
Date
|
Meet
|
Place
|
Ref
|
| 100 m
|
10.99 (+2.0 m/s)
|
Murielle Ahouré
|
 Ivory Coast
|
23 June 2016
|
2016 Championships
|
Durban, South Africa
|
[15]
|
| 200 m
|
22.22
|
Falilat Ogunkoya
|
Nigeria
|
22 August 1998
|
1998 Championships
|
Dakar, Senegal
|
|
| 400 m
|
49.54 NR
|
Amantle Montsho
|
Botswana
|
29 June 2012
|
2012 Championships
|
Porto-Novo, Benin
|
[16]
|
| 800 m
|
1:56.06
|
Caster Semenya
|
South Africa
|
5 August 2018
|
2018 Championships
|
Asaba, Nigeria
|
[17]
|
| 1500 m
|
4:01.99 PB
|
Caster Semenya
|
South Africa
|
24 June 2016
|
2016 Championships
|
Durban, South Africa
|
[18]
|
| 5000 m
|
15:05.45
|
Sheila Chepkirui
|
Kenya
|
23 June 2016
|
2016 Championships
|
Durban, South Africa
|
[19]
|
| 10000 m
|
30:26.94 PB
|
Alice Aprot
|
Kenya
|
25 June 2016
|
2016 Championships
|
Durban, South Africa
|
[20]
|
| 100 m hurdles
|
12.77
|
Glory Alozie
|
Nigeria
|
19 August 1998
|
1998 Championships
|
Dakar, Senegal
|
|
| 400 m hurdles
|
54.24
|
Nezha Bidouane
|
 Morocco
|
22 August 1998
|
1998 Championships
|
Dakar, Senegal
|
|
| 3000 m steeplechase
|
8:59.88
|
Beatrice Chepkoech
|
Kenya
|
5 August 2018
|
2018 Championships
|
Asaba, Nigeria
|
[21]
|
| High jump
|
1.95 m
|
Lucienne N'Da
|
Ivory Coast
|
28 June 1992
|
1992 Championships
|
Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius
|
|
| Hestrie Cloete
|
South Africa
|
7 August 2002
|
2002 Championships
|
Radès, Tunisia
|
|
| Pole vault
|
4.21 m
|
Syrine Balti
|
 Tunisia
|
10 August 2006
|
2006 Championships
|
Bambous, Mauritius
|
|
| Long jump
|
6.96 m (+1.7 m/s)
|
Blessing Okagbare
|
Nigeria
|
30 June 2012
|
2012 Championships
|
Porto-Novo, Benin
|
[22]
|
| Triple jump
|
14.95 m
|
Françoise Mbango Etone
|
 Cameroon
|
6 August 2002
|
2002 Championships
|
Radès, Tunisia
|
|
| Shot put
|
18.86 m AR
|
Vivian Chukwuemeka
|
Nigeria
|
1 July 2012
|
2012 Championships
|
Porto-Novo, Benin
|
[23]
|
| Discus throw
|
59.79 m
|
Chinwe Okoro
|
Nigeria
|
12 August 2014
|
2014 Championships
|
Marrakech, Morocco
|
[24]
|
| Hammer throw
|
68.35 m
|
Amy Sène
|
Senegal
|
22 June 2016
|
2016 Championships
|
Durban, South Africa
|
[25]
|
| Javelin throw
|
65.32 m
|
Sunette Viljoen
|
South Africa
|
13 August 2014
|
2014 Championships
|
Marrakech, Morocco
|
[26]
|
| Heptathlon
|
6153 pts NR
|
Uhunoma Osazuwa
|
Nigeria
|
24–25 June 2016
|
2016 Championships
|
Durban, South Africa
|
[27]
|
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