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African U20 Championships in Athletics

Athletics continental championship competition for athletes under 20 years old

Summary

Athletics continental championship competition for athletes under 20 years old

Field	Value
name	African Athletics U20 Championships
logo_caption	logo
status	active
genre	sports event
date	midyear
frequency	biennial
first	1994
organised	Confederation of African Athletics
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The African Athletics U20 Championships, known formally as **African Junior Athletics Championships ** is a biennial continental athletics event for junior athletes from African nations. Organized by the Confederation of African Athletics and first held in 1994, only athletes aged 19 or under are allowed to compete.

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue
Events	No. of
Athletes	Leading nation
I	1994	Algiers	Algeria	6–8 July	Stade du 5 Juillet	South Africa
II	1995	Bouaké	Ivory Coast	20–22 July	Stade de la Paix	Nigeria
III	1997	Ibadan	Nigeria	21–23 August	Liberty Stadium	Nigeria
IV	1999	Tunis	Tunisia	22–25 July	El Menzah Stadium	Tunisia
V	2001	Réduit (Moka)	Mauritius	9–12 July	Maryse Justin Stadium	South Africa
VI	2003	Garoua	Cameroon	31 July – 3 August	Roumdé Adjia Stadium	Egypt
VII	2005	Radès (Tunis)	Tunisia	1–4 September	7 November Stadium	South Africa
VIII	2007	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	9–12 August	Stade du 4 Août	Kenya
IX	2009	Bambous	Mauritius	30 July – 2 August	Stade Germain Comarmond	South Africa
X	2011	Gaborone	Botswana	12–15 May	University of Botswana Stadium	South Africa
XI	2013	Bambous	Mauritius	29 August – 1 September	Stade Germain Comarmond	Nigeria
XII	2015	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	5–8 March	Addis Ababa Stadium	Nigeria
XIII	2017	Tlemcen	Algeria	29 June – 2 July	Lalla-Setti Stadium	Ethiopia
XIV	2019	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	16–20 April	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny	South Africa
XV	2023	Ndola	Zambia	29 April – 3 May	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium	South Africa
XVI	2025	Abeokuta	Nigeria	16–20 July	MKO Abiola Sports Complex	South Africa

Championship records

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	City
100 m	10.29	Enoch Olaoluwa Adegoke	Nigeria	17 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
200 m	20.22	Clarence Munyai	South Africa	2 July 2017	2017 Championships	Tlemcen, Algeria
400 m	44.91	Busang Kebinatshipi	Botswana	29 April 2023	2023 Championships	Ndola, Zambia
800 m	1:45.25	Ngeno Kipngetich	Kenya	20 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
1500 m	3:35.43	Hillary Maiyo	Kenya	May 2011	2011 Championships	Gaborone, Botswana
5000 m	13:13.06	Edward Zakayo	Kenya	19 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
10,000 m	27:55.74	Geoffrey Kirui	Kenya	May 2011	2011 Championships	Gaborone, Botswana
110 m hurdles (0.99 m)	13.61	Atuma Ifeanyichukwu	Nigeria	March 2015	2015 Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
400 m hurdles	50.05	Cornel Fredericks	South Africa	August 2009	2009 Championships	Bambous, Mauritius
3000 m steeplechase	8:19.84	Raymond Yator	Kenya	July 1999	1999 Championships	Tunis, Tunisia
High jump	2.18 m	Breyton Poole	South Africa	18 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Pole vault	5.30 m	Cheyne Rahme	South Africa	August 2009	2009 Championships	Bambous, Mauritius
Long jump	7.79 m	Keenan Watson	South Africa	August 2007	2007 Championships	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Triple jump	16.30 m	Chengetayi Mapaya	Zimbabwe	1 July 2017	2017 Championships	Tlemcen, Algeria
Shot put (6 kg)	20.66 m	Mohamed Magdi Hamza	Egypt	6 March 2015	2015 Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	61.87 m	Omar El-Ghazaly	Egypt	August 2003	2003 Championships	Garoua, Cameroon
Hammer throw (6 kg)	75.59 m	Alaa Elaslry	Egypt	August 2009	2009 Championships	Bambous, Mauritius
Javelin throw	77.45 m	Willie Human	South Africa	July 2001	2001 Championships	Réduit, Mauritius
Decathlon	7086 pts	Mohamed Benyahia	Algeria	August 1997	1997 Championships	Ibadan, Nigeria
10,000 m walk (track)	44:43.47	Yonanis Algaw Wale	Ethiopia	30 June 2017	2017 Championships	Tlemcen, Algeria
Bahaeddine Gatri	Tunisia	30 June 2017	2017 Championships	Tlemcen, Algeria
4 × 100 m relay	39.51	Yves Sonan
Ahmed Douhou
Ade Bayo
Ibrahim Meité	Ivory Coast	July 1995	1995 Championships	Bouaké, Ivory Coast
4 × 400 m relay	3:06.66	Victor Sampson
David Akhalu
Gafar Badmus
Ezekiel Asuquo	Nigeria	July 2025	2025 Championships	Abeokuta, Nigeria

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	City
100 m	11.38	Mercy Nku	Nigeria	July 1995	1995 Championships	Bouaké, Ivory Coast
200 m	23.40	Delphine Atangana	Cameroon	August 2003	2003 Championships	Garoua, Cameroon
400 m	52.02	Folashade Abugan	Nigeria	August 2009	2009 Championships	Bambous, Mauritius
800 m	1:56.72	Caster Semenya	South Africa	August 2009	2009 Championships	Bambous, Mauritius
1500 m	4:08.01	Caster Semenya	South Africa	August 2009	2009 Championships	Bambous, Mauritius
3000 m	8:53.40	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	July 1994	1994 Championships	Algiers, Algeria
5000 m	15:24.66	Caroline Chepkoech	Kenya	May 2011	2011 Championships	Gaborone, Botswana
10,000 m	33:49.10	Birhan Dagne	Ethiopia	July 1994	1994 Championships	Algiers, Algeria
100 m hurdles	13.59	Gnima Faye	Senegal	August 2003	2003 Championships	Garoua, Cameroon
400 m hurdles	57.37	Rogail Joseph	South Africa	20 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
3000 m steeplechase	9:48.56	Fancy Cherono	Kenya	18 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
High jump	1.90 m	Hestrie Storbeck	South Africa	August 1997	1997 Championships	Ibadan, Nigeria
Pole vault	3.65 m	Sirine Balti	Tunisia	July 1999	1999 Championships	Tunis, Tunisia
Long jump	6.33 m	Ese Brume	Nigeria	8 March 2015	2015 Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Triple jump	13.39 m	Baya Rahouli	Algeria	August 1997	1997 Championships	Ibadan, Nigeria
Shot put	16.93 m	Marli Knoetze	South Africa	September 2005	2005 Championships	Tunis and Radès, Tunisia
Discus throw	49.90 m	Ischke Senekal	South Africa	May 2011	2011 Championships	Gaborone, Botswana
Hammer throw	60.63 m	Rawan Aymen Barakat	Egypt	20 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Javelin throw	54.55 m	Tazmin Brits	South Africa	August 2009	2009 Championships	Bambous, Mauritius
Heptathlon	5366 Pts	Margaret Simpson	Ghana	July 1999	1999 Championships	Tunis, Tunisia
10,000 m walk (track)	52:14.73	Ayalnesh Dejene Nigatu	Ethiopia	2 July 2017	2017 Championships	Tlemcen, Algeria
4 × 100 m relay	44.83	Aniekeme Alphonsus
Omotayo Abolaji
Blessing Adiakerehawa
Ese Brume	Nigeria	7 March 2015	2015 Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
4 × 400 m relay	3:37.99		Nigeria	August 1997	1997 Championships	Ibadan, Nigeria

All time Medal table

As of 2017

References

;General

CAA: African U20 Championships Records 20 April 2019 updated ;Specific

References

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