African track and field continental records

The African continental track and field records are the best performances of athletes of the African continental federation Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme , which have been set in disciplines of track and field. Only those disciplines were recorded in which the Continental Association also officially holds a record. These best performances were ratified in accordance with the regulations of the Continental Association.

Olympic disciplines

Open-air continental records, men (24 disciplines)

discipline	power	athlete	date	place
100 m	9.85 s (+1.7)	Olusoji Fasuba	May 12, 2006	Doha
200 m	19.68 s (+0.4)	Frank Fredericks	August 1, 1996	Atlanta
400 m	43.03 s	Wayde van Niekerk	August 14, 2016	Rio de Janeiro
800 m	1: 40.91 min	David Rudisha	August 9, 2012	London
1500 m	3: 26.00 min	Hicham El Guerrouj	July 14, 1998	Rome
5000 m	12: 37.35 min	Kenenisa Bekele	May 31, 2004	Hengelo
10,000 m	26: 17.53 min	Kenenisa Bekele	August 26, 2005	Brussels
marathon	2:01:39 h	Eliud Kipchoge	16th September 2018	Berlin
110 m hurdles	13.11 s (+0.8)	Antonio Alkana	5th June 2017	Prague
400 m hurdles	47.10 s	Samuel Matete	August 7, 1991	Zurich
3000 m obstacle	7: 53.64 min	Brimin Kiprop Kipruto	July 22, 2011	Monaco
high jump	2.38 m	Jacques Friday	March 5, 2005	Oudtshoorn
Pole vault	6.03 m	Occert Brits	August 18, 1995	Cologne
Long jump	8.65 m (+1.3)	Luvo Manyonga	April 22, 2017	Potchefstroom
Triple jump	17.66 m (+0.5)	Hugues Fabrice Zango	29th September 2019	Doha
Shot put	21.97 m	Janus Robberts	June 2, 2001	Eugene
Discus throw	70.32 m	Frantz Kruger	May 26, 2002	Salon-de-Provence
Hammer throw	81.59 m	Mostafa Elgamel	March 21, 2014	Cairo
Javelin throw	92.72 m	Julius Yego	August 26, 2015	Beijing
Decathlon	8521 points	Larbi Bourrada	18th August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
	10.75 s (100 m) , 7.52 m (long jump) , 13.78 m (shot put) , 2.10 m (high jump) , 47.98 s (400 m) / 14.15 s (110 m hurdles ) , 42.39 m (discus throw) , 4.60 m (pole vault) , 66.49 m (javelin throw) , 4: 14.60 min (1500 m)
20 km walk	1:19:02 h	Hatem Ghoula	May 10, 1997	Eisenhüttenstadt
50 km walk	3:54:12 h	Marc Mundell	December 13, 2015	Melbourne
4 × 100 m relay	37.65 s	Thando Dlodlo Simon Magakwe Clarence Munyai Akani Simbine	4th October 2019	Doha
4 × 400 m relay	2: 58.68 min	Clement Chukwu Jude Monye Sunday Bada Enefiok Udo-Obong	September 30, 2000	Sydney
As of March 27, 2020

Open-air continental records, women (24 disciplines)

discipline	power	athlete	date	place
100 m	10.78 s (+1.6)	Murielle Ahouré	June 11, 2016	Montverde
200 m	22.04 s (+0.5)	Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor	March 24, 2018	Abilene
400 m	49.10 s	Falilat Ogunkoya-Osheku	July 29, 1996	Atlanta
800 m	1: 54.01 min	Pamela Jelimo	August 29, 2008	Zurich
1500 m	3: 50.07 min	Genzebe Dibaba	17th July 2015	Monaco
5000 m	14: 11.15 min	Tirunesh Dibaba	June 6, 2008	Oslo
10,000 m	29: 17.45 min	Almaz Ayana	August 12, 2016	Rio de Janeiro
marathon	2:14:04 h	Brigid Kosgei	October 13, 2019	Chicago
100 m hurdles	12.44 s (+0.4)	Glory alozie	August 8, 1998	Monaco
	12.44 s (0.0)		August 28, 1998	Brussels
	12.44 s (+0.7)		August 28, 1999	Seville
400 m hurdles	52.90 s	Nezha Bidouane	August 25, 1999	Seville
3000 m obstacle	8: 44.32 min	Beatrice Chepkoech	20th July 2018	Monaco
high jump	2.06 m	Hestrie Cloete	August 31, 2003	Saint Denis
Pole vault	4.42 m	Elmarie Gerryts	June 12, 2000	Wesel
Long jump	7.12 m (+0.9)	Chioma Ajunwa	2nd August 1996	Atlanta
Triple jump	15.39 m (+0.5)	Françoise Mbango Etone	August 17, 2008	Beijing
Shot put	18.43 m	Vivian Peters-Chukwuemeka	April 19, 2003	Walnut
Discus throw	64.87 m	Elizna Naudé	March 2, 2007	Stellenbosch
Hammer throw	69.70 m	Amy Sène	May 25, 2014	Forbach
Javelin throw	69.35 m	Sunette Viljoen	June 9, 2012	New York City
Heptathlon	6423 points	Margaret Simpson	May 29, 2005	Götzis
	13.41 s (−0.8) (100 m hurdles) , 1.85 m (high jump) , 13.01 m (shot put) , 24.55 s (+1.0) (200 m) / 6.32 m (+0.7) (long jump) , 52.71 m (javelin) , 2: 21.71 min (800 m)
20 km walk	1:30:40 h (A)	Grace Wanjiru Njue	June 6, 2018	Nairobi
50 km walk	4:48:00 h	Natalie le Roux	5th May 2018	Taicang
4 × 100 m relay	42.39 s	Beatrice Utondu-Okoye Faith Idehen Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	August 7, 1992	Barcelona
4 × 400 m relay	3: 21.04 min	Olabisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara Falilat Ogunkoya-Osheku	August 3, 1996	Atlanta
As of March 27, 2020

Non-Olympic disciplines

Open-air continental records, men (19 disciplines)

discipline	power	athlete	date	place
1000 m	2: 11.96 min	Noah Ngeny	September 5, 1999	Rieti
A mile	3: 43.13 min	Hicham El Guerrouj	July 7, 1999	Rome
2000 m	4: 44.79 min	Hicham El Guerrouj	September 7, 1999	Berlin
3000 m	7: 20.67 min	Daniel Komen	September 1, 1996	Rieti
5 km road run	13:18 min + *	Rhonex Kipruto	January 12, 2020	Valencia
10 km road run	26:24 min *	Rhonex Kipruto	January 12, 2020	Valencia
20,000 m	56: 26.0 min +	Haile Gebrselassie	June 27, 2007	Ostrava
One hour	21,285 m	Haile Gebrselassie	June 27, 2007	Ostrava
half marathon	58:01 min	Geoffrey Kamworor	15th September 2019	Copenhagen
25,000 m	1:12: 25.4 h +	Moses Cheruiyot Mosop	June 3, 2011	Eugene
30,000 m	1: 26: 47.4 h	Moses Cheruiyot Mosop	June 3, 2011	Eugene
100 km road run	6:24:06 h	Bongmusa Mthembu	November 27, 2016	Los Alcázares
20,000 m walk	1: 22: 51.84 h	Hatem Ghoula	September 8, 1994	Leutkirch
30,000 m walk	2: 19: 21.31 h	Hatem Ghoula	March 11, 2011	Reims
50,000 m walk	4: 21: 44.5 h	Abdelouaheb Ferguène	March 25, 1984	Toulouse
4 × 200 m relay	1: 20.42 min	Simon Magakwe Chedrick van Wyk Sinesipho Dambile Akani Simbine	May 12, 2019	Yokohama
4 × 800 m relay	7: 02.43 min	Mwengi Mutua William Yiampoy Kipngetich Kombich Wilfred Bungei	August 25, 2006	Brussels
4 × 1500 m relay	14: 22.22 min	Collins Cheboi Silas Magut James Kiplagat Magut Asbel Kiprop	May 25, 2014	Nassau
Road relay (5 km - 10 km - 5 km - 10 km - 5 km - 7.195 km)	1:57:06 h	Josphat Muchiri Ndambiri Martin Irungu Mathathi Daniel Muchunu Mwangi Mekubo Mogusu Onesmus Nyerre John Kariuki	November 23, 2005	Chiba
As of March 27, 2020

Open-air continental records, women (19 disciplines)

discipline	power	athlete	date	place
1000 m	2: 29.34 min	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	August 25, 1995	Brussels
A mile	4: 13.31 min i.d.	Genzebe Dibaba	17th February 2016	Stockholm
2000 m	5: 23.75 min i.d.	Genzebe Dibaba	February 7, 2017	Sabadell
3000 m	8: 16.60 min i.d.	Genzebe Dibaba	February 6, 2014	Stockholm
5 km road run	14:32 min +	Joyciline Jepkosgei	September 9, 2017	Prague
10 km road run	29:43 min	Joyciline Jepkosgei	September 9, 2017	Prague
20,000 m	1: 05: 26.6 h	Tegla Loroupe	September 3, 2000	Borgholzhausen
One hour	18,517 m	Dire Tune	June 12, 2008	Ostrava
half marathon	1:04:31 h *	Ababel Yeshaneh	February 21, 2020	Ras al-Khaimah
25,000 m	1: 27: 05.9 h	Tegla Loroupe	September 21, 2002	Mengerskirchen
30,000 m	1:45: 50.0 h	Tegla Loroupe	June 6, 2003	Warstein
100 km road run	7:31:47 h	Helene Joubert	September 16, 1995	Winschoten
Decathlon	No officially held record
	6915 points ht #	Margaret Simpson	April 19, 2007	Reduit
	(100 m) , (discus throw) , (pole vault) , (javelin throw) , (400 m) , (110 m hurdles) , (long jump) , (shot put) , (high jump) , (1500 m)
10,000 m walk	44: 41.8 min A.	Grace Wanjiru Njue	June 6, 2018	Nairobi
20,000 m walk	1: 36: 18.3 h	Nicolene Cronje	April 17, 2004	Durban
4 × 200 m relay	1: 30.52 min	Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor Regina George Dominique Duncan Christy Udoh	May 2, 2015	Nassau
4 × 800 m relay	8: 04.28 min	Agatha Jeruto Silvia Chesebe Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei Eunice Jepkoech Sum	May 25, 2014	Nassau
4 × 1500 m relay	16: 53.58 min	Mercy Cherono Faith Kipyegon Irene Jelagat Hellen Obiri	May 24, 2014	Nassau
Road relay (5 km - 10 km - 5 km - 10 km - 5 km - 7.195 km)	2:13:35 h	Philes Moora Ongori Everline Kimwei Catherine Ndereba Jane Wanjiku Lucy Wangui Kabuu Selly Chepyego Kaptich	November 23, 2006	Chiba
As of March 27, 2020

Hall

Indoor continental records, men (20 disciplines)

discipline	power	athlete	date	place
50 m	5.61 s +	Deji Aliu	February 21, 1999	Liévin
60 m	6.45 s	Leonard Myles-Mills	February 20, 1999	Colorado Springs
200 m	19.92 s	Frank Fredericks	February 18, 1996	Liévin
400 m	45.51 s	Sunday Bada	March 9, 1997	Paris
	45.37 s TDC	Clement Chukwu	February 28, 1998	Kent
800 m	1: 43.98 min	Michael Saruni	February 9, 2019	New York City
1000 m	2: 14.20 min	Ayanleh Souleiman	17th February 2016	Stockholm
1500 m	3: 31.04 min	Samuel Tefera	16th February 2019	Birmingham
1 mile	3: 47.01 min	Yomif Kejelcha	3rd March 2019	Boston
3000 m	7: 24.90 min	Daniel Komen	February 6, 1998	Budapest
5000 m	12: 49.60 min	Kenenisa Bekele	February 20, 2004	Birmingham
50 m hurdles	6.48 s +	Shaun Bownes	February 25, 2001	Liévin
60 m hurdles	7.52 s	Shaun Bownes	February 23, 2001	Ghent
high jump	2.32 m	Anthony Idiata	February 15, 2000	Patras
Pole vault	5.90 m	Occert Brits	February 16, 1997	Liévin
			June 1, 1997	Toronto
Long jump	8.44 m	Luvo Manyonga	2nd March 2018	Birmingham
Triple jump	17.58 m	Hugues Fabrice Zango	January 27, 2019	Paris
Shot put	21.47 m	Janus Robberts	December 1, 2001	Norman
Heptathlon	5911 points	Larbi Bourrada	February 28, 2010	Paris
	6.89 s (60 m) , 7.34 m (long jump) , 14.00 m (shot put) , 1.92 m (high jump) / 8.05 s (60 m hurdles) , 4.60 m (pole vault) , 2: 39.86 min (1000 m)
5000 m walking	19: 39.92 min	Hédi Teraoui	February 18, 2018	Liévin
4 × 400 m relay	3: 07.95 min	Tobi Ogunmola Noah Akwu Isah Salihu Cristian Morton	March 8, 2014	Sopot
As of March 27, 2020

Indoor continental records, women (20 disciplines)

discipline	power	athlete	date	place
50 m	6.04 s +	Chioma Ajunwa	February 22, 1998	Liévin
60 m	6.97 s	Murielle Ahouré	2nd March 2018	Birmingham
200 m	22.80 s	Murielle Ahouré	March 13, 2009	College station
400 m	50.73 s	Charity Opara	February 1, 1998	Stuttgart
800 m	1: 57.06 min	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	February 21, 1999	Liévin
1000 m	2: 30.94 min	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	February 25, 1999	Stockholm
1500 m	3: 55.17 min	Genzebe Dibaba	1st of February 2014	Karlsruhe
1 mile	4: 13.31 min	Genzebe Dibaba	17th February 2016	Stockholm
3000 m	8: 16.60 min	Genzebe Dibaba	February 6, 2014	Stockholm
5000 m	14: 18.86 min	Genzebe Dibaba	19th February 2015	Stockholm
50 m hurdles	6.76 s +	Glory alozie	February 25, 2001	Liévin
60 m hurdles	7.82 s	Glory alozie	February 16, 1999	Madrid
high jump	1.97 m	Hestrie Cloete	February 18, 2001	Birmingham
Pole vault	4.41 m	Elmarie Gerryts	February 20, 2000	Birmingham
Long jump	6.97 m	Chioma Ajunwa	February 5, 1997	Erfurt
Triple jump	14.90 m	Yamilé Aldama	March 6, 2004	Budapest
Shot put	18.13 m	Vivian Peter-Chukwuemeka	February 4, 2006	Flagstaff
Pentathlon	4558 points	Eunice Barber	March 7, 1997	Paris
	8.39 s (60 m hurdles) , 1.80 m (high jump) , 13.05 m (shot put) , 6.35 m (long jump) , 2: 18.17 min (800 m)
3000 m walking	14: 13.46 min	Tahani Ghazal	3rd February 2018	Lyon
4 × 400 m relay	3: 29.67 min	Omolara Omotoso Patience Okon George Bukola Abogunloko Folashade Abugan	March 8, 2014	Sopot
As of March 27, 2020

Legend

symbol	meaning
	Current world record
A.	Erected at an altitude of 1000 meters or more
a	Route favors faster times and does not comply with the regulations (IAAF rule 260.28)
w	Favored by wind (the back wind was more than 2 m / s)
i	Scored in the hall. Records (outdoor records) can be set in a stadium with or without a roof since 1998 (IAAF rule 260.18a).
est	estimated
ht	Hand stop
!	Time measurement by means of a photocell
+	Record set on part of a longer route
*	Subject to ratification by the IAAF
#	Not an officially ratified outdoor record (some indoor records are marked with this symbol)
╳	not ratified because no doping control was carried out
OT	Oversized career
(X, X)	In brackets: wind in meters per second (minus figures: headwind)

literature

• IAAF Statistics Handbook Daegu 2011: Part 1 (PDF; 6.3 MB), Part 2 (PDF; 2.3 MB), Part 3 (PDF; 4 MB), Part 4 (PDF; 3.1 MB), Part 5 (PDF; 5.5 MB)
• IAAF Statistics Handbook Istanbul 2012: Part 1 (PDF; 7 MB), Part 2 (PDF; 4.9 MB), Part 3 (PDF; 1.5 MB), Part 4 (PDF; 1.3 MB), Part 5 (PDF; 1.6 MB)

Web links

• Continental records held on the IAAF website
• Official website of the Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme

Individual evidence