Junior African Athletics Championships

The Junior African Athletics Championships are athletics competitions organized by the Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme (CAA) every two years . The first championships took place in 1994 in the Algerian capital, Algiers . By far the most successful nation is South Africa, followed by Kenya and Nigeria.

Events

No.	year	city	country	date	Stadion	Competitions	Athletes	Nations
01.	1994	Algiers	Algeria	July 6-8		40
02.	1995	Bouaké	Ivory Coast	July 20-22		36
03.	1997	Ibadan	Nigeria	August 21-23		43
04th	1999	Tunis	Tunisia	July 22nd to 25th		43
05.	2001	Reduit	Mauritius	July 9th to 12th		41
06th	2003	Garoua	Cameroon	July 31st to August 3rd		44
07th	2005	Tunis and Radès	Tunisia	September 1st to 4th		44
08th.	2007	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	August 9th to 12th		44
09.	2009	Bambous	Mauritius	30th July. until August 2nd	Stade Germain Comarmond	40
10.	2011	Gaborone	Botswana	May 12th to 15th	University of Botswana Stadium	44
11.	2013	Bambous	Mauritius	August 29th to September 1st	Stade Germain Comarmond	40	223	29
12.	2015	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	March 5th to 8th	Addis Ababa Stadium	43
13.	2017	Tlemcen	Algeria	June 29th to July 2nd	Stade Lalla Setti	43
14th	2019	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	April 16-20	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny	44

Championship records

Men

discipline	record	athlete	date	place
100 m	10.32 s	Ibrahim Meité	July 20, 1995	Bouaké
200 m	20.22 s (+1.1 m / s)	Clarence Munyai	2nd July 2017	Tlemcen
400 m	46.09 s	Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr	September 2005	Tunis
800 m	1: 46.41 min	David Lekuta Rudisha	August 2007	Ouagadougou
1500 m	3: 35.43 min	Hillary Maiyo	May 2011	Gaborone
5000 m	13: 13.06 min	Edward Pingua Zakayo	19th April 2019	Abidjan
10,000 m	27: 55.74 min	Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui	May 2011	Gaborone
110 m hurdles (99 cm)	13.61 s (+0.8 m / s)	Atuma Ifeanyichukwu	March 2015	Addis Ababa
400 m hurdles	50.05 s	Cornel Fredericks	August 2009	Bambous
3000 m obstacle	8: 19.84 min	Raymond Yator	July 1999	Tunis
high jump	2.18 m	Breyton Poole	April 18, 2019	Abidjan
Pole vault	5.30 m	Cheyne Rahme	August 2009	Bambous
Long jump	7.79 m	Keenan Watson	August 2007	Ouagadougou
Triple jump	16.30 m (0.0 m / s)	Chengetayi Mapaya	July 1, 2017	Tlemcen
Shot put (6 kg)	20.66 m	Mohamed Magdi Hamza	March 6, 2015	Addis Ababa
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	61.87 m	Omar Ahmed el-Ghazaly	August 2003	Garoua
Hammer throw (6 kg)	75.59	Alaa el-Aslry	August 2009	Bambous
Javelin throw	77.45 m	Willie Human	July 2001	Reduit
Decathlon	7086 points	Mohamed Benyahia	22./23. August 1997	Ibadan
10 km by train	44: 43.47 min	Yonanis Algaw whales	June 30, 2017	Tlemcen
		Bahaeddine Gatri	June 30, 2017	Tlemcen
4 × 100 m relay race	39.51 s	Yves Sonan Ahmed Douhou Ade Bayo Ibrahim Meité	July 22, 1995	Bouaké
4 × 400 m relay race	3: 08.68 min	Fidelis Gadzama Musa Audu Sunday Emmanuel Musa Deji	August 22, 1997	Ibadan

Women

discipline	record	Athlete	date	place
100 m	11.38 s (−1.0 m / s)	Mercy Nku	July 20, 1995	Bouaké
200 m	23.40 s	Dolphins Atangana	August 2003	Garoua
400 m	52.02 s	Folashade Abugan	August 2009	Bambous
800 m	1: 56.72 min	Caster Semenya	August 2009	Bambous
1500 m	4: 08.01 min	Caster Semenya	August 2009	Bambous
3000 m	8: 53.40 min	Sally Barsosio	July 6, 1994	Algiers
5000 m	15: 24.66 min	Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui	May 2011	Gaborone
100 m hurdles	13.59 s	Gnima Faye	August 2003	Garoua
400 m hurdles	58.45 s	Amaka Ogoegbunam	August 2009	Bambous
3000 m obstacle	9: 48.56 min	Fancy Cherono	April 18, 2019	Abidjan
high jump	1.90 m	Hestrie Storbeck	August 21, 1997	Ibadan
Pole vault	3.65 m	Syrine Balti	July 1999	Tunis
Long jump	6.33 m (−0.7 m / s)	Ese Brume	March 8, 2015	Addis Ababa
Triple jump	13.39 m	Baya Rahouli	August 23, 1997	Ibadan
Shot put	16.93 m	Marli Knoetze	September 2005	Tunis
Discus throw	50.04 m	Princess Kara	April 18, 2019	Abidjan
Hammer throw	60.83 m	Rawan Barakat	April 20, 2019	Abidjan
Javelin throw	54.55 m	Tazmin Brits	August 2009	Bambous
Heptathlon	5366 points	Margaret Simpson	July 1999	Tunis
10 km by train	52: 14.73 min	Ayalnesh Dejene Nigatu	2nd July 2017	Tlemcen
4 × 100 m relay race	44.83 s	Aniekeme Alphonsus Omotayo Abolaji Blessing Adiakerehawa Ese Brume	March 8, 2015	Addis Ababa
4 × 400 m relay race	3: 37.99 min	Nigeria	August 22, 1997	Ibadan

Eternal medal table

A total of 546 gold, 545 silver and 526 bronze medals were won by athletes from 36 countries at the Asian Junior Athletics Championships. The following table contains the 20 most successful nations in lexicographical order (as of the 2017 Junior African Athletics Championships).

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	Total
01	South Africa	110	66	53	229
02	Kenya	80	76	33	189
03	Nigeria	75	68	38	181
04th	Ethiopia	48	63	64	175
05	Egypt	47	44	29	120
06th	Algeria	41	38	53	132
07th	Morocco	27	34	47	108
08th	Tunisia	23	24	46	93
09	Ghana	11	21st	20th	51
10	Mauritius	11	19th	26th	56
11	Senegal	10	12	14th	36
12	Sudan	10	6th	4th	20th
13	Uganda	8th	4th	9	21st
14th	Zimbabwe	7th	10	16	23
15th	Burkina Faso	5	13	15th	33
16	Botswana	5	9	19th	33
17th	Cameroon	5	8th	7th	20th
18th	Ivory Coast	5	5	12	22nd
19th	Seychelles	4th	5	7th	16
20th	Gambia	3	2	2	7th

Web links

• caaweb.org: Website of the Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme (English)