List of African Championships in Athletics records

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

  Not ratified or later rescinded by CAA

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	3:33.95	Brian Komen	Kenya	26 June 2024	2024 Championships	Douala, Cameroon	[3]
5000 m	13:09.68	Simon Chemoiywo	Kenya	27 June 1993	1993 Championships	Durban, South Africa
10,000 m	27:19.74	Kenneth Kipkemoi	Kenya	28 June 2012	2012 Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin	[4]
110 m hurdles	13.49 (+0.4 m/s)	Louis François Mendy	Senegal	25 June 2024	2024 Championships	Douala, Cameroon	[5]
	13.43 NWI[a]	Antonio Alkana	South Africa	25 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa
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	[6]
Long jump	8.45 m (−1.2 m/s)	Rushwal Samaai	South Africa	2 August 2018	2018 Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	[7]
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	[8]
Discus throw	63.90 m	Oussama Khennoussi	Algeria	23 June 2024	2024 Championships	Douala, Cameroon	[9]
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]
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.90 (+1.0 m/s) 7.45 m (+1.1 m/s) 13.20 m 2.04 m 48.33 14.33 (+0.2 m/s) 39.99 m 4.90 m 64.60 m 4:20.05
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	15:00.82	Beatrice Chebet	Kenya	9 June 2022	2016 Championships	Saint Pierre, Mauritius
10,000 m	30:26.94 PB	Alice Aprot	Kenya	25 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa	[19]
100 m hurdles	12.70 (+1.1 m/s) NR	Ebony Morrison	Liberia	22 June 2024	2024 Championships	Douala, Cameroon	[20]
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	17.64 m	Auriol Dongmo	Cameroon	26 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa
	18.86 m X	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]
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 13.32 (+1.4 m/s) 1.83 m 12.87 m 24.19 (NWI) 6.24 m (±0.0 m/s) 36.30 m 2:17.50
20 km walk (road)	1:30:43 AR	Grace Wanjiru Njue	Kenya	26 June 2016	2016 Championships	Durban, South Africa	[28]
4 × 100 m relay	43.01	Justina Tiana Eyakpobeyan Tima Seikeseye Godbless Olayinka Olajide Tobi Amusan	Nigeria	24 June 2024	2024 Championships	Douala, Cameroon	[29]
4 × 400 m relay	3:27.31	Patience Okon George Elizabeth Joseph Omolara Ogunmakinju Ella Onojuvwevwo	Nigeria	26 June 2024	2024 Championships	Douala, Cameroon	[30]

Mixed

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:13.12 NR	Gardeo Isaacs Shirley Nekhubui Mthi Mthimkulu Miranda Coetzee	South Africa	22 June 2024	2024 Championships	Douala, Cameroon	[31]

Key:
WR World record	AR African record	NR National record	PB Athlete's personal best

Notes

1. by World Athletics source; 13.45 by CAA source