African Junior Athletics Championships

The 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.^[1]

Editions

	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes
1	1994	Algiers	Algeria	6–8 July
2	1995	Bouaké	Ivory Coast	20–22 July
3	1997	Ibadan	Nigeria	21–23 August
4	1999	Tunis	Tunisia	22–25 July
5	2001	Réduit	Mauritius	9–12 Jul
6	2003	Garoua	Cameroon	31 Jul–3 August
7	2005	Tunis and Radès	Tunisia	1–4 September
8	2007	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	9–12 August
9	2009	Bambous	Mauritius	30 July–2 August	Stade Germain Comarmond	41
10	2011	Gaborone	Botswana	12–15 May	University of Botswana Stadium	44
11	2013	Bambous	Mauritius	29 August–1 September	Stade Germain Comarmond	40	223
12	2015	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	5–8 March	Addis Ababa Stadium

Championships records

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	City	Ref
100 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m	59:58.70	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	6 March 2015	2015 Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	[2]
110 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump	15.92 m (+0.8 m/s)	Sabelo Ndlovu	South Africa	30 August 2013	2013 Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	[3]
Shot put (6 kg)	20.66 m	Mohamed Magdi Hamza	Egypt	6 March 2015	2015 Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	[4]
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Decathlon
	(100 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump), (400 m), (110 m hurdles), (discus), (pole vault), (javelin), (1500 m)
20 km walk (road)
4x100 m relay
4x400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	City	Ref
100 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m
100 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump	6.33 m (-0.7 m/s)	Ese Brume	Nigeria	8 March 2015	2015 Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	[5]
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Heptathlon
	(100 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (200 m), (long jump), (javelin), (800 m)
10 km walk (road)
4x100 m relay	44.83	Aniekeme Alphonsus Omotayo Abolaji Blessing Adiakerehawa Ese Brume	Nigeria	7 March 2015	2015 Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	[6]
4x400 m relay

References

1. African Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2009-09-30.
2. Mark Ouma (7 March 2015). "Egyptian Magdy sets African Junior record-Day Two African Junior champs". African Athletics. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
3. Menon Ramsamy, Reynolds Quirin (1 September 2013). "Ethiopian and Nigerian athletes impress at African Junior Champs". IAAF. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
4. Elshadai Negash; Bizuayehu Wagaw (7 March 2015). "Hamza and Cheptegei highlight opening days of African Junior Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
5. Mark Ouma (9 March 2015). "Nigerian defending champions Brume, Oduduru prevail-African Junior Champs Day Four". African Athletics. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
6. Mark Ouma (8 March 2015). "Nigerian women set championship record as Egypt clinch three gold medals-African Junior champs Day Three". African Athletics. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

External links

• Championship medallists 1994–2005
• Confederation of African Athletics