African Championships in Athletics

The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), the continental association for the sport in Africa.

The 21st edition was held in Asaba, Nigeria in August 2018.

Following it being dropped from the programme an African Marathon Championships was briefly contested.

[1] The event programme has roughly matched that of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, with the exception of the 50 kilometres race walk.

[2] The following list shows changes to the event programme: The best athletes of these championships are: Men Hakim Toumi 7 gold medals Women Zoubida Laayouni 7 gold medals