African Half Marathon Championships

The event contained both individual and nation team race elements.

The creation of the competition followed on from the launch of a discrete African Marathon Championships in 1994.

[1] South Africa's Ezael Thlobo became the first ever African half marathon champion.

He was succeeded to the men's title by Ethiopia's Ayele Mezgebu and Kamel Kohil of Algeria was the final men's champion – his time of 1:04:38 was the fastest recorded at the tournament by a margin of 50 seconds.

[2][3] These two continental events were spurred by the creation of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships two years earlier.