African Marathon Championships

A short-lived event, it was first staged in 1994 and held for a second and final time in 1996.

[1] Prior to that, the men's marathon had featured since the debut of the main championships in 1979, bar an interruption in 1984.

Nine African nations reached the podium across the tournament's two editions.

Ethiopia's Elfenesh Alemu won the 1994 women's title in 3:08:05 hours – a time which was beaten by Sarah Mokgotla, whose win in 2:56:53 hours made her the only woman to dip under the three-hour mark at the event.

[1] The championships pre-dated Kenyan dominance of the road distance and 1996 bronze men's medallist Geoffrey Kinyua remains the only Kenyan to have won an African-level medal in the marathon (covering this event, the main athletics championships and the All-Africa Games).