List of African Games records in athletics

The All-Africa Games is a multi-sport event which began in 1965. Athletics has been one of the sports held at the Games since the inaugural edition. Records set by athletes who are representing one of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa's member states.

Men's records

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Games	Place	Ref
100 m	9.95	Deji Aliu	Nigeria	11 October 2003	2003 All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria
200 m	20.06 A	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	18 September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa
400 m	44.23 A	Innocent Egbunike	Nigeria	August 1987	1987 All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya
800 m	1:45.38	Cosmas Silei	Nigeria	January 1973	1973 All-Africa Games	Lagos, Nigeria
1500 m	3:34.1	Kip Keino	Kenya	July 1965	1965 All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
5000 m	13:12:51	Moses Kipsiro	Uganda	22 July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	[1]
10000 m	27:00.30	Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea	19 July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	[2]
Half marathon	1:02:24	Deriba Merga	Ethiopia	20 July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	[3]
Marathon	2:14:47 A	Belayneh Dinsamo	Ethiopia	August 1987	1987 All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya
110 m hurdles	13.32 (+0.5 m/s)	Antonio Alkana	South Africa	14 September 2015	2015 All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[4]
400 m hurdles	48.03 A	Amadou Dia Bâ	Senegal	August 1987	1987 All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya
3000 m steeplechase	8:12.27	Ezekiel Kemboi	Kenya	October 2003	2003 All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria
High jump	2.27 m	Kabelo Kgosiemang	Botswana	22 July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	[5]
	2.27 m A	Anthony Idiata	Nigeria	18 September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa
Pole vault	5.50 m	Okkert Brits	South Africa	August 1995	1995 All-Africa Games	Harare, Zimbabwe
Long jump	8.23 m A	Paul Emordi	Nigeria	August 1987	1987 All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya
Triple jump	17.12 m A	Francis Dodoo	Ghana	8 August 1987	1987 All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya	[6]
Shot put	20.25 m	Frank Elemba	Republic of the Congo	14 September 2015	2015 All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[7]
Discus throw	63.61 m	Omar Ahmed El Ghazali	Egypt	October 2003	2003 All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria
Hammer throw	76.73 m	Chris Harmse	South Africa	22 July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	[8]
Javelin throw	85.37 m	Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed	Egypt	17 September 2015	2015 All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[9]
Decathlon	7985 pts	Jangy Addy	Liberia	11–12 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[10]
	10.61 (100 m), 7.76 m (-0.5 m/s) (long jump), 15.38 m (shot put), 1.92 m (high jump), 48.75 (400 m) / 14.15 (110 m hurdles), 48.14 m (discus), 4.40 m (pole vault), 50.71 m (javelin), 5:08.88 (1500 m)
20 km walk (road)	1:22:33	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	19 July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	[11]
4×100 m relay	38.56 A	Daniel Effiong Chinedu Oriala Innocent Asonze ?	Nigeria	16 September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa
4×400 m relay	3:00.34	Raymond Kibet Alex Sampao Kiprono Koskei Boniface Mweresa	Kenya	17 September 2015	2015 All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[12]

Women's records

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Games	Place	Ref
100 m	11.02 (+0.6 m/s)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast	14 September 2015	2015 All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[13]
200 m	22.45 (+0.1 m/s) A	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	18 September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa
400 m	49.43	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	August 1995	1995 All-Africa Games	Harare, Zimbabwe
800 m	1:56.99 A	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	Mozambique	September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa
1500 m	4:06.89	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	22 July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	[14]
3000 m	8:49.33	Susan Sirma	Kenya	September 1991	1991 All-Africa Games	Cairo, Egypt
5000 m	15:02.72	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	18 July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	[15]
10000 m	31:24.18	Alice Aprot	Kenya	16 September 2015	2015 All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[16]
Half marathon	1:10:47	Mare Dibaba	Ethiopia	15 September 2011	2011 All Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[17]
Marathon	2:45:38 A	Hiywot Gizaw	Ethiopia	September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa
100 m hurdles	12.74 (+0.4 m/s) A	Glory Alozie	Nigeria	18 September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa
400 m hurdles	54.93	Muna Jabir Adam	Sudan	22 July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	[18]
3000 m steeplechase	9:32.99	Ruth Bosibori	Kenya	20 July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	[19]
High jump	1.96 m A	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	15 September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa
Pole vault	4.10 m	Balti Syrine	Tunisia	14 September 2015	2015 All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[20]
		Dorra Mahfoudhi					[21]
Long jump	6.79 m	Janice Josephs	South Africa	21 July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	[22]
Triple jump	14.70 m A	Françoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon	18 September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa
Shot put	18.12 m	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria	October 2003	2003 All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria
Discus throw	58.40 m	Elizna Naude	South Africa	21 July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	[23]
Hammer throw	66.91 m	Laetitia Bambara	Burkina Faso	14 September 2015	2015 All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[24]
Javelin throw	58.09 m	Justine Robbeson	South Africa	20 July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	[25]
Heptathlon	6278 pts	Margaret Simpson	Ghana	October 2003	2003 All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria
	13.47 (100 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (200 m) / 6.11 (long jump), (javelin), (800 m)
10 km walk (road)	49:33 A	Susan Vermeulen	South Africa	September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa
20 km walk (road)	1:38:28	Grace Wanjiru Njue	Kenya	15 September 2015	2015 All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[26]
4x100 m relay	43.04	Emem Edem Endurance Ojokolo Chinedu Odozor Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	Nigeria	October 2003	2003 All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria
4x400 m relay	3:27.08 A	[[]] [[]] [[]] [[]]	Nigeria	August 1987	1987 All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya

A = affected by altitude

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External links

• All-Africa Games results on GBRAthletics.com