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Athletics at the African Games

Athletics
First event	1965 Brazzaville
Occur every	four years
Last event	2023 Accra
Best	Nigeria (NGR)

Athletics is an African Games event ever since the inaugural edition in Brazzaville, Congo, at the 1965 All-Africa Games, and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.

Editions

Games	Year	Host	Events			Best nation
			Men	Women	Mixed
I	1965	Brazzaville	18	6	—	Nigeria
II	1973	Lagos	21	13	—	Kenya
III	1978	Algiers	23	14	—	Nigeria
IV	1987	Nairobi	23	18	—	Nigeria
V	1991	Cairo	23	18	—	Nigeria
VI	1995	Harare	23	20	—	Nigeria
VII	1999	Johannesburg	23	22	—	Nigeria
VIII	2003	Abuja	23	22	—	Nigeria
IX	2007	Algiers	23	23	—	Nigeria
X	2011	Maputo	23	23	—	Nigeria
XI	2015	Brazzaville	23	23	—	Nigeria
XII	2019	Rabat	23	23	—	Kenya
XIII	2023	Accra	23	23	1	Nigeria

Events

Men's events

Women's events

Medal table

• Last updated after the 2023 edition. Excluding Para-Athletics.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	138	118	73	329
2	Kenya (KEN)	90	97	85	272
3	Ethiopia (ETH)	49	50	55	154
4	South Africa (RSA)	48	52	54	154
5	Algeria (ALG)	29	37	38	104
6	Ghana (GHA)	28	35	31	94
7	Egypt (EGY)	24	24	21	69
8	Tunisia (TUN)	20	18	11	49
9	Senegal (SEN)	15	17	21	53
10	Ivory Coast (CIV)	15	9	20	44
11	Botswana (BOT)	14	7	7	28
12	Uganda (UGA)	12	12	21	45
13	Cameroon (CMR)	8	9	12	29
14	Sudan (SUD)	7	3	1	11
15	Burkina Faso (BUR)	5	5	7	17
16	Mauritius (MRI)	4	3	6	13
17	Mozambique (MOZ)	4	2	0	6
18	Tanzania (TAN)	3	4	6	13
19	Mali (MLI)	3	3	2	8
20	The Gambia (GAM)	3	2	0	5
	Zambia (ZAM)	3	2	0	5
22	Eritrea (ERI)	3	1	2	6
23	Madagascar (MAD)	2	4	7	13
24	Namibia (NAM)	2	3	11	16
25	Morocco (MAR)	1	8	5	14
26	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1	4	10	15
27	Seychelles (SEY)	1	4	4	9
28	Liberia (LBR)	1	2	2	5
29	Sierra Leone (SLE)	1	2	0	3
30	Republic of the Congo (CGO)	1	1	7	9
31	Benin (BEN)	1	1	4	6
32	Burundi (BDI)	1	1	3	5
33	Somalia (SOM)	1	1	0	2
34	Chad (CHA)	1	0	4	5
35	Swaziland (SWZ)	1	0	1	2
36	South Sudan (SSD)	1	0	0	1
37	Togo (TOG)	0	2	4	6
38	Guinea (GUI)	0	1	1	2
	Lesotho (LES)	0	1	1	2
40	Djibouti (DJI)	0	1	0	1
	Rwanda (RWA)	0	1	0	1
42	Central African Republic (CAF)	0	0	1	1
Totals (42 entries)		541	547	538	1,626

Medalists

Games records

See also

• International athletics championships and games

References

External links

• List of previous winners

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