African Combined Events Championships Explained

The African Combined Events Championships (French: Championnats d'Afrique d'Épreuves Combinées) is an international athletics competition between African athletes in the disciplines of men's decathlon and women's heptathlon. It became part of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge circuit in 2011.[1]

The two-day event was established in 1999, when it was held in the Algerian capital of Algiers. A second edition was scheduled for 2003, to be held in Réduit, Mauritius, but this plan was abandoned.[2] The second edition of the event was held in Tunis two years later and it was held along with the African Race Walking Championships.[3] Réduit has been the regular host for the competition since 2009, with the last three championships having been held at the town's Maryse Justin Stadium. In 2012, an open track and field meeting, organised by former Mauritian sprinter Stéphan Buckland, was held alongside the main combined events meeting.[4]

Ghana's Margaret Simpson and Ali Kamé of Madagascar are both three time champions of their respective events. Kamé's winning score of 7685 points in 2011 is the event record for the decathlon (as well as being a Malagasy record).[5] Simpson set the current heptathlon record of 6184 points in 2012.[6]

The titles contested at this championships are considered separate from the combined events that feature on the programme at the biennial African Championships in Athletics.

Editions

EditionYearCityCountryDateNo. of
athletes		No. of
nations
1st1999Algiers26–27 May[7]
—2003RéduitNot held
2nd2005Tunis21–22 May
3rd[8] 2009Réduit18–19 April
4th2011Réduit16–17 April
5th[9] 2012Bambous13–14 April
6th[10] 2016Réduit2–3 April12 (+5 invited)7 (+3 invited)

Medalists

Key:

Decathlon

19997375 pts7347 pts7042 pts
20057168 pts7140 pts7004 pts
20097363 pts NR7049 pts6968 pts
20117685 pts NR7444 pts7431 pts
20127409 pts7356 pts † 6147 pts
20167481 pts †† 7022 pts6570 pts

Heptathlon

19994857 pts4742 pts4715 pts
20055492 pts4919 pts4747 pts
20095677 pts5116 pts4906 pts
20116134 pts5673 pts5663 pts
20126184 pts † 5766 pts5194 pts
20165772 pts†† 5378 pts5378 pts

External links

Notes and References

  1. van Kuijen, Hans (2012-01-02). 2011 IAAF Combined Events Challenge REVIEW - Suarez and Chernova the overall winners. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
  2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afc.htm#CE African Combined Events Championships
  3. Mzoughi, Hassen (2005-05-22). Algeria, Tunisia and South Africa triumph at the African Championships for Combined Events and Race Walking . IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
  4. https://archive.today/20120910021131/http://www.lexpress.mu/story/36959-athletisme-5e-meeting-d-afrique-des-epreuves-combinees-et-meeting-international-de-maurice-l-heure-de-verite.html Athlétisme : 5e meeting d’Afrique des épreuves combinées et Meeting international de Maurice - L’heure de vérité
  5. http://www.iaaf.org/wce11/results/eventCode=4748/sex=M/discCode=DEC/combCode=hash/roundCode=10/summary.html#det 2011 African Combined Events Championships Decathlon - Men Standings after Event 10
  6. http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WCE12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=64600 Kamé and Simpson retain titles in Mauritius - IAAF Combined Events Challenge
  7. http://www.decathlon2000.com/eng/viewer/?file=http://www.decathlon2000.com/upload/file/pdf/rpt10M1999.pdf 1999 Decathlon Competitions
  8. http://www.tilastopaja.org/staticresults/12751287.htm AfrC Réduit MRI 18 - 19 April 2009
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20120720160345/http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WCE12/Results/ResultsByEventWCE.aspx?%2FMini%2FWCE12%2FResults%2FResultsByEventWCE.aspx%3F%2Feventcode=4916%2Fsex%3DM%2FdiscCode%3DDEC%2FcombCode%3Dhash%2FroundCode%3D10%2Fsummary.html 2012 African Combined Events Championships Results
  10. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-combined-events-challenge/african-combined-events-5965/timetable/byday 2016 African Combined Events Championships Results

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