Central African Athletics Championships Explained

Central African Athletics Championships
Genre:	outdoor track and field
Venue:	varies
Participants:	Central African nations
Organised:	Confederation of African Athletics

The Central African Athletics Championships are an international athletics competition between countries in Central Africa. First held in 1976, it has been held sporadically since then, with the most recent edition being the ninth championships in 2015.^[1]

The competition features mostly outdoor track and field events, though the 1991 championships had a men's marathon and the 1999 championships hosted a men's 20 kilometres race walk. There was also a cross country running championships held in 2000. These competitions were all hosted separately from the Central African Games as well as the East and Central African Championships.^[2]

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Nations	Athletes
1	1975		Cameroon
2	1978		Gabon
3	1980		Republic of the Congo
4	1995		Cameroon
5	1996		Chad
6	1999		Cameroon
7	2007		Democratic Republic of the Congo			^[3]
8	2013		Republic of the Congo			^[4]
9	2015		Cameroon

Central African Cross Country Championships

In 2000, Bujumbura in Burundi staged the only known edition of a Central African Cross Country Championships. Long and short course races were held for both men and women, with Lambert Ndayikéza (36:29) and Béatrice Iradukunda (28:39) the long course winners and Onèsphore Nkunzimana (12:40) and Épiphanie Nyirabaramé (15:24) being the short course winners. Rwanda's Nyirabarame was the only winner not from the host nation.^[2] Burundi and Rwanda are the only nations in the region with an international pedigree in long-distance running.

Champions

Men's 100 metres

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Men's 200 metres

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Men's 400 metres

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Men's 800 metres

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Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's marathon

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 110 metres hurdles

Abdoulaye Sène of Senegal placed first at the 1995 event as a guest athlete.

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Men's 400 metres hurdles

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Men's high jump

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Men's pole vault

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Men's long jump

Guy Mialou of Senegal placed first at the 1995 event as a guest athlete.

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Men's triple jump

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Men's shot put

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Men's discus throw

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Men's javelin throw

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Men's 20 km walk

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Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Women's 100 metres

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Women's 200 metres

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Women's 400 metres

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Women's 800 metres

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Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 3000 metres

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Women's 5000 metres

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Women's 100 metres hurdles

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• 1996: Not held
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Women's 400 metres hurdles

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Women's high jump

Irène Tiendrébéogo of Burkina Faso placed first at the 1995 event competing as a guest athlete.

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Women's long jump

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Women's triple jump

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Women's shot put

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Women's discus throw

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Women's javelin throw

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Women's 10,000 metres walk

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Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Notes and References

1. https://www.camerounweb.com/CameroonHomePage/SportsArchive/Central-African-Athletics-Cameroon-grabs-64-medals-26-Gold-329427# Central African Athletics: Cameroon grabs 64 medals, 26 Gold
2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cafg.htm Central African Games and Championships
3. https://www.athleticspodium.com/champs/central-african-championships/2007-central-african-championships 2007 Central African Championships
4. https://www.cameroonathletics.org/public_html/inside/index.php/results-of-the-different-meetings/ Athletics: End in Yaoundé of the 5th meeting