East African Athletics Championships Explained

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

The East African Athletics Championships, also known as the Zone V Championships, was an international athletics competition between East African nations, organised by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). It was established in 1995,^[1] the same year as two other regional championships: the West and North African Athletics Championships and the African Southern Region Athletics Championships.^[2] ^[3] The competition succeeded the East and Central African Championships as the premier regional athletics competition for the region. All the events at the championships were in outdoor track and field.^[1]

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Country
1	1995		Kenya
2	2001		Tanzania
3	2003		Tanzania
4	2005		Ethiopia
5	2021	Kampala	Uganda

Events

The competition programme featured 32 regular athletics events: seven track running events, two obstacle events, three jumps, and four throws for both the sexes.^[1]

Track running

100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres

Obstacle events

100 metres hurdles (women only), 110 metres hurdles (men only), 400 metres hurdles, 3000 metres steeplechase (men only)

Jumping events

High jump, long jump, triple jump

Throwing events

Shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, hammer throw (men only)

Relay events

4 × 100 metres relay, 4 × 400 metres relay

Several events were held irregularly. Women did not compete in the steeplechase or hammer throw, and pole vault was not available as an event for either sex.^[1]

Champions

Men's 100 metres

1995:
2001:
2003:
2005:

Men's 200 metres

1995:
2001: ?
2003:
2005: ?

Men's 400 metres

1995:
2001:
2003:
2005:

Men's 800 metres

1995:
2001: ?
2003:
2005: ?

Men's 1500 metres

1995:
2001:
2003:
2005: ?

Men's 5000 metres

1995:
2001:
2003:
2005: ?

Men's 10,000 metres

1995:
2001:
2003:
2005:

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

1995:
2001: ?
2003: Not held
2005: ?

Men's 110 metres hurdles

1995:
2001: ?
2003: Not held
2005: ?

Men's 400 metres hurdles

1995:
2001: ?
2003: Not held
2005:

Men's high jump

1995:
2001: ?
2003:
2005: ?

Men's long jump

1995:
2001:
2003:
2005: ?

Men's triple jump

1995:
2001: ?
2003: Not held
2005: ?

Men's shot put

1995:
2001:
2003:
2005: ?

Men's discus throw

1995:
2001:
2003: Not held
2005: ?

Men's hammer throw

1995:
2001: ?
2003: Not held
2005: ?

Men's javelin throw

1995:
2001:
2003:
2005: ?

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

1995:
2001: ?
2003:
2005: ?

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

1995:
2001:
2003:
2005: ?

Women's 100 metres

1995:
2001: ?
2003:
2005: ?

Women's 200 metres

1995:
2001:
2003:
2005: ?

Women's 400 metres

1995:
2001: ?
2003:
2005:

Women's 800 metres

1995:
2001:
2003:
2005:

Women's 1500 metres

1995:
2001: ?
2003:
2005: ?

Women's 5000 metres

1995:
2001:
2003:
2005:

Women's 10,000 metres

1995:
2001: ?
2003: Not held
2005: ?

Women's 110 metres hurdles

1995:
2001: ?
2003: Not held
2005: ?

Women's 400 metres hurdles

1995:
2001: ?
2003: Not held
2005:

Women's high jump

1995:
2001: ?
2003: Not held
2005: ?

Women's long jump

1995:
2001: ?
2003: Not held
2005: ?

Women's triple jump

1995:
2001: ?
2003: Not held
2005: ?

Women's shot put

1995:
2001:
2003:
2005: ?

Women's discus throw

1995:
2001:
2003: Not held
2005: ?

Women's javelin throw

1995:
2001: ?
2003: Not held
2005: ?

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

1995:
2001:
2003:
2005: ?

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

1995:
2001: ?
2003:
2005:

Notes and References

http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ecafc.htm East African Championships
http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asrc.htm African Southern Region Championships
http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wafg.htm West and North African Championships