Athletics at the African Youth Games

Athletics at a multi-sport competition

Athletics is one of the sports at the quadrennial African Youth Games competition. It has been one of the sports competed at the event since the inaugural edition in 2010.^[1]

Four athletes have achieved two athletics gold medals in the same Games: Tinashe Mutanga in the 100 m and 200 m (2010), Charkad Jaber Said in the hammer and javelin throws (2010), Rosemary Chukwuma in the 100 m and 200 m (2018), and Gontse Morake in the 400 m hurdles and triple jump (2018).^[1]

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Host country	Main venue	Events		Best nation
Games	Year	Host city	Host country	Main venue	Men	Women	Best nation
I	2010	Rabat	Morocco		18	18	Tunisia (TUN)
II	2014	Gaborone	Botswana		20	20	Ethiopia (ETH)
III	2018	Algiers	Algeria		20	20	South Africa (RSA)
IV	2026	Maseru	Lesotho

Events

As of the most recent 2018 edition, the athletics program features 20 men's and 20 women's events.^[1]

Event	2010	2014	2018	Games
Current program
100 m	M/W	M/W	M/W	6
200 m	M/W	M/W	M/W	6
400 m	M/W	M/W	M/W	6
800 m		M/W	M/W	4
1000 m	M/W			2
1500 m		M/W	M/W	4
3000 m	M/W	M/W	M/W	6
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	W	W	W	3
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	M	M	M	3
400 m hurdles (84 cm)	M	M	M	3
400 m hurdles	W	W	W	3
2000 m steeplechase	M/W	M/W	M/W	6
4 × 100 m relay	M/W	M/W	M/W	6
4 × 400 m relay	M/W	M/W	M/W	6
5000 m walk		W	W	2
10,000 m walk		M	M	2
High jump	M/W	M/W	M/W	6
Pole vault	M/W	M/W	M/W	6
Long jump	M/W	M/W	M/W	6
Triple jump	M/W	M/W	M/W	6
Shot put (5kg)	M	M	M	3
Shot put (3kg)	W	W	W	3
Discus throw (1.5kg)	M	M	M	3
Discus throw	W	W	W	3
Hammer throw (5kg)	M	M	M	3
Hammer throw (3kg)	W	W	W	3
Javelin throw (700g)	M	M	M	3
Javelin throw (500g)	W	W	W	3
Events	36	40	40

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2018 African Youth Games


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	19	13	6	38
2	Ethiopia (ETH)	17	7	6	30
3	Egypt (EGY)	14	9	5	28
4	Nigeria (NGR)	12	7	7	26
5	Kenya (KEN)	9	19	8	36
6	Tunisia (TUN)	9	6	4	19
7	Algeria (ALG)	5	7	5	17
8	Morocco (MAR)	4	10	15	29
9	Botswana (BOT)	4	3	8	15
10	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	2	1	2	5
11	Mauritius (MRI)	1	4	3	8
12	Zambia (ZAM)	1	2	2	5
13	Sudan (SUD)	1	1	1	3
14	The Gambia (GAM)	1	0	2	3
15	Uganda (UGA)	0	2	3	5
16	Ghana (GHA)	0	2	2	4
17	Senegal (SEN)	0	2	0	2
18	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	2	3
18	Libya (LBA)	0	1	2	3
20	Eritrea (ERI)	0	1	0	1
21	Namibia (NAM)	0	0	3	3
22	Burundi (BDI)	0	0	2	2
22	Madagascar (MAD)	0	0	2	2
24	Djibouti (DJI)	0	0	1	1
	Seychelles (SEY)	0	0	1	1
	Togo (TOG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 entries)		99	98	93	290

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "African Youth Games". Athletics Podium.

Athletics at multi-sport events

World events	Olympic Games Paralympic Games Youth Olympics Gymnasiade Goodwill Games Military World Games Universiade

Asia	Asian Games Asian Indoor Games Asian Para Games Asian Youth Games Regional Games: West Central East Southeast South ASEAN Para Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN School Games National Games of China Sukma Games Far Eastern Championship Games GCC Games
Africa	African Games Central African Games All-Africa University Games African Youth Games
North America	Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games Pan American Games Parapan American Games
South America	South American Games Bolivarian Games Pan American Games Parapan American Games
Oceania	Pacific Games Pacific Mini Games Micronesian Games
Europe	European Games European Youth Olympic Festival Island Games Games of the Small States of Europe

Community	Afro-Asian Games ALBA Games Arab Games Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Youth Games Friendship Games Inter-Allied Games Islamic Solidarity Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusophony Games Maccabiah Games Mediterranean Games Pacific Ocean Games West African University Games