African Championships in Athletics, the Glossary
The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), the continental association for the sport in Africa.[1]
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86 relations: Accra, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa Stadium, Africa, African Marathon Championships, Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Algiers, Anjalay Stadium, Annaba, Asaba, Bambous, Mauritius, Belle Vue Harel, Brazzaville, Cairo, Cairo International Stadium, Confederation of African Athletics, Dakar, Douala, Durban, Hakim Toumi, Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Hammer throw, Heptathlon, Japoma Stadium, Kings Park Stadium, Lagos, Legon Sports Stadium, Marathon, Marrakesh, Nairobi, National Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria, Nyayo National Stadium, Pentathlon, Pole vault, Porto-Novo, Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Radès, Republic of the Congo, Saint Pierre, Mauritius, Sport of athletics, Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Stade Charles de Gaulle, Stade de Marrakech, Stade Demba Diop, Stade du 5 Juillet, Stade Germain Comarmond, Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Stephen Keshi Stadium, ... Expand index (36 more) »
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Accra
Accra (Ga or Gaga; Nkran; Ewe: Gɛ; Ankara) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (fountain of hot mineral water, new flower) is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia.
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Addis Ababa Stadium
Addis Ababa Stadium (Amharic: አዲስ አበባ ስታዲየም) is a multi-purpose stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
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African Marathon Championships
The African Marathon Championships was a biennial marathon running competition between athletes from Africa. African Championships in Athletics and African Marathon Championships are African championships and Confederation of African Athletics competitions.
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Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium
Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
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Algiers
Algiers (al-Jazāʾir) is the capital and largest city of Algeria, located in the north-central part of the country.
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Anjalay Stadium
The Anjalay Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Belle Vue Harel, Pamplemousses District, Mauritius.
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Annaba
Annaba (عنّابة, "Place of the Jujubes"), formerly known as Bon, Bona and Bône, is a seaport city in the northeastern corner of Algeria, close to the border with Tunisia.
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Asaba
Asaba (Igbo: Ahaba) is the capital of Delta State, Nigeria.
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Bambous, Mauritius
Bambous is a small town in Mauritius located in the Rivière Noire District.
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Belle Vue Harel
Belle Vue Harel is a village in Mauritius that is located in the Pamplemousses District in the northern part of the island.
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Brazzaville
Brazzaville (Ntamo, Ntambo, Kintamo, Kintambo, Tandala, Mavula; Teke: M'fa, Mfaa, Mfa, MfoaRoman Adrian Cybriwsky, Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2013, p. 60) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo (Congo Republic).
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Cairo
Cairo (al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people.
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Cairo International Stadium
The Cairo International Stadium (ستاد القاهرة الدولي), formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000.
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Confederation of African Athletics
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA; French: Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme) is the continental association for the sport of athletics in Africa.
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Dakar
Dakar (Ndakaaru) is the capital and largest city of Senegal.
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Douala
Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital.
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Durban
Durban (eThekwini, from itheku meaning "bay, lagoon") is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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Hakim Toumi
Hakim Toumi OLY (born 30 January 1961 in Algiers, Algiers Province) is a retired male hammer thrower from Algeria.
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Hammadi Agrebi Stadium
Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, opened as 7 November Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the sports city of Radès, located in Radès, in the southern suburb of the city Tunis.
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Hammer throw
The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin.
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Heptathlon
A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events.
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Japoma Stadium
The Japoma Stadium is a 50,000-capacity all-seater multi-purpose stadium in Douala, Cameroon.
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Kings Park Stadium
Kings Park Stadium (known as Hollywoodbets Kings Park for sponsorship reasons since 2022), colloquially known as the Shark Tank, is a stadium located in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct in Durban, South Africa.
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Lagos
Lagos (also US), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria.
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Legon Sports Stadium
The Legon Sports Stadium, also known as the University of Ghana Sports Stadium, is a stadium at the University of Ghana.
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Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of, usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes.
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Marrakesh
Marrakesh or Marrakech (or; murrākuš) is the fourth-largest city in Morocco.
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Nairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya.
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National Stadium, Lagos
The Lagos National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Surulere, Lagos State, Nigeria.
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Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.
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Nyayo National Stadium
Nyayo National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Pentathlon
A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events.
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Pole vault
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar.
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Porto-Novo
Porto-Novo (Portuguese: "New Port",,; Àjàṣẹ́) (also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe) is the capital and second-largest city of Benin.
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Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium (المجمع الرياضي الأمير مولاي عبد الله) was a multi-purpose stadium in Rabat, Morocco.
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Rabat
Rabat (also,; ar-Ribāṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million.
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Radès
Radès (رادس) is a harbour city in Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia.
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Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, West Congo, Congo Republic, ROC, ROTC, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located on the western coast of Central Africa to the west of the Congo River.
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Saint Pierre, Mauritius
Saint Pierre is a village in the district of Moka in Mauritius.
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Sport of athletics
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.
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Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat
The Alphonse Massemba-Débat Stadium (formally named Stade de la Revolution) in Brazzaville is one of the two national stadiums of the Congo national football team, along with the Stade Municipal de Kintélé.
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Stade Charles de Gaulle
Stade Charles de Gaulle is a multi-use stadium in Porto-Novo, Benin named after Charles de Gaulle.
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Stade de Marrakech
Marrakesh Stadium (ملعب مراكش, Berber: Annar n Mrraksh), is a multi-use stadium in Marrakesh, Morocco.
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Stade Demba Diop
Stade Demba Diop is a multi-use stadium in greater Dakar, Senegal.
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Stade du 5 Juillet
The 5 July 1962 Stadium, (the name refers to 5 July 1962, the day Algeria declared independence), is a football and athletics stadium located in Algiers, Algeria.
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Stade Germain Comarmond
Stade Germain Comarmond is a multi-use stadium in Bambous, Rivière Noire District, Mauritius.
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Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium, formerly the Stade de l'Amitie, is a multi-purpose stadium in Dakar, Senegal.
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Stephen Keshi Stadium
The Stephen Keshi Stadium is a multi-purpose complex in Asaba, in Nigeria's Delta State.
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Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years.
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Triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump.
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World Athletics Championships
The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations).
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Yaoundé
Yaoundé is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala.
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Zoubida Laayouni
Zoubida Laayouni (born 5 February 1956) is a retired Moroccan athlete who specialised in the discus throw.
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10 kilometres race walk
The 10 kilometres race walk, or 10-kilometer racewalk, is a racewalking event.
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10,000 metres
The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event.
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19 May 1956 Stadium
19 May 1956 Stadium, or simply May 19th Stadium is a football stadium located in Annaba, Algeria.The stadium has a capacity of 56,000 and is all-seated.
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1979 African Championships in Athletics
The 1979 African Championships in Athletics were held in the Stade Iba Mar Diop in Dakar, Senegal, between 2 and 5 August.
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1982 African Championships in Athletics
The 1982 African Championships in Athletics were held in Cairo, Egypt from 25 to 28 August.
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1984 African Championships in Athletics
The 1984 African Championships in Athletics were held in Rabat, Morocco from August 12 to 15, 1984 in the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium.
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1985 African Championships in Athletics
The 1985 African Championships in Athletics were held in Cairo, Egypt between 15 and 18 August.
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1988 African Championships in Athletics
The 1988 African Championships in Athletics were held in Annaba, Algeria, between 29 August and 2 September.
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1989 African Championships in Athletics
The 1989 African Championships in Athletics were held in Lagos, Nigeria between 4 and 8 August.
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1990 African Championships in Athletics
The 1990 African Championships in Athletics were held in Cairo, Egypt between 3 and 6 October.
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1992 African Championships in Athletics
The 1992 African Championships in Athletics were held between 25 and 28 June 1992 in Belle Vue Maurel, Pamplemousses District, Mauritius at the Stade Anjalay.
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1993 African Championships in Athletics
The 9th African Championships in Athletics were held between 23 and 27 June 1993 in Durban, South Africa at Kings Park Stadium.
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1996 African Championships in Athletics
The 10th African Championships in Athletics were held in Yaoundé, Cameroon between 13 and 16 June 1996 at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo.
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1998 African Championships in Athletics
The 11th African Championships in Athletics were held in Dakar, Senegal, from August 18 to August 22 at the Stade Léopold Senghor.
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20 kilometres race walk
The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women.
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2000 African Championships in Athletics
The 12th African Championships in Athletics were held in Algiers, Algeria between 12 and 15 July 2000 at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962.
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2002 African Championships in Athletics
The 13th African Championships in Athletics were held in Tunis and Radès, Tunisia in August, 2002.
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2004 African Championships in Athletics
The 14th African Championships in Athletics were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo in July, 2004.
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2006 African Championships in Athletics
The 15th African Championships in Athletics were held in Mauritius between August 9 and August 13, 2006.
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2008 African Championships in Athletics
The 16th African Championships in Athletics was held in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, from April 30 to May 4, 2008.
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2010 African Championships in Athletics
The 2010 African Championships in Athletics was held in Nairobi, Kenya from, 28 July to 1 August 2010.
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2012 African Championships in Athletics
The 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle in Porto Novo, Benin from 27 June to 1 July 2012.
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2014 African Championships in Athletics
The 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held in Marrakech, Morocco from 10 to 14 August 2014.
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2016 African Championships in Athletics
The 20th African Championships in Athletics was held in Durban, South Africa from 22 to 26 June 2016.
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2018 African Championships in Athletics
The 21st African Championships in Athletics was held in Asaba, Nigeria from 1 to 5 August 2018 at the Stephen Keshi Stadium.
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2022 African Championships in Athletics
The 22nd African Championships in Athletics was held in Saint Pierre, Mauritius from 8 to 12 June 2022, at the Cote d'Or National Sports Complex.
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2024 African Championships in Athletics
The 23rd African Championships in Athletics was held in Douala, Cameroon from 21 to 26 June 2024, at the Japoma Stadium Sports Complex.
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3000 metres steeplechase
The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field.
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4 × 400 metres relay
The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap.
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50 kilometres race walk
The 50 kilometre race walk was an Olympic athletics event that first appeared in 1932 and made its final Olympic appearance in 2021.
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5000 metres
The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or.
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See also
Confederation of African Athletics competitions
- African Championships in Athletics
- African Combined Events Championships
- African Cross Country Championships
- African Half Marathon Championships
- African Junior Athletics Championships
- African Marathon Championships
- African Mountain Running Championships
- African Race Walking Championships
- African Southern Region Athletics Championships
- African Southern Region Cross Country Championships
- African Southern Region Half Marathon Championships
- African U20 Championships in Athletics
- African Youth Athletics Championships
- African Zone VI Athletics Championships
- East African Athletics Championships
- East African Cross Country Championships
- East African Half Marathon Championships
- North African Cross Country Championships
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Championships_in_Athletics
Also known as 2020 African Championships in Athletics, 2021 African Championships in Athletics, African Athletics Championships.
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