African Race Walking Championships

The African Race Walking Championships was a quadrennial race walking competition for athletes representing countries from Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). It was established in 1999 and has featured races for senior men (20 km) and women (10 km in 1999, 20 km from 2005 on).[1] The 2005 edition was held jointly with the African Combined Events Championships.[2][3] The 2009 edition also featured junior events (10 km men and women).[4] The 2013 men's event was part of the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge.[5]

African Race Walking Championships
SportRace walking
Founded1999
ContinentAfrica (CAA)

Editions
Year City Country Date
I1999Boumerdès Algeria
II2005El Menzah, Tunis TunisiaMay 21-22
III2009Radès TunisiaApril 19
IV2013Belle Vue MauritiusApril 19
V2015Moka MauritiusApril 11–12

Results

Results were compiled from the Athletics Weekly,[1] the Confederation of African Athletics,[2][4] the IAAF,[3][5] and the Fédération Suisse de Marche.[6][7]

Men's Results

20 kilometres
Year Gold Silver Bronze
1999  Hatem Ghoula (TUN)1:28:12  Moussa Aouanouk (ALG)1:31:44  Merzak Abbès (ALG)1:32:42
2005  Hatem Ghoula (TUN)1:29:28  Moussa Aouanouk (ALG)1:30:01  Hassanine Sebei (TUN)1:32:31
2009  Hassanine Sebei (TUN)1:24:15.5  Hichem Medjeber (ALG)1:24:50.3  Ali Amrouch (ALG)1:25:02.6
2013  Lebogang Shange (RSA)1:28:31  Hassanine Sebei (TUN)1:28:40  Hichem Medjeber (ALG)1:32:26

10 kilometres (Junior)
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2009  Mohamed Fetah Meddour (ALG)45:37.6  Hedi Bougatfa (TUN)45:57.1  Houcem Abdellaoui (ALG)46:01.3

Women's Results

10 kilometres
Year Gold Silver Bronze
1999  Bahia Boussad (ALG)51:36  Dounia Mimouni (ALG)52:32  Wafa Mouelhi (TUN)52:40

20 kilometres
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2005  Bahia Boussad (ALG)1:47:01  Rahma Mahmoudi (TUN)1:48:11  Nicolene Cronje (RSA)1:49:54
2009  Chaima Trabelsi (TUN)1:37:43.4  Olfa Lafi (TUN)1:37:58.2  Aynalem Bekashign Meshesha (ETH)1:42:28.1

10 kilometres (Junior)
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2009  Olfa Hamdi (TUN)50:19.8  Sabrine Sellimi (TUN)52:19.9  Jihad Adel Mohamed El Sayed Meshref (EGY)55:05.0

See also

References
  1. World and Continental Race Walking Championships and Cups - AFRICAN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved August 2, 2013
  2. African Combined Events and Race Walking Champs, Tunis (Tunisia) 21-22/05, retrieved August 1, 2013
  3. Mzoughi, Hassen (May 22, 2005), Algeria, Tunisia and South Africa triumph at the African Championships for Combined Events and Race Walking, IAAF, retrieved August 2, 2013
  4. Road walking African championships, Radès (Tunisia) 19/04, April 19, 2009, retrieved August 1, 2013
  5. Walburton, Paul (April 19, 2013), Stylish Shange surprises to take African Race Walk title, IAAF, retrieved August 2, 2013
  6. Championnats d'Afrique de Marche, 19 Avril 2009, Radès (PDF), Fédération Suisse de Marche, April 19, 2009, retrieved August 2, 2013
  7. Result 20 Kilometres Race Walk - African Race Walking Championships (PDF), Fédération Suisse de Marche, April 19, 2013, retrieved August 2, 2013
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