| Events at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics  | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | |||||
| 100 m | men | women | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |||
| 400 m | men | women | |||
| 800 m | men | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | women | |||
| 5000 m | men | women | |||
| 10,000 m | men | women | |||
| 100 m hurdles | women | ||||
| 110 m hurdles | men | ||||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | ||||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | |||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | |||
| Road events | |||||
| 10 km walk | women | ||||
| 20 km walk | men | ||||
| Field events | |||||
| High jump | men | women | |||
| Pole vault | men | women | |||
| Long jump | men | women | |||
| Triple jump | men | women | |||
| Shot put | men | women | |||
| Discus throw | men | women | |||
| Hammer throw | men | women | |||
| Javelin throw | men | women | |||
| Combined events | |||||
| Heptathlon | women | ||||
| Decathlon | men | ||||
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics was held in Radès, Tunisia on August 10. [1]
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. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 metres is run in lanes. Start lines are thus staggered over a greater distance than in an individual 400 metres race; the runners then typically move to the inside of the track. The slightly longer 4 × 440 yards relay was formerly run British and American meetings, until metrication was completed in the 1970s.
The 13th African Championships in Athletics were held in Tunis and Radès, Tunisia in August, 2002.
