African Southern Region Athletics Championships

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African Southern Region Athletics Championships
Athletics pictogram.svg
Genreoutdoor track and field
Frequencybiennial
Venuevaries
Participants Southern African nations
Organised by Confederation of African Athletics

The African Southern Region Athletics Championships is a biennial international outdoor track and field competition between Southern African nations, organised by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). Typically held over two days in June or July, it was established in 1995 and replaced the African Zone VI Championships. [1] It is one of four regional championships organised by the CAA, alongside the North, East and West African Athletics Championships. [2] [3] [4]

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The competition is one of three senior athletics championships organised for the region, alongside the African Southern Region Cross Country Championships (held same year as the track and field meet) [5] and the African Southern Region Half Marathon Championships (held annually). [6] There is also an age category counterpart to the competition, in the form of the African Southern Region U18/U20 Athletics Championships, which is held in even-numbered years, [7] [8] and the Cossasa Games – an athletics competition for Southern African students organised by the Confederation of School Sport Associations of Southern Africa. [9]

The competition is used as preparation by athletes who have been selected for the World Championships in Athletics, which takes place one to two months after the regional championships. [10] Each edition of the championships attracts around a dozen countries and around 600 athletes in total. [11]

The 2019 event was due to be hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa, but Athletics South Africa cancelled the event due to financial issues stemming from the legal case against the IAAF's testosterone rules. [12]

Editions

EditionYearCityCountryDateNationsAthletes
11995 Harare Zimbabwe [1]
21997 Durban South Africa [1]
31999 Harare Zimbabwe [1]
42000 Harare Zimbabwe [1]
52001 Harare Zimbabwe30 June – 1 July [1] [13]
62003 Lusaka Zambia7–8 June [1] [14]
72005 Harare Zimbabwe2–3 July [10]
82007 Windhoek Namibia26–27 May [15]
92009 Gaborone Botswana30–31 May11~600 [11] [16] [17]
102011 Maputo Mozambique2–3 July [18]
112013 Gaborone Botswana1–2 June [19] [20]
122015Reduit, Moka Mauritius12–13 June [21]
132017 Harare Zimbabwe10–11 June [22]
142019Reduit, Moka Mauritius5–6 July [23]

Events

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

Track running
Obstacle events
Jumping events
Throwing events

3000 metres steeplechase, pole vault, and women's distance events are held irregularly due to a lack of entrants and organisational barriers.

Participation

Men's champions

100 metres

200 metres

400 metres

800 metres

1500 metres

5000 metres

10,000 metres

3000 metres steeplechase

110 metres hurdles

400 metres hurdles

High jump

Pole vault

Long jump

Triple jump

Shot put

Discus throw

Hammer throw

Javelin throw

4 × 100 metres relay

4 × 400 metres relay

Women's champions

100 metres

200 metres

400 metres

800 metres

1500 metres

5000 metres

10,000 metres

100 metres hurdles

400 metres hurdles

High jump

Pole vault

Long jump

Triple jump

Shot put

Discus throw

Javelin throw

4 × 100 metres relay

4 × 400 metres relay

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