 Athletics | |
| First event | 2002  Nairobi |
|---|---|
| Occur every | ten years |
| Last event | 2024  Abuja |
| Best |  Kenya (KEN) |
Athletics is an African Military Games event ever since the inaugural edition in Nairobi, Kenya, at the 2002 African Military Games [1] , and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.
| Games | Year | Host | Events | Best nation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Mixed | ||||
| I | 2002 | Nairobi | 18 | 8 | — | Kenya |
| – | 2006 | Tunis | Canceled | |||
| – | 2012 | Abuja | ||||
| II | 2024 | Abuja | ||||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenya (KEN) | 17 | 11 | 12 | 40 |
| 2 |  Morocco (MAR) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 |  Botswana (BOT) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 |  Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  Burkina Faso (BUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Senegal (SEN) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 |  Tanzania (TAN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 |  Ethiopia (ETH) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Libya (LBA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Eritrea (ERI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 26 | 26 | 25 | 77 | |
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CISM World Military athletics competitions | ||
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| Military World Games |  | |
| World Military Track and Field Championships | ||
| World Military Cross Country Championships | from 1947 | |
See also: Athletics at the Africa Military Games | ||
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