AFRICAN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS

African Race Walking Championships
Sport	Race walking
Founded	1999
Continent	Africa ( CAA)

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]

Editions

	Year	City	Country	Date
I	1999	Boumerdès	Algeria
II	2005	El Menzah, Tunis	Tunisia	May 21-22
III	2009	Radès	Tunisia	April 19
IV	2013	Belle Vue	Mauritius	April 19
V	2015	Moka	Mauritius	April 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

References

^ ^a ^b World and Continental Race Walking Championships and Cups - AFRICAN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved August 2, 2013
^ ^a ^b African Combined Events and Race Walking Champs, Tunis (Tunisia) 21-22/05, retrieved August 1, 2013
^ ^a ^b 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
^ ^a ^b Road walking African championships, Radès (Tunisia) 19/04, April 19, 2009, retrieved August 1, 2013
^ ^a ^b Walburton, Paul (April 19, 2013), Stylish Shange surprises to take African Race Walk title, IAAF, retrieved August 2, 2013
^ Championnats d'Afrique de Marche, 19 Avril 2009, Radès (PDF), Fédération Suisse de Marche, April 19, 2009, retrieved August 2, 2013
^ Result 20 Kilometres Race Walk - African Race Walking Championships (PDF), Fédération Suisse de Marche, April 19, 2013, retrieved August 2, 2013

[gbr_01-1] World and Continental Race Walking Championships and Cups - AFRICAN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved August 2, 2013

[caa_02-2] African Combined Events and Race Walking Champs, Tunis (Tunisia) 21-22/05, retrieved August 1, 2013

[iaaf_01-3] 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

[caa_03-4] Road walking African championships, Radès (Tunisia) 19/04, April 19, 2009, retrieved August 1, 2013

[iaaf_02-5] Walburton, Paul (April 19, 2013), Stylish Shange surprises to take African Race Walk title, IAAF, retrieved August 2, 2013

[swiss_01-6] Championnats d'Afrique de Marche, 19 Avril 2009, Radès (PDF), Fédération Suisse de Marche, April 19, 2009, retrieved August 2, 2013

[swiss_02-7] 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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v t e Championships of the Confederation of African Athletics
Senior Championships Champions Records U20 U18 Combined Events Cross Country Mountain Running Race Walking
Senior	1979 1982 1984 1985 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022
U20	1994 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2023
Youth	2013 2015 2019 2023
Cross Country	2011 2012 2014 2016 2018 2024
Regional	North Combined Events and Race Walking Cross country Half marathon Track and field East Cross country Half marathon Track and field South Cross country Half marathon Track and field West Track and field East and Central Africa Junior Athletics Championships
Athletics at the African Games African Marathon Championships African Half Marathon Championships Central African Athletics Championships Maghreb Athletics Championships

v t e Championships of the Confederation of African Athletics
Senior Championships Champions Records U20 U18 Combined Events Cross Country Mountain Running Race Walking
Senior	1979 1982 1984 1985 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022
U20	1994 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2023
Youth	2013 2015 2019 2023
Cross Country	2011 2012 2014 2016 2018 2024
Regional	North Combined Events and Race Walking Cross country Half marathon Track and field East Cross country Half marathon Track and field South Cross country Half marathon Track and field West Track and field East and Central Africa Junior Athletics Championships
Athletics at the African Games African Marathon Championships African Half Marathon Championships Central African Athletics Championships Maghreb Athletics Championships

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