The African Combined Events Championships (French: Championnats d'Afrique d'Épreuves Combinées) is an international athletics competition between African athletes in the disciplines of men's decathlon and women's heptathlon. It became part of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge circuit in 2011.[1]
The two-day event was established in 1999, when it was held in the Algerian capital of Algiers. A second edition was scheduled for 2003, to be held in Réduit, Mauritius, but this plan was abandoned.[2] The second edition of the event was held in Tunis two years later and it was held along with the African Race Walking Championships.[3] Réduit has been the regular host for the competition since 2009, with the last three championships having been held at the town's Maryse Justin Stadium. In 2012, an open track and field meeting, organised by former Mauritian sprinter Stéphan Buckland, was held alongside the main combined events meeting.[4]
Ghana's Margaret Simpson and Ali Kamé of Madagascar are both three time champions of their respective events. Kamé's winning score of 7685 points in 2011 is the event record for the decathlon (as well as being a Malagasy record).[5] Simpson set the current heptathlon record of 6184 points in 2012.[6]
The titles contested at this championships are considered separate from the combined events that feature on the programme at the biennial African Championships in Athletics.
Editions edit
| Edition | Year | City | Country | Date | No. of athletes |
No. of nations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1999 | Algiers |  Algeria
|
26–27 May[7] | ||
| — | 2003 | Réduit |  Mauritius
|
Not held | ||
| 2nd | 2005 | Tunis |  Tunisia
|
21–22 May | ||
| 3rd[8] | 2009 | Réduit | Mauritius
|
18–19 April | ||
| 4th[5] | 2011 | Réduit | Mauritius
|
16–17 April | ||
| 5th[9] | 2012 | Bambous | Mauritius
|
13–14 April | ||
| 6th[10] | 2016 | Réduit | Mauritius
|
2–3 April | 12 (+5 invited) | 7 (+3 invited) |
Medalists edit
Key: Meet record
Decathlon edit
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Rédouane Youcef (ALG) |
7375 pts |  Christo Blignaut (RSA) |
7347 pts | Amine Hafed (ALG) |
7042 pts |
| 2005 | François Potgieter (RSA) |
7168 pts | Anis Riahi (TUN) |
7140 pts | Jannie Botha (RSA) |
7004 pts |
| 2009 |  Ali Kamé (MAD) |
7363 pts NR |  Ahmed Mohamed Saad (EGY) |
7049 pts | Guillaume Thierry (MRI) |
6968 pts |
| 2011 | Ali Kamé (MAD) |
7685 pts NR | Guillaume Thierry (MRI) |
7444 pts | George Joubert (RSA) |
7431 pts |
| 2012 | Ali Kamé (MAD) |
7409 pts | Guillaume Thierry (MRI) |
7356 pts | Jonathan Caetane (MRI) † |
6147 pts |
| 2016 | Guillaume Thierry (MRI) |
7481 pts | Louis Fabrice Rajah (MRI) †† |
7022 pts | Gert Swanepoel (RSA) |
6570 pts |
- † = France's Daouda Amboudi competed as a guest athlete and had the third best performance with a score of 6289 points.[5]
- †† = Italy's Michele Calvi competed as a guest athletes and had the second best performance with a score of 7305 points.
Heptathlon edit
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Stéphanie Domaingue (MRI) |
4857 pts |  Fatima Zahra Dkouk (MAR) |
4742 pts | Zahra Lachgar (MAR) |
4715 pts |
| 2005 | Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG) |
5492 pts |  Mona Jabir Ahmed (SUD) |
4919 pts | Aïda Chaabane (TUN) |
4747 pts |
| 2009 |  Margaret Simpson (GHA) |
5677 pts |  Selloane Tsoaeli (LES) |
5116 pts |  Florence Wasike (KEN) |
4906 pts |
| 2011 | Margaret Simpson (GHA) |
6134 pts | Janet Lawless (RSA) |
5673 pts |  Uhunoma Osazuwa (NGR) |
5663 pts |
| 2012 | Margaret Simpson (GHA) |
6184 pts |  Gabriella Kouassi (CIV) † |
5766 pts | Selloane Tsoaeli (LES) |
5194 pts |
| 2016 |  Marthe Koala (BUR) |
5772 pts | Bianca Erwee (RSA)†† |
5378 pts | Nienka Du Toit (RSA) |
5378 pts |
- † = Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium competed as a guest athlete and had the second best performance with a score of 5906 points.[5]
- †† = Mari Klaup of Estonia competed as a guest athlete and had the second best performance with a score of 5583 points.
References edit
- ^ van Kuijen, Hans (2012-01-02). 2011 IAAF Combined Events Challenge REVIEW - Suarez and Chernova the overall winners. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
- ^ African Combined Events Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-05-22.
- ^ Mzoughi, Hassen (2005-05-22). Algeria, Tunisia and South Africa triumph at the African Championships for Combined Events and Race Walking . IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
- ^ Athlétisme : 5e meeting d’Afrique des épreuves combinées et Meeting international de Maurice - L’heure de vérité (in French). L'Express (2012-04-13). Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
- ^ a b c d 2011 African Combined Events Championships Decathlon - Men Standings after Event 10. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
- ^ Kamé and Simpson retain titles in Mauritius - IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF (2012-04-15). Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
- ^ 1999 Decathlon Competitions. Decathlon2000. Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
- ^ AfrC Réduit MRI 18 - 19 April 2009. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
- ^ 2012 African Combined Events Championships Results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2019-04-19.
- ^ 2016 African Combined Events Championships Results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-07.