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African Zone VI Athletics Championships

The African Zone VI Athletics Championships was an annual international athletics competition between Southern African nations, organised by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). First held in 1987, it was held each year until 1990 and discontinued completely after 1995, as it was replaced by the African Southern Region Athletics Championships, due to the CAA changing its regional championship formatting.[1]

African Zone VI Athletics Championships
Genreoutdoor track and field
Frequencyannual
Venuevaries
Inaugurated1987
Most recent1995
ParticipantsSouthern African nations
Organised byConfederation of African Athletics

An African Zone VI Marathon Championships was also held on one occasion in 1989. It was hosted by Swaziland in Mbabane and the hosts won both the men's individual and team titles, led by Tom Dlamini in 2:24:34 hours.

Editions edit

Edition Year City Country Date Nations Athletes
1 1987 Harare Zimbabwe [1]
2 1988 Gaborone Botswana [1]
3 1989 Luanshya Zambia [1]
4 1990 Windhoek Namibia [1]
5 1995 Harare Zimbabwe [1]

Events edit

The competition programme features 34 regular athletics events: seven track running events, two obstacle events, three jumps, three throws, and two relays for both the sexes.[1]

Track running
Obstacle events
Jumping events
Throwing events
Relay races

A men's 20K run was included in 1987 and 1989. A men's decathlon was held in 1990 and in 1989 a men's nonathlon (no pole vault) and women's heptathlon was held. A men's 5000 metres race walk was contested in 1990. Men's pole vault was held on three occasions only, and women never competed in this event. A women's 400 m hurdles was first held in 1989 and a women's triple jump was introduced in 1995. For the first four editions, women competed in the 3000 metres rather than the standard 5000 m. A women's 4 × 200 metres relay was held once in 1989.[1]

Participation edit

Men's champions edit

100 metres edit

200 metres edit

400 metres edit

800 metres edit

1500 metres edit

5000 metres edit

10,000 metres edit

20K run edit

3000 metres steeplechase edit

110 metres hurdles edit

400 metres hurdles edit

High jump edit

Pole vault edit

Long jump edit

Triple jump edit

Shot put edit

Discus throw edit

Hammer throw edit

Javelin throw edit

Combined events edit

A nonathlon was held in 1989, featuring the same events as the decathlon minus the pole vault, before a full decathlon was held in 1990

5000 metres walk edit

4 × 100 metres relay edit

4 × 400 metres relay edit

Women's champions edit

100 metres edit

200 metres edit

400 metres edit

800 metres edit

1500 metres edit

3000 metres edit

5000 metres edit

10,000 metres edit

100 metres hurdles edit

400 metres hurdles edit

High jump edit

Long jump edit

Triple jump edit

Shot put edit

Discus throw edit

Javelin throw edit

Heptathlon edit

4 × 100 metres relay edit

4 × 200 metres relay edit

4 × 400 metres relay edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h African Zone VI Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
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