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African Southern Region Half Marathon Championships

The African Southern Region Half Marathon Championships is an annual international long-distance road running competition over the half marathon distance (21.1 km) between Southern African nations, organised by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). It was established in 2000,[1] and is one of three regional half marathon championships organised by the CAA, alongside the North and East African Half Marathon Championships.[2][3]

African Southern Region Half Marathon Championships
Genrehalf marathon
Frequencyannual
Venuevaries
ParticipantsSouthern African nations
Organised byConfederation of African Athletics

The competition is one of three senior athletics championships organised for the Southern region, alongside the main African Southern Region Athletics Championships and the African Southern Region Cross Country Championships (both held in odd-numbered years)[4][5]

A Southern African Marathon Championship was contested in 1989.[6]

Editions

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Edition Year City Country Date Nations Athletes
1 2000 Gaborone Botswana [1]
2 2001 Lusaka Zambia [1]
3 2002 Belle Mare Mauritius [1]
4 2003 Swakopmund Namibia [1]
5 2004 Chitungwiza Zimbabwe 10 October [1][7]
6 2005 Mahé Seychelles 5 November [1][8]
7 2006 Maputo Mozambique 24 September [9][10]
8 2007 Maseru Lesotho 22 September [11]
9 2008 ?
10 2009 Moroni Comoros 12 April [12][13][14]
11 2010 Blantyre Malawi September [15][16][17]
12 2011 Ezulwini Swaziland 24 September [18][19]
13 2012 ?
14 2013 ?
15 2014 Swakopmund Namibia 4 October [20]
16 2015 ? Lesotho 26 September [21][22]
17 2016 Antananarivo Madagascar 4 September [23]
18 2017 Karibib Namibia 16 September [24]
19 2018 Port Elizabeth South Africa 28 July [25]
20 2019 Port Elizabeth South Africa 27 July [26]
  • The 2005 edition was held on a short course.[1]

Champions

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Year Men's individual Men's team Women's individual Women's team
2000   Elijah Mutandiro (ZIM)   Zimbabwe (ZIM)   Margaret Mahohoma (ZIM)   Zimbabwe (ZIM)
2001   Medson Chibwe (ZAM) ?   Poppy Mlambo (RSA) ?
2002   Prosper Randriasoalaza (MAD) ?   Clarisse Rasoarizay (MAD) ?
2003   Mosalagae Kaelo (BOT) ?   Charné Rademeyer (RSA) ?
2004   Cuthbert Nyasango (ZIM)   Botswana (BOT)   Lucia Chandamale (MAW) ?
2005   Ndabili Bashigili (BOT)   Zimbabwe (ZIM)   Nokwanda Funani (RSA) ?

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h African Southern Region Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  2. ^ East African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  3. ^ North African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  4. ^ Ouma, Mark (2007-02-25). Nations share spoils at Southern Africa XC Champs. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  5. ^ CAA Southern Region championships, Reduit (Mauritius) 5-6/07/2019. Africa Athle. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  6. ^ Southern African Marathon Championships 1989. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  7. ^ African Southern Region Championship 2004. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  8. ^ Southern African Championships 2005. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  9. ^ SA to send team to IAAF World 20km Champs. IOL (2006-08-22). Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  10. ^ Southern Africa Championships 2006. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  11. ^ Southern African Championships 2007. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  12. ^ Coolboy conquers Comores. SASCOC (2009-04-15). Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  13. ^ SA Athletes reign supreme in Comoros. BizCommunity (2009-04-14). Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  14. ^ Southern Africa Championship 2009. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  15. ^ Nedbank Green Dream team runners win Southern region 21.1km championships in Malawi. NedBank Running Club (2010-09-15). Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  16. ^ Irvette prepares for China. SASCOC (2010-09-16). Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  17. ^ SA duo do the double. SACOC (2010-09-14). Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  18. ^ Namibia's Naigambo wins gold at CAA SR Half Marathon in Swaziland . Athletics Africa (2011-10-04). Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  19. ^ DUT ATHLETE TO REPRESENT SOUTH AFRICA IN SOUTHERN REGION HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIP. DUT. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  20. ^ Namibia: Regional Half Marathon Champs On. All Africa (2014-09-29). Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  21. ^ Nedbank Running Club helps Team SA win Team Title at Southern Region Half Marathon Championships. Nedbank Running Club (2015-10-20). Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  22. ^ CityPress. PressReader (2015-09-20). Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  23. ^ Southern Region Half Marathon Championships 2016, Results. Athletics South Africa. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  24. ^ Southern Africa half-marathon championships, Karibib (Namibia) 16/09/2017. Africathle (2017-09-18). Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  25. ^ ROAD RUNNING STARS ALL READY FOR ASA HALF-MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PE. Athletics South Africa. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  26. ^ ASA Half Marathon Championships Review. BackTrack (2019-07-29). Retrieved 2019-09-11.
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