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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

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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

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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

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Men's champions

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100 metres

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200 metres

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400 metres

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800 metres

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1500 metres

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5000 metres

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10,000 metres

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20K run

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3000 metres steeplechase

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110 metres hurdles

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400 metres hurdles

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High jump

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Pole vault

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Long jump

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Triple jump

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Shot put

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Discus throw

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Hammer throw

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Javelin throw

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Combined events

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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

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4 × 100 metres relay

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4 × 400 metres relay

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Women's champions

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100 metres

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200 metres

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400 metres

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800 metres

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1500 metres

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3000 metres

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5000 metres

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10,000 metres

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100 metres hurdles

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400 metres hurdles

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High jump

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Long jump

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Triple jump

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Shot put

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Discus throw

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Javelin throw

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Heptathlon

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4 × 100 metres relay

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4 × 200 metres relay

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4 × 400 metres relay

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References

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