The African Combined Events Championships () 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.van Kuijen, Hans (2012-01-02). 2011 IAAF Combined Events Challenge REVIEW - Suarez and Chernova the overall winners. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
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.African Combined Events Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-05-22. The second edition of the event was held in Tunis two years later and it was held along with the African Race Walking Championships.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. 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. . L'Express (2012-04-13). Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
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).2011 African Combined Events Championships Decathlon - Men Standings after Event 10. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-23. Simpson set the current heptathlon record of 6184 points in 2012.Kamé and Simpson retain titles in Mauritius - IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF (2012-04-15). Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
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 Edition Year City Country Date No. ofathletes No. ofnations1st1999Algiers 26–27 May1999 Decathlon Competitions. Decathlon2000. Retrieved on 2012-04-23.—2003RéduitNot held2nd2005Tunis21–22 May3rdAfrC Réduit MRI 18 - 19 April 2009. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2012-04-23.2009Réduit18–19 April4th2011Réduit16–17 April5th2012 African Combined Events Championships Results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2019-04-19.2012Bambous13–14 April6th2016 African Combined Events Championships Results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-07.2016Réduit2–3 April12 (+5 invited)7 (+3 invited)
Medalists Key:
Decathlon 1999 7375 pts 7347 pts 7042 pts 2005 7168 pts 7140 pts 7004 pts 2009 7363 pts NR 7049 pts 6968 pts 2011 7685 pts NR 7444 pts 7431 pts 2012 7409 pts 7356 pts † 6147 pts 2016 7481 pts †† 7022 pts 6570 pts
† = France's Daouda Amboudi competed as a guest athlete and had the third best performance with a score of 6289 points. †† = Italy's Michele Calvi competed as a guest athletes and had the second best performance with a score of 7305 points.
Heptathlon 1999 4857 pts 4742 pts 4715 pts 2005 5492 pts 4919 pts 4747 pts 2009 5677 pts 5116 pts 4906 pts 2011 6134 pts 5673 pts 5663 pts 2012 6184 pts † 5766 pts 5194 pts 2016 5772 pts †† 5378 pts 5378 pts
† = Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium competed as a guest athlete and had the second best performance with a score of 5906 points. †† = Mari Klaup of Estonia competed as a guest athlete and had the second best performance with a score of 5583 points.
References
External links Athletics Africa website
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