List of African Championships in Athletics records
Women's records

List of African Championships in Athletics records

Section Title: Women's records
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Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref

100 m	10.99 (+2.0 m/s)	Murielle Ahouré	Ivory Coast	23 June 2016	2016 Championships	South Africa Durban, South Africa

200 m	22.22	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	1998 Championships	Senegal Dakar, Senegal

400 m	49.54 NR	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	29 June 2012	2012 Championships	Benin Porto-Novo, Benin

800 m	1:56.06	Caster Semenya	South Africa	5 August 2018	2018 Championships	Nigeria Asaba, Nigeria

1500 m	4:01.99 PB	Caster Semenya	South Africa	24 June 2016	2016 Championships	South Africa Durban, South Africa

5000 m	15:05.45	Sheila Chepkirui	Kenya	23 June 2016	2016 Championships	South Africa Durban, South Africa

10000 m	30:26.94 PB	Alice Aprot	Kenya	25 June 2016	2016 Championships	South Africa Durban, South Africa

100 m hurdles	12.77	Glory Alozie	Nigeria	1998 Championships	Senegal Dakar, Senegal

400 m hurdles	54.24	Nezha Bidouane	Morocco	1998 Championships	Senegal Dakar, Senegal

3000 m steeplechase	8:59.88	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	5 August 2018	2018 Championships	Nigeria Asaba, Nigeria

High jump	1.95 m	Lucienne N'Da	Ivory Coast	1992 Championships	Mauritius Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius

Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	2002 Championships	Tunisia Radès, Tunisia

Pole vault	4.21 m	Syrine Balti	Tunisia	2006 Championships	Mauritius Bambous, Mauritius

Long jump	6.96 m (+1.7 m/s)	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	30 June 2012	2012 Championships	Benin Porto-Novo, Benin

Triple jump	14.95 m	Françoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon	2002 Championships	Tunisia Radès, Tunisia

Shot put	18.86 m AR	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria	1 July 2012	2012 Championships	Benin Porto-Novo, Benin

Discus throw	59.79 m	Chinwe Okoro	Nigeria	12 August 2014	2014 Championships	Morocco Marrakech, Morocco

Hammer throw	68.35 m	Amy Sène	Senegal	22 June 2016	2016 Championships	South Africa Durban, South Africa

Javelin throw	65.32 m	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	13 August 2014	2014 Championships	Morocco Marrakech, Morocco

Heptathlon	6153 pts NR	Uhunoma Osazuwa	Nigeria	24–25 June 2016	2016 Championships	South Africa Durban, South Africa

20 km walk (road)	1:30:43 AR	Grace Wanjiru Njue	Kenya	26 June 2016	2016 Championships	South Africa Durban, South Africa

4 × 100 m relay	43.21	Christy Udoh Gloria Asumnu Damola Osayemi Lawretta Ozoh	Nigeria	29 June 2012	2012 Championships	Benin Porto-Novo, Benin

4 × 400 m relay	3:28.49 NR	Jeanelle Griesel Wenda Nel Justine Palframan Caster Semenya	South Africa	26 June 2016	2016 Championships	South Africa Durban, South Africa

Sentence(s)

Amantle Montsho's 49.54 remains the African Championship record for the 400 m event.

final_sentence: Amantle Montsho's 49.54 remains the African Championship record for the 400 m event.