List of African records in athletics
Women

List of African records in athletics

Section Title: Women
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Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video

100 y	10.30+ (+1.1 m/s)	Ruddy Zang Milama	Gabon	31 May 2011	Golden Spike Ostrava	Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic

100 m	10.78 (+1.6 m/s)	Murielle Ahouré	Ivory Coast	11 June 2016	Star Athletics Pro Meet	United States Montverde, United States

150 m (straight)	16.60 (+1.6 m/s)	Marie Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast	18 May 2018	Great CityGames Manchester	United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom

200 m	22.04 (+0.5 m/s)	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	24 March 2018	Wes Kittley Invitational	United States Abilene, United States

300 m	36.10	Kaltouma Nadjina	Chad	19 August 2001	United Kingdom Gateshead, United Kingdom

35.95+	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	26 August 1999	World Championships	Spain Seville, Spain

400 m	49.10	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	29 July 1996	Olympic Games	United States Atlanta, United States

600 m	1:21.77	Caster Semenya	South Africa	27 August 2017	ISTAF Berlin	Germany Berlin, Germany

800 m	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	29 August 2008	Weltklasse Zürich	Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland	[4]

1000 m	2:29.34	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	25 August 1995	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

1500 m	3:50.07	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	17 July 2015	Herculis	Monaco Fontvieille, Monaco

Mile	4:14.30	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	6 September 2016	Palio Città della Quercia	Italy Rovereto, Italy

2000 m	5:27.50	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	17 June 2014	Golden Spike Ostrava	Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic

3000 m	8:20.68	Hellen Obiri	Kenya	9 May 2014	Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix	Qatar Doha, Qatar

Two miles	8:58.58	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	14 September 2007	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

5000 m	14:11.15	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	6 June 2008	Bislett Games	Norway Oslo, Norway

5 km (road)	14:32+	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenya	9 September 2017	Birell Prague Grand Prix	Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic

4 miles (road)	19:14	Viola Kibiwot	Kenya	13 October 2013	4 Mile of Groningen	Netherlands Groningen, Netherlands

10000 m	29:17.45	Almaz Ayana	Ethiopia	12 August 2016	Olympic Games	Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

10 km (road)	29:43	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenya	9 September 2017	Birell Prague Grand Prix	Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic

15 km (road)	45:37+	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenya	1 April 2017	Prague Half Marathon	Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic

10 miles (road)	50:05+	Mary Keitany	Kenya	18 February 2011	Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon	United Arab Emirates Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

One hour (track)	18517 m	Dire Tune	Ethiopia	12 June 2008	Golden Spike Ostrava	Czech RepublicOstrava, Czech Republic

20000 m (track)	1:05:26.6	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	3 September 2000	Germany Borgholzhausen, Germany

20 km (road)	1:01:25+	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenya	1 April 2017	Prague Half Marathon	Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic

Half marathon	1:04:51 Mx	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenya	22 October 2017	Valencia Half Marathon	Spain Valencia, Spain

1:06:11 Wo	Netsanet Gudeta	Ethiopia	24 March 2018	World Half Marathon Championships	Spain Valencia, Spain

25000 m (track)	1:27:05.84	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	21 September 2002	Germany Mengerskirchen, Germany

25 km (road)	1:19:43+	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	23 April 2017	London Marathon	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

30000 m (track)	1:45:50.0	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	6 June 2003	Germany Warstein, Germany

30 km (road)	1:36:05+	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	23 April 2017	London Marathon	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

Marathon	2:17:01	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	23 April 2017	London Marathon	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

100 km (road)	7:31:47	Helene Joubert	South Africa	16 September 1995	Netherlands Winschoten, Netherlands

100 m hurdles	12.44 (+0.4 m/s)	Glory Alozie	Nigeria	8 August 1998	Herculis	Monaco Fontvieille, Monaco

12.44 (0.0 m/s)	28 August 1998	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

12.44 (+0.7 m/s)	28 August 1999	World Championships	Spain Seville, Spain

300 m hurdles	38.6 (ht)	Mame Tacko Diouf	Senegal	21 February 1999	Senegal Dakar, Senegal

400 m hurdles	52.90	Nezha Bidouane	Morocco	25 August 1999	World Championships	Spain Seville, Spain

2000 m steeplechase	6:02.16	Virginia Nyambura Nganga	Kenya	6 September 2015	ISTAF	Germany Berlin, Germany

3000 m steeplechase	8:44.32	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	20 July 2018	Herculis	MonacoFontvieille, Monaco

High jump	2.06 m	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	31 August 2003	World Championships	France Paris Saint-Denis, France

Pole vault	4.42 m	Elmarie Gerryts	South Africa	12 June 2000	Germany Wesel, Germany

Long jump	7.12 m (+0.9 m/s)	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria	2 August 1996	Olympic Games	United States Atlanta, United States

Triple jump	15.39 m (+0.5 m/s)	Françoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon	17 August 2008	Olympic Games	China Beijing, China

Shot put	18.43 m	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria	19 April 2003	Mt. SAC Relays	United States Walnut, United States

18.86 m X	1 July 2012	African Championships	Benin Porto-Novo, Benin

Discus throw	64.87 m	Elizna Naudé	South Africa	2 March 2007	South Africa Stellenbosch, South Africa

Hammer throw	69.70 m	Amy Sène	Senegal	25 May 2014	France Forbach, France

Javelin throw	69.35 m	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	9 June 2012	Adidas Grand Prix	United States New York City, United States

Heptathlon	6423 pts	Margaret Simpson	Ghana	28–29 May 2005	Hypo-Meeting	Austria Götzis, Austria

13.41 (-0.8 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.85 m (high jump), 13.01 m (shot put), 24.55 (+1.0 m/s) (200 m) / 6.32 m (+0.7 m/s) (long jump), 52.71 m (javelin), 2:21.71 (800 m)

Decathlon	6915 pts (ht)	Margaret Simpson	Ghana	18–19 April 2007	Mauritius Réduit, Mauritius

3000 m walk (track)	23:25.81	Birtukan Bouele	Ethiopia	1 May 2018	Challenge Oudot	France Besançon, France

5000 m walk (track)	23:10.88	Amsale Yacobe	Ethiopia	20 September 1992	South Korea Seoul, South Korea

21:49.27	Chahinez Nasri	Tunisia	8 June 2016	Meeting National Michel Musson	France Blois, France

22:59.19	Shefrawe Aynalem Eshetu	Ethiopia	15 May 2011	African Junior Championships	Botswana Gaborone, Botswana

22:12.9 (ht)	Chaïma Trabelsi	Tunisia	18 June 2010	CAA Silver Meet	Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia

5 km walk (road)	37:36	Birtukan Bouele	Ethiopia	27 May 2018	Coupe romande 5/5	Switzerland Lausanne, Switzerland

10000 m walk (track)	44:41.8 (ht) A	Grace Wanjiru Njue	Kenya	5 March 2016	AK Thika Meet	Kenya Thika, Kenya

10 km walk (road)	45:05.4	Susan Vermeulen	South Africa	17 April 1999	South Africa Bloemfontein, South Africa

15 km walk (road)	1:10:31+	Anél Oosthuizen	South Africa	9 April 2016	Poděbrady Walking Race	Czech Republic Poděbrady, Czech Republic

20000 m walk (track)	1:36:18.22	Nicolene Cronje	South Africa	17 March 2004	South Africa Durban, South Africa

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

1:28:15 A #	15 July 2011	Kenyan Championships	Kenya Nairobi, Kenya

50 km walk (road)	4:48:00	Nathalie le Roux	South Africa	5 May 2018	IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships	China Taicang, China

4 × 100 m relay	42.39	Beatrice Utondu Faith Idehen Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	Nigeria	7 August 1992	Olympic Games	Spain Barcelona, Spain

4 × 200 m relay	1:30.52	Blessing Okagbare Regina George Dominique Duncan Christy Udoh	Nigeria	2 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

4 × 400 m relay	3:21.04	Olabisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	3 August 1996	Olympic Games	United States Atlanta, United States

4 × 800 m relay	8:04.28	Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei Agatha Jeruto Kimaswai Sylvia Chematui Chesebe Eunice Jepkoech Sum	Kenya	25 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

Distance medley relay	10:43.35	Selah Jepleting Busienei (1200 m) Joy Nakhumicha Sakari (400 m) Sylivia Chematui Chesebe (800 m) Virginia Nyambura Nganga (1600 m)	Kenya	2 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

4 × 1500 m relay	16:33.58	Mercy Cherono Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon Irene Jelagat Hellen Onsando Obiri	Kenya	24 May 2014	2014 IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

Ekiden relay	2:13:35	Philes Ongori Evelyne Kemunto Kimwei Sally Kaptich Chepyego Catherine Ndereba Jane Wanjiku Gakunyi Lucy Wangui Kabuu	Kenya	23 November 2006	Chiba Ekiden	Japan Chiba, Japan

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Elmarie Gerryts' 4.42 m is the African record.
Elmarie Gerryts' 4.42 m is the African record.

final_sentence: Elmarie Gerryts' 4.42 m is the African record.
final_sentence: Elmarie Gerryts' 4.42 m is the African record.