The African Youth Athletics Championships is a biennial continental athletics competition for African athletes, organised by the Confederation of African Athletics. First held in 2013, it is a youth category event open to athletes aged fifteen to seventeen in the year of competition.

Editions

	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of events	No. of athletes
1	2013	Warri	Nigeria	28–31 March	Warri Township Stadium	36
2	2015	Reduit	Mauritius	23–26 April	Maryse Justin Stadium	38	350
3	2019	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	16–20 April	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Championships records

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place
100 m	10.50 (+0.7 m/s)	Tlotliso Leotlela	South Africa	24 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
200 m	20.52 (0.0 m/s)	Sinesipho Dambile	South Africa	19 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
400 m	46.26	Lythe Pillay	South Africa	17 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
800 m	1:46.54	Guirreh Abdo Razakhassan	Djibouti	20 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
1500 m	3:41.96	Robert Biwott	Kenya	29 March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria
3000 m	7:56.29	Davis Kiplangat	Kenya	25 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
110 m hurdles (0.91 m)	13.92 (+0.1 m/s)	Reinhardt Strans	South Africa	18 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
400 m hurdles	52.28	Geoffrey Kipngetich	Kenya	24 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
2000 m steeplechase	5:35.47	Takele Bikila Tadese	Ethiopia	17 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
High jump	2.04 m	Aobakwe Nkobela	Botswana	26 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
Long jump	7.41 (-0.4 m/s)	Muchine Khoua	Morocco	24 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
Triple jump	15.18 (+0.9 m/s)	Edoki Fabian Ime	Nigeria	30 March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria
Shot put (5 kg)	20.89 m	Burger Lampbrecht	South Africa	24 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	64.88 m	Werner Visser	South Africa	23 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
Javelin throw (700 g)	74.71 m	Chinekerem Nnadji	Nigeria	19 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Octathlon	5363 pts	Bryan Tonta	Mauritius	23 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
	11.29 (+0.4 m/s) (100 m), 6.57 (-0.5 m/s) (long jump), 11.59 m (shot put), 52.72 (400 m), 14.58 (0.0 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 1.93 m (high jump), 31.20 m (javelin), 3:04.61 (1000 m)
10000 m walk	46:09.53	Pierre Vermaak	South Africa	26 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
Swedish relay	1:53.35	Ebrima Camara Alieu Joof Sonko Alagie Keita Tijani	Gambia	31 March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place
100 m	11.73 (+0.7 m/s)	Nicola de Bruyn	South Africa	23 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
200 m	23.38 (+0.3 m/s)	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	18 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
400 m	52.28	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	17 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
800 m	2:05.05	Zeyituna Mohammed Aliyi	Ethiopia	29 March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria
1500 m	4:17.37	Beatha Nishimwe	Rwanda	26 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
3000 m	9:10.57	Emily Chebet	Kenya	23 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
100 m hurdles (0.76 m)	13.30 (+1.0 m/s)	Taylon Bieldt	South Africa	24 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
400 m hurdles	59.22	Taylon Bieldt	South Africa	26 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
2000 m steeplechase	6:20.47	Sandra Felis Chebet	Kenya	25 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
High jump	1.80 m	Rhizlane Siba	Morocco	30 March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria
Pole vault	3.20 m	May Massika Mezioud	Algeria	23 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
Long jump	5.73 m (+0.7 m/s)	Renate van Tonder	South Africa	25 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
Triple jump	12.56 m	Kasie Veronica Ugeh	Nigeria	March 2013	2013 Championships	Warri, Nigeria
Shot put	14.95 m	Yolandi Stander	South Africa	23 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
Discus throw	42.95 m	Chane Coetzee	South Africa	26 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
Hammer throw	63.51 m	Phetinsag Makhethe	South Africa	20 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Javelin throw (500 g)	51.57 m	Heike De Nyssechen	South Africa	19 April 2019	2019 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Heptathlon	4733 pts	Sylvia Schulz	Namibia	25 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
	15.04 (+1.1 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.57 m (high jump), 9.24 m (shot put), 26.19 (+3.1 m/s) (200 m), 5.24 m (long jump), 30.45 m (javelin), 2:19.94 (800 m)
5000 m walk	25:20.28	Fadakemi Floren Olude	Nigeria	26 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius
Swedish relay	2:08.71	Omotayo Abolaji Aniekeme Alphonsus Blessing Adiakerenwa Praise Idamadudu	Nigeria	24 April 2015	2015 Championships	Moka, Mauritius