Athletics at the African Military Games

Athletics
First event	2002 Nairobi
Occur every	ten years
Last event	2024 Abuja
Best	Kenya (KEN)

Athletics is an African Military Games event ever since the inaugural edition in Nairobi, Kenya, at the 2002 African Military Games^[1], and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.

Games	Year	Host	Events			Best nation
			Men	Women	Mixed
I	2002	Nairobi	18	8	—	Kenya
–	2006	Tunis	Canceled
–	2012	Abuja
II	2024	Abuja

• Last updated after the 2002 edition.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	17	11	12	40
2	Morocco (MAR)	3	4	2	9
3	Botswana (BOT)	3	2	0	5
4	Tunisia (TUN)	1	0	3	4
5	Burkina Faso (BUR)	1	0	0	1
	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	0	1
7	Senegal (SEN)	0	3	1	4
8	Tanzania (TAN)	0	2	2	4
9	Ethiopia (ETH)	0	2	1	3
10	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	1	2
	Libya (LBA)	0	1	1	2
12	Eritrea (ERI)	0	0	1	1
	Sudan (SUD)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		26	26	25	77