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395,983 medals, every one searchable. Filter by nation, championship, event and year, count a country’s haul edition by edition, or set two championships side by side.
Tanzania at the East African Championships
Turkey · Balkan Athletics Championships
Cuba · Pan American Games
Kenya · Olympic Games
Jamaica · World ChampionshipsAll-time haul
244 medals
65 gold 80 silver 99 bronze
Relays count once.
On the podium
20 of 21 editions since 1970First medal
1970 Nairobi · Norman Chihota, 100m goldFirst gold
1970 Nairobi · Norman Chihota, 100mBest edition
Jinja 1990 34 medals, 9 of them goldAll-time table
3rd of 14 nations, ranked by goldsEvery edition, 1970–2007
Bars grow with the medals won · empty column = no medal · click a yearEdition by edition
| Year | Edition | Medals | G | S | B | Total | Medallists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Kampala 21st edition | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2005 | Addis Ababa 20th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 2003 | Zanzibar 19th edition | 13 | 11 | 5 | 29 | ||
| 2001 | Zanzibar 18th edition | 13 | 9 | 11 | 33 | ||
| 1995 | Nairobi 17th edition | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1990 | Jinja 16th edition | 9 | 17 | 8 | 34 | ||
| 1989 | Arusha 15th edition | 9 | 12 | 11 | 32 | ||
| 1988 | Nairobi 14th edition | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||
| 1986 | Nairobi 13th edition | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1985 | Cairo 12th edition | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1984 | Nairobi 11th edition | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | ||
| 1983 | Jinja 10th edition | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | ||
| 1982 | Cairo 9th edition | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1981 | Mombasa 8th edition | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1979 | Mombasa 7th edition | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1977 | Mogadishu 6th edition | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1976 | Zanzibar 5th edition | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1975 | Mombasa 4th edition | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1972 | Dar-es-Salam 3rd edition | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 1971 | Lusaka 2nd edition | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 1970 | Nairobi 1st edition | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Total | 20 of 21 editions on the podium | 65 | 80 | 99 | 244 |