East African Athletics Championships
Genre	outdoortrack and field
Frequency	biennial
Venue	varies
Participants	East African nations
Organised by	Confederation of African Athletics

TheEast African Athletics Championships, also known as theZone V Championships, was an internationalathletics competition betweenEast African nations, organised by theConfederation of African Athletics (CAA). It was established in 1995,^[1] the same year as two other regional championships: theWest and North African Athletics Championships and theAfrican Southern Region Athletics Championships.^[2][3] The competition succeeded theEast and Central African Championships as the premier regional athletics competition for the region. All the events at the championships were in outdoortrack and field.^[1]

The competition programme featured 32 regularathletics events: seven track running events, two obstacle events, three jumps, and four throws for both the sexes.^[1]

Track running

• 100 metres,200 metres,400 metres,800 metres,1500 metres,5000 metres,10,000 metres

Obstacle events

• 100 metres hurdles (women only),110 metres hurdles (men only),400 metres hurdles,3000 metres steeplechase (men only)

Jumping events

• High jump,long jump,triple jump

Throwing events

• Shot put,discus throw,javelin throw,hammer throw (men only)

Relay events

• 4 × 100 metres relay,4 × 400 metres relay

Several events were held irregularly. Women did not compete in the steeplechase or hammer throw, andpole vault was not available as an event for either sex.^[1]

• Confederation of African Athletics competitions
• Sport in East Africa
• International sport of athletics competitions
• Biennial sport of athletics competitions
• Defunct sport of athletics competitions
• Recurring sporting events established in 1995
• Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2005