TheAfrican Taekwondo Championships are the African seniortaekwondo championships and held every two years by the African Taekwondo Union along with theSouth African Taekwondo Federation, both the continental affiliates ofWorld Taekwondo.[1] This is a recognized G-4 senior event byWorld Taekwondo.[2][3]
All the listed editions of the tournament.[4]
| Edition | Year | Host city | Host country | Men's champion | Women's champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1996 (details) | Johannesburg |  South Africa |  Lesotho |  Kenya |
| 2 | 1998 (details) | Nairobi | Kenya | Lesotho | Lesotho |
| 3 | 2001 (details) | Dakar |  Senegal | Senegal | Senegal |
| 4 | 2003 (details) | Abuja |  Nigeria |  Egypt | Egypt |
| 5 | 2005 (details) | Antananarivo |  Madagascar |  Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast |
| 6 | 2009 (details) | Yaounde |  Cameroon | Egypt |  Morocco |
| 7 | 2010 (details) | Tripoli |  Libya |  Tunisia | Morocco |
| 8 | 2012 (details) | Antananarivo | Madagascar | Ivory Coast | Egypt |
| 9 | 2014 (details) | Tunis | Tunisia | Egypt | Egypt |
| 10 | 2016 (details) | Port Said | Egypt | Egypt | Egypt |
| 11 | 2018 (details) | Agadir | Morocco | Tunisia | Morocco |
| 12 | 2021 (details) | Dakar | Senegal | Tunisia | Morocco |
| 12 | 2022 (details) | Kigali |  Rwanda | Morocco | Egypt |
List of medal count by countries[5]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 48 | 33 | 35 | 116 |
| 2 | Morocco | 31 | 23 | 31 | 85 |
| 3 | Ivory Coast | 27 | 26 | 48 | 101 |
| 4 | Tunisia | 26 | 18 | 23 | 67 |
| 5 | Lesotho | 15 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 6 | Senegal | 14 | 16 | 24 | 54 |
| 7 | Kenya | 9 | 15 | 20 | 44 |
| 8 | South Africa | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 |
| 9 | Libya | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 |
| 10 |  Gabon | 5 | 5 | 23 | 33 |
| 11 |  Mali | 4 | 6 | 21 | 31 |
| 12 |  Niger | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 |
| 13 | Nigeria | 2 | 8 | 17 | 27 |
| 14 |  Central African Republic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Madagascar | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| 16 |  Algeria | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 17 |  Ethiopia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 |  Uganda | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 19 |  Cape Verde | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 |  DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 21 | Cameroon | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 22 |  Ghana | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 23 |  Chad | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 24 |  Angola | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 |  Gambia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Sudan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 27 |  Benin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 |  Eswatini | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 29 |  Congo | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 32 |  Comoros | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 34 |  Somalia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (35 entries) | 202 | 196 | 371 | 769 | |
