Excitement Peaks as Akii Bua Memorial Championship Approaches

The Akii Bua Memorial Championship is organized annually in honor of the late John Akii Bua, a former police officer born in Abako Sub-county in Alebtong District. He won Uganda’s first Olympic Gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Berlin, setting a new world record that had been set four years earlier.

The 23rd Akii Bua Memorial Championship is set to take place on Saturday, 7th June 2025, at Mandela National Stadium, beginning exactly at 7:00 am. Over 145 participants have registered to participate, of which 120 are elite professional athletes, both national and international.

EVENTS TO BE PARTICIPATED IN:

INVITATIONAL

MEN

- 100M

- 400M

- 800M

- 1500M

- LONG JUMP

WOMEN

- 400M

- 800M

- 5000M

- JAVELIN

LOCAL EVENTS

MEN

- 100M

- 400M H

- SHOT PUT

WOMEN

- 100M

- 800M

- 1500M

- LONG JUMP

OTHER EVENTS

- 10KM FUN RUN

- KIDS ATHLETICS

- CORPORATE RELAYS

PRIZE MONEY:

Uganda Athletics has staked $50,000 as prize money to be distributed to various winners in all categories.

INVITATIONAL EVENTS

1. $1600

2. $1000

3. $800

4. $600

5. $400

6. $300

7. $200

8. $100

LOCAL EVENTS

1. 350,000/=

2. 300,000/=

3. 250,000/=

4. 200,000/=

5. 150,000/=

6. 100,000/=

7. 80,000/=

8. 50,000/=

The Akii Bua Memorial Championship is organized in honor of the late John Akii Bua, a former police officer born in Abako Sub-county in Alebtong District. He won Uganda’s first Olympic Gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Berlin, setting a new world record that had been set four years earlier.

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