sport 1984 african championships in athletics
Multi - purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events . While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of ___MASK66___ or event , this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multifunctionality over specificity . It is used most commonly in Canada and the United States , where the two most popular outdoor team sports  football and ___MASK58___  require radically different facilities . Football uses a rectangular field ( ___MASK15___ fields are larger than American ones ), while ___MASK58___ is played on a diamond and large outfield . This requires a particular design to accommodate both , usually an oval . While building stadiums in this way means that sports teams and governments can share costs , it also imposes some challenges . The Confederation of African Athletics ( CAA ) ( also known by its French name Confédération Africaine d ' Athlétisme ) is the continental association for the ___MASK46___ in Africa . It is headquartered in Senegal . It organises the African Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions . The body ' s president is Hamad Kalkaba Malboum of Cameroon . Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium is a multi - purpose stadium in Rabat , Morocco . It is named after Prince Moulay Abdellah of Morocco . It was built in 1983 and is the home ground of Association sportive des FAR . It is currently used mostly for ___MASK22___ matches and it can also stage athletics . The stadium holds 65 , 000 . Since 2008 it is host of the Meeting International Mohammed VI d ' Athlétisme de Rabat . It was a confirmed venue for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations until Morocco was stripped of its hosting rights . It was also a venue for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup . The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics ( CAA ), the continental association for the ___MASK66___ in Africa . Since its inaugural edition in 1979 it was at first organised intermittently with nine editions held in fourteen years until 1993 . Following the tenth edition in 1996 it has been organised biennially on even years , and is always held in the same year as the Summer Olympics . The latest 20th edition was held in Durban , South Africa in June 2016 . The 1984 African Championships in Athletics were held in Rabat , Morocco from August 12 to August 15 , 1984 in the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium .