| Year | Place | Champion | Silver | Bronze |
| 1980 | Dakar, Senegal | Senegal Bassirou Ba | Senegal Ameth Diaw | Ivory Coast Issa Traore |
| 1982 | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast Djedje Patrice Kouassi | Ivory Coast Issa Traore | Senegal Bassirou Ba |
| 1984 | Dakar, Senegal | Senegal Habib Kane | Mali Mamina Ndiaye | Senegal As Malick El Diallo |
| 1985 | Conackry, Guinea | Senegal Habib Kane | Senegal Macodou Ndiaye | Mali Mamina Ndiaye |
| 1988 | Bamako, Mali | Senegal Macodou Ndiaye | - | - |
| 1990 | Bamako, Mali | Senegal Macodou Ndiaye | Mali Souleymane Bah | Mali Mamina Ndiaye |
| 1992 | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | Senegal Macodou Ndiaye | Senegal N'Diaga Samb | Ivory Coast Issa Traore |
| 1994 | Dakar, Senegal | Senegal Macodou Ndiaye | Senegal Bassirou Ba | Mali Daouda Diakhite |
| 1996 | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | Senegal Bassirou Ba | Senegal Gaoussou Sidibe | Mali Hamadou Zeba |
| 2000 | Yaounde, Cameroon | Cameroon Jean Marc Ndjofang | Cameroon Leopold Kouoguéu | Senegal As Malick El Diallo |
| 2003 | Dakar, Senegal | Senegal Bassirou Ba | Cameroon Leopold Kouoguéu | Senegal N'Diaga Samb |
| 2006 | Yaounde, Cameroon | Cameroon Leopold Kouoguéu | Senegal N'Diaga Samb | Cameroon Jean Marc Ndjofang |
| 2009 | Banjul, The Gambia | Senegal Macodou Ndiaye | Cameroon Jean Marc Ndjofang | Senegal N'Diaga Samb |
| 2010 | Bamako, Mali | Cameroon Jean Marc Ndjofang | Senegal Mor Seck | Senegal N'Diaga Samb |
| 2012 | Ouadagoudou, Burkina Faso | Ivory Coast Ncho Joel Atse | Guinea Charles Akoi | Democratic Republic of the Congo Thomy Mbongo |
| 2014 | Niamey, Niger | Democratic Republic of the Congo Freddy Loko | Senegal N'Diaga Samb | Cameroon Jean Marc Ndjofang |
| 2016 | Bamako, Mali | Senegal N'Diaga Samb | Democratic Republic of the Congo Alain Bukasa | Cameroon Jean Marc Ndjofang |
| 2018 | Thies, Senegal | Ivory Coast Ncho Joel Atse | Senegal N'Diaga Samb | Cameroon Landry Nga |