CREATE TABLE table_23619492_3 (paula_radcliffe___gbr__ VARCHAR, world_record VARCHAR)

Name the total number of african record
SELECT COUNT(paula_radcliffe___gbr__) FROM table_23619492_3 WHERE world_record = "African record"
SELECT COUNT("paula_radcliffe___gbr__") FROM "table_23619492_3" WHERE "African record" = "world_record"