African Weightlifting Championships

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1979 African Weightlifting Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	—	0	0	0
1985 African Weightlifting Championships	Aswan	EGY	—	27	26	6
1986 African Weightlifting Championships	Nairobi	KEN	—	0	0	0
1988 African Weightlifting Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	—	30	12	3
1989 African Weightlifting Championships	Boufarik	ALG	18 – 22 June 1989	30	32	5
1990 African Weightlifting Championships	Tarabulus	LBA	—	0	0	0
1992 African Weightlifting Championships	Nairobi	KEN	—	30	26	6
1993 African Weightlifting Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	12 – 15 April 1993	0	0	0
1994 African Weightlifting Championships	Cape Town	RSA	—	30	30	6
1996 African Weightlifting Championships	Al-Ismailiyah	EGY	8 – 17 April 1996	0	0	0
1997 African Weightlifting Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	27 – 29 April 1997	0	0	0
1998 African Weightlifting Championships	Al-Jaza'ir	ALG	30 May – 6 June 1998	0	0	0
2000 African Weightlifting Championships	Yaoundé	CMR	7 – 11 March 2000	15	41	5
2001 African Weightlifting Championships	Stellenbosch	RSA	8 – 15 April 2001	0	0	0
2002 African Weightlifting Championships	Nairobi	KEN	8 – 13 May 2002	3	9	7
2004 African Weightlifting Championships	Tunis	TUN	3 – 6 May 2004	45	53	9
2005 African Weightlifting Championships	Kampala	UGA	24 – 29 July 2005	0	0	0
2006 African Weightlifting Championships	El Jadida	MAR	23 – 30 August 2006	0	0	0
2008 African Weightlifting Championships	Strand	RSA	10 – 16 May 2008	45	54	8
2009 African Weightlifting Championships	Kampala	UGA	1 – 8 August 2009	45	45	8
2010 African Weightlifting Championships	Yaoundé	CMR	3 – 6 August 2010	45	52	8
2011 African Weightlifting Championships	Cape Town	RSA	8 – 15 October 2011	39	28	3
2012 African Weightlifting Championships	Nairobi	KEN	28 March – 4 April 2012	45	52	12
2013 African Weightlifting Championships	Casablanca	MAR	30 October – 3 November 2013	45	48	8
2015 African Weightlifting Championships	Brazzaville	CGO	7 – 9 September 2015	45	51	10
2016 African Weightlifting Championships	Yaoundé	CMR	7 – 13 May 2016	45	54	12
2017 African Weightlifting Championships	Vacoas	MRI	10 – 18 July 2017	48	52	9
2018 African Weightlifting Championships	Mahébourg	MRI	10 – 17 August 2018	48	43	10
2019 African Weightlifting Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	23 – 30 April 2019	60	62	11
2021 African Weightlifting Championships	Nairobi	KEN	24 – 31 May 2021	57	52	12
2022 African Weightlifting Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	28 – 31 October 2022	54	47	10
2023 African Weightlifting Championships	Tunis	TUN	11 – 20 May 2023	60	61	15
2024 African Weightlifting Championships	Al-Ismailiyah	EGY	2 – 10 February 2024	57	61	11
2025 African Weightlifting Championships	Moka	MRI	20 – 28 April 2025	60	62	12

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	EGY	323	114	50	487
2	Tunisia	TUN	209	172	120	501
3	Algeria	ALG	124	166	112	402
4	Nigeria	NGR	123	89	33	245
5	Cameroon	CMR	67	74	108	249
6	South Africa	RSA	35	57	64	156
7	Madagascar	MAD	30	27	22	79
8	Mauritius	MRI	29	52	69	150
9	Libya	LBA	28	55	59	142
10	Seychelles	SEY	20	42	40	102
11	Morocco	MAR	16	45	79	140
12	Uganda	UGA	4	9	17	30
13	Kenya	KEN	0	18	16	34
14	Ghana	GHA	0	10	16	26
15	Zambia	ZAM	0	3	0	3
16	Democratic Republic of the Congo	COD	0	2	4	6
17	Gambia	GAM	0	2	0	2
18	Botswana	BOT	0	0	4	4
19	Guinea	GUI	0	0	3	3
=	Rwanda	RWA	0	0	3	3
=	Sudan	SUD	0	0	3	3
22	Ethiopia	ETH	0	0	1	1