African Games

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1965—2023
Editions 13
Competitors 5647
Countries 50

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1965 All-Africa Games Brazzaville CGO 18 – 25 July 1965 41 133 17
1973 All-Africa Games Lagos NGR 7 – 18 January 1973 73 192 21
1978 All-Africa Games Al-Jaza'ir ALG 13 – 28 July 1978 104 257 21
1987 All-Africa Games Nairobi KEN 1 – 12 August 1987 153 330 24
1991 All-Africa Games Al-Qahira EGY 20 September – 1 October 1991 167 370 27
1995 All-Africa Games Harare ZIM 13 – 23 September 1995 177 416 26
1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg RSA 10 – 19 September 1999 202 526 33
2003 All-Africa Games Abuja NGR 5 – 17 October 2003 184 721 37
2007 All-Africa Games Al-Jaza'ir ALG 11 – 23 July 2007 209 715 34
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo MOZ 3 – 18 September 2011 152 652 33
2015 African Games Brazzaville CGO 4 – 19 September 2015 224 755 38
2019 African Games Rabat MAR 19 – 31 August 2019 269 896 39
2023 African Games Accra GHA 8 – 23 March 2024 248 1009 40

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Egypt EGY 554 426 368 1348
2 Nigeria NGR 404 344 355 1103
3 South Africa RSA 326 284 245 855
4 Algeria ALG 206 237 308 751
5 Tunisia TUN 185 195 240 620
6 Kenya KEN 105 124 142 371
7 Ethiopia ETH 51 54 61 166
8 Senegal SEN 48 61 102 211
9 Ghana GHA 34 55 65 154
10 Cameroon CMR 31 82 109 222
11 Ivory Coast CIV 29 35 66 130
12 Morocco MAR 24 38 48 110
= Zimbabwe ZIM 24 38 48 110
14 Mauritius MRI 23 22 48 93
15 Angola ANG 17 12 26 55
16 Uganda UGA 15 16 34 65
17 Botswana BOT 15 8 15 38
18 Madagascar MAD 14 18 45 77
19 Lesotho LES 9 9 9 27
20 Mali MLI 9 8 19 36
21 Libya LBA 7 27 21 55
22 Congo CGO 7 14 37 58
23 Sudan SUD 7 3 1 11
24 Niger NIG 7 1 7 15
25 Gabon GAB 6 9 13 28
26 Burkina Faso BUR 6 8 18 32
27 Mozambique MOZ 6 8 4 18
28 Seychelles SEY 5 14 31 50
29 Namibia NAM 4 8 30 42
30 Gambia GAM 4 4 0 8
31 Zambia ZAM 4 3 16 23
32 Eritrea ERI 4 1 2 7
33 Tanzania TAN 3 4 6 13
34 Eswatini SWZ 2 3 7 12
35 Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 1 4 26 31
36 Benin BEN 1 4 3 8
37 Togo TOG 1 3 10 14
38 Central African Republic CAF 1 2 3 6
39 Liberia LBR 1 2 2 5
40 Sierra Leone SLE 1 2 0 3
41 Guinea GUI 1 1 4 6
42 São Tomé and Principe STP 1 1 3 5
43 Somalia SOM 1 1 0 2
44 Chad CHA 1 0 11 12
45 Burundi BDI 1 0 3 4
46 Cape Verde CPV 1 0 2 3
47 South Sudan SSD 1 0 0 1
48 Djibouti DJI 0 2 2 4
49 Guinea Bissau GBS 0 1 6 7
50 Rwanda RWA 0 1 2 3