African Games

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1965—2023
Editions 13
Competitors 7954
Countries 53

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1965 All-Africa Games Brazzaville CGO 18 – 25 July 1965 56 205 23
1973 All-Africa Games Lagos NGR 7 – 18 January 1973 89 267 25
1978 All-Africa Games Al-Jaza'ir ALG 13 – 28 July 1978 127 366 23
1987 All-Africa Games Nairobi KEN 1 – 12 August 1987 172 446 27
1991 All-Africa Games Al-Qahira EGY 20 September – 1 October 1991 186 468 29
1995 All-Africa Games Harare ZIM 13 – 23 September 1995 197 493 31
1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg RSA 10 – 19 September 1999 220 653 35
2003 All-Africa Games Abuja NGR 5 – 17 October 2003 240 901 38
2007 All-Africa Games Al-Jaza'ir ALG 11 – 23 July 2007 250 884 34
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo MOZ 3 – 18 September 2011 198 916 34
2015 African Games Brazzaville CGO 4 – 19 September 2015 293 1171 39
2019 African Games Rabat MAR 19 – 31 August 2019 331 1314 42
2023 African Games Accra GHA 8 – 23 March 2024 320 1391 45

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Egypt EGY 652 498 454 1604
2 Nigeria NGR 469 401 418 1288
3 South Africa RSA 368 335 294 997
4 Algeria ALG 268 293 384 945
5 Tunisia TUN 227 226 281 734
6 Kenya KEN 126 139 181 446
7 Senegal SEN 58 68 140 266
8 Ethiopia ETH 56 60 74 190
9 Ghana GHA 54 88 101 243
10 Morocco MAR 45 55 72 172
11 Cameroon CMR 43 88 146 277
12 Mauritius MRI 34 34 62 130
13 Ivory Coast CIV 31 38 75 144
14 Zimbabwe ZIM 29 43 68 140
15 Uganda UGA 25 28 53 106
16 Botswana BOT 19 14 38 71
17 Madagascar MAD 18 25 54 97
18 Angola ANG 17 13 28 58
19 Eritrea ERI 13 7 9 29
20 Congo CGO 11 15 47 73
21 Zambia ZAM 11 9 35 55
22 Libya LBA 9 33 31 73
23 Mali MLI 9 11 22 42
24 Lesotho LES 9 9 14 32
25 Niger NIG 8 4 8 20
26 Sudan SUD 8 4 2 14
27 Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 7 18 40 65
28 Namibia NAM 7 16 37 60
29 Burkina Faso BUR 7 11 21 39
30 Seychelles SEY 6 16 38 60
31 Mozambique MOZ 6 14 11 31
32 Gabon GAB 6 10 25 41
33 Tanzania TAN 5 11 13 29
34 Gambia GAM 4 4 0 8
35 Benin BEN 3 5 8 16
36 Guinea GUI 3 4 5 12
37 Eswatini SWZ 2 3 8 13
38 Togo TOG 1 5 19 25
39 Central African Republic CAF 1 3 6 10
40 Liberia LBR 1 2 3 6
41 Sierra Leone SLE 1 2 1 4
42 Rwanda RWA 1 1 6 8
43 São Tomé and Principe STP 1 1 3 5
44 Somalia SOM 1 1 0 2
45 Chad CHA 1 0 11 12
46 Burundi BDI 1 0 3 4
= Cape Verde CPV 1 0 3 4
48 Neutral Participant NEU 1 0 2 3
49 South Sudan SSD 1 0 0 1
50 Djibouti DJI 0 2 2 4
51 Guinea Bissau GBS 0 1 6 7
52 Equatorial Guinea GEQ 0 1 0 1
53 Malawi MAW 0 0 1 1