African Games

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1965—2023
Editions 13
Competitors 7264
Countries 52

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1965 All-Africa Games Brazzaville CGO 18 – 25 July 1965 54 199 23
1973 All-Africa Games Lagos NGR 7 – 18 January 1973 87 264 25
1978 All-Africa Games Al-Jaza'ir ALG 13 – 28 July 1978 120 353 23
1987 All-Africa Games Nairobi KEN 1 – 12 August 1987 170 443 27
1991 All-Africa Games Al-Qahira EGY 20 September – 1 October 1991 184 465 29
1995 All-Africa Games Harare ZIM 13 – 23 September 1995 194 481 31
1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg RSA 10 – 19 September 1999 217 591 35
2003 All-Africa Games Abuja NGR 5 – 17 October 2003 203 808 38
2007 All-Africa Games Al-Jaza'ir ALG 11 – 23 July 2007 240 850 34
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo MOZ 3 – 18 September 2011 170 789 33
2015 African Games Brazzaville CGO 4 – 19 September 2015 257 1008 39
2019 African Games Rabat MAR 19 – 31 August 2019 302 1160 42
2023 African Games Accra GHA 8 – 23 March 2024 303 1290 43

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Egypt EGY 618 467 435 1520
2 Nigeria NGR 447 380 409 1236
3 South Africa RSA 334 304 268 906
4 Algeria ALG 241 264 346 851
5 Tunisia TUN 217 220 268 705
6 Kenya KEN 126 136 176 438
7 Ghana GHA 54 88 100 242
8 Ethiopia ETH 54 58 72 184
9 Senegal SEN 52 65 124 241
10 Cameroon CMR 40 87 133 260
11 Morocco MAR 32 47 63 142
12 Ivory Coast CIV 31 37 72 140
13 Zimbabwe ZIM 29 43 64 136
14 Mauritius MRI 29 25 56 110
15 Uganda UGA 23 28 53 104
16 Botswana BOT 18 11 23 52
17 Madagascar MAD 17 24 52 93
18 Angola ANG 17 12 29 58
19 Zambia ZAM 11 9 34 54
20 Congo CGO 9 15 38 62
21 Mali MLI 9 10 21 40
22 Lesotho LES 9 9 14 32
23 Sudan SUD 8 4 2 14
24 Libya LBA 7 27 24 58
25 Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 7 16 38 61
26 Burkina Faso BUR 7 10 19 36
27 Niger NIG 7 3 7 17
28 Mozambique MOZ 6 13 8 27
29 Gabon GAB 6 9 23 38
30 Seychelles SEY 5 16 36 57
31 Namibia NAM 5 12 33 50
32 Tanzania TAN 5 10 13 28
33 Gambia GAM 4 4 0 8
34 Eritrea ERI 4 1 2 7
35 Benin BEN 3 5 5 13
36 Guinea GUI 3 4 5 12
37 Eswatini SWZ 2 3 8 13
38 Togo TOG 1 5 17 23
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 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
= Cape Verde CPV 1 0 3 4
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
51 Equatorial Guinea GEQ 0 1 0 1
52 Malawi MAW 0 0 1 1