African Games

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1965—2023
Editions 13
Competitors 8067
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 225 973 35
2015 African Games Brazzaville CGO 4 – 19 September 2015 321 1238 40
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 656 501 457 1614
2 Nigeria NGR 479 413 432 1324
3 South Africa RSA 373 337 296 1006
4 Algeria ALG 273 303 391 967
5 Tunisia TUN 235 233 286 754
6 Kenya KEN 131 142 184 457
7 Senegal SEN 59 68 140 267
8 Ghana GHA 56 92 103 251
9 Ethiopia ETH 56 60 78 194
10 Morocco MAR 45 55 72 172
11 Cameroon CMR 44 88 147 279
12 Mauritius MRI 34 34 62 130
13 Ivory Coast CIV 31 40 78 149
14 Zimbabwe ZIM 29 44 69 142
15 Uganda UGA 27 29 54 110
16 Botswana BOT 19 14 38 71
17 Madagascar MAD 18 25 54 97
18 Angola ANG 18 17 30 65
19 Namibia NAM 13 17 40 70
20 Eritrea ERI 13 7 9 29
21 Congo CGO 11 15 47 73
22 Zambia ZAM 11 9 35 55
23 Libya LBA 10 34 31 75
24 Mali MLI 9 11 24 44
25 Lesotho LES 9 9 14 32
26 Niger NIG 8 4 8 20
27 Sudan SUD 8 4 2 14
28 Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 7 18 40 65
29 Mozambique MOZ 7 16 12 35
30 Burkina Faso BUR 7 11 21 39
31 Seychelles SEY 6 16 38 60
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 Rwanda RWA 3 2 6 11
38 Eswatini SWZ 2 3 8 13
39 Cape Verde CPV 2 1 3 6
40 Togo TOG 1 5 19 25
41 Central African Republic CAF 1 3 6 10
42 Liberia LBR 1 2 3 6
43 Sierra Leone SLE 1 2 1 4
44 São Tomé and Principe STP 1 1 3 5
45 Somalia SOM 1 1 0 2
46 Chad CHA 1 0 11 12
47 Burundi BDI 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