African Games

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1965—2023
Editions 13
Competitors 5083
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 84 209 20
1987 All-Africa Games Nairobi KEN 1 – 12 August 1987 133 277 24
1991 All-Africa Games Al-Qahira EGY 20 September – 1 October 1991 147 313 27
1995 All-Africa Games Harare ZIM 13 – 23 September 1995 157 358 26
1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg RSA 10 – 19 September 1999 180 463 32
2003 All-Africa Games Abuja NGR 5 – 17 October 2003 163 661 37
2007 All-Africa Games Al-Jaza'ir ALG 11 – 23 July 2007 188 640 33
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo MOZ 3 – 18 September 2011 138 613 32
2015 African Games Brazzaville CGO 4 – 19 September 2015 200 670 37
2019 African Games Rabat MAR 19 – 31 August 2019 233 789 36
2023 African Games Accra GHA 8 – 23 March 2024 230 946 39

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Egypt EGY 480 383 312 1175
2 Nigeria NGR 335 296 325 956
3 South Africa RSA 300 264 218 782
4 Algeria ALG 186 203 272 661
5 Tunisia TUN 159 155 201 515
6 Kenya KEN 104 119 138 361
7 Ethiopia ETH 51 54 61 166
8 Senegal SEN 42 44 77 163
9 Ghana GHA 34 55 65 154
10 Cameroon CMR 29 71 94 194
11 Ivory Coast CIV 29 32 63 124
12 Zimbabwe ZIM 24 38 48 110
13 Mauritius MRI 23 21 47 91
14 Morocco MAR 18 32 42 92
15 Angola ANG 16 9 21 46
16 Uganda UGA 15 16 34 65
17 Botswana BOT 15 8 15 38
18 Madagascar MAD 14 17 42 73
19 Lesotho LES 9 9 9 27
20 Mali MLI 9 8 19 36
21 Congo CGO 7 14 33 54
22 Sudan SUD 7 3 1 11
23 Niger NIG 7 1 7 15
24 Gabon GAB 6 9 13 28
25 Burkina Faso BUR 6 8 16 30
26 Seychelles SEY 5 14 31 50
27 Mozambique MOZ 5 7 3 15
28 Libya LBA 4 27 18 49
29 Namibia NAM 4 7 28 39
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 15 20
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 3 5
42 Somalia SOM 1 1 0 2
43 Chad CHA 1 0 9 10
44 Burundi BDI 1 0 3 4
45 Cape Verde CPV 1 0 2 3
46 South Sudan SSD 1 0 0 1
47 Djibouti DJI 0 2 2 4
48 Rwanda RWA 0 1 2 3
49 Guinea Bissau GBS 0 0 1 1
= São Tomé and Principe STP 0 0 1 1