African Games

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1965—2019
Editions 12
Competitors 1795
Countries 42

Editions

Year Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1965 Brazzaville CGO 18 – 25 July 1965 32 98 16
1973 Lagos NGR 7 – 18 January 1973 56 135 19
1978 Al-Jaza'ir ALG 13 – 28 July 1978 63 141 19
1987 Nairobi KEN 1 – 12 August 1987 73 163 18
1991 Cairo EGY 20 September – 1 October 1991 73 173 20
1995 Harare ZIM 13 – 23 September 1995 75 202 20
1999 Johannesburg RSA 10 – 19 September 1999 77 197 22
2003 Abuja NGR 5 – 17 October 2003 85 204 20
2007 Al-Jaza'ir ALG 11 – 23 July 2007 86 227 28
2011 Maputo MOZ 3 – 18 September 2011 87 212 24
2015 Brazzaville CGO 4 – 19 September 2015 88 227 26
2019 Rabat MAR 19 – 31 August 2019 95 254 25

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 South Africa RSA 220 176 122 518
2 Nigeria NGR 130 116 82 328
3 Egypt EGY 119 125 120 364
4 Kenya KEN 90 99 83 272
5 Tunisia TUN 70 58 59 187
6 Algeria ALG 56 85 102 243
7 Ethiopia ETH 42 44 52 138
8 Ghana GHA 26 34 31 91
9 Zimbabwe ZIM 21 32 38 91
10 Ivory Coast CIV 16 11 20 47
11 Botswana BOT 15 5 5 25
12 Senegal SEN 14 17 29 60
13 Uganda UGA 12 10 20 42
14 Cameroon CMR 7 8 8 23
15 Sudan SUD 7 3 1 11
16 Mauritius MRI 6 8 10 24
17 Burkina Faso BUR 4 5 5 14
18 Mozambique MOZ 4 3 0 7
19 Seychelles SEY 3 9 13 25
20 Madagascar MAD 3 7 12 22
21 Namibia NAM 3 5 19 27
22 Tanzania TAN 3 4 6 13
23 Mali MLI 3 2 2 7
24 Eritrea ERI 2 1 2 5
25 Zambia ZAM 2 0 7 9
26 Morocco MAR 1 7 10 18
27 Gambia GAM 1 2 0 3
= Sierra Leone SLE 1 2 0 3
29 Congo CGO 1 1 7 9
30 Angola ANG 1 1 3 5
31 Chad CHA 1 0 6 7
32 Burundi BDI 1 0 3 4
33 Eswatini SWZ 1 0 1 2
= Liberia LBR 1 0 1 2
35 Somalia SOM 1 0 0 1
36 Togo TOG 0 2 4 6
37 Djibouti DJI 0 2 0 2
38 Benin BEN 0 1 3 4
39 Central African Republic CAF 0 1 1 2
= Lesotho LES 0 1 1 2
41 Rwanda RWA 0 1 0 1
42 Guinea GUI 0 0 1 1