African Games

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1965—2019
Editions 12
Competitors 2638
Countries 43

Editions

Year Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1965 Brazzaville CGO 18 – 25 July 1965 34 110 16
1973 Lagos NGR 7 – 18 January 1973 58 145 19
1978 Al-Jaza'ir ALG 13 – 28 July 1978 67 168 19
1987 Nairobi KEN 1 – 12 August 1987 77 179 19
1991 Cairo EGY 20 September – 1 October 1991 77 188 21
1995 Harare ZIM 13 – 23 September 1995 79 202 23
1999 Johannesburg RSA 10 – 19 September 1999 81 250 24
2003 Abuja NGR 5 – 17 October 2003 95 364 23
2007 Al-Jaza'ir ALG 11 – 23 July 2007 96 375 30
2011 Maputo MOZ 3 – 18 September 2011 99 405 25
2015 Brazzaville CGO 4 – 19 September 2015 100 368 29
2019 Rabat MAR 19 – 31 August 2019 107 478 29

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 South Africa RSA 233 188 133 554
2 Nigeria NGR 142 132 108 382
3 Egypt EGY 134 134 133 401
4 Kenya KEN 95 101 89 285
5 Tunisia TUN 71 62 63 196
6 Algeria ALG 68 92 107 267
7 Ethiopia ETH 42 44 52 138
8 Ghana GHA 26 34 35 95
9 Zimbabwe ZIM 21 32 38 91
10 Ivory Coast CIV 17 14 21 52
11 Botswana BOT 15 5 5 25
12 Senegal SEN 14 17 32 63
13 Cameroon CMR 12 17 14 43
14 Uganda UGA 12 11 23 46
15 Mauritius MRI 10 10 18 38
16 Angola ANG 10 4 4 18
17 Sudan SUD 7 3 1 11
18 Seychelles SEY 5 11 22 38
19 Burkina Faso BUR 4 5 5 14
20 Mozambique MOZ 4 4 1 9
21 Madagascar MAD 3 7 12 22
22 Namibia NAM 3 5 19 27
23 Tanzania TAN 3 4 6 13
24 Mali MLI 3 2 2 7
25 Gambia GAM 2 2 0 4
26 Zambia ZAM 2 1 9 12
27 Eritrea ERI 2 1 2 5
28 Morocco MAR 1 8 12 21
29 Congo CGO 1 8 9 18
30 Sierra Leone SLE 1 2 0 3
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 Rwanda RWA 0 1 2 3
40 Central African Republic CAF 0 1 1 2
= Lesotho LES 0 1 1 2
42 Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 0 0 1 1
= Guinea GUI 0 0 1 1