African Games

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1965—2023
Editions 13
Competitors 7550
Countries 52

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 208 820 38
2007 All-Africa Games Al-Jaza'ir ALG 11 – 23 July 2007 250 883 34
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo MOZ 3 – 18 September 2011 181 827 33
2015 African Games Brazzaville CGO 4 – 19 September 2015 263 1037 39
2019 African Games Rabat MAR 19 – 31 August 2019 315 1223 42
2023 African Games Accra GHA 8 – 23 March 2024 318 1320 44

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Egypt EGY 618 471 437 1526
2 Nigeria NGR 450 384 410 1244
3 South Africa RSA 366 331 281 978
4 Algeria ALG 257 276 362 895
5 Tunisia TUN 221 220 270 711
6 Kenya KEN 126 137 178 441
7 Ethiopia ETH 56 60 74 190
8 Ghana GHA 54 88 100 242
9 Senegal SEN 52 65 125 242
10 Cameroon CMR 40 88 134 262
11 Morocco MAR 36 51 70 157
12 Mauritius MRI 34 34 62 130
13 Ivory Coast CIV 31 37 73 141
14 Zimbabwe ZIM 29 43 69 141
15 Uganda UGA 24 28 53 105
16 Botswana BOT 18 11 23 52
17 Madagascar MAD 17 25 53 95
18 Angola ANG 17 13 30 60
19 Eritrea ERI 14 7 9 30
20 Zambia ZAM 11 9 34 54
21 Congo CGO 9 13 38 60
22 Mali MLI 9 10 21 40
23 Lesotho LES 9 9 14 32
24 Libya LBA 8 31 27 66
25 Sudan SUD 8 4 2 14
26 Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 7 18 38 63
27 Namibia NAM 7 16 37 60
28 Burkina Faso BUR 7 10 19 36
29 Niger NIG 7 3 7 17
30 Seychelles SEY 6 16 38 60
31 Mozambique MOZ 6 13 9 28
32 Gabon GAB 6 9 23 38
33 Tanzania TAN 5 10 13 28
34 Gambia GAM 4 4 0 8
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 Rwanda RWA 1 1 6 8
43 São Tomé and Principe STP 1 1 3 5
44 Somalia SOM 1 1 0 2
45 Chad CHA 1 0 11 12
46 Burundi BDI 1 0 3 4
= Cape Verde CPV 1 0 3 4
48 South Sudan SSD 1 0 0 1
49 Djibouti DJI 0 2 2 4
50 Guinea Bissau GBS 0 1 6 7
51 Equatorial Guinea GEQ 0 1 0 1
52 Malawi MAW 0 0 1 1