2008 African Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Strand
Country	RSA
Held	10 – 16 May 2008
Competitors	58
Countries	8

Events

Event	Gender	Held	Status	Competitors	Countries
-56 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	3	2
-56 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-56 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-62 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-62 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-62 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-69 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-69 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-69 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-77 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-77 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-77 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-85 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-85 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-85 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-94 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	4	3
-94 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-94 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	4	3
-105 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	3	2
-105 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	5	3
-105 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	5	3
+105 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	4	3
+105 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	4	3
+105 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	4	3
-48 kg Snatch	Women	—	Medal	3	2
-48 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	3	2
-48 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	3	2
-53 kg Snatch	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-53 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-53 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-58 kg Snatch	Women	—	Medal	3	2
-58 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-58 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-63 kg Snatch	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-63 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-63 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-69 kg Snatch	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-69 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-69 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-75 kg Snatch	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-75 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-75 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	3	3
+75 kg Snatch	Women	—	Medal	3	2
+75 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	3	2
+75 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	3	2

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria	NGR	22	9	6	37
2	Egypt	EGY	13	8	7	28
3	Tunisia	TUN	7	10	8	25
4	Algeria	ALG	2	7	2	11
5	Libya	LBA	1	5	0	6
6	Cameroon	CMR	0	5	15	20
7	South Africa	RSA	0	1	6	7
8	Seychelles	SEY	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
-56 kg Snatch, Men	Emmanuel Akpan bodyweight: 55.98 kg	NGR	Nafaa Benami bodyweight: 55.16 kg	ALG	Elhabib Lariki bodyweight: 55.54 kg	ALG
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Emmanuel Akpan bodyweight: 55.98 kg	NGR	Elhabib Lariki bodyweight: 55.54 kg	ALG	David Matam bodyweight: 55.67 kg	CMR
-56 kg Total, Men	Emmanuel Akpan bodyweight: 55.98 kg	NGR	Elhabib Lariki bodyweight: 55.54 kg	ALG	David Matam bodyweight: 55.67 kg	CMR
-62 kg Snatch, Men	Mohamed Abdultwab bodyweight: 61.92 kg	EGY	Simon Ngamba bodyweight: 61.72 kg	CMR	Gbenga Olupona bodyweight: 61.70 kg	NGR
-62 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Gbenga Olupona bodyweight: 61.70 kg	NGR	Mohamed Abdultwab bodyweight: 61.92 kg	EGY	Selmi Mehrez bodyweight: 61.83 kg	TUN
-62 kg Total, Men	Mohamed Abdultwab bodyweight: 61.92 kg	EGY	Gbenga Olupona bodyweight: 61.70 kg	NGR	Selmi Mehrez bodyweight: 61.83 kg	TUN
-69 kg Snatch, Men	Youssef Sbaî bodyweight: 68.93 kg	TUN	Tarek Yahia bodyweight: 68.90 kg	EGY	Kingue Bernadin Matam bodyweight: 68.20 kg	CMR
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Youssef Sbaî bodyweight: 68.93 kg	TUN	Yinka Ayenuwa bodyweight: 68.07 kg	NGR	Kingue Bernadin Matam bodyweight: 68.20 kg	CMR
-69 kg Total, Men	Youssef Sbaî bodyweight: 68.93 kg	TUN	Tarek Yahia bodyweight: 68.90 kg	EGY	Kingue Bernadin Matam bodyweight: 68.20 kg	CMR
-77 kg Snatch, Men	Felix Ekpo bodyweight: 76.15 kg	NGR	Mahmoud El-Haddad bodyweight: 76.65 kg	EGY	Darryn Anthony bodyweight: 76.70 kg	RSA
-77 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Mahmoud El-Haddad bodyweight: 76.65 kg	EGY	Felix Ekpo bodyweight: 76.15 kg	NGR	Nizar Sarhan bodyweight: 75.74 kg	TUN
-77 kg Total, Men	Mahmoud El-Haddad bodyweight: 76.65 kg	EGY	Felix Ekpo bodyweight: 76.15 kg	NGR	Darryn Anthony bodyweight: 76.70 kg	RSA
-85 kg Snatch, Men	Mohamed Eshtiwi bodyweight: 84.57 kg	LBA	Benedict Uloko bodyweight: 84.66 kg	NGR	Brice Batchaya bodyweight: 82.67 kg	CMR
-85 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Benedict Uloko bodyweight: 84.66 kg	NGR	Mohamed Eshtiwi bodyweight: 84.57 kg	LBA	Brice Batchaya bodyweight: 82.67 kg	CMR
-85 kg Total, Men	Benedict Uloko bodyweight: 84.66 kg	NGR	Mohamed Eshtiwi bodyweight: 84.57 kg	LBA	Brice Batchaya bodyweight: 82.67 kg	CMR
-94 kg Snatch, Men	Mohamed El-Nagar bodyweight: 93.94 kg	EGY	Hamza Abughalia bodyweight: 93.95 kg	LBA	Chukwuka Okoli bodyweight: 93.96 kg	NGR
-94 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Mohamed El-Nagar bodyweight: 93.94 kg	EGY	Hamza Abughalia bodyweight: 93.95 kg	LBA	Chukwuka Okoli bodyweight: 93.96 kg	NGR
-94 kg Total, Men	Mohamed El-Nagar bodyweight: 93.94 kg	EGY	Hamza Abughalia bodyweight: 93.95 kg	LBA	Chukwuka Okoli bodyweight: 93.96 kg	NGR
-105 kg Snatch, Men	Mouez Hanachi bodyweight: 100.42 kg	TUN	Abdelhamid Mimoune bodyweight: 97.59 kg	ALG	Sami El-Kadri bodyweight: 94.26 kg	TUN
-105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Mouez Hanachi bodyweight: 100.42 kg	TUN	Abdelhamid Mimoune bodyweight: 97.59 kg	ALG	Sami El-Kadri bodyweight: 94.26 kg	TUN
-105 kg Total, Men	Mouez Hanachi bodyweight: 100.42 kg	TUN	Abdelhamid Mimoune bodyweight: 97.59 kg	ALG	Sami El-Kadri bodyweight: 94.26 kg	TUN
+105 kg Snatch, Men	Mohamed Ehsan bodyweight: 149.42 kg	EGY	Danny Kemadjou bodyweight: 120.24 kg	CMR	Frédéric Tefot bodyweight: 119.88 kg	CMR
+105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Mohamed Ehsan bodyweight: 149.42 kg	EGY	Danny Kemadjou bodyweight: 120.24 kg	CMR	Frédéric Tefot bodyweight: 119.88 kg	CMR
+105 kg Total, Men	Mohamed Ehsan bodyweight: 149.42 kg	EGY	Danny Kemadjou bodyweight: 120.24 kg	CMR	Frédéric Tefot bodyweight: 119.88 kg	CMR
-48 kg Snatch, Women	Onyeka Azike bodyweight: 47.44 kg	NGR	Enja Sayed bodyweight: 47.98 kg	EGY	Chineye Fedelis bodyweight: 47.93 kg	NGR
-48 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Chineye Fedelis bodyweight: 47.93 kg	NGR	Onyeka Azike bodyweight: 47.44 kg	NGR	Portia Vries bodyweight: 47.67 kg	RSA
-48 kg Total, Women	Chineye Fedelis bodyweight: 47.93 kg	NGR	Onyeka Azike bodyweight: 47.44 kg	NGR	Portia Vries bodyweight: 47.67 kg	RSA
-53 kg Snatch, Women	Patience Lawal bodyweight: 52.28 kg	NGR	Soumaya Fatnassi bodyweight: 52.93 kg	TUN	Hamed Aaya bodyweight: 52.69 kg	EGY
-53 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Patience Lawal bodyweight: 52.28 kg	NGR	Soumaya Fatnassi bodyweight: 52.93 kg	TUN	Safia Kouri bodyweight: 52.80 kg	ALG
-53 kg Total, Women	Patience Lawal bodyweight: 52.28 kg	NGR	Soumaya Fatnassi bodyweight: 52.93 kg	TUN	Hamed Aaya bodyweight: 52.69 kg	EGY
-58 kg Snatch, Women	Margaret Uwah bodyweight: 57.28 kg	NGR	Nourhene May bodyweight: 57.38 kg	TUN	Nadia Hosni bodyweight: 57.80 kg	TUN
-58 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Margaret Uwah bodyweight: 57.28 kg	NGR	Nadia Hosni bodyweight: 57.80 kg	TUN	Ranya Hassan bodyweight: 57.22 kg	EGY
-58 kg Total, Women	Margaret Uwah bodyweight: 57.28 kg	NGR	Nadia Hosni bodyweight: 57.80 kg	TUN	Ranya Hassan bodyweight: 57.22 kg	EGY
-63 kg Snatch, Women	Hanene Orfelli bodyweight: 62.54 kg	TUN	Leila Françoise Lassouani bodyweight: 62.46 kg	ALG	Helene Laure Miyenga bodyweight: 61.85 kg	CMR
-63 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Leila Françoise Lassouani bodyweight: 62.46 kg	ALG	Hanene Orfelli bodyweight: 62.54 kg	TUN	Hortense Nguidjol bodyweight: 62.72 kg	CMR
-63 kg Total, Women	Leila Françoise Lassouani bodyweight: 62.46 kg	ALG	Hanene Orfelli bodyweight: 62.54 kg	TUN	Helene Laure Miyenga bodyweight: 61.85 kg	CMR
-69 kg Snatch, Women	Abir Abdulrahman bodyweight: 68.70 kg	EGY	Agatha Egbudike bodyweight: 67.77 kg	NGR	Janet Thelermont bodyweight: 67.34 kg	SEY
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Abir Abdulrahman bodyweight: 68.70 kg	EGY	Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke bodyweight: 66.88 kg	CMR	Agatha Egbudike bodyweight: 67.77 kg	NGR
-69 kg Total, Women	Abir Abdulrahman bodyweight: 68.70 kg	EGY	Agatha Egbudike bodyweight: 67.77 kg	NGR	Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke bodyweight: 66.88 kg	CMR
-75 kg Snatch, Women	Hadiza Zakari bodyweight: 74.63 kg	NGR	Mariem Smati bodyweight: 74.26 kg	TUN	Babalwa Ndleleni bodyweight: 73.03 kg	RSA
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Hadiza Zakari bodyweight: 74.63 kg	NGR	Babalwa Ndleleni bodyweight: 73.03 kg	RSA	Mariem Smati bodyweight: 74.26 kg	TUN
-75 kg Total, Women	Hadiza Zakari bodyweight: 74.63 kg	NGR	Mariem Smati bodyweight: 74.26 kg	TUN	Babalwa Ndleleni bodyweight: 73.03 kg	RSA
+75 kg Snatch, Women	Maryam Usman bodyweight: 113.09 kg	NGR	Sally El-Sayed bodyweight: 90.34 kg	EGY	Afaf Ibrahiem Mohamed bodyweight: 86.98 kg	EGY
+75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Maryam Usman bodyweight: 113.09 kg	NGR	Sally El-Sayed bodyweight: 90.34 kg	EGY	Afaf Ibrahiem Mohamed bodyweight: 86.98 kg	EGY
+75 kg Total, Women	Maryam Usman bodyweight: 113.09 kg	NGR	Sally El-Sayed bodyweight: 90.34 kg	EGY	Afaf Ibrahiem Mohamed bodyweight: 86.98 kg	EGY