2008 African Weightlifting Championships

Host City Strand
Country RSA
Held 10 – 16 May 2008
Competitors 54
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 3 3
-94 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-94 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-105 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-105 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-105 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
+105 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
+105 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
+105 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-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 NGR Nafaa Benami ALG Elhabib Lariki ALG
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Emmanuel Akpan NGR Elhabib Lariki ALG David Matam CMR
-56 kg Total, Men Emmanuel Akpan NGR Elhabib Lariki ALG David Matam CMR
-62 kg Snatch, Men Mohamed Abdultwab EGY Simon Ngamba CMR Gbenga Olupona NGR
-62 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Gbenga Olupona NGR Mohamed Abdultwab EGY Selmi Mehrez TUN
-62 kg Total, Men Mohamed Abdultwab EGY Gbenga Olupona NGR Selmi Mehrez TUN
-69 kg Snatch, Men Youssef Sbaî TUN Tarek Yahia EGY Kingue Bernadin Matam CMR
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Youssef Sbaî TUN Yinka Ayenuwa NGR Kingue Bernadin Matam CMR
-69 kg Total, Men Youssef Sbaî TUN Tarek Yahia EGY Kingue Bernadin Matam CMR
-77 kg Snatch, Men Felix Ekpo NGR Mahmoud El-Haddad EGY Darryn Anthony RSA
-77 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Mahmoud El-Haddad EGY Felix Ekpo NGR Nizar Sarhan TUN
-77 kg Total, Men Mahmoud El-Haddad EGY Felix Ekpo NGR Darryn Anthony RSA
-85 kg Snatch, Men Mohamed Eshtiwi LBA Benedict Uloko NGR Brice Batchaya CMR
-85 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Benedict Uloko NGR Mohamed Eshtiwi LBA Brice Batchaya CMR
-85 kg Total, Men Benedict Uloko NGR Mohamed Eshtiwi LBA Brice Batchaya CMR
-94 kg Snatch, Men Mohamed El-Nagar EGY Hamza Abughalia LBA Chukwuka Okoli NGR
-94 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Mohamed El-Nagar EGY Hamza Abughalia LBA Chukwuka Okoli NGR
-94 kg Total, Men Mohamed El-Nagar EGY Hamza Abughalia LBA Chukwuka Okoli NGR
-105 kg Snatch, Men Mouez Hanachi TUN Abdelhamid Mimoune ALG Sami El-Kadri TUN
-105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Mouez Hanachi TUN Abdelhamid Mimoune ALG Sami El-Kadri TUN
-105 kg Total, Men Mouez Hanachi TUN Abdelhamid Mimoune ALG Sami El-Kadri TUN
+105 kg Snatch, Men Mohamed Ehsan EGY Danny Kemadjou CMR Frédéric Tefot CMR
+105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Mohamed Ehsan EGY Danny Kemadjou CMR Frédéric Tefot CMR
+105 kg Total, Men Mohamed Ehsan EGY Danny Kemadjou CMR Frédéric Tefot CMR
-48 kg Snatch, Women Onyeka Azike NGR Enja Sayed EGY Chineye Fedelis NGR
-48 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Chineye Fedelis NGR Onyeka Azike NGR Portia Vries RSA
-48 kg Total, Women Chineye Fedelis NGR Onyeka Azike NGR Portia Vries RSA
-53 kg Snatch, Women Patience Lawal NGR Soumaya Fatnassi TUN Hamed Aaya EGY
-53 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Patience Lawal NGR Soumaya Fatnassi TUN Safia Kouri ALG
-53 kg Total, Women Patience Lawal NGR Soumaya Fatnassi TUN Hamed Aaya EGY
-58 kg Snatch, Women Margaret Uwah NGR Nourhene May TUN Nadia Hosni TUN
-58 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Margaret Uwah NGR Nadia Hosni TUN Ranya Hassan EGY
-58 kg Total, Women Margaret Uwah NGR Nadia Hosni TUN Ranya Hassan EGY
-63 kg Snatch, Women Hanene Orfelli TUN Leila Françoise Lassouani ALG Helene Laure Miyenga CMR
-63 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Leila Françoise Lassouani ALG Hanene Orfelli TUN Hortense Nguidjol CMR
-63 kg Total, Women Leila Françoise Lassouani ALG Hanene Orfelli TUN Helene Laure Miyenga CMR
-69 kg Snatch, Women Abir Abdulrahman EGY Agatha Egbudike NGR Janet Thelermont SEY
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Abir Abdulrahman EGY Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke CMR Agatha Egbudike NGR
-69 kg Total, Women Abir Abdulrahman EGY Agatha Egbudike NGR Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke CMR
-75 kg Snatch, Women Hadiza Zakari NGR Mariem Smati TUN Babalwa Ndleleni RSA
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Hadiza Zakari NGR Babalwa Ndleleni RSA Mariem Smati TUN
-75 kg Total, Women Hadiza Zakari NGR Mariem Smati TUN Babalwa Ndleleni RSA
+75 kg Snatch, Women Maryam Usman NGR Sally El-Sayed EGY Afaf Ibrahiem Mohamed EGY
+75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Maryam Usman NGR Sally El-Sayed EGY Afaf Ibrahiem Mohamed EGY
+75 kg Total, Women Maryam Usman NGR Sally El-Sayed EGY Afaf Ibrahiem Mohamed EGY