1979 African Boxing Championships
| Host City |
Benghazi |
| Country |
 LBA |
| Held |
6 – 18 July 1979 |
| Competitors |
22 |
| Countries |
9 |
Events
Medal table
| Pos |
Country |
🥇 Gold |
🥈 Silver |
🥉 Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
Kenya |
 KEN |
4 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
| 2 |
Libya |
LBA |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
| 3 |
Gabon |
 GAB |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| 4 |
Ghana |
 GHA |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 5 |
Algeria |
 ALG |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| 6 |
Morocco |
 MAR |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| 7 |
Burkina Faso |
 BUR |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
Ivory Coast |
 CIV |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
Nigeria |
 NGR |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Medal winners
| Event |
🥇 Gold |
|
🥈 Silver |
|
🥉 Bronze |
|
| -48 kg, Men |
Jean-Paul Makaya
|
GAB
|
Patrick Waweru
|
KEN
|
|
|
| -51 kg, Men |
Saudi Odanga
|
KEN
|
El-Hani Bouksiba
|
ALG
|
|
|
| -54 kg, Men |
Peter Mensah
|
GHA
|
Mohamed Khabil
|
MAR
|
|
|
| -57 kg, Men |
George Findo
|
KEN
|
Ali Messaoud
|
LBA
|
|
|
| -60 kg, Men |
Kamel Aboud
|
ALG
|
Francis Clotey
|
CIV
|
|
|
| -63.5 kg, Men |
Ali Athumani
|
KEN
|
Assomou M'Ve
|
GAB
|
|
|
| -67 kg, Men |
Salah El-Mehri
|
LBA
|
Philip Mathenge
|
KEN
|
|
|
| -71 kg, Men |
Athman Abdulhamani
|
KEN
|
Abdelhakrim Al-Widawi
|
LBA
|
|
|
| -75 kg, Men |
Kpakpo Allotey
|
GHA
|
Mohamed Ben Brahim
|
MAR
|
|
|
| +81 kg, Men |
Luc Tchoula
|
GAB
|
Solomon Ataga
|
NGR
|
|
|
| -81 kg, Men |
Mahmoud Abouchekioua
|
LBA
|
Moussa Ouattara
|
BUR
|
|
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