African Games

 

Games

1965 – 1973 – 1978 – 1987 – 1991 – 1995 – 1999 – 2003 – 2007 – 2011 – 2015 – 2019 – 2023

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Sports

Athletics – Archery – Badminton – Baseball – Basketball – Beach Volleyball – Boxing – Canoeing – Chess – Cycling – Diving – Equestrian – Fencing – Football – Gymnastics – Handball – Field hockey – Judo – Karate – Kick-boxing – Netball – Rowing – Sailing – Shooting – Softball – Squash – Swimming – – Snooker – Table tennis – Taekwondo – Tennis – Triathlon – Volleyball – Weightlifting – Wrestling – 3 X 3 Basketball

Editions

Edition	Year	Host city	Host nation	Opened by	Date	Nations	Athletes	Sports	Events	Most gold medals
1	1965	Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	Alphonse Massemba	July 18–28	30	2,500	10	54	United Arab Republic
–	1969	Bamako	Mali	Disrupted by military coup
2	1973	Lagos	Nigeria	Yakubu Gowon	January 7–18	36		12	92	Egypt
3	1978	Algiers	Algeria	Houari Boumediene	July 13–28	38	3,000	12	117	Tunisia
4	1987	Nairobi	Kenya	Daniel Arap Moi	August 1–12	41		14	164	Egypt
5	1991	Cairo	Egypt	Hosni Mubarak	September 20–October 1	43		18	213	Egypt
6	1995	Harare	Zimbabwe	Robert Mugabe	September 13–23	46	6,000	19	224	South Africa
7	1999	Johannesburg	South Africa	Thabo Mbeki	September 10–19	51	6,000	20	224	South Africa
8	2003	Abuja	Nigeria	Olusegun Obasanjo	October 5–17	50	6,000	22	332	Nigeria
9	2007	Algiers	Algeria	Abdelaziz Bouteflika	July 11–23	52	4,793	27	374	Egypt
10	2011	Maputo	Mozambique	Armando Guebuza	September 3–18	53	5,000	20	244	South Africa
11	2015	Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	Denis Nguesso	September 4–19	54	15,000	22	323	Egypt
12	2019	Rabat	Morocco	King Mohammed VI	August 19–31	54		26	301
13	2023	Accra	Ghana

Sports

Number	Event	1965	1973	1978	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019
Main Sports
1	Athletics
2	Cycling
3	Gymnastics	No	No	No	No
4	Shooting	No	No	No	No			No	No		No	No
5	Swimming
Boat Sports
6	Canoeing	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No
7	Rowing	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No	No
8	Sailing	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No			No	No
Combat Sports
9	Boxing
10	Fencing	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
11	Judo
12	Karate	No	No	No	No
13	Kickboxing	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No	No	No
14	Taekwondo	No	No	No
15	Wrestling
16	Weightlifting
Team Sports
17	Baseball	No	No	No	No	No				No	No	No	No
18	Basketball
19	Field Hockey	No	No	No						No	No	No	No
20	Football
21	Handball
22	Netball	No	No	No	No	No	No	Dem	No	No		No	No
23	Softball	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No	No	No	No
24	Volleyball
Racquet Sports
25	Badminton	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
26	Squash	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No	No	No	No
27	Table Tennis	No
28	Tennis
Other Sports
29	Archery	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
30	Chess	No	No	No	No	No	No	No				No
31	Cue Sports	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
32	Diving	No	No	No	No	Dem		No	No	No	No	No	No
33	Equestrian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No	No
34	Petanque	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No
35	Triathlon	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No
Demonstration Sports
36	Nzango	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No
37	Pharaoh Boxing	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No
Para Sports ( from 2019 African Para Games )
38	Para Athletics	No	No	No	No	No	No	No					No
39	Goalball	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No	No	No
40	Para Powerlifting	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No	No		No
41	Para Swimming	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No	No
42	Para Table Tennis	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No	No	No	No
43	Wheelchair Basketball	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No	No	No