1995 All-Africa Games
Host city | Harare, Zimbabwe |
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Nations | 46 |
Events | 17 sports |
Opening | 13 September |
Closing | 23 September |
Opened by | Robert Mugabe |
Main venue | National Sports Stadium |
The 6th
South Africa, having previously been banned from competition by the other African nations, was invited to the games for the first time after the
With a record 6000 athletes participating in the games, the event were in danger of growing unmanageable. The then president of the International Olympic Committee, the Spaniard
Petty controversy again entered the games. An Egyptian woman handball player was accused of being a man[2] and the Egyptian team protested that the lace sleeves worn by the South African gymnasts were too "sexy".
Of the 17 sports on the program 8 were open to participation by women: athletics, basketball, gymnastics,
were to be included but were reduced to demonstration sports due to a lack of entries.At the closing ceremonies the torch was passed to
Medal table
* Host nation (Zimbabwe)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Africa (SAF) | 64 | 51 | 39 | 154 |
2 | Egypt (EGY) | 61 | 43 | 50 | 154 |
3 | Nigeria (NGR) | 36 | 31 | 40 | 107 |
4 | Algeria (ALG) | 15 | 16 | 26 | 57 |
5 | Kenya (KEN) | 12 | 11 | 17 | 40 |
6 | Tunisia (TUN) | 9 | 11 | 19 | 39 |
7 | Zimbabwe (ZIM)* | 6 | 6 | 23 | 35 |
8 | Senegal (SEN) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
9 | Cameroon (CMR) | 3 | 13 | 10 | 26 |
10 | Mauritius (MRI) | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
11 | Madagascar (MAD) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
12 | Gabon (GAB) | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
13 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
14 | Ghana (GHA) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
15 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
16 | Sierra Leone (SLE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
17 | Tanzania (TAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
18 | Burundi (BDI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
19 | Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
20 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
21 | Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
22 | Lesotho (LES) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Seychelles (SEY) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
24 | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Central African Republic (CAF) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Guinea (GUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Libya (LBA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Mali (MLI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
29 | Angola (ANG) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Eswatini (SWZ) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
31 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
32 | Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Congo (CGO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (33 entries) | 224 | 223 | 280 | 727 |
Athletics
Discus thrower
In addition, Nigeria won three of the four relay races; 4x400 metres for men and women as well as men's 4x100 metres.
Some new women's events were added:
Field hockey
- Men: 1. South Africa, 2. Egypt, 3. Kenya, 4. Zimbabwe, 5. Nigeria, 6. Namibia
- Women. 1. South Africa, 2. Zimbabwe, 3. Kenya, 4. Namibia, 5. Nigeria, 6. Ghana[3]
Soccer
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The soccer tournament was won by Egypt, who became the first team to win this tournament twice.
Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
Egypt Coach: |
Zimbabwe Coach: |
Nigeria Coach: |
References
- ^ Royal African Society (1970). African affairs, Volumes 69–70. Oxford University Press. p. 178.
- ^ "African Games". The Independent. London. 20 September 1995. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
- ^ Kenya Hockey Union: All Africa Games Results [permanent dead link]