1999 All-Africa Games
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Host city | Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Nations | 53 |
Events | 18 sports |
Opening | 10 September 1999 |
Closing | 19 September 1999 |
Opened by | Thabo Mbeki |
Main venue | FNB Stadium |
Website | AAG.org.za |
The 7th
The South Africans hosted about 25,000 visitors including 6,000 athletes and 3,000 officials from throughout the continent. The Opening Ceremonies, with dancing, African parables and Zulu warriors.Due the size of the used props,the ceremony was staged in an arena with less than 15 000 spectators
Typical problems at the games included 600 children contracting food poisoning after being fed boxed lunches at the practice session for the Opening Ceremonies, striking laborers demonstrating outside games venues, displaying placards which read "No Wages, No All Africa Games." Women's
Despite the difficulties experienced,
Olympic stars
Cameroon beat Zambia 4-3 on penalty kicks to win the football finale.
Sports
- Athletics ( )
- Baseball ( )
- Basketball ( )
- Boxing ( )
- Cycling ( )
- Football ( )
- Gymnastics ( )
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- Judo ( )
- Karate ( )
- Swimming ( )
- Table tennis ( )
- Taekwondo ( )
- Tennis ( )
- Volleyball ( )
- Weightlifting ( )
- Wrestling ( )
- demonstration sport: Netball ( )
Venues
- Ellis Park Stadium
- Ellis Park Aquatic Centre
- Ellis Park Tennis Centre
- Expo Auditorium
- Expo Centre Hall
- Expo Centre Rand Show Road
- Johannesburg Stadium
- Wits University Old Mutual Sports Hall
- Orlando Stadium
- Pimville Indoor Hall
- Rand Stadium
- Randburg Astro Stadium
- Randburg Indoor Sports Hall
- Randburg Precinct
- Vista University
- Wembly Indoor Hall
Medal table
* Host nation (South Africa)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Africa (SAF)* | 71 | 64 | 49 | 184 |
2 | Nigeria (NGR) | 64 | 28 | 37 | 129 |
3 | Egypt (EGY) | 53 | 60 | 45 | 158 |
4 | Tunisia (TUN) | 20 | 20 | 23 | 63 |
5 | Algeria (ALG) | 14 | 24 | 32 | 70 |
6 | Kenya (KEN) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
7 | Cameroon (CMR) | 6 | 13 | 22 | 41 |
8 | Senegal (SEN) | 6 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
9 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
10 | Lesotho (LES) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
11 | Madagascar (MAD) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
12 | Angola (ANG) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
13 | Ghana (GHA) | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
14 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
15 | Uganda (UGA) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
16 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 1 | 10 | 13 | 24 |
17 | Mauritius (MRI) | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 |
18 | Gabon (GAB) | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
19 | DR Congo (COD) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
20 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
21 | Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
22 | Seychelles (SEY) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
23 | Congo (CGO) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Niger (NIG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
25 | Benin (BEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Tanzania (TAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Togo (TOG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
29 | Swaziland (SWZ) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
30 | Cape Verde (CPV) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Central African Republic (CAF) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Mali (MLI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
34 | Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Libya (LBA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Malawi (MAW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (36 entries) | 275 | 273 | 328 | 876 |
Athletics
See Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games
Some new women's events were added:
Field hockey
- Men: 1. South Africa, 2. Egypt, 3. Kenya, 4. Zimbabwe, 5. Ghana, 6. Malawi
- Women. 1. South Africa, 2. Zimbabwe, 3. Kenya, 4. Namibia[2]
Soccer
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The
Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
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Cameroon
Coach: |
Zambia
Coach: Ben Bamfuchile |
South Africa
Coach: |
References
- ^ "All Africa Games - The Games {www.aag.org.za}". 25 April 2001. Archived from the original on 25 April 2001. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ Kenya Hockey Union: All Africa Games Results[permanent dead link]