2003 All-Africa Games

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VIII All-Africa Games
Host city Abuja, Nigeria
Nations participating 53
Events 22 sports
Opening ceremony 5 October
Closing ceremony 17 October
Officially opened by Olusegun Obasanjo
Main venue Abuja Stadium

The 8th All Africa Games were 5–17 October 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. 53 countries participated in 23 sports.[1] The main venue was the newly constructed Abuja Stadium. The organizing committee was headed by Nigerian Amos Adamu.[2]

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Participating nations[edit]

Among the countries that participated at the 2003 All Africa Games were:

Sports[edit]

22 disciplines were contested at the 2003 All Africa Games, among them:

Event schedule[edit]

Medal standings[edit]

      Host nation

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Egypt 80 62 72 214
2  Nigeria 79 90 65 236
3  South Africa 63 59 49 171
4  Algeria 32 24 31 87
5  Tunisia 30 29 30 89
6  Cameroon 8 4 23 35
7  Senegal 6 9 19 34
8  Ethiopia 5 8 7 20
9  Kenya 5 5 4 14
10  Ghana 4 5 16 25
11  Botswana 4 1 6 11
12  Angola 3 3 7 13
13  Madagascar 3 0 3 6
14  Libya 2 3 5 10
15  Zimbabwe 2 3 2 7
16  Lesotho 2 1 3 6
17  Côte d'Ivoire 1 1 7 9
18  Tanzania 1 0 1 2
19  Cape Verde 1 0 0 1
 Central African Republic 1 0 0 1
21  Seychelles 0 10 6 16
22  Namibia 0 3 4 7
23  Congo 0 1 5 6
 Mali 0 1 5 6
 Zambia 0 1 5 6
26  Uganda 0 1 4 5
27  Benin 0 1 2 3
28  Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 1 1 2
29  Gabon 0 1 0 1
 Gambia 0 1 0 1
31  Burkina Faso 0 0 3 3
 Mauritius 0 0 3 3
 Niger 0 0 3 3
 Togo 0 0 3 3
35  Sudan 0 0 2 2
36  Guinea 0 0 1 1
 São Tomé and Príncipe 0 0 1 1
 Sierra Leone 0 0 1 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ All-Africa Games under way published by the BBC News on 2003-10-4; retrieved 1 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Adamu Named President for 2003 All-Africa Games Organising Committee". Xinhua News Agency. 15 December 2000. Retrieved 18 September 2009. 
  3. ^ Nigeria overwhelms S. Africa in All-Africa Games badminton, published by Xinhua on 2007-07-16; retrieved 1 September 2011.
  4. ^ 2003 All Africa Games entry from baseball-reference.com; retrieved 1 September 2011.
  5. ^ 8th All-Africa Games (men): Abuja 2003; retrieved 1 September 2011.