2003 All-Africa Games
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]
At the closing ceremonies the torch was passed to Algiers, Algeria to begin preparations for the IXth All-African Games in 2007.
Participating nations
Among the countries that participated at the 2003 All Africa Games were:
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Sports
22 disciplines were contested at the 2003 All Africa Games, among them:
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Event schedule
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Medal standings
Host nation
| 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 |
External links
References
- ^ All-Africa Games under way published by the BBC News on 2003-10-4; retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ "Adamu Named President for 2003 All-Africa Games Organising Committee". Xinhua News Agency. 15 December 2000. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ Nigeria overwhelms S. Africa in All-Africa Games badminton, published by Xinhua on 2007-07-16; retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ 2003 All Africa Games entry from baseball-reference.com; retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ 8th All-Africa Games (men): Abuja 2003; retrieved 1 September 2011.
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