2003 All-Africa Games
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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]
Venues
- Main Stadium - Athletics, Football (finals), Para sports
- Main Gymnasium, ASC - Gymnastics, Handball, Judo, Karate, Para sports
- Racket Squash Courts (ASC) - Squash
- Main Swimming Pool - Swimming, Para sports
- Gymnasium (ASC) - Taekwondo
- Main Sports Hall (ASC) - Volleyball, Para sports
- Ladi Kwali Hall, Sheraton, Abuja - Badminton, Para sports, Wrestling
- Old Parade Ground - Baseball, Softball
- Scorpion Sports Hall, Guards Brigade - Basketball
- International Conference Centre - Boxing
- Agura Hotel - Chess
- Roads - Cycling
- Lagos - Football
- Kaduna - Football
- Bauchi - Football
- Calabar - Football
- Hockey Stadium, Hockey Training Pitch - Hockey
- Yakubu Gowon Barracks - Squash
- Congress Hall, Hilton - Table tennis
- National Centre for Women's Development - Weightlifting, Para sports
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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Medal standings
* Host nation (Nigeria)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Nigeria (NGR)* | 85 | 90 | 65 | 240 |
| 2 |  Egypt (EGY) | 80 | 62 | 72 | 214 |
| 3 |  South Africa (RSA) | 63 | 59 | 49 | 171 |
| 4 |  Algeria (ALG) | 32 | 24 | 31 | 87 |
| 5 |  Tunisia (TUN) | 30 | 29 | 30 | 89 |
| 6 |  Cameroon (CMR) | 8 | 4 | 23 | 35 |
| 7 |  Senegal (SEN) | 6 | 9 | 19 | 34 |
| 8 |  Ethiopia (ETH) | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 9 |  Kenya (KEN) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 |  Ghana (GHA) | 4 | 5 | 16 | 25 |
| 11 |  Botswana (BOT) | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 12 |  Angola (ANG) | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 13 |  Madagascar (MAD) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 |  Libya (LBA) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 15 |  Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 |  Lesotho (LES) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 |  Ivory Coast (CIV) | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 18 |  Tanzania (TAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 |  Cape Verde (CPV) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Central African Republic (CAF) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 |  Seychelles (SEY) | 0 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 22 |  Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 |  Mali (MLI) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
 Republic of the Congo (CGO) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
 Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 26 |  Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 27 |  Benin (BEN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 |  Gabon (GAB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 The Gambia (GAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 |  Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Mauritius (MRI) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
 Niger (NIG) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
 Togo (TOG) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 35 |  Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 36 |  Guinea (GUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Sierra Leone (SLE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (37 entries) | 338 | 328 | 398 | 1,064 | |
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.[dead link]
- ^ "Venues". Archived from the original on 10 June 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2004.
- ^ 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.
External links
- List of Ghana athletes at the 2003 All-Africa Games
- Athletics results – gbrathletics.com
- Various results – sports123.com
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