2003 All-Africa Games

Main article: 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]

VIII All-Africa Games

Host city	Abuja, Nigeria
Nations	53
Events	22 sports
Opening	5 October 2003
Closing	17 October 2003
Opened by	Olusegun Obasanjo
Main venue	Abuja Stadium
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Venues

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• National 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:

•   Algeria
•   Angola
•   Benin
•   Botswana
•   Burkina Faso
•   Cameroon
•   Cape Verde
•   Central African Republic
•   Republic of the Congo
•   Ivory Coast
•   DR Congo
•   Egypt
•   Ethiopia
•   Gabon
•   The Gambia
•   Ghana
•   Guinea
•   Kenya
•   Lesotho
•   Libya
•   Madagascar
•   Mali
•   Mauritius
•   Namibia
•   Niger
•   Nigeria
•   Senegal
•   South Africa
•   Seychelles
•   São Tomé and Príncipe
•   Sierra Leone
•   Sudan
•   Tanzania
•   Togo
•   Tunisia
•   Uganda
•   Zambia
•   Zimbabwe

Sports

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

•   Athletics (details)
•   Badminton (details) ^[4]
•   Baseball (details)^{[citation needed]}
•   Basketball (details)
•   Boxing (details)
•   Chess (details) ^[5]
•   Cycling (details)
•   Field hockey (details)
•   Football (details)
•   Gymnastics (details)
•   Handball (details)
•   Judo (details)
•   Karate (details)
•   Softball (details)
•   Squash (details)
•   Swimming (details)
•   Table tennis (details)
•   Tennis (details)
•   Taekwondo (details)
•   Volleyball (details)
•   Weightlifting (details)
•   Wrestling (details)

• Special Sports:

•   Para-athletics
•   Powerlifting
•   Para table tennis

Medal standings

  *   Host nation (Nigeria)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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	1064

References

1. All-Africa Games under way published by the BBC News on 4 October 2003. 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.^{[dead link]}
3. . Archived from the original on 10 June 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2004.
4. Nigeria overwhelms S. Africa in All-Africa Games badminton, published by [[Xin  Athleticshua News Agency]] on 16 July 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
5. 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