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The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa and the Association of African Sports Confederation. All of the competing nations are from the African continent.
The games were never organized. Four years later, Alexandria, Egypt had almost completed preparations for the African Games of 1929 when the colonial powers stepped in to cancel the games, weeks before they were to begin. The colonizers felt the games might serve to unite Africa, and help them break free from their colonial status.
Athletics is an African Games event ever since the inaugural edition in Brazzaville, Congo, at the 1965 All-Africa Games, and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.
The 6th All-Africa Games, also known as Harare 1995, were played from 13 to 23 September 1995 in Harare, Zimbabwe. 46 countries participated in eighteen sports. South Africa, having previously been banned from competition by the other African nations, was invited to the games for the first time after the fall of the Apartheid regime .
The hockey competition would have doubled as qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, thus African Hockey Federation organised a separate olympic qualifying tournament in Nairobi, Kenya, held simultaneously with the All-Africa Games. [4] Water Polo was not competed due to lack of teams. [5] It was supposed to be an Olympic qualifier.
South Africa 15 September 1999 1999 Games: Johannesburg, South Africa Pole vault: 4.35 m Miré Reinstorf South Africa 19 March 2024 2023 Games: Accra, Ghana [23] Long jump: 6.79 m Janice Josephs South Africa 21 July 2007 2007 Games: Algiers, Algeria [24] Triple jump: 14.70 m A: Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon: 18 September 1999 1999 Games
50 nations have won at least a single medal in the African Games, from 54 National Olympic Committees participating throughout the history of the Games. 42 nations have won at least one gold medal. [ 1 ]
The African Youth Games is an international multi-sport event held every four years to complement the current Africa Games. The first games was hosted by Rabat, Morocco. [1] [2] This international sportive event has been created by Lassana Palenfo, current director of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa. The idea came in ...