1997 African Judo Championships

The 1997 African Judo Championships is the 19th edition of the African Judo Championships, organised by the African Judo Union. It took place in Casablanca, Morocco from 17 to 19 July 1997.^[1]

Medal overview[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
−60 kg	Abdelouahed Idrissi Chorfi (MAR)	(TUN)	(MRI)  Omar Rebahi (ALG)
−65 kg	Amar Meridja (ALG)	(SEN)	(TUN)  Duncan Mackinnon (RSA)
−71 kg	Nourredine Yagoubi (ALG)	(MRI)	(MAR)  David Kouassi (CIV)
−78 kg	Adil Belgaid (MAR)	(EGY)	(SEN)
−86 kg	(EGY)	(ALG)	Jean-Claude Raphael (MRI)   (CMR)
−95 kg	Steve Biwole Abolo (CMR)	(ALG)	(TUN)  Antonio Felicite (MRI)
+95 kg	(ALG)	(MAR)	(CMR)   (EGY)
Open	(ALG)	(TUN)	Steve Biwole Abolo (CMR)   (EGY)

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
−48 kg	(MAR)	(MAD)	Lovelyn Orji-Ben (NGR)   (RSA)
−52 kg	Salima Souakri (ALG)	(RSA)	(CMR)   (MAD)
−56 kg	Lynda Mekzine (ALG)	(CMR)	(RSA)  Maryann Ekeada (NGR)
−61 kg	(RSA)	(ALG)	(NGR)   (MAR)
−66 kg	(RSA)	Lea Zahoui Blavo (CIV)	(MAD)  Saida Dhahri (TUN)
−72 kg	Melanie Engoang (GAB)	(CMR)	Marie Michelle St Louis (MRI)   (MAR)
+72 kg	(MAR)	Adja Marieme Diop (SEN)	(CIV)   (TUN)
Open	Adja Marieme Diop (SEN)	(TUN)	(MAR)   (RSA)

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Algeria (ALG)	6	3	1	10
2	Morocco (MAR)	4	1	4	9
3	South Africa (RSA)	2	1	4	7
4	Cameroon (CMR)	1	2	4	7
5	Senegal (SEN)	1	2	1	4
6	Egypt (EGY)	1	1	2	4
7	Gabon (GAB)	1	0	0	1
8	Tunisia (TUN)	0	3	4	7
9	Mauritius (MRI)	0	1	4	5
10	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	1	2	3
	Madagascar (MAD)	0	1	2	3
12	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	3	3
Totals (12 nations)		16	16	31	63

References[]

External links[]

• 1997 African Judo Championships at JudoInside.com