2003 All-Africa Games
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Host city | Abuja, Nigeria |
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Nations participating | 53 |
Events | 22 sports |
Opening ceremony | 5 October |
Closing ceremony | 17 October |
Officially opened by | Olusegun Obasanjo |
Main venue | Abuja Stadium |
Website | 8ALLAFRICAGAMES.org |
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:
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Republic of the Congo
DR Congo
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gabon
The Gambia
Lesotho
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritius
Namibia
Nigeria
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
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Sports[]
22 disciplines were contested at the 2003 All Africa Games, among them:
Event schedule[]
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Medal standings[]
* Host nation (Nigeria)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 85 | 90 | 65 | 240 |
2 | ![]() | 80 | 62 | 72 | 214 |
3 | ![]() | 63 | 59 | 49 | 171 |
4 | ![]() | 32 | 24 | 31 | 87 |
5 | ![]() | 30 | 29 | 30 | 89 |
6 | ![]() | 8 | 4 | 23 | 35 |
7 | ![]() | 6 | 9 | 19 | 34 |
8 | ![]() | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
9 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
10 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 16 | 25 |
11 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
12 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
13 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
14 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
15 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
16 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
17 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
18 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
19 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
21 | ![]() | 0 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
22 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
23 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
26 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
27 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
28 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
29 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
31 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
35 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
36 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (37 nations) | 338 | 328 | 398 | 1064 |
References[]
- ^ All-Africa Games under way published by the BBC News on 4 October 2003. 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 News Agency on 16 July 2007. 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
Categories:
- 2003 All-Africa Games
- 2003 in multi-sport events
- 2003 in African sport
- 2003 in Nigerian sport
- African Games
- International sports competitions hosted by Nigeria
- Sport in Abuja
- Multi-sport events in Nigeria
- 21st century in Abuja
- October 2003 sports events in Africa
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