2005 Jeux de la Francophonie

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Vèmes Jeux de la Francophonie
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Host cityNiamey, Niger
Nations participating44
Athletes participating2,500
Opening ceremonyDecember 7, 2005
Closing ceremonyDecember 17, 2005
Officially opened byMamadou Tandja
Main venueStade Général Seyni Kountché
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The 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as Ves Jeux de la Francophonie, (French for Francophone Games) were held from December 7–17, 2005 in Niamey, Niger.

Events[]

Sports[]

Sport Gender Results
Athletics (Track and field) men + women details
Basketball women
Boxing men
Football (soccer) men details
Judo men + women details
Table tennis men + women
Wrestling men demonstration of traditional West African style ()

Cultural[]

Fairy tale
Painting
Photography
Poetry
Sculpture
Song
Traditional inspiration dance

Medal count[]

Total[]

  *   Host nation (Niger)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France33211367
2 Morocco12151542
3 Egypt70815
4 Romania58619
5 Canada46818
6 Ivory Coast35311
7 Tunisia33814
8 Benin3003
9 Burkina Faso23712
10 Lebanon2125
11 Chad2002
12 Senegal14611
13 Niger*1225
14 Seychelles1102
15WalloniaFrench Community of Belgium1045
16 Rwanda1023
17 Madagascar1012
18 Lithuania1001
19 Quebec0336
20 Mauritius0213
21 Cameroon0134
 Luxembourg0134
23 Gabon0123
24 Cape Verde0112
 Mali0112
 New Brunswick0112
27 Guinea-Bissau0101
28 Congo0011
 DR Congo0011
 North Macedonia0011
 Saint Lucia0011
  Switzerland0011
Totals (32 nations)8381105269

Participation[]

There were a total of 1287 participants from 44 states and governments at the 2005 Games.

Key
Nation (number of participants)
Wallonia French Community of Belgium (23)
 Benin (18)
 Bulgaria (4)
 Burkina Faso (50)
 Burundi (4)
 Cambodia (3)
 Cameroon (85)
 Canada (82)
 New Brunswick (8)
 Quebec (40)
 Cape Verde (3)
 Central African Republic (22)
 Chad (24)
 Comoros (7)
 Democratic Republic of the Congo (44)
 Dominica
 Egypt (15)
 Equatorial Guinea (5)
 France (131)
 Gabon (18)
 Guinea (37)
 Guinea-Bissau (7)
 Haiti (38)
 Ivory Coast (43)
 Lebanon (17)
 Lithuania (7)
 Luxembourg (7)
 North Macedonia (NC)
 Madagascar (29)
 Mali (44)
 Mauritius (18)
 Monaco (2)
 Morocco (108)
 Niger (98)
 Republic of the Congo (35)
 Romania (50)
 Rwanda (5)
 Saint Lucia (3)
 Senegal (69)
 Seychelles (15)
  Switzerland (16)
 Togo (17)
 Tunisia (27)
 Vietnam (4)

External links[]

Medal winners 2005 at jeux.francophonie.org (in French)
Medal tables at jeux.francophonie.org (in French)
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