2003 All-Africa Games

Main article: All-Africa Games

The 8th All Africa Games, also known as Abuja 2003, were held from 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
Website	8ALLAFRICAGAMES.org
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Venues

List of Venues:^[3]

• 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)
•  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	1,064