Burkina Faso at the 2019 African Games

Burkina Faso competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Burkina Faso won four gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals and the country finished in 14th place in the medal table.

Burkina Faso at the 2019 African Games
Flag of Burkina Faso
IOC code	BUR
NOC	Burkinabé National Olympic and Sports Committee
in Rabat, Morocco 19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Competitors	97 (75 men and 22 women) in 9 sports
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 4 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 8
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Medal summary

Medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Hugues Fabrice Zango Athletics Men's triple jump 27 August  Gold Laetitia Bambara Athletics Women's hammer throw 27 August  Gold Men's under-20 football team Football Men's tournament 30 August  Gold Marthe Koala Athletics Women's heptathlon 29 August  Silver Marthe Koala Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles 28 August  Silver Bienvenu Sawadogo Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles 29 August  Bronze Passamwinde Faysal Sawadogo Taekwondo Men's -80 kg 21 August  Bronze Gloria Rachel Noela Guissou Karate Women's +68 kg 26 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 3 2 0 5 Football 1 0 0 1 Karate 0 0 1 1 Taekwondo 0 0 1 1 Total 4 2 2 8

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2019 African Games

Hugues Fabrice Zango at 2019 Meeting de Paris.

In total, 18 athletes represented Burkina Faso in athletics and three gold medals and two silver medals were won.^[1]

Hugues Fabrice Zango won the gold medal in the men's triple jump event.^[2]

Lætitia Bambara won the gold medal in the women's hammer throw event.^[3]

Marthe Koala won the gold medal in the women's heptathlon event and the silver medal in the women's 100 metres hurdles event.

Bienvenu Sawadogo won the silver medal in the men's 400 metres hurdles event.^[4]

Football

Main article: Football at the 2019 African Games

Burkina Faso's national under-20 football team competed at the 2019 African Games.^[5][6] They won the gold medal in the men's tournament and Djibril Ouattara was among the top scorers in the tournament.

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2019 African Games

Burkina Faso competed in handball in the men's tournament.^[5] The team finished in 9th place.

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2019 African Games

Seven athletes were registered to represent Burkina Faso in judo but only five competed in their events.

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2019 African Games

Burkina Faso competed in karate.^[7]

Gloria Rachel Noela Guissou won the bronze medal in the women's +68 kg event.^[8]

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2019 African Games

Adama Ouedraogo, Angelika Sita Ouedraogo and Tindwende Sawadogo competed in swimming.

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2019 African Games

Teedanogo Pouniir Sawadogo, Wendaabo Levis Tresor Kabore, Passamwinde Faysal Sawadogo, Ali Yazbeck Coulibali and Aboubacar Drabo competed in Taekwondo.

Passamwinde Faysal Sawadogo won a bronze medal in the men's –80 kg event.

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2019 African Games

Four athletes represented Burkina Faso in wrestling.^[9][10]

Key:

• VT – Victory by fall.
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• IN – Victory by injury – the loser is injured before or during a bout.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Drissa Zon	−74 kg	M Minsoumouna (CHA) W 8–1 VT	A Mambou (CGO) W 9–6 PP	O John (NGR) L 0–10 VT	Bye	J B Diatta (SEN) L 0–11 ST	5
Timothee Toe	−86 kg	Bye	C Abossolo (CMR) L 3–4 PP	did not advance			9
John Folane	−97 kg	Bye	F Naji (MAR) L 8–19 SP	did not advance			8

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yvette Zié	−68 kg	R Ayari (TUN) W 6–1 PP	A Hammiche (ALG) W 14–4 SP	B Oborududu (NGR) L 1–14 VT	Bye	S Amer (EGY) L 1–3 PP	5