Gabon at the 2019 African Games

Gabon competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Gabon won two gold medals and four bronze medals and the country finished 20th in the medal table.

Gabon at the 2019 African Games
Flag of Gabon
IOC code	GAB
NOC	Comité Olympique Gabonais
in Rabat, Morocco 19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Competitors	28 (19 men and 9 women) in 8 sports
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 4 Total 6
African Games appearances
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Medal summary

Medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Karene Agono Judo Women's -70 kg 18 August  Gold Sarah Myriam Mazouz Judo Women's -78 kg 18 August  Bronze Luc Manongho Judo Men's -100 kg 18 August  Bronze Anthony Obame Taekwondo Men's +87 kg 21 August  Bronze Urgence Mouega Taekwondo Women's -67 kg 22 August  Bronze Nguema Edang Marie Karate Men's -75 kg 26 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Judo 2 0 1 3 Karate 0 0 1 1 Taekwondo 0 0 2 2 Total 2 0 4 6 Medals by date Day Date Total 3 18 August 2 0 1 3 5 21 August 0 0 1 1 6 22 August 0 0 1 1 10 26 August 0 0 1 1 Total 2 0 4 6

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2019 African Games

Two athletes represented Gabon in athletics.^[1]

Guy Maganga competed in the men's 100 metres and men's 200 metres events.^[2] In the men's 100 metres event he did not qualify in the heats and in the men's 200 metres event he finished in 4th place in the final.^[2]

Pierrick Moulin competed in the women's 100 metres and women's 200 metres events.^[3] For both events, she competed in the heats and did not advance to the semifinals.^[3]

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2019 African Games

Two athletes competed in boxing: Junior Mikamou and Franck Mombey.^[4][5]

Mikamou competed in the men's flyweight (52kg) event and Mombey competed in the men's featherweight (57kg) event.^[4][5] Neither of them won a medal.^[4][5]

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2019 African Games

Seven athletes represented Gabon in judo: Karene Agono, Philomene Dialli, Aboubakre Gotalowia, Junior Kouamba, Harnold Koussou, Luc Manongho and Sarah Myriam Mazouz.

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2019 African Games

Ulrich Ndong (men's Kumite -84kg), Nguema Edang Marie (men's Kumite -75kg), David Obissa (men's Kumite -60kg) and Brolin Youla (men's Kumite -67kg) competed in karate.

Marie won a bronze medal in his event.^[6]

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2019 African Games

Two swimmers represented Gabon in swimming.^[7]

Adam Mpali competed in the men's 50 metre breaststroke and in the men's 50 metre freestyle events.^[7] In both events he did not advance to compete in the final.^[7]

Aya Mpali competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle and the women's 50 metre butterfly events.^[7] In both events she did not advance to compete in the final.^[7]

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2019 African Games

Andy Bringaud and Tresor Ndong competed in table tennis in the men's singles and men's doubles events.^[8][9][10]

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2019 African Games

In total, five athletes represented Gabon in Taekwondo.

Anthony Obame competed at the 2019 African Games.^[11] He won the bronze medal in the men's +87 kg event.^[12]

Urgence Mouega won the bronze medal in the Women's -67 kg event.^[13]

Leila Bamizock competed in the women's –46 kg event, Amar Moussa competed in the men's –68 kg event and Hermen Doupassou competed in the men's –74 kg event.

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2019 African Games

Herve Antchandie, Wilfrid Lebendje, Celestine Avomo and Maria Nyonda competed in tennis.

Antchandie and Lebendje competed in the men's singles event. Together they also competed in the men's doubles event.

Avomo and Nyonda competed in the women's singles event. Together they also competed in the women's doubles event.