Boxing at the African Games
Boxing was an African Games event at its inaugural edition in 1965 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.
Boxing | |
| First event | 1965 Brazzaville |
|---|---|
| Occur every | four years |
| Last event | 2023 Accra |
| Best | Algeria (ALG) |
Editions
| Games | Year | Host city | Events | Best nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | ||||
| I | 1965 | Brazzaville | 10 | — | Egypt |
| II | 1973 | Lagos | 11 | — | Nigeria |
| III | 1978 | Algiers | 11 | — | Kenya |
| IV | 1987 | Nairobi | 12 | — | Kenya |
| V | 1991 | Cairo | 12 | — | Kenya |
| VI | 1995 | Harare | 12 | — | Tunisia |
| VII | 1999 | Johannesburg | 12 | — | Algeria |
| VIII | 2003 | Abuja | 11 | — | Nigeria |
| IX | 2007 | Algiers | 11 | — | Algeria |
| X | 2011 | Maputo | 10 | — | Algeria |
| XI | 2015 | Brazzaville | 10 | 3 | Algeria |
| XII | 2019 | Rabat | 8 | 5 | Morocco |
| XIII | 2023 | Accra | 13 | 12 | Nigeria |
Medal table
As of 2023:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algeria (ALG) | 27 | 20 | 21 | 68 |
| 2 | Nigeria (NGR) | 27 | 20 | 14 | 61 |
| 3 | Kenya (KEN) | 19 | 11 | 16 | 46 |
| 4 | Egypt (EGY) | 18 | 12 | 16 | 46 |
| 5 | Tunisia (TUN) | 12 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 6 | Ghana (GHA) | 8 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
| 7 | Uganda (UGA) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| 8 | Zambia (ZAM) | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 9 | Morocco (MAR) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 10 | Mauritius (MRI) | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 | DR Congo (COD) | 3 | 10 | 10 | 23 |
| 12 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 13 | Botswana (BOT) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 14 | Cameroon (CMR) | 3 | 1 | 15 | 19 |
| 15 | Tanzania (TAN) | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 16 | South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 17 | Guinea (GUI) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Namibia (NAM) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 19 | Madagascar (MAD) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 | Republic of the Congo (CGO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Sudan (SUD) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Senegal (SEN) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 23 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 24 | Niger (NIG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Togo (TOG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 26 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mali (MLI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Seychelles (SEY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | Gabon (GAB) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 32 | Lesotho (LES) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 33 | Angola (ANG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Benin (BEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Central African Republic (CAF) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Libya (LBA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 37 | Burundi (BDI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cape Verde (CPV) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Liberia (LBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (39 entries) | 161 | 154 | 212 | 527 | |
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