African Weightlifting Championships

The African Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by Weightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA).[1][2]

African Weightlifting Championships
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)usually April
Frequencyannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1982 (1982)
Organised byWFA

Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categories (10 for men and 10 for women):

  • Men categories: 55 kg, 61 kg, 67 kg, 73 kg, 81 kg, 89 kg, 96 kg, 102 kg, 109 kg and +109 kg.
  • Women categories: 45 kg, 49 kg, 55 kg, 59 kg, 64 kg, 71 kg, 76 kg, 81 kg, 87 kg and +87 kg.

Championships
Year Edition Venue Events
MW
1982 1 - [[]], [[]] 30
1984 2 - Cairo, Egypt 30
1985 3 - Aswan, Egypt 30
1986 4 - Nairobi, Kenya 30
1988 5 - Cairo, Egypt 30
1989 6 - [[]], [[]] 30
1990 7 - Tripoli, Libya 30
1992 8 - Nairobi, Kenya 30
1994 9 - Cape Town, South Africa 30
1996 10 - Ismailia, Egypt 30
1997 11 - Cairo, Egypt 30
1998 12 1 Algiers, Algeria[3] 45
2000 13 2 Yaoundé, Cameroon[4] 45
2001 14 3 Stellenbosch, South Africa[5] 45
2002 15 4 Nairobi, Kenya[6] 45
2004 16 5 Tunis, Tunisia[7] 45
2005 17 6 Kampala, Uganda[8] 45
2006 18 7 El Jadida, Morocco[9] 45
2008 19 8 Strand, South Africa[10] 45
2009 20 9 Kampala, Uganda[11] 45
Year Edition Venue Events
MW
2010 21 10 Yaoundé, Cameroon[12] 45
2011 22 11 Cape Town, South Africa[13] 45
2012 23 12 Nairobi, Kenya[14] 45
2013 24 13 Casablanca, Morocco[15] 45
2015 25 14 Brazzaville, Republic of Congo[16] 45
2016 26 15 Yaoundé, Cameroon[17] 45
2017 27 16 Vacoas, Mauritius[18] 48
2018 28 17 Mahébourg, Mauritius[19] 48
2019 29 18 Cairo, Egypt[20] 60
2020 - - Vacoas, Mauritius -
2021 30 19 Nairobi, Kenya 60
2022 Algeria

All-time table medals

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals from 2008 to 2021:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Tunisia (TUN)1188557260
2 Nigeria (NGR)784014132
3 Egypt (EGY)762917122
4 Algeria (ALG)558164200
5 Cameroon (CMR)454039124
6 South Africa (RSA)243244100
7 Madagascar (MAD)20181452
8 Libya (LBA)16302773
9 Seychelles (SEY)14242159
10 Morocco (MAR)8224777
11 Mauritius (MRI)7241445
12 Uganda (UGA)110920
13 Kenya (KEN)09716
14 Ghana (GHA)031720
15 Botswana (BOT)0022
Totals (15 nations)4624473931302

References
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  2. "Revue olympique : Organe officiel du mouvement olympique. Vol. 138-139, Avril-Mai 1979". Revue olympique. 1979. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "IWF Calendar". Archived from the original on 1998-12-02.
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  5. "2001 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2001-12-13.
  6. "2002 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2002-12-08.
  7. "2004 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2004-12-29.
  8. "2005 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2005-12-22.
  9. "Events | Calendar | 2006". Archived from the original on 2006-12-08. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  10. "2008 Calendar". Archived from the original on 2008-12-19.
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  12. "Old BW | Results by Events | 2010". www.iwf.net.
  13. "Old BW | Results by Events | 2011". www.iwf.net.
  14. "Old BW | Results by Events | 2012". www.iwf.net.
  15. "Old BW | Results by Events | 2013". www.iwf.net.
  16. "African Senior (25th Men & 14th Women) Weightlifting Championships". www.wfa.com.ly.
  17. "Old BW | Results by Events | 2016". www.iwf.net.
  18. "Old BW | Results by Events | 2017". www.iwf.net.
  19. "Old BW | Results by Events | 2018". www.iwf.net.
  20. "Result book: African Senior Weightlifting Qualification Championships 2019" (PDF). www.wfa.com.ly.
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