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Weightlifting at the 2015 African Games
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Weightlifting at the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville was held between September 7–9, 2015 while Powerlifting was held on September 11 and 12, 2015.
It also counted as 2015 African Weightlifting Championships.[1] Only total medals counted for African Games while snatch and clean & jerk medals counted for the African Weightlifting Championships.[citation needed]
The women's -53 kg gold medallist Elizabeth Onuah of Nigeria was stripped of her medals for doping.[2]
Medal table
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Egypt (EGY) | 31 | 15 | 12 | 58 |
| 2 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 16 | 24 | 11 | 51 |
| 3 |  Tunisia (TUN) | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 |  Libya (LBA) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 |  Seychelles (SEY) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 |  Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 |  Mauritius (MRI) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 |  Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Madagascar (MAD) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 10 |  Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
 Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 12 |  Benin (BEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Togo (TOG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 59 | 59 | 58 | 176 | |
Medal summary
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Women
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Powerlifting
[edit]Men
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 kg |  Yakubu Adesokan (NGA) |
182.5 kg |  Ahmed Hadj Biour (ALG) |
131 kg |  Alion Bawa (TOG) |
110 kg |
| 54 kg | Roland Ezuruike (NGA) |
182 kg |  Alidou Diamoutene (CIV) |
170 kg |  Taha Abdelmagid (EGY) |
165 kg |
| 59 kg | Sherif Othman (EGY) |
210 kg | Anthony Ulonnam (NGA) |
190 kg |  Conrat Atangana (CMR) |
160 kg |
| 65 kg | Olumide Kehinde (NGA) |
214 kg | Shaaban Ibrahim (EGY) |
196 kg | Hocine Bettir (ALG) |
183 kg |
| 72 kg | Mohamed El Elfi (EGY) |
212 kg | Nnamdi Innocent (NGA) |
200 kg |  Cosme Akpovi (BEN) |
170 kg |
| 80 kg | Metwaly Methana (EGY) |
220 kg | Tolu-Lope Taiwo (NGA) |
192 kg | Maurice Biwole Nkodo (CMR) |
166 kg |
| 88 kg | Hany Abdelhady (EGY) |
233 kg | Opeyemi jegede (NGA) |
204 kg | ||
| 97 & 107 kg | Mohamed Eldib (EGY) |
204.57 pts | Abdulazeez Ibrahim (NGA) |
194.68 pts | Mohamed Elsayed (EGY) |
191.21 pts |
Women
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 kg | Nawal Ramadan (EGY) |
92 kg | Nsini Jonah Ben (NGA) |
90 kg |  Hellen Nwawira Kariuki (KEN) |
65 kg |
| 45 kg | Latifat Tijani (NGA) |
98 kg | Zeineb Oteify (EGY) |
95 kg | Samira Guerioua (ALG) |
82 kg |
| 55 & 61 kg | Esther Oyema (NGA) |
139.32 pts | Fatma Omar (EGY) |
137.34 pts | Lucy Ejike (NGA) |
136.50 pts |
| 67 & 73 kg | Ndidi Nwosu (NGA) |
122.50 pts | Amal Mahmoud (EGY) |
112.42 pts | Amany Ali (EGY) |
108.12 pts |
| 79 kg | Bose Omolayo (NGA) |
137 kg | Geehan Hassan (EGY) |
120 kg |  Sahar Elgnemi (LBY) |
90 kg |
| -86 & +86 kg | Loveline Obiji (NGA) |
125.83 pts | Randa Mahmoud (EGY) |
121.04 pts | Precious Orji (NGA) |
117.25 pts |
References
[edit]- ^ "African Senior (25th Men & 14th Women) Weightlifting Championships". www.wfa.com.ly.
- ^ Doping ban shock for Nigeria. IOL (2016-01-24). Retrieved on 2016-01-24.
- ^ a b "AAG: nine gold for team nigeria"
- ^ "Team Nigeria soat at the All Africa games with 52 medals"
- ^ "Roilya Ranaivosoa s'adjuge trois médailles d'argent", Le mauricien.com, 13 septembre 2015
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