Weightlifting at the 2019 African Games

Sporting competition

Weightlifting
at the 2019 African Games

Venue| Nahda Indoor Sports Center
Location| Rabat, Morocco
Dates| 25–30 August
Competitors| 138[1] from 17 nations

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Weightlifting at the 2019 African Games was held from 25 to 30 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.

The event served as a qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Later five Egyptian athletes (Abderrahmane Al Sayed, Ibrahim Moustafa, Samar Hossein, Sara Ahmed Samir, Farag Salma) were disqualified due to anti-doping violations.[2]

## Participating nations

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*  Algeria (9)
*  Botswana (4)[3]
*  Cameroon (8)
*  Egypt (20)[4]
*  Ghana (5)[5]
*  Kenya (8)
*  Liberia (1)
*  Libya (3)
*  Lesotho (3)
*  Madagascar (8)
*  Mauritius (10)
*  Morocco (20)
*  Nigeria (19)[4]
*  Seychelles (3)
*  South Africa (3)[6]
*  Sudan (2)
*  Tunisia (8)[4]
*  Uganda (5)[7]

## Medal table

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*   Host nation (Morocco)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Egypt (EGY)| 23| 16| 4| 43
2|  Nigeria (NGR)| 16| 16| 18| 50
3|  Cameroon (CMR)| 6| 6| 0| 12
4|  Madagascar (MAD)| 5| 4| 2| 11
5|  Tunisia (TUN)| 4| 5| 3| 12
6|  Algeria (ALG)| 3| 9| 3| 15
7|  Mauritius (MRI)| 3| 0| 6| 9
8|  Libya (LBA)| 0| 2| 1| 3
9|  Morocco (MAR)*| 0| 1| 13| 14
10|  Ghana (GHA)| 0| 1| 7| 8
11|  Uganda (UGA)| 0| 0| 3| 3
Totals (11 entries)| 60| 60| 60| 180

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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55 kg
Snatch  | Jean Ramiarimanana
Madagascar | 100 kg  | Issam Harfi
Morocco | 96 kg  | King Kalu
Nigeria | 95 kg
Clean & Jerk  | King Kalu
Nigeria | 123 kg  | Jean Ramiarimanana
Madagascar | 122 kg  | Issam Harfi
Morocco | 111 kg
Total  | Jean Ramiarimanana
Madagascar | 222 kg  | King Kalu
Nigeria | 218 kg  | Issam Harfi
Morocco | 207 kg
61 kg
Snatch  | Emmanuel Appah
Nigeria | 120 kg  | Amine Bouhijbha
Tunisia | 119 kg  | Eric Andriantsitohaina
Madagascar | 115 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Emmanuel Appah
Nigeria | 151 kg  | Eric Andriantsitohaina
Madagascar | 150 kg  | David Akwei
Ghana | 127 kg
Total  | Emmanuel Appah
Nigeria | 271 kg  | Eric Andriantsitohaina
Madagascar | 265 kg  | Jules Andriamahefa
Madagascar | 231 kg
67 kg
Snatch  | Ahmed Saad
Egypt | 134 kg  | Tojonirina Andriantsitohaina
Madagascar | 132 kg  | Ahsaan Shabi
Libya | 128 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Ahmed Saad
Egypt | 165 kg  | Ahsaan Shabi
Libya | 155 kg  | Mohamed Moulab
Morocco | 135 kg
Total  | Ahmed Saad
Egypt | 299 kg  | Ahsaan Shabi
Libya | 283 kg  | Mohamed Moulab
Morocco | 243 kg
73 kg
Snatch  | Karem Ben Hnia
Tunisia | 153 kg
AF | ~~Moustafa Ibrahim
Egypt~~ | 138 kg  | Nafaa Sariak
Algeria | 130 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Karem Ben Hnia
Tunisia | 180 kg  | ~~Moustafa Ibrahim
Egypt~~ | 175 kg  | Nafaa Sariak
Algeria | 162 kg
Total  | Karem Ben Hnia
Tunisia | 333 kg  | ~~Moustafa Ibrahim
Egypt~~ | 313 kg  | Nafaa Sariak
Algeria | 292 kg
81 kg
Snatch  | Mohamed Mahmoud
Egypt | 160 kg  | Ramzi Bahloul
Tunisia | 147 kg  | Mamdum Seldum
Nigeria | 146 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Mohamed Mahmoud
Egypt | 190 kg  | Ahmed Elsayed
Egypt | 180 kg  | Mamdum Seldum
Nigeria | 178 kg
Total  | Mohamed Mahmoud
Egypt | 350 kg  | Ahmed Elsayed
Egypt | 325 kg  | Mamdum Seldum
Nigeria | 324 kg
89 kg
Snatch  | Karim Abokahla
Egypt | 164 kg
AF | Desmond Akano
Nigeria | 149 kg  | Christian Amoah
Ghana | 148 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Karim Abokahla
Egypt | 201 kg
AF | Forrester Osei
Ghana | 181 kg  | Christian Amoah
Ghana | 180 kg
Total  | Karim Abokahla
Egypt | 365 kg
AF | Desmond Akano
Nigeria | 329 kg  | Christian Amoah
Ghana | 328 kg
96 kg
Snatch  | ~~Mohamed Abdelalim
Egypt~~ | 165 kg  | Saddam Messaoui
Algeria | 161 kg  | Zubairi Kubo
Uganda | 131 kg
Clean & Jerk  | ~~Mohamed Abdelalim
Egypt~~ | 208 kg
AF | Saddam Messaoui
Algeria | 190 kg  | Zubairi Kubo
Uganda | 170 kg
Total  | ~~Mohamed Abdelalim
Egypt~~ | 373 kg  | Saddam Messaoui
Algeria | 351 kg  | Zubairi Kubo
Uganda | 301 kg
102 kg
Snatch  | Ragab Abdelhay
Egypt | 170 kg  | Joël Essama
Cameroon | 159 kg  | Patrick Olawale Barde
Nigeria | 158 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Ragab Abdelhay
Egypt | 205 kg  | Joël Essama
Cameroon | 190 kg  | Patrick Olawale Barde
Nigeria | 185 kg
Total  | Ragab Abdelhay
Egypt | 375 kg  | Joël Essama
Cameroon | 349 kg  | Patrick Olawale Barde
Nigeria | 343 kg
109 kg
Snatch  | Aymen Bacha
Tunisia | 167 kg  | Gaber Mohamed
Egypt | 165 kg  | Not awarded
Clean & Jerk  | Gaber Mohamed
Egypt | 203 kg  | Aymen Bacha
Tunisia | 200 kg  | Mohamed Abdelaziz
Egypt | 195 kg
Total  | Gaber Mohamed
Egypt | 368 kg  | Aymen Bacha
Tunisia | 367 kg  | Not awarded
+109 kg
Snatch  | ~~Abdelrahman Elsayed
Egypt~~ | 165 kg  | Rabeh Chouya
Algeria | 160 kg  | Abdulakeem Tijani Abdul
Nigeria | 143 kg
Clean & Jerk  | ~~Abdelrahman Elsayed
Egypt~~ | 196 kg  | Rabeh Chouya
Algeria | 195 kg  | Abdulakeem Tijani Abdul
Nigeria | 180 kg
Total  | ~~Abdelrahman Elsayed
Egypt~~ | 361 kg  | Rabeh Chouya
Algeria | 355 kg  | Abdulakeem Tijani Abdul
Nigeria | 323 kg

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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45 kg
Snatch  | Rosina Randafiarison
Madagascar | 70 kg  | Stella Kingsley
Nigeria | 58 kg  | Winnifred Ntumi
Ghana | 55 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Rosina Randafiarison
Madagascar | 85 kg  | Stella Kingsley
Nigeria | 80 kg  | Winnifred Ntumi
Ghana | 69 kg
Total  | Rosina Randafiarison
Madagascar | 155 kg  | Stella Kingsley
Nigeria | 138 kg  | Winnifred Ntumi
Ghana | 126 kg
49 kg
Snatch  | Roilya Ranaivosoa
Mauritius | 75 kg  | Zohra Chihi
Tunisia | 72 kg  | Augustina Nwaokolo
Nigeria | 71 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Roilya Ranaivosoa
Mauritius | 94 kg  | Heba Ahmed
Egypt | 93 kg  | Augustina Nwaokolo
Nigeria | 90 kg
Total  | Roilya Ranaivosoa
Mauritius | 169 kg  | Heba Ahmed
Egypt | 162 kg  | Augustina Nwaokolo
Nigeria | 161 kg
55 kg
Snatch  | Chika Amalaha
Nigeria | 93 kg  | Adijat Olarinoye
Nigeria | 93 kg  | Meriem Ben Miloud
Algeria | 62 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Adijat Olarinoye
Nigeria | 116 kg
AF | Chika Amalaha
Nigeria | 115 kg  | Meriem Ben Miloud
Algeria | 86 kg
Total  | Adijat Olarinoye
Nigeria | 209 kg  | Chika Amalaha
Nigeria | 208 kg  | Meriem Ben Miloud
Algeria | 148 kg
59 kg
Snatch  | Rafiatu Folashade Lawal
Nigeria | 93 kg
AF | Basma Ibrahim
Egypt | 88 kg  | Chaima Rahmouni
Tunisia | 87 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Rafiatu Folashade Lawal
Nigeria | 117 kg  | Basma Ibrahim
Egypt | 114 kg  | Chaima Rahmouni
Tunisia | 108 kg
Total  | Rafiatu Folashade Lawal
Nigeria | 210 kg  | Basma Ibrahim
Egypt | 202 kg  | Chaima Rahmouni
Tunisia | 195 kg
64 kg
Snatch  | Joy Ogbonne Eze
Nigeria | 97 kg  | Esraa El-Sayed
Egypt | 96 kg  | Neama Said
Egypt | 90 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Joy Ogbonne Eze
Nigeria | 121 kg  | Neama Said
Egypt | 117 kg  | Esraa El-Sayed
Egypt | 113 kg
Total  | Joy Ogbonne Eze
Nigeria | 218 kg  | Esraa El-Sayed
Egypt | 209 kg  | Neama Said
Egypt | 207 kg
71 kg
Snatch  | Rania Mahmoud
Egypt | 99 kg  | Caroline Oko-Uokha
Nigeria | 95 kg  | Ketty Lent
Mauritius | 82 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Rania Mahmoud
Egypt | 125 kg  | Caroline Oko-Uokha
Nigeria | 116 kg  | Ketty Lent
Mauritius | 105 kg
Total  | Rania Mahmoud
Egypt | 224 kg  | Caroline Oko-Uokha
Nigeria | 211 kg  | Ketty Lent
Mauritius | 181 kg
76 kg
Snatch  | ~~Sara Ahmed
Egypt~~ | 105 kg  | Jeanne Gaëlle Eyenga
Cameroon | 88 kg  | Alison Sunee
Mauritius | 84 kg
Clean & Jerk  | ~~Sara Ahmed
Egypt~~ | 133 kg  | Jeanne Gaëlle Eyenga
Cameroon | 107 kg  | Alison Sunee
Mauritius | 105 kg
Total  | ~~Sara Ahmed
Egypt~~ | 238 kg  | Jeanne Gaëlle Eyenga
Cameroon | 195 kg  | Alison Sunee
Mauritius | 189 kg
81 kg
Snatch  | Fatima Otiameh Musa
Nigeria | 97 kg  | Salma Farag
Egypt | 96 kg  | Liadi Taiwo
Nigeria | 95 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Fatima Otiameh Musa
Nigeria | 122 kg  | Liadi Taiwo
Nigeria | 121 kg  | Salma Farag
Egypt | 120 kg
Total  | Fatima Otiameh Musa
Nigeria | 219 kg  | Salma Farag
Egypt | 216 kg  | Liadi Taiwo
Nigeria | 216 kg
87 kg
Snatch  | ~~Samar Hussein
Egypt~~ | 106 kg  | Clementine Meukeugni
Cameroon | 101 kg  | Bouchra Hirech
Algeria | 86 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Clementine Meukeugni
Cameroon | 126 kg  | ~~Samar Hussein
Egypt~~ | 125 kg  | Bouchra Hirech
Algeria | 110 kg
Total  | ~~Samar Hussein
Egypt~~ | 231 kg  | Clementine Meukeugni
Cameroon | 227 kg  | Bouchra Hirech
Algeria | 196 kg
+87 kg
Snatch  | Halima Abbas
Egypt | 121 kg
AF | Shaima Haridy
Egypt | 110 kg  | Obehi Joseph
Nigeria | 105 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Halima Abbas
Egypt | 151 kg
AF | Shaima Haridy
Egypt | 135 kg  | Obehi Joseph
Nigeria | 130 kg
Total  | Halima Abbas
Egypt | 272 kg
AF | Shaima Haridy
Egypt | 245 kg  | Obehi Joseph
Nigeria | 235 kg

## References

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1. ^ "12th All African Games – Weightlifting Competition – Start book" (PDF). WFA. 26 August 2019. p. 7. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
2. ^ "The ITA imposes two-year sanctions on six Egyptian weightlifters". International Testing Agency. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
3. ^ "Montsho going strong despite exit reports". MmegiOnline. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
4. ^ a b c "Things you need to know about the Rabat 2019 African Games". Olympic Channel. 27 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
5. ^ "2019 Africa Games: Confirmed federations to compete for Ghana in Morocco". Sports News - Ghana Web. 1 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
6. ^ "Team SA Announced for 2019 African Games". South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee. 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
7. ^ "Uganda to send 77 athletes to 12th All Africa Games". xinhuanews. 29 July 2019. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

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