Jump to content

1997 Jeux de la Francophonie

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from 1997 Francophonie Games)
IIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie
Host cityAntananarivo, Madagascar
Nations30
Athletes2,300
OpeningAugust 27, 1997
ClosingSeptember 6, 1997
Opened byDidier Ratsiraka
Main venueMahamasina Municipal Stadium
← 1994
2001 →

The 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as IIIes Jeux de la Francophonie, (French for Francophone Games) were held in Antananarivo, Madagascar from August 27 to September 6, 1997.

Events

[edit]

Sports

[edit]
Sport Gender Results
Athletics (Track and field) men and women details
Basketball women details
Boxing men details
Football (soccer) men details
Judo men + women details
Tennis women details

Cultural

[edit]
Painting
Photography
Poetry
Sculpture
Song
Traditional inspiration dance
Storytelling

Medals and participation

[edit]

Total

[edit]

  *   Host nation (Madagascar)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)23231561
2 Madagascar (MAD)*1561536
3 Canada (CAN)10141337
4WalloniaFrench Community of Belgium53412
5 Senegal (SEN)51612
6 Romania (ROU)4228
7 Cameroon (CMR)34815
8 Tunisia (TUN)33612
9 Ivory Coast (CIV)3249
10 Quebec22610
11 Burundi (BDI)2215
12 Mauritius (MRI)17614
13 Gabon (GAB)13711
14 Seychelles (SEY)1124
15 New Brunswick1056
16 Guinea (GUI)1001
17 Lebanon (LIB)0213
18 Congo (COG)0101
 Luxembourg (LUX)0101
 Niger (NIG)0101
21 Burkina Faso (BFA)0022
 Central African Republic (CAF)0022
23 Cape Verde (CPV)0011
Totals (23 entries)8078106264

The following participation nations didn't win any medal.

 Benin
 Chad
 Comoros
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Dominica
 Guinea-Bissau
 Haiti
 Mali
 Morocco
 Mauritania
 Moldova
 Monaco
 Poland
 Rwanda
 Saint Lucia
 Togo
 Vietnam
[edit]
Medal winners 1997 at jeux.francophonie.org (in French)
Medal tables at jeux.francophonie.org (in French)
Videoclip about the Games with dates at www.canal-insep.fr[permanent dead link]