African Games sports

African Games
Medal tables Medalists Ceremonies
Games
1965 1973 1978 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027
Sports
3x3 basketball Arm wrestling Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach volleyball Boxing Canoeing Chess Cricket Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Football Gymnastics Handball Field hockey Judo Karate Kick-boxing Netball Rowing Rugby sevens Sailing Shooting Softball Squash Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Organizations
Charter AU ANOCA AASC NOCs

This is a list of sports played in the African Games and the major affiliated games organized by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA).

African Games sports

The African Games is the major multi-sports competition in Africa. This is a list of sports played in the games.

Sport (Discipline)		Body		65	73	78	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	15	19	23
		World	Africa
Diving		FINA	CANA						d
Swimming				6	13	26	15	7	32	33	40	40	45	42	42	42
Water polo												c
Archery		WA	WAA												5
Athletics		IAAF	CAA	24	34	37	41	41	43	45	45	46	46	46	46	47
Badminton		BWF	BCA								6	6	6	6	6	5
Baseball		IBAF	ABSA							1	1
Basketball		FIBA	FIBA Africa	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
3x3 basketball															2	4
Netball		INF	CANA						d	d			1
Chess		FIDE	ACU								28	14	12		5	6
Boxing		AIBA	AFBC	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	13	13	25
Slalom canoeing		ICF	CAC										3
Sprint canoeing													12		18
Road cycling		UCI	CAC	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	6	4
Track cycling				1		2	1		2	1			3	4	4	11
Equestrian		FEI	ACES												2
Cricket		ICC	ACA													2
Fencing		FIE	CAE									12		12	12
Field hockey		FIH	AfHF				1	1	2	2	2					2
Football		FIFA	CAF	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Rugby sevens		WR	RA													2
Artistic gymnastics		FIG	UAG					10	10	11	11	11		12	14
Aerobic gymnastics														4
Handball		IHF	CAHB	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Judo		IJF	AJU	6	6	8	8	16	16	32	16	16	14	14	14	15
Karate		WKF	UFAK					11	11	17	11	13	16	16	16	16
Kickboxing		WAKO	WAKO Afri									12
Boules		FIPJP	CASB											2
Rowing		FISA	FASA									8			9
Sailing		ISAF	ASCON									6	6
Shooting		ISSF	ASSF					12	x			6			5
Snooker		IBSF	ABSC												3
Squash		WSF	SFA								4
Table tennis		ITTF	ATTF		7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Taekwondo		WTF	UAT				8	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	25
Tennis		ITF	CAT	2	2	4	4	4	4	2	6	6	6	6	6	6
Triathlon		ITU	ATU										2		3	2
Beach volleyball		FIVB	CAVB										2	2	2	2
Volleyball				1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Arm wrestling		WAF	AFA													28
Weightlifting		IWF	WFA				10	10	10	15	9	15		45	60	60
Wrestling - Freestyle		UWW	CALA			10	10	10	10	14	14	12		16	12	12
Wrestling - Greco-Roman						10	10	10	10	8	7	7		8	6	6
Total events

x : Not known

African Youth Games sports

This is a list of sports played in the African Youth Games.

Sport (Discipline)		Body		10	14	18
		World	Africa
3x3 basketball		FIBA	FIBA Africa	2	2	2
Swimming		FINA	CANA	x	25	28
Archery		WA	WAA			4
Athletics		IAAF	CAA	13	46	29
Badminton		BWF	BCA		6	5
Boules		FIPJP	CASB			13
Boxing		AIBA	AFBC	x	12	11
Slalom canoeing		ICF	CAC	x	4	2
Sprint canoeing				x	4	2
Mountain biking		UCI	CAC	x	2	2
Road cycling				x	2	2
Track cycling				x	2	3
Equestrian		FEI	ACES			1
Fencing		FIE	AFC	x	3	12
Field hockey		FIH	AfHF			2
Football		FIFA	CAF	1	1	1
Golf		IGF	AGC		2	2
Artistic gymnastics		FIG	AGU			15
Aerobic gymnastics						15
Handball		IHF	CAHB			2
Judo		IJF	AJU	x		7
Karate		WKF	UFAK	x	13	8
Netball		INF	CANA	x	1
Rowing		ISSF	FASA		3	8
Rugby sevens		IRB	CAR		1	2
Sailing		ISAF	ASCON	x		4
Shooting		ISSF	ASSF	x		11
Table tennis		ITTF	CAT	x	3	3
Taekwondo		WTF	AFTU	x	10	7
Tennis		ITF	CAT	x	5	5
Triathlon		ITU	ATU		6	x
Volleyball		FIVB	CAVB	x	1	2
Beach volleyball						2
Weightlifting		IWF	WFA	x	6	24
Wrestling - Freestyle		UWW	CALA	x		16
Wrestling - Greco-Roman				x		8
Total events

x: Not known

African Beach Games sports

This is a list of sports played in the African Beach Games.

See also

• Olympic sports
• World Games sports

External links

• ANOCA official website