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Burkina Faso at the
2019 African Games
Flag of Burkina Faso
IOC codeBUR
NOCBurkinabé National Olympic and Sports Committee
in Rabat, Morocco
19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Competitors97 (75 men and 22 women) in 9 sports
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
4
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
8
African Games appearances

Burkina Faso competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Burkina Faso won four gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals and the country finished in 14th place in the medal table.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2019 African Games
Hugues Fabrice Zango at 2019 Meeting de Paris.

In total, 18 athletes represented Burkina Faso in athletics and three gold medals and two silver medals were won.[1]

Hugues Fabrice Zango won the gold medal in the men's triple jump event.[2]

Lætitia Bambara won the gold medal in the women's hammer throw event.[3]

Marthe Koala won the gold medal in the women's heptathlon event and the silver medal in the women's 100 metres hurdles event.

Bienvenu Sawadogo won the silver medal in the men's 400 metres hurdles event.[4]

Football

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Main article: Football at the 2019 African Games

Burkina Faso's national under-20 football team competed at the 2019 African Games.[5][6] They won the gold medal in the men's tournament and Djibril Ouattara was among the top scorers in the tournament.

Handball

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Main article: Handball at the 2019 African Games

Burkina Faso competed in handball in the men's tournament.[5] The team finished in 9th place.

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 2019 African Games

Seven athletes were registered to represent Burkina Faso in judo but only five competed in their events.

Karate

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Main article: Karate at the 2019 African Games

Burkina Faso competed in karate.[7]

Gloria Rachel Noela Guissou won the bronze medal in the women's +68 kg event.[8]

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2019 African Games

Adama Ouedraogo, Angelika Sita Ouedraogo and Tindwende Sawadogo competed in swimming.

Taekwondo

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Main article: Taekwondo at the 2019 African Games

Teedanogo Pouniir Sawadogo, Wendaabo Levis Tresor Kabore, Passamwinde Faysal Sawadogo, Ali Yazbeck Coulibali and Aboubacar Drabo competed in Taekwondo.

Passamwinde Faysal Sawadogo won a bronze medal in the men's –80 kg event.

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 2019 African Games

Four athletes represented Burkina Faso in wrestling.[9][10]

Key:

  • VT – Victory by fall.
  • PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • IN – Victory by injury – the loser is injured before or during a bout.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Drissa Zon −74 kg  M Minsoumouna (CHA)
W 8–1 VT 		 A Mambou (CGO)
W 9–6 PP 		 O John (NGR)
L 0–10 VT 		Bye  J B Diatta (SEN)
L 0–11 ST 		5
Timothee Toe −86 kg Bye  C Abossolo (CMR)
L 3–4 PP 		did not advance 9
John Folane −97 kg Bye  F Naji (MAR)
L 8–19 SP 		did not advance 8
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Yvette Zié −68 kg  R Ayari (TUN)
W 6–1 PP 		 A Hammiche (ALG)
W 14–4 SP 		 B Oborududu (NGR)
L 1–14 VT 		Bye  S Amer (EGY)
L 1–3 PP 		5

References

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  1. ^ "2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Hugues Fabrice Zango – Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Laetitia Kimalou Bambara – Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Bienvenu Sawadogo – Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b "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.
  6. ^ "Ghana draw Mali, Senegal and Burundi in 2019 African Games". GhanaWeb. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). sportdata.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Gloria Rachel Noela Guissou – Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Yvette Zie – Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  10. ^ "2019 African Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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