- by Niyi Busari ,
- Jul 27, 2021
Nigeria Finishes 2nd As Curtain Drops On 2019 African Games
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Team Nigeria finished in second place with 127 medals at the end of the 12th African Games in Rabat, Morocco. Nigeria won 46 gold, 33 silver and 48 bronze with weightlifting producing the highest number of medals with 16 gold, 13 silver and 18 bronze.
Athletics won 10 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze while the wrestlers produced 7 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze. The canoeing team gave Nigeria 4 gold medals, Table Tennis team won 2 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze, Badminton had 2 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze while boxing won 1 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze.
Nigeria football teams won 1 gold and 1 silver, Taekwondo gave 1 gold and 5 bronze, gymnastics won 1 gold and 2 bronze, the 3×3 basketball teams had 1 gold and 1 bronze while Karate won 1 bronze medal.
Egypt emerged top on the medal table with 102 gold, 98 silver and 73 bronze medals to bring their total medals to 273.
The top ten countries after the end of the 12th African Games are
Position Gold Silver Bronze Total
1st Egypt 102 98 73 273
2nd Nigeria 46 33 48 127
3rd South Africa 36 26 25 87
4th Algeria 33 32 60 125
5th Morocco 31 32 46 109
6th Tunisia 26 36 35 97
7th Kenya 11 10 10 31
8th Mauritius 6 6 12 24
9th Ethiopia 6 5 12 23
10th Madagascar 6 4 2 12
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