1995 All-Africa Games
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The 6th All-Africa Games
were played from September 13, 1995 to September 23, 1995 in Harare
, Zimbabwe
. 46 countries participated in eighteen sports.
South Africa
, having finally given up her apartheid policies after decades of pressure from the rest of Africa
was invited to the games for the first time.
With a record 6000 athletes participating in the games the games were in danger of growing unmanageable. Juan Antonio Samaranch
, asked the organizers not to try to copy the Olympic Games, because of the financial and organizational costs.
Petty controversy again entered the games. An Egypt
ian woman handball player was accused of being a man and the Egyptian team protested that the lace sleeves worn by the South African gymnasts were too "sexy".
Mozambique
s World Champion 800 meter runner Maria de Lurdes Mutola won her specialty in Harare
.
Of the 17 sports on the program 8 were open to participation by women: athletics, basketball
, gymnastics
, handball
, swimming
, table tennis
, tennis
and volleyball
. Women’s diving
and netball
were to be included but were reduced to demonstration sports due to a lack of entries.
At the closing ceremonies the torch was passed to Johannesburg
, South Africa
to begin preparations for the VIIth All-African Games in 1999.
and sprinter Mary Onyali became the first athletes to win four All-Africa gold medals. Onyali won the 100
and 200 metres
races, and together with Josphat Machuka, Kenya (5000 metres and 10000 metres) they became the only athletes to win more than one event.
In addition, Nigeria won three of the four relay race
s; 4x400 metres for men and women as well as men's 4x100 metres.
Some new women's events were added: 5000 metres
, marathon and triple jump
.
tournament was won by Egypt, who became the first team to win this tournament twice.
All-Africa Games
The All-Africa Games, sometimes called the African Games or the Pan African Games, are a regional multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa...
were played from September 13, 1995 to September 23, 1995 in Harare
Harare
Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...
, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
. 46 countries participated in eighteen sports.
South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, having finally given up her apartheid policies after decades of pressure from the rest of Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
was invited to the games for the first time.
With a record 6000 athletes participating in the games the games were in danger of growing unmanageable. Juan Antonio Samaranch
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Don Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquis of Samaranch, Grandee of Spain , known in Catalan as Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló , was a Catalan Spanish sports administrator who served as the seventh President of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001...
, asked the organizers not to try to copy the Olympic Games, because of the financial and organizational costs.
Petty controversy again entered the games. An Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian woman handball player was accused of being a man and the Egyptian team protested that the lace sleeves worn by the South African gymnasts were too "sexy".
Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
s World Champion 800 meter runner Maria de Lurdes Mutola won her specialty in Harare
Harare
Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...
.
Of the 17 sports on the program 8 were open to participation by women: athletics, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
and volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
. Women’s diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
and netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
were to be included but were reduced to demonstration sports due to a lack of entries.
At the closing ceremonies the torch was passed to Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
to begin preparations for the VIIth All-African Games in 1999.
Medal table
| 1 |  South Africa |
64 | 51 | 39 | 154 |
| 2 |  Egypt |
61 | 43 | 50 | 154 |
| 3 |  Nigeria |
36 | 31 | 40 | 107 |
| 4 |  Algeria |
15 | 16 | 26 | 57 |
| 5 |  Kenya |
12 | 11 | 17 | 40 |
| 6 |  Tunisia |
9 | 11 | 19 | 39 |
| 7 |  Zimbabwe |
6 | 6 | 23 | 35 |
| 8 |  Senegal |
5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 9 |  Cameroon |
3 | 13 | 10 | 26 |
| 10 |  Mauritius |
3 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 11 |  Madagascar |
2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 |  Gabon |
2 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 13 |  Ethiopia |
1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 14 |  Ghana |
1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 15 |  Mozambique |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 |  Sierra Leone |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 |  Tanzania |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 |  Burundi |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 |  Namibia |
0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 20 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 21 |  Zambia |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 |  Lesotho |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Seychelles |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 24 |  Burkina Faso |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Central African Republic |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Guinea |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Libya |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Mali |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 |  Angola |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Swaziland |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 31 |  Uganda |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 32 |  Botswana |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Republic of the Congo |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 224 | 223 | 280 | 727 |
Athletics
Discus thrower Adewale OlukojuAdewale Olukoju
Adewale Olukoju is a Nigerian athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put. He was very prominent in African athletics in the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning four gold medals in total at the All-Africa Games....
and sprinter Mary Onyali became the first athletes to win four All-Africa gold medals. Onyali won the 100
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...
and 200 metres
200 metres
A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...
races, and together with Josphat Machuka, Kenya (5000 metres and 10000 metres) they became the only athletes to win more than one event.
In addition, Nigeria won three of the four relay race
Relay race
During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games...
s; 4x400 metres for men and women as well as men's 4x100 metres.
Some new women's events were added: 5000 metres
5000 metres
The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...
, marathon and triple jump
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...
.
Field hockey
- Men: 1. South AfricaSouth Africa national field hockey teamThe South Africa national field hockey team is the national team of South Africa that participates in international field hockey matches and tournaments...
, 2. Egypt, 3. KenyaKenya national field hockey teamThe Kenyan National Field Hockey Team represent Kenya Hockey Union in the international field hockey competition. Kenya's best result in the Hockey World Cup was fourth place in 1971...
, 4. Zimbabwe, 5. Nigeria, 6. Namibia - Women. 1. South AfricaSouth Africa women's national field hockey teamThe South Africa women's national field hockey team is the national women's field hockey team of South Africa that participates in international matches and tournaments...
, 2. Zimbabwe, 3. Kenya, 4. Namibia, 5. Nigeria, 6. Ghana
Soccer
The soccerFootball (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
tournament was won by Egypt, who became the first team to win this tournament twice.
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Egypt Coach: |
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe national football team The Zimbabwe national football team, nicknamed The Warriors, is the national team of Zimbabwe and is controlled by the Zimbabwe Football Association. They were known as the Southern Rhodesia national football team from 1939–1964, then the Rhodesia national football team until 1980, when Rhodesia... Coach: |
Nigeria Nigeria national football team The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles or Green Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation . The team has ranked as high as 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, in April 1994... Coach: |