1973 All-Africa Games

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The 2nd All-Africa Games were played from January 7, 1973 to January 18, 1973 in Lagos, Nigeria.

After the success of the first African Games, the organizing bodies awarded the second games to Bamako, Mali to be held in 1969. A military coup disrupted the plans and the organizers moved the games to Lagos, Nigeria to be held in 1971. The games were postponed once again and finally opened in January of 1973. A torch was lit in Brazzaville a week before the games and transported to Lagos as a symbol of the continuity of the games.

Security again was very tight at the games. This time in response to the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games just four short months before.

Sports heroes from around the world including Abebe Bikila, Pelé, Muhammad Ali, and Jesse Owens were invited to attend the opening ceremonies.

Ben Jipcho, Kenya's 3000 meter silver medalist at the Munich Olympics, tied the world record in the steeplechase with a run of 8:20.8. Tanzania's newcomer Filbert Bayi stunned the veteran favorite Kip Keino in the 1500 meters in 3:37.18.

African nations continued to put pressure on South Africa which was not invited to participate due to their apartheid policies.

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[edit] Medal table

Host country in bold.

1973 All-Africa Games Medal Count
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Egypt Egypt 25 16 15 56
2 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 18 25 20 63
3 Flag of Kenya Kenya 9 9 18 38
4 Flag of Uganda Uganda 8 6 6 20
5 Flag of Ghana Ghana 7 7 13 27
6 Flag of Tunisia Tunisia 4 6 3 13
7 Flag of Algeria Algeria 4 5 13 22
8 Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia 4 3 6 13
9 Flag of Senegal Senegal 4 2 6 12
10 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire 2 0 4 6
11 Flag of Morocco Morocco 1 3 3 7
12 Flag of Sudan Sudan 1 1 1 3
13 Flag of Guinea Guinea 1 1 0 2
Flag of Mali Mali 1 1 0 2
Flag of Tanzania Tanzania 1 1 0 2
16 Flag of Zambia Zambia 1 0 6 7
17 Flag of Somalia Somalia 1 0 0 1
18 Flag of Madagascar Madagascar 0 2 3 5
19 Flag of Cameroon Cameroon 0 1 3 4
Flag of the Republic of the Congo Congo 0 1 3 4
21 Flag of The Gambia Gambia 0 1 0 1
Flag of Niger Niger 0 1 0 1
23 Flag of Benin Dahomey 0 0 1 1
Flag of Swaziland Swaziland 0 0 1 1
Flag of Togo Togo 0 0 1 1
92 92 119 303

[edit] Athletics

Only one athlete defended his title from the 1965 Games, namely Malian discus thrower Namakoro Niaré. Three athletes, one male and two female, won more than one event:

  • Ohene Karikari, Ghana (100 metres and 200 metres men)
  • Alice Annum, Ghana (100 metres and 200 metres women)
  • Modupe Oshikoya, Nigeria (high jump, long jump and 100m hurdles)

Several women's events was added. These were 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres, discus throw, shot put and 4 x 400 metres relay.

[edit] Soccer

The soccer tournament was won by the host country Nigeria.

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria

Coach:

Flag of Guinea Guinea

Coach:

Flag of Egypt Republic of Egypt

Coach:

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ All-Africa Games
  2. ^ All-Africa Games
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