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| Current event or competition: 2024 African Judo Championships | |
| Competition details | |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Judo |
| Type | Annual |
| Organiser | African Judo Union (AJU) |
| History | |
| First edition | 1964 in Dakar, Senegal |
| Most recent | Casablanca 2023 |
African Judo Championships is a continental judo championship organized by the African Judo Union. The 1965, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2007 editions were held during the respective African Games.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Algeria | 114 | 87 | 88 | 289 |
| 2 |  Tunisia | 81 | 68 | 99 | 248 |
| 3 |  Egypt | 53 | 53 | 57 | 163 |
| 4 |  Morocco | 42 | 38 | 91 | 171 |
| 5 |  Guinea-Bissau | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 |  South Africa | 4 | 12 | 20 | 36 |
| 7 |  Senegal | 4 | 11 | 41 | 56 |
| 8 |  Angola | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 9 |  Cameroon | 3 | 20 | 58 | 81 |
| 10 |  Mauritius | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 |
| 11 |  Guinea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 |  Madagascar | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 13 |  Libya | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 14 |  Gabon | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 15 |  Ivory Coast | 0 | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| 16 |  Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 17 |  Congo | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 18 |  Ghana | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 19 |  Burkina Faso | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 |  Gambia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 |  Niger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 |  Cape Verde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 |  Zambia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 |  Burundi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Chad | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Djibouti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (30 entries) | 317 | 322 | 556 | 1195 | |
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