Libya at the 2019 African Games

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Libya at the
2019 African Games
Flag of Libya.svg
IOC code LBA
NOC Libyan Olympic Committee
in Rabat, Morocco
19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Competitors29 (27 men and 2 women) in 13 sports
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
4
African Games appearances

Libya competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Libya won two silver medals and two bronze medals and the country finished in 29th place in the medal table, shared with Mali.

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Medal summary

Medal table

Archery

Muhanad Almujreesi competed in the men's individual event.

Athletics

Hadel Aboud competed in the women's 100 metres event. [1] She was disqualified after a false start. She also competed in the women's long jump event.

Retag Asaiah was scheduled to compete in the women's discus throw and women's hammer throw events.

Mohamed Mansour finished in 4th place in the men's discus throw event.

Boxing

Two athletes are scheduled to represent Libya in boxing: Ibrahim Ali and Abdlbasit Bin Khayr.

Chess

Abobker Elarabi competed in chess in the men's rapid individual and men's blitz individual events. [2]

Fencing

Abdussalam Abujtela, Abdulmalek Al Ghadi and Khaled Buhdeima are scheduled to compete in fencing.

Judo

Two athletes represented Libya in judo: Mohamed Senusi (Men's -100 kg) and Ali Omar (Men's +100 kg). [3] [4]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mohamed Senusi Men's -100 kg Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Kosi Samuzu  (COD)
L
Did not advance
Ali Omar Men's +100 kg Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Sidibe  (BUR)
L
Did not advance

Karate

Hussin Alturki, Mohamed Dabaa and Gebril Mohamed competed in karate.

Rowing

Two athletes represented Libya in rowing: Alhussein Gambour and Abdussalam Said.

Swimming

Audai Hassouna competed in swimming in the men's 100 metres freestyle and in the men's 200 metres freestyle events. [5] [6]

Taekwondo

Taha Alaswad (men's –87 kg) and Ramadan Elwafi (men's –68 kg) competed in Taekwondo.

Volleyball

Fuad Elmaarug and Mohamed Ikhbayri competed in beach volleyball in the men's tournament. [7]

Weightlifting

Ahmed Abuzriba (men's 89 kg), Abdullah Bousheehah (men's 61 kg) and Ahsaan Shabi (men's 67 kg) competed in weightlifting.

Shabi won the silver medal in his event. [8]

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