Taekwondo at the 2019 African Games

Taekwondo
at the 2019 African Games
Taekwondo ; at the 2019 African Games
Venue	Prince Moulay Abdallah Sports Complex
Location	Rabat, Morocco
Dates	21–23 August
Competitors	227 from 38 nations
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Last updated March 20, 2022

Taekwondo at the 2019 African Games was held from 21 to 23 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.

Participating nations

NOC	Men								Women								Total
NOC	54 kg	58 kg	63 kg	68 kg	74 kg	80 kg	87 kg	+87 kg	46 kg	49 kg	53 kg	57 kg	62 kg	67 kg	73 kg	+73 kg	Total
Algeria		X		X	X	X				X		X	X	X	X	X	10
Benin				X													1
Botswana				X	X				X								3
Burkina Faso			X			X	X	X		X							5
Cameroon		X	X	X		X											4
Cape Verde		X	X	X						X							4
Central African Republic					X		X		X								3
Chad	X	X	X	X			X			X		X	X			X	9
Republic of the Congo		X	X													X	3
Democratic Republic of the Congo	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X		X	X	X		X		12
Djibouti	X	X															2
Egypt	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15
Equatorial Guinea				X												X	2
Eswatini		X	X														2
Ethiopia	X	X	X	X	X				X	X	X		X				9
Gabon				X	X			X	X					X			5
Ghana		X	X	X					X	X							5
Guinea			X							X							2
Guinea-Bissau					X												1
Ivory Coast		X	X	X		X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	12
Kenya		X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	13
Lesotho		X	X	X					X	X		X					6
Libya				X			X										2
Madagascar									X		X						2
Malawi				X	X							X					3
Mali	X	X	X	X	X	X						X		X			8
Mauritius						X											1
Morocco	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
Niger	X		X	X		X	X	X			X	X					8
Nigeria	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15
São Tomé and Príncipe			X				X		X								3
Senegal	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X					12
Somalia				X							X	X			X		4
South Sudan	X	X	X	X		X					X						6
Sudan	X	X	X	X	X												5
Togo			X			X											2
Tunisia	X	X	X	X	X				X	X	X				X		9
Zimbabwe				X		X	X										3
38 NOCs	13	20	24	26	16	16	13	9	15	14	13	14	9	8	8	9	227

Results

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
–54 kg	Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi Tunisia	Moaz Azat Egypt	Moustapha Kama Senegal Solomon Tufa Demse Ethiopia
–58 kg	Omar Lakehal Morocco	Issa Diakite Ivory Coast	Casimir Betel Chad Hedi Neffati Tunisia
–63 kg	Tariku Girma Ethiopia	Yassine Khezami Tunisia	Abdelbaset Wasfi Morocco Christ Seri Ivory Coast
–68 kg	Ismael Yacouba Niger	Abdelrahman Wael Egypt	Aaron Kobenan Ivory Coast Faical Saidi Morocco
–74 kg	Firas Katoussi Tunisia	Seif Eissa Egypt	Soufiane Elasbi Morocco Seydou Fofana Mali
–80 kg	Cheick Sallah Cissé Ivory Coast	Achraf Mahboubi Morocco	Ababacar Sadikh Soumaré Senegal Faysal Sawadogo Burkina Faso
–87 kg	Seydou Gbané Ivory Coast	Salaheldin Khairy Egypt	Sunday Onofe Nigeria Moustapha Fall Senegal
+87 kg	Abdoul Razak Issoufou Niger	Abdelrahman Darwish Egypt	Benjamin Okuomose Nigeria Anthony Obame Gabon

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
–46 kg	Soukaina Sahib Morocco	Michelle Tau Lesotho	Flore Mbubu Democratic Republic of the Congo Karabo Kula Botswana
–49 kg	Bouma Ferimata Coulibaly Ivory Coast	Nour Abdelsalam Egypt	Ikram Dhahri Tunisia Rabab Ouhadi Morocco
–53 kg	Chinazum Nwosu Nigeria	Oumaima El-Bouchti Morocco	Tsebaot Fikadu Ethiopia Coumba Ndoye Senegal
–57 kg	Nada Laaraj Morocco	Radwa Nada Egypt	Banassa Diomandé Ivory Coast Tekiath Ben Yessouf Niger
–62 kg	Safia Salih Morocco	Rewan Refaei Egypt	Vivian Chinwe Ndu Nigeria Koumba Nanah-Hélène Ibo Ivory Coast
–67 kg	Hedaya Malak Egypt	Marie Frédérique Ekpitini Ivory Coast	Elizabeth Anyanacho Nigeria Urgence Mouega Gabon
–73 kg	Maisoun Tolba Egypt	Amani Layouni Tunisia	Everlyne Aluocheolod Kenya Uzoamaka Otuadinma Nigeria
+73 kg	Fatima-Ezzahra Aboufaras Morocco	Faith Ogallo Kenya	Aminata Traoré Ivory Coast Mennatullah Abdalaal Egypt

Medal table

* Host nation (Morocco)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Morocco (MAR)*	5	2	4	11
2	Ivory Coast (CIV)	3	2	5	10
3	Egypt (EGY)	2	8	1	11
4	Tunisia (TUN)	2	2	2	6
5	Niger (NIG)	2	0	1	3
6	Nigeria (NGR)	1	0	5	6
7	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	0	2	3
8	Kenya (KEN)	0	1	1	2
9	Lesotho (LES)	0	1	0	1
10	Senegal (SEN)	0	0	4	4
11	Gabon (GAB)	0	0	2	2
12	Botswana (BOT)	0	0	1	1
	Burkina Faso (BUR)	0	0	1	1
	Chad (CHA)	0	0	1	1
	Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)	0	0	1	1
	Mali (MLI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 nations)		16	16	32	64

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