| The Gambia at the 2019 African Games | |
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| in Rabat, Morocco 19 August 2019 – 31 August 2019 | |
| Competitors | 21 (13 men and 8 women) in 5 sports and 16 events |
| Medals Ranked 19th |
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| African Games appearances | |
The Gambia competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing the country won two gold medals and one silver medal. The country finished in 19th place in the medal table.
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Awa Jawara, Aminata Jobe, Yassin Jaal Mboob and Adam Touray competed in 3x3 basketball in the women's tournament. [1] The team reached the quarterfinals. [1]
Gina Bass won the silver medal in the women's 100 metres event. [2] [3] She also won the gold medal in the women's 200 metres event. [3] [4]
Fatou Sanneh also competed in the women's 100 metres and women's 200 metres events. [3] In both events she qualified in the heats to compete in the semifinals and in both events she did not qualify to compete in the final. [3]
Ebrahima Camara, Adama Jammeh and Sengan Jobe competed in the men's 100 metres event. [3] Jobe did not advance to compete in the semifinals. [3] Jammeh reached the semifinals and Camara reached the final. [3] Camara finished in 7th place in the final. [3]
Two athletes competed in judo: Adbdourahman Ceesay (men's −81 kg) and Omar Jobe (men's +100 kg). [5] [6] They were both eliminated in the first round. [5] [6]
Momodou Lamin Saine and Ebrima Sorry Buaro competed in swimming. [7] [8]
Saine competed in the men's 50 metres breaststroke event and in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event. [7]
Buaro competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle event and in the men's 100 metre freestyle event. [8]
Sainey Jawo and Babou Jarra Mbye competed in beach volleyball and won the gold medal in the men's tournament. [9]
| Athlete | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank | |
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| Pool A | Rank | |||||
| Sainey Jawo Babou Jarra Mbye |  Naceur (TUN) Belhaj (TUN)L 1 - 2 21-8, 15-21, 6-15 | 1 |  Nguvo (MOZ) Soares (MOZ)W2 - 0 21-18, 28-26 |  Kavalo (RWA) Ntagengwa (RWA)W2 - 0 21-14, 21-16 |  Abicha (MAR) Elgraoui (MAR)W2 - 1 21-17, 17-21, 17-15 |  |
 Almarrug (LBA) Lababa (LBA)W2 - 0 25-23, 21-17 | ||||||
| Abicha (MAR) Elgraoui (MAR) W2 - 1 18-21, 22-20, 20-18 | ||||||
The Gambia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The country's participation at London marked its eighth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its début at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The delegation included two athletes, Suwaibou Sanneh and Saruba Colley, the former had qualified by setting a qualifying time that fell within the required standard and the latter entered via a wildcard place. Sanneh was selected as the flag bearer for both the opening and closing ceremonies. Sanneh became the first Gambian athlete to advance into the semi-finals of the men's 100 metres, while Colley was eliminated after the quarter-final stages of the Women's 100 metres.
The Gambia, officially the Republic of the Gambia, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, which was held from 5 to 21 August 2016. The country's participation at Rio marked its ninth appearance at the Summer Olympic Games since its début at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The delegation included two track and field athletes, Adama Jammeh and Gina Bass, who both qualified after meeting the qualification standards for their respective events, one judoka, Faye Njie, who made the Games through a quota place and one swimmer, Pap Jonga, who earned a universality place to enter the Games. The Gambia made their début appearances in the judo and swimming events. Bass was selected as the flag bearer for the opening and closing ceremonies. All four athletes were eliminated from the first rounds of their events.
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Cape Verde competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing the country won one bronze medal and the country finished last in the medal table, in 41st place, shared with Central African Republic.
Zimbabwe competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. Zimbabwe competed in 12 sports. In total, athletes representing the country won one silver medal and three bronze medals and the country finished in 31st place in the medal table, shared with Republic of the Congo.
Togo competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, two bronze medals were won, both in fencing, and the country finished 38th in the medal table, shared with Benin and Guinea.
Seychelles competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Seychelles won one gold medal, one silver medal and two bronze medals and the country finished 18th in the medal table. All medals were won in swimming by Felicity Passon. Passon also served as flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2019 African Games.
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.
Lesotho competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, 27 athletes represented the country in seven sports. They won one silver medal and the country finished 34th in the medal table.
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Republic of the Congo competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing the country won one silver medal and three bronze medals and the country finished in 31st place in the medal table, shared with Zimbabwe.
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