| Triathlon at the 2019 African Games | |
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| Location | Rabat, Morocco |
| Dates | 24 – 25 August 2019 |
Triathlon at the 2019 African Games was held on 24 and 25 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.
| Triathlon at the 2019 African Games | |
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| | |
| Location | Rabat, Morocco |
| Dates | 24 – 25 August 2019 |
Triathlon at the 2019 African Games was held on 24 and 25 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Badr Siwane  Morocco | Mohammed El Mehdi Essadiq Morocco | Oussama Hellal  Algeria |
| Women | Basmla ElSalamoney  Egypt | Laurelle Elizabeth Brown  Zimbabwe | Andie Leigh Kuipers Zimbabwe |
| Mixed Relay |  Tunisia Syrine Fattoum Ons Lajili Mohamed Aziz Sebai Seifeddine Selmi |  Algeria Nazim Omar Benyelles Oussama Hellal Imene Maldji Kahina Mebarki |  Egypt Basmla ElSalamoney Rehab Hussein Mohamed Khalil Mohamed Shehata |
* Host nation (Morocco)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Morocco (MAR)* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
The men's event was held on 24 August. [2]
| Rank | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
 | Badr Siwane Morocco | 57:48 |
 | Mohammed El Mehdi Essadiq Morocco | 58:04 |
 | Oussama Hellal Algeria | 58:47 |
| 4 | Timothee Guy Hugnin  Mauritius | 58:53 |
| 5 | Nabil Kouzkouz Morocco | 59:43 |
| 6 | Nazim Omar Benyelles Algeria | 1:01:06 |
| 7 | Mohamed Aziz Sebai  Tunisia | 1:01:12 |
| 8 | Seifeddine Selmi Tunisia | 1:01:22 |
| 9 | Mamadou Diop  Senegal | 1:06:24 |
| 10 | Mohamed Shehata Egypt | 1:06:44 |
| 11 | Matthew Anthony Denslow Zimbabwe | 1:08:08 |
| 12 | Jean Gael Laurent L'Entete Mauritius | 1:08:38 |
| 13 | Abdalla Mansour  Kenya | 1:08:54 |
| 14 | Jordyn Liam Jacobs Zimbabwe | 1:09:03 |
| 15 | Hamadel Nestor Ndiaye Senegal | 1:10:24 |
| 16 | Soud Hassan Soud Kenya | 1:20:56 |
| 17 | Mohamed Khalil Egypt | DNF |
The women's event was held on 24 August. [3]
| Rank | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Basmla ElSalamoney Egypt | 1:07:34 |
| Laurelle Elizabeth Brown Zimbabwe | 1:07:52 |
| Andie Leigh Kuipers Zimbabwe | 1:08:57 |
| 4 | Ons Lajili Tunisia | 1:10:00 |
| 5 | Kahina Mebarki Algeria | 1:11:38 |
| 6 | Imene Maldji Algeria | 1:12:57 |
| 7 | Syrine Fattoum Tunisia | 1:14:25 |
| 8 | Karima Kanoun Morocco | 1:15:31 |
| 9 | Lisa-marie Chloe Laetitia D'Autriche Mauritius | 1:18:57 |
| 10 | Anta Ndiaye Senegal | 1:19:23 |
| 11 | Hanifa Mohamed Said Kenya | 1:19:48 |
| 12 | Samia M'Safer Morocco | 1:19:55 |
| 13 | Oumaima El Atrassi Morocco | 1:24:20 |
| 14 | Josette Njeri Kenya | 1:25:42 |
| 15 | Sall Adji Mame Awa Senegal | 1:42:03 |
| 16 | Rehab Hussein Egypt | DSQ |
The mixed relay event was held on 25 August. [4]
| Rank | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 1:16:30 |
| Algeria | 1:17:49 |
| Egypt | 1:17:57 |
| 4 | Morocco | 1:18:04 |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 1:18:06 |
| 6 |  Senegal | 1:30:00 |
| 7 |  Kenya | 1:31:07 |
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