1991 All-Africa Games

V All-Africa Games

Logo of the 5th All-Africa Games
Host city	Cairo, Egypt
Nations participating	43
Events	18 sports
Opening ceremony	20 September 1991
Closing ceremony	1 October 1991
Officially opened by	Hosni Mubarak
Main venue	Cairo International Stadium
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The 5th All-Africa Games were held from September 20 to October 1, 1991 in Cairo, Egypt. Forty-three countries participated in eighteen sports.

For the first time the Games were held on a four year cycle as planned. Egypt had hoped to use the Games to showcase the city of Cairo for a possible Olympic bid. The plan fell through after organizational difficulties once again plagued the Games. A stampede of spectators trying to get in to see the Opening Ceremonies got the Games off to a bad start. Many IOC officials and dignitaries were unable to make it into the stadium in the confusion and returned to their hotels to watch the ceremony on television.

African athletes had claimed seven world championships at the previous months World Athletics Championships. Only one, steeplechaser Moses Kiptanui, decided to participate in Cairo.

Highly partisan crowds, which were granted free admission to the events by the Egyptian government, filled the stadiums throughout the games, cheering the home team to another placing at the top of the medals table.

It was Namibia's first participation in the world arena. The team proudly returned with four gold medals, two silver medals and seven bronze medals.

Medal table

      Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	90	53	52	195
2	Nigeria	43	51	43	137
3	Algeria	29	37	36	102
4	Kenya	13	17	18	48
5	Zimbabwe	8	3	13	24
6	Tunisia	6	4	10	20
7	Côte d'Ivoire	4	5	3	12
8	Ethiopia	4	3	5	12
9	Namibia	4	2	6	12
10	Senegal	3	4	11	18
11	Ghana	2	4	6	12
12	Angola	2	3	5	10
13	Mozambique	2	0	0	2
14	Mauritius	1	5	6	12
15	Cameroon	1	4	10	15
16	Tanzania	1	3	1	5
17	Uganda	1	1	2	4
18	Gabon	1	0	3	4
	Zambia	1	0	3	4
20	Lesotho	0	3	3	6
21	Madagascar	0	2	9	11
22	Libya	0	1	5	6
23	Seychelles	0	1	2	3
24	Central African Republic	0	1	0	1
	Sierra Leone	0	1	0	1
26	Burkina Faso	0	0	2	2
	Zaire	0	0	2	2
28	Swaziland	0	0	1	1
	Botswana	0	0	1	1
	Congo	0	0	1	1
	Total	213	205	253	671

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1991 All-Africa Games

Three athletes, two female and one male, won more than one event:

• Frankie Fredericks, Namibia (100 metres and 200 metres)
• Susan Sirma, Kenya (1500 metres and 3000 metres)
• Hanan Ahmed Khaled, Egypt (shot put and discus throw)

In addition, Nigeria won three of the four relay races; 4x100 metres for men and women as well as women's 4x400 metres. No new events were added.

Field hockey

• Men: 1. Egypt, 2. Kenya, 3. Zimbabwe, 4. Ghana, 5. Nigeria

Soccer

Main article: Football at the 1991 All-Africa Games

The soccer tournament was transformed to a U-23 competition. It was won by Cameroon, and it was the first Games in which the host country did not win a medal.

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Cameroon Coach:	Tunisia Coach:	Nigeria Coach:

External links

• Athletics results - gbrathletics.com