Nairaland Forum

Sunday, 11 September 2011
Maputo — South Africa continues to hold a commanding lead in the medals table at the 10th All-Africa Games in Maputo, winning 100 of the 314 medals that had been awarded by Sunday morning.

Most of these medals come from the swimming events. South African athletes won 74 of the 135 medals awarded for swimming.

Algeria remains in second position in the medals table with 36, followed by Tunisia with 32 and Egypt with 22.

Ghana has only 2 bronze, both from boxing

The full medals table as of Sunday midday is:

South Africa: 100 (44 gold, 29 silver, 27 bronze)

Algeria: 36 (7 gold, 12 silver, 17 bronze)

Tunisia 32: (9 gold, 16 silver, 7 bronze)

Egypt 22: (10 gold, 5 silver, 7 bronze)

Nigeria: 19 (3 gold, 8 silver, 8 bronze)

Kenya: 18 (4 gold, 5 silver, 9 bronze)

Senegal: 14(4 gold, 3 silver, 7 bronze)

Cameroon: 13 (4 gold, 1 silver, 8 bronze)

Zimbabwe: 11 (4 gold, 6 silver, 1 bronze)

Mauritius: 8 (3 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze)

Botswana: 8 (1 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze)

Angola: 6 (1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze)

Mozambique: 6 (2 silver, 4 bronze)

Seychelles: 5 (1 gold, 4 bronze)

Congo: 5 (1 silver, 4 bronze)

DR Congo: 3 bronze

Ghana: 2 bronze

Mali: 1 silver

Namibia: 1 silver

Ethiopia: 1 bronze

Lesotho: 1 bronze

Sao Tome and Principe: 1 bronze

Uganda: 1 bronze

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Before now,the Nigerian athletes were strong contestants at the All African Games but reverse is the case now. Should we hold our old-men-sport administrators responsible?