1995 All-Africa Games

Multi-sport event in Harare, Zimbabwe May 2013 October 2022 VI All-Africa Games Harrare1995logo.png 180px Official logo of the Games Harare, Zimbabwe 46 17 sports 13 September 23 September Robert Mugabe National Sports Stadium Cairo 1991 Johannesburg 1999 The 6th All-Africa Games, also known as Harare 1995, were held from 13 to 23 September 1995 in Harare, Zimbabwe. 46 countries participated in eighteen sports. South Africa, having previously been banned from competition by the other African nations, was invited to the games for the first time after the fall of the Apartheid regime.Royal African Society (1970). African affairs, Volumes 69–70. Oxford University Press. p. 178. With a record 6,000 athletes participating in the games, the event was in danger of growing unmanageable. The then president of the International Olympic Committee, the Spaniard Juan Antonio Samaranch expressed concern over the dizzying growth of the event in just 4 years, asking the organizers of the next editions to avoid applying the same scale of the Summer Olympics. Petty controversy again entered the games. An Egyptian woman handball player was accused of being a manhttps://www.independent.co.uk/sport/african-games-1602217.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/african-games-1602217.html 1 May 2022 subscription live African Games The Independent London 20 September 1995 and the Egyptian team protested that the lace sleeves worn by the South African gymnasts were too "sexy". Mozambique's World Champion 800 meter runner Maria de Lurdes Mutola won her specialty in Harare. Of the 17 sports on the program, 8 were open to participation by women: athletics, basketball, gymnastics, handball, swimming, table tennis, tennis and volleyball. Women's diving and netball were to be included but were reduced to demonstration sports due to a lack of entries. At the closing ceremonies the torch was passed to Johannesburg, South Africa to begin preparations for the VIIth All-Africa Games in 1999. Medal table ZIM 64 51 39 61 43 50 36 31 40 15 16 26 12 11 17 9 11 19 TUN 1959 6 6 23 yes 5 4 6 3 13 10 3 6 9 2 2 5 2 0 6 1 5 6 ETH 1975 1 4 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 4 2 0 2 2 ZAM 1964 0 1 2 LES 1987 0 1 2 SEY 1977 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 LBA 1977 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 Athletics Athletics at the 1995 All-Africa Games Discus thrower Adewale Olukoju and sprinter Mary Onyali became the first athletes to win four All-Africa gold medals. Onyali won the 100 and 200 metres races, and together with Josphat Machuka, Kenya (5,000 metres and 10,000 metres) they became the only athletes to win more than one event. In addition, Nigeria won three of the four relay races; 4x400 metres for men and women as well as men's 4x100 metres. Some new women's events were added: 5000 metres, marathon and triple jump. Field hockey Field Hockey at the 1995 All-Africa Games Men: 1. South Africa, 2. Egypt, 3. Kenya, 4. Zimbabwe, 5. Nigeria, 6. Namibia Women. 1. South Africa, 2. Zimbabwe, 3. Kenya, 4. Namibia, 5. Nigeria, 6. GhanaKenya Hockey Union: All Africa Games Results https://web.archive.org/web/20200313085650/https://www.kenyahockeyunion.com/ 13 March 2020 Football June 2008 The football tournament was won by Egypt, who became the first team to win this tournament twice. Gold:Silver:Bronze:Egypt Egypt Coach:Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Coach:Nigeria Nigeria Coach: References External links Athletics results – gbrathletics.com A Category:African Games Category:1995 in Zimbabwe All-Africa Games, 1995 Category:Sports competitions in Harare All-Africa Games, 1995 Category:Multi-sport events in Zimbabwe All-Africa Games, 1995 All-Africa Games