African Weightlifting Championships

Athletes compete in a total of 16 weight categories (8 for men and 8 for women) since 2026:

• Men categories: 60 kg, 65 kg, 71 kg, 79 kg, 88 kg, 94 kg, 110 kg and +110 kg.
• Women categories: 48 kg, 53 kg, 58 kg, 63 kg, 69 kg, 77 kg, 86 kg and +86 kg.

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Year	Edition		Venue	Events	Results
	M	W
1979	1		Cairo, Egypt	30
1985	2		Aswan, Egypt	30	[2]
1986	3		Nairobi, Kenya	30	[2]
1988	4		Cairo, Egypt	30	[2]
1989	5		Boufarik, Algeria	30
1990	6		Tripoli, Libya	30
1992	7		Nairobi, Kenya	30	[2]
1993	8		Cairo, Egypt	30	[2]
1994	9		Cape Town, South Africa	30	[2]
1996	10		Ismailia, Egypt	30	[2]
1997	11		Cairo, Egypt	30	[2]
1998	12	1	Algiers, Algeria	45	[3]
2000	13	2	Yaoundé, Cameroon	45	[4]
2001	14	3	Stellenbosch, South Africa	45	[5]
2002	15	4	Nairobi, Kenya	45	[6]
2004	16	5	Tunis, Tunisia	45	[7]
2005	17	6	Kampala, Uganda	45	[8]
2006	18	7	El Jadida, Morocco	45	[9]
2008	19	8	Strand, South Africa	45	[10]
2009	20	9	Kampala, Uganda	45	[11]
2010	21	10	Yaoundé, Cameroon	45	[12]
2011	22	11	Cape Town, South Africa	45	[13]
2012	23	12	Nairobi, Kenya	45	[14]
2013	24	13	Casablanca, Morocco	45	[15]
2015	25	14	Brazzaville, Congo	45	[16]
2016	26	15	Yaoundé, Cameroon	45	[17]
2017	27	16	Vacoas, Mauritius	48	[18]
2018	28	17	Mahébourg, Mauritius	48	[19]
2019	29	18	Cairo, Egypt	60	[20]
2020	30	19	Vacoas, Mauritius	60
2021	31	20	Nairobi, Kenya	60
2022	32	21	Cairo, Egypt	60
2023	33	22	Tunis, Tunisia	60
2024	34	23	Ismailia, Egypt	60
2025	35	24	Moka, Mauritius	60
2026	36	25	Ismailia, Egypt

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•     Held jointly with the 2011 Commonwealth Championship.
•     Held as part of the 2015 African Games.
•     Was cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic.

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals.

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tunisia	140	103	70	313
2	Egypt	108	39	24	171
3	Nigeria	81	47	16	144
4	Algeria	67	93	69	229
5	Cameroon	45	47	47	139
6	South Africa	24	35	48	107
7	Madagascar	20	19	14	53
8	Libya	17	32	28	77
9	Seychelles	16	25	25	66
10	Morocco	10	25	49	84
11	Mauritius	8	25	22	55
12	Uganda	4	10	9	23
13	Kenya	0	9	7	16
14	Ghana	0	5	19	24
15	Zambia	0	3	0	3
16	DR Congo	0	2	2	4
17	Botswana	0	0	2	2
18	Rwanda	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		540	519	452	1,511

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Since 1995.

Since 2022.

• Weightlifting at the 2007 All-Africa Games
• Weightlifting at the 2015 African Games
• Weightlifting at the 2019 African Games