African Weightlifting Championships

Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categories (10 for men and 10 for women) since 2019:

• Men categories: 55 kg, 61 kg, 67 kg, 73 kg, 81 kg, 89 kg, 96 kg, 102 kg, 109 kg and +109 kg.
• Women categories: 45 kg, 49 kg, 55 kg, 59 kg, 64 kg, 71 kg, 76 kg, 81 kg, 87 kg and +87 kg.

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

•     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.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tunisia	122	89	59	270
2	Egypt	88	34	19	141
3	Nigeria	78	40	14	132
4	Algeria	55	81	64	200
5	Cameroon	45	41	42	128
6	South Africa	24	32	45	101
7	Madagascar	20	18	14	52
8	Libya	17	32	27	76
9	Seychelles	14	25	22	61
10	Mauritius	8	25	16	49
11	Morocco	8	22	47	77
12	Uganda	1	10	9	20
13	Kenya	0	9	7	16
14	Ghana	0	4	17	21
15	Botswana	0	0	2	2
16	DR Congo	0	0	1	1
	Rwanda	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		480	462	406	1348

Since 2022.

Since 1995.

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

• Official WFA website