Athletics At The 2015 African Games
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. The original winners of the long jump competitions, Chinaza Amadi and Samson Idiata of
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, failed drugs tests at the competition and were disqualified.Doping ban shock for Nigeria
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Medal summary


Men


Women


Para-sport


Men


Women


Medal tables


Elite competition


Para-sport competition


Participating nations

According to an unofficial count, there were 564 athletes from 48 nations participating in the elite competition.


References

;Reports *Mulkeen, Jon (2015-09-15)
Ivorian sprint double for Meite and Ta Lou at All-African Games
IAAF. Retrieved on 2017-03-22. *Minshull, Phil (2015-09-17)
Kenya's 4x400m men finish off the All-Africa Games in style
IAAF. Retrieved on 2017-03-22.


External links


Results

Results for Athletics

Para-sport Detailed Results

Para-sport Medal Table
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Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
2015 African Games The 11th African Games took place from September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. This edition marked the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the first edition in 1965. Host aw ...