Burkina Faso at the 2019 African Games

Burkina Faso at the
2019 African Games
Burkina Faso at the; 2019 African Games
	Flag of Burkina Faso
IOC code	BUR
NOC	Burkinabé National Olympic and Sports Committee
in Rabat, Morocco; 19 August 2019 – 31 August 2019
Competitors	97 (75 men and 22 women) in 9 sports
Medals; Ranked 14th	Gold 4 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 8
African Games appearances
	1965; 1973; 1978; 1987; 1991; 1995; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; 2023;

Burkina Faso competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total athletes representing Burkina Faso won four gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals and the country finished in 14th place in the medal table.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Hugues Fabrice Zango	Athletics	Men's triple jump	27 August
Gold	Laetitia Bambara	Athletics	Women's hammer throw	27 August
Gold	Men's under-20 football team	Football	Men's tournament	30 August
Gold	Marthe Koala	Athletics	Women's heptathlon	29 August
Silver	Marthe Koala	Athletics	Women's 100 metres hurdles	28 August
Silver	Bienvenu Sawadogo	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles	29 August
Bronze	Passamwinde Faysal Sawadogo	Taekwondo	Men's -80 kg	21 August
Bronze	Gloria Rachel Noela Guissou	Karate	Women's +68kg	26 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	3	2	0	5
Football	1	0	0	1
Karate	0	0	1	1
Taekwondo	0	0	1	1
Total	4	2	2	8

Athletics

In total 18 athletes represented Burkina Faso in athletics and three gold medals and two silver medals were won.

Hugues Fabrice Zango won the gold medal in the men's triple jump event.^[1]

Lætitia Bambara won the gold medal in the women's hammer throw event.^[2]

Marthe Koala won the gold medal in the women's heptathlon event and the silver medal in the women's 100 metres hurdles event.

Bienvenu Sawadogo won the silver medal in the men's 400 metres hurdles event.

Football

Burkina Faso's national under-20 football team competed at the 2019 African Games.^[3]^[4] They won the gold medal in the men's tournament.

Handball

Burkina Faso competed in handball in the men's tournament.^[3] The team finished in 9th place.

Judo

Burkina Faso competed in judo.

Karate

Burkina Faso competed in karate.

Gloria Rachel Noela Guissou won the bronze medal in the women's +68 kg event.^[5]

Swimming

Ouedraogo Adama, Angelika Sita Ouedraogo and Tindwende Thierry Sawadogo competed in swimming.

Taekwondo

Teedanogo Pouniir Sawadogo, Wendaabo Levis Tresor Kabore, Dar Bienvenu Meda, Passamwinde Faysal Sawadogo, Ali Yazbeck Coulibali and Aboubacar Drabo are scheduled to compete in Taekwondo.

Wrestling

Four athletes represented Burkina Faso in wrestling.

Key:

VT – Victory by fall.
PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
IN - Victory by injury - the loser is injured before or during a bout.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Drissa Zon	−74 kg	M Minsoumouna (CHA) W 8–1 ^VT	A Mambou (CGO) W 9–6 ^PP	O John (NGR) L 0–10 ^VT	Bye	J B Diatta (SEN) L 0–11 ^ST	5
Timothee Toe	−86 kg	Bye	C Abossolo (CMR) L 3–4 ^PP	Did not advance			9
John Folane	−97 kg	Bye	F Naji (MAR) L 8–19 ^SP	Did not advance			8

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yvette Zie	−68 kg	R Ayari (TUN) W 6–1 ^PP	A Hammiche (ALG) W 14–4 ^SP	B Oborududu (NGR) L 1–14 ^VT	Bye	S Amer (EGY) L 1–3 ^PP	5

References

^ "Hugues Fabrice Zango - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
^ "Laetitia Kimalou Bambara - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Things you need to know about the Rabat 2019 African Games". Olympic Channel. 27 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
^ "Ghana draw Mali, Senegal and Burundi in 2019 African Games". GhanaWeb. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
^ "Gloria Rachel Noela Guissou - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

[athletics_zango_profile-1] "Hugues Fabrice Zango - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

[athletics_bambara_profile-2] "Laetitia Kimalou Bambara - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

[oc_ultimate_guide-3] "Things you need to know about the Rabat 2019 African Games". Olympic Channel. 27 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

[ghanaweb_draw-4] "Ghana draw Mali, Senegal and Burundi in 2019 African Games". GhanaWeb. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

[karate_guissou_profile-5] "Gloria Rachel Noela Guissou - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

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