The 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as VIIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie (French for 8th Francophone Games), informally known as Abidjan 2017, took place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from July 21–30. This was the first edition of the games to be hosted in Ivory Coast.[1]

VIIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie
Host cityAbidjan, Ivory Coast
Nations49
Athletes4,000
OpeningJuly 21, 2017
ClosingJuly 30, 2017
Opened byAlassane Ouattara
Main venueStade Félix Houphouet-Boigny
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Since 2011, it was the third international competition held in Abidjan, after the 2013 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships and the 2013 AfroBasket.

Venues

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Ten cultural and sports venues will be situated in three geographic zones in Abidjan :

Zone A (Marcory and Treichville)

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Zone B (Le Plateau)

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Zone C (Cocody)

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Participants

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Of the 48 delegations participating, Kosovo and Ukraine were participating for the first time, while Laos returned to the Games for the first time since 2009. Countries that participated in 2013 that did not return in 2017 were Andorra, Austria, Cyprus, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Guinea-Bissau, Montenegro, Poland, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, and Slovakia.

Events

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Medal table

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Final medal tally below.

  *   Host nation (Ivory Coast)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  France22161149
2  Morocco13141542
3  Canada1381536
4  Senegal109827
5  Romania891431
6  Ivory Coast*68519
7  Cameroon57921
8  Quebec57618
9  Congo5005
10  Burkina Faso3429
11  Switzerland32914
12  Seychelles2013
13  Kosovo2002
14  Armenia1438
15  Mali1258
16  Niger1236
17  New Brunswick1225
18  Benin1135
  Mauritius1135
20  Cape Verde1102
21  Tunisia1067
22  DR Congo1023
  Lebanon1023
24  Egypt1001
25  French Community of Belgium0224
26  Chad0213
27  Gabon0202
  Guinea0202
29  Luxembourg0134
30  Madagascar0123
31  Central African Republic0022
32  Cambodia0011
  Djibouti0011
  Togo0011
  Vietnam0011
Totals (35 entries)108107138353

Medalists

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African wrestling

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team   Senegal
Mouhamet Bousso
Omar Diouane
Moussa Faye
Cheikh Tidiane Niang
Moustapha Sène
  Burkina Faso
Débé Blaise
Emmanuel Romaric Kawané
Moussa Konané
Eloi Zerbo
Drissa Zon
  Niger
Mahamadou Alimiyaou
Garba Mourtala
Tassiou Sani
Tassiou Ibrahim
Yahaya Kaka
Men's 66 kg Moussa Faye
  Senegal
Roland Tambi Nforsong
  Cameroon
Mahamadou Alimiyaou
  Niger
Men's 76 kg Madalin Minzala
  Romania
Garba Mourtala
  Niger
Omar Diouane
  Senegal
Men's 86 kg Cheikh Tidiane Niang
  Senegal
Drissa Zon
  Burkina Faso
Tassiou Ibrahim
  Niger
Men's 100 kg Moustapha Sène
  Senegal
Yahaya Kaka
  Niger
Eloi Zerbo
  Burkina Faso
Men's +100 kg Mouhamet Bousso
  Senegal
Emmanuel Romaric Kawané
  Burkina Faso
Anas El Mkabber
  Morocco
Women's team   Senegal
Binette Diatta
Safietou Goudiaby
Marie Therese Manga
Anta Sambou
Nahamie Sambou
  Ivory Coast
Assetou Coulibaly
Makourakou Diomande
Tiemongo Soro
Caroline Yapi N'De
Amy Youin
  Cameroon
Joseph Essombe
Berthe Etane Ngolle
Danielle Sino Guemde
Women's 45 kg Nahamie Sambou
  Senegal
Josiane Danimbe Lubahitar
  Chad
Caroline Yapi N'De
  Ivory Coast
Women's 50 kg Madalina Linguraru
  Romania
Binette Diatta
  Senegal
Tiemongo Soro
  Ivory Coast
Women's 60 kg Joseph Essombe
  Cameroon
Safietou Goudiaby
  Senegal
Josiane Nabi
  Burkina Faso
Women's 70 kg Amy Youin
  Ivory Coast
Fatoumata Yarie Camara
  Guinea
Marie Therese Manga
  Senegal
Women's 80 kg Anta Sambou
  Senegal
Samsia Gassida Godah
  Chad
Cătălina Axente
  Romania

Athletics

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Basketball

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Cultural

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Hip-hop dance Sn9per Crew
  Cameroon
04 LKARWA
  Morocco
Pockemon Crew
  France
Giant puppetry Ivoire Marionnettes
  Ivory Coast
Pi
  Canada
Nama
  Mali
Ball juggling Stylers Crew
  Morocco
S3
  France
Kassio Ignace
  Ivory Coast
Painting Yazan Halwani
  Lebanon
Mbaye Babacar Diouf
  Senegal
Ahmed Youssef Ahmed
  Egypt
Sculpture Rémi Ama Sossouvi
  Benin
Émilie Grace Lavoie
  New Brunswick
Serge Ecker
  Luxembourg
Photography Laurence-Azita Rasti
  Switzerland
Anush Babajanyan
  Armenia
Annie France Noël
  New Brunswick
Digital creation Sabrina Ratté
  Canada
Aboubacar Bablé Draba
  Mali
Clément Hugues
  Quebec
Ecological creation Jeux WASA
  Canada
PARO-CI
  Ivory Coast
David Ngaba
  Chad
Song Fanie Fayar
  Congo
Awa Mounaya Yanni
  Senegal
Céléna-Sophia
  Wallonia
Storytelling Julles Moussoki Mitchum
  Congo
Compagnie Arc-en-ciel
  Guinea
Najoua Darwiche
  France
Traditional inspiration dance Les Frères Joseph
  Mauritius
Soul City
  France
N'Soleh
  Ivory Coast
Literature Razak René
  Niger
Gabriel Robichaud
  New Brunswick
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
  Senegal

Cycling

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's road race Pierre Idjouadiene
  France
Soufiane Sahbaoui
  Morocco
Bruno Armirail
  France
Women's road race Pauline Allin
  France
Soline Lamboley
  France
Alexxa Albrecht
  Quebec

Football

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Judo

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Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight
60 kg
Jolan Florimont
  France
Flavio Dimarca
  Wallonia
Lionel Schwander
  Switzerland
Mohammed Jafy
  Morocco
Half-lightweight
66 kg
Franck Vernez
  France
Gueorgui Poklitar
  Quebec
Dieudonné Nama Etoga
  Cameroon
Imad Bassou
  Morocco
Lightweight
73 kg
Akil Gjakova
  Kosovo
Ahmed El Meziati
  Morocco
Alexandru Raicu
  Romania
Patrick Cantin
  Quebec
Half-middleweight
81 kg
Alpha Oumar Djalo
  France
Achraf Moutii
  Morocco
Saliou Ndiaye
  Senegal
Franck Bell Ngindjel
  Cameroon
Middleweight
90 kg
Louis Krieber-Gagnon
  Quebec
Tobias Meier
  Switzerland
Grigor Sahakyan
  Armenia
Zachary Burt
  Canada
Half-heavyweight
100 kg
Rebouka Ariano
  France
Marc Deschenes
  Canada
Luca Kunszabo
  Romania
Ousmane Diallo
  Mali
Heavyweight
+100 kg
Messie Katanga
  France
Mbagnick Ndiaye
  Senegal
Jean-François Ouellet
  Quebec
Adil Hajji
  Morocco
Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight
48 kg
Olfa Saoudi
  Tunisia
Virginia Aymard
  France
Aziza Chakir
  Morocco
Diana Kwan Hu
  Madagascar
Half-lightweight
52 kg
Distria Krasniqi
  Kosovo
Christianne Legentil
  Mauritius
Tamara Silva
  Switzerland
Ikram Soukate
  Morocco
Lightweight
57 kg
Sarah Harachi
  France
Zouleiha Abzetta Dabonne
  Ivory Coast
Soumiya Iraoui
  Morocco
Sarah Sylva
  Mauritius
Half-middleweight
63 kg
Emily Burt
  Quebec
Cloe Yvin
  France
Sofia Belattar
  Morocco
Mariem Bjaoui
  Tunisia
Middleweight
70 kg
Melissa Heleine
  France
Alix Renaud-Roy
  Quebec
Fatim Fofana
  Ivory Coast
Ayuk Otay Arrey Sophina
  Cameroon
Half-heavyweight
78 kg
Stessie Bastareaud
  France
Mina Coulombe
  Canada
Audrey Dilane Njepang
  Cameroon
Sarra Mzougui
  Tunisia
Heavyweight
+78 kg
Anne Fatoumata M'Bairo
  France
Andrea Eyui Mbengone
  Gabon
Kimberly Carole Imongo
  DR Congo
Aicha Isilo
  Madagascar

Para-athletics

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Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 200 m T44 Dimitri Pavadé
  France
Michaël Mayali
  France
Tristan Gaël Kangbazou
  Central African Republic
Men's long jump T44 Dimitri Pavadé
  France
Michaël Mayali
  France
Tristan Gaël Kangbazou
  Central African Republic
Men's 200 m T46–47 Akué N'Guessan Kouassi
  Ivory Coast
Serge Arthur Nakou
  Ivory Coast
Mahamane Sacko
  Mali
Men's long jump T46–47 Abdelkabir Jaddi
  Morocco
Addoh Frédéric Kimou
  Ivory Coast
Fayssal Atchiba
  Benin
Men's javelin throw F42–46 Aimé Atchoukeu Mbithe
  Cameroon
Semedo Marilson
  Cape Verde
Abdelhadi El Harti
  Morocco

Table tennis

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Joé Seyfried
  France
Alexandru Manole
  Romania
Antoine Bernadet
  Quebec
Gaël Vendé
  Switzerland
Women's singles Océane Guisnel
  France
Alina Georgiana Zaharia
  Romania
Abir Haj Salah
  Tunisia
Malak Khoury
  Lebanon
Mixed doubles   Romania
Alexandru Manole
Alina Georgiana Zaharia
  France
Océane Guisnel
Joé Seyfried
  Switzerland
Salomé Claire Simonet
Gaël Vendé
  Vietnam
Bùi Thế Nghĩa
Phạm Thị Thu Hương
Mixed team   France
Océane Guisnel
Joé Seyfried
  Romania
Alexandru Manole
Alina Georgiana Zaharia
  Lebanon
Mohamad Hamie
Malak Khoury
  Switzerland
Salomé Claire Simonet
Gaël Vendé

Wrestling

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's freestyle 57 kg Steven Takahashi
  Canada
Mkhitar Grigoryan
  Armenia
Youssoup Deliev
  France
Marin Filip
  Romania
Men's freestyle 61 kg Adama Diatta
  Senegal
Ioan-Raul Donu
  Romania
Darthe Capellan
  Canada
Ashot Velitsyan
  Armenia
Men's freestyle 65 kg David Dobre
  Romania
Vincent De Marinis
  Quebec
Vaghinak Matevosyan
  Armenia
Dillon Williams
  Canada
Men's freestyle 70 kg Khachatur Papikyan
  Armenia
Roman Duscov
  Romania
Jean Bernard Diatta
  Senegal
Caleb Rutner
  Canada
Men's freestyle 74 kg Ahmed Shamiya
  Canada
Varuzhan Kajoyan
  Armenia
Madalin Minzala
  Romania
Guseyn Ruslanzada
  Quebec
Men's freestyle 86 kg Jordan Steen
  Canada
Marzpet Galstyan
  Armenia
Marcel Diboma
  Cameroon
Ion Pislaru
  Romania
Men's freestyle 97 kg Vlad Caras
  Romania
Quentin Milliere
  France
Cedric Nyamsi Tchouga
  Cameroon
Dalton Webb
  Canada
Men's freestyle 125 kg Sean Molle
  Canada
Frédérick Choquette
  Quebec
Thiacka Faye
  Senegal
Nicolas Tavernese
  France
Women's freestyle 48 kg Jade Parsons
  Canada
Tabatha Grunewald
  France
Madalina Linguraru
  Romania
Women's freestyle 53 kg Kristina McLaren
  Canada
Elisa Rasoanantenaina
  Madagascar
Chan Raksmey Chey
  Cambodia
Samantha Stewart
  New Brunswick
Women's freestyle 55 kg Laurence Beauregard
  Quebec
Madalina Simona Tudor
  Romania
Faridatou Gbadamassi
  Benin
Elisa Savalle
  France
Women's freestyle 58 kg Joseph Essombe
  Cameroon
Safietou Goudiaby
  Senegal
Sonia Baudin
  France
Emily Schaefer
  Canada
Women's freestyle 60 kg Aurelie Basset
  France
Denisa Iuliana Fodor
  Romania
Gertrude Prombove
  Cameroon
Hannah Franson
  Canada
Women's freestyle 63 kg Jessica Brouillette
  Canada
Linda Morais
  Quebec
Berthe Etane Ngolle
  Cameroon
Kriszta Incze
  Romania
Women's freestyle 69 kg Anta Sambou
  Senegal
Kayla Brodner
  Canada
Ania Mabunga Menga
  DR Congo
Pauline Lecarpentier
  France
Women's freestyle 75 kg Veronica Keefe
  Quebec
Danielle Sino Guemde
  Cameroon
Cătălina Axente
  Romania
Gracelynn Doogan
  Canada

References

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  1. ^ "2017 Francophone Games to take place in Ivory Coast city Abidjan". 14 April 2014.
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Games 2017 at jeux.francophonie.org