Zambia competed in the 2003 All-Africa Games held at the National Stadium in the city of Abuja, Nigeria. The country sent a substantial team which won six medals and came joint twenty-third in the medal table. Amon Simutowe won a silver medal in chess. The team also received five bronze medals, including two in boxing and the team medals in chess and squash.
Zambia at the 2003 All-Africa Games | |
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IOC code | ZAM |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of Zambia |
in Abuja 5 October 2003 – 17 October 2003 | |
Medals Ranked 23rd |
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All-Africa Games appearances (overview) | |
Competitors
editZambia entered forty events, thirty eight for men and two for women.[1] Competitors included a chess team that contained two strong players, Stanley Chumfwa and Amon Simutowe.[2] Squash, which appeared for the first time at the Games, was well represented, with athletes O'Neal Chilambwe, Lazarus Chilufa and Richard Twali entering both as individuals and a team. Chilufa reached the quarter-finals, until he was beaten by Egypt’s Mohamed Abbas, while the team reached the semi-finals, until being beaten by Abbas’ team which then went on to win gold.[3] In football, the team qualified in Group A, coming second to Nigeria, but losing to Ghana in the bronze medal play-off.[4] Prince Mumba ran in the 800 metres, reaching the semi-finals.[5]
Medal summary
editZambia won six medals, a silver and five bronze medals, and was ranked joint twenty third in the final medal table alongside Congo and Mali.[6]
Medal table
editSport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Boxing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Chess | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Squah | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
List of Medalists
editSilver Medal
editMedal | Name | Sport | Event | Date | Ref |
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Silver | Amon Simutowe | Chess | Men’s 1st Table | 15 October 2003 | [2][7] |
Bronze Medal
editMedal | Name | Sport | Event | Date | Ref |
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Bronze | Davis Mwale | Boxing | Light Welterweight 64 kg | 9 October 2003 | [8][9] |
Bronze | Ellis Chibuye | Boxing | Welterweight 69 kg | 9 October 2003 | [8][9] |
Bronze | Zambia | Chess | Team | 10 October 2003 | [2][7] |
Bronze | O'Neal Chilambwe Lazarus Chilufa Richard Twali |
Squash | Men’s Team | 14 October 2003 | [3][10] |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ a b c "8th All Africa Games". The Chess Drum. 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ a b Omoogin, Wole (2003). "Egypt Sweep The Board In All Africa Games". squashplayer.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "All Africa Games - Men's Football Tables". BBC. 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Fuchs, Carole. "All Africa Games Abuja (Nigeria) 11-16 October 2003". africathle. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "All Africa Games > Abuja 2003 > Medal Table". bestsports. 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ a b "8th All-Africa Games Schedule: Chess". 8allafricagames.org. 2004. Archived from the original on 6 April 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ a b Krastev, Todor (2011). "Boxing All Africa Games Abuja (NGR) 2003". todor66. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ a b "8th All-Africa Games Schedule: Boxing". 8allafricagames.org. 2004. Archived from the original on 10 June 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "8th All-Africa Games Schedule: Squash". 8allafricagames.org. 2004. Archived from the original on 10 June 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2020.