As athletes continue to amaze the world with their outstanding performance in the ongoing Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (Paris 2024) @AfricaFactsZone on X, looks at the performance of African countries in the Olympic games.
African Countries on the Olympics Medal Table of All Time
1. Kenya – 118 medals (36 gold, 43 silver, 39 bronze)
2. South Africa – 93 medals (28 gold, 34 silver, 31 bronze)
3. Ethiopia – 60 medals (23gold, 14 silver, 23 bronze)
4. Egypt – 39 medals (8 gold, 11 silver, 20 bronze)
5. Morocco – 26 medals (8 gold, 5 silver, 13 bronze)
6. Algeria – 18 medals (6 gold, 4 silver, 8 bronze)
7. Uganda – 13 medals (5 gold,5 silver, 3 silver)
8. Tunisia – 17 medals (5 gold, 4 silver, 8 bronze)
9. Nigeria – 27 medals (3 gold, 11 silver, 13 bronze)
10. Zimbabwe – 8 medals (3 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)
11. Cameroon – 6 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
12. Cote d’Ivoire – 4 medals (1gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
13. Botswana – 3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
14. Burundi – 2 medals (1 gold, 1 silver)
15. Mozambique – 2 medals (1 gold, 1 silver)
16. Namibia – 5 medals ( silver)
Tanzania – 2 medals (silver)
18. Ghana – 5 medals (1 silver, 4 bronze)
19. Zambia – 3 medals (1 silver, 2 bronze)
20. Niger – 2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze)
21. Gabon – 1 medal (silver)
22. Senegal – 1 medal (silver)
23. Sudan – 1 medal (silver)
24. Burkina Faso – 1 medal (bronze)
25. Cape Verde – 1 medal ( bronze)
26. Djibouti – 1 medal (bronze)
27. Eritrea – 1 medal (bronze)
28. Mauritius – 1 medal (bronze)
29. Togo – 1 medal (bronze)
Below are social media reactions:
“SA will never come anywhere near keny,Nigerians can do their yahoo ni peace”
“Nigeria 27 Medals ? That’s poor if we can be honest about this… Kenya and Ethiopia can be well understood for track events, but others I can’t get – South Africa especially.”
“Check how many of those South African medians was won by Black South Africans.”
“Kenya is a beautiful country, we are just under renovations to remove house slaves keeping us on the plantation. I love my motherland.”
“The reason why Kenya is at the top is because they know how to run fast. They are always chasing hunger on their country”
“We have more gold than all combined medals for those kaduna based Amapiano dancers”
“Distance running probably one reason Kenya is way ahead of everyone but I’m surprised by Ethiopia”
“Mind you South Africa was under sanctions for many years. Caster Semenya golds are equal to Nigeria golds”
“Never mind South Africa from 1964 to 1988 we were not allowing to compete at the Olympics this was due to country’s policy of apartheid but we are still ahead of so called African giants”
“Dear Kenyans We have no beef with u. Don’t let Nigerians convince u that our fight against them specifically, is a fight against Africans. They want all Africans to hate South Africa on their behalf. Don’t fall for it. We don’t have beef with u. Don’t create it.”
Source: Elvisanokyenews.com
