African Games 1965

I. Africa Games
in Brazzaville / Republic of the Congo

Venue:	Brazzaville , Republic of the Congo
Opening ceremony:	July 18, 1965
Closing ceremony:	July 25, 1965
Competitions:	54 decisions in 10 sports 1 basketball 2 boxing 3 soccer 4 handball 5 judo 6 athletics 7 cycling 8 swimming 9 tennis 10 volleyball
Countries:	29
Athletes:	2500

The I. African Games until 2012, the Pan-African Games called (French .: I ^ers Jeux africains , Eng .: 1st All-Africa Games ) took place from 18 July to 25 July 1965 in Brazzaville , capital of Republic of Congo held . Around 2500 athletes from 29 countries took part. The Congo team won the soccer tournament. Track and field athletes who have won gold include Gaoussou Koné , Wilson Kiprugut , Kipchoge Keino and Samuel Igun .

In 1965 there was only a very limited range of sporting competitions for women. At the first African Games there was only one basketball tournament with six teams, and in athletics there were six disciplines (100 m, 80 m hurdles, long and high jump, javelin throw, 4 × 100 m relay).

Disciplines

basketball

Men

• Gold: Egypt 
• Silver: Senegal 
• Bronze: Republic of the Congo 
• 4th place: Algeria 
• 5th place Guinea 
• 6th place Upper Volta 
• 7th place Congo-Kinshasa 
• 8th place Madagascar 

Women

• Gold: Senegal 
• Silver: Madagascar 
• Bronze: Egypt 
• 4th Central African Republic 
• 5th place Upper Volta 
• 6th place Ivory Coast 

Boxing

Weight class	gold	country	silver	country	Winner after:	bronze	country
up to 51 kg	Hamza	Egypt	Sulley Shittu	Ghana	Points	Kouider Ayad	Algeria
up to 54 kg	Fakhy	Senegal	Hosni Farag	Egypt	Points
up to 57 kg	Philippe Waruinge	Kenya	Ihan ben Hassan	Tunisia	Points
up to 60 kg	Daffe	Guinea	Anthony Andeh	Nigeria	Points
up to 63.5 kg	John Olulu	Kenya	Lakhdar Ben Ahmed	Tunisia	Points
up to 67 kg	Joseph Bessala	Cameroon	Isaac Dabore	Niger	Techn. KO 2nd round
up to 71 kg	Said el-Nahas	Egypt	Said	Kenya	Points
up to 75 kg	Noureddine	Egypt	Mathias Ouma	Kenya	Points
up to 81 kg	Mower	Egypt	Tchikowa	Republic of the Congo	Points
over 81 kg	Talaat el-Dahsan	Egypt	Omar "Kaddour" Aliane	Algeria	KO 2nd round

Soccer

Participation in the final tournament of the African Games is basically possible for all nations on the continent. First, the teams have to prevail in qualifying tournaments. The soccer tournament has been a U-23 competition since 1991. In 2003, in addition to the men's tournament, a women's tournament was also held for the first time.

Game for 3rd place Ivory Coast against Algeria : 1-0   

Republic of the Congo final against Mali : 0-0 after two extra-times; Congo won 7-2 from corners.   

• Gold: Republic of the Congo 
• Silver: Mali 
• Bronze: Ivory Coast 
• 4th place: Algeria 
• 5th to 8th place: Congo-Kinshasa , Madagascar , Togo , Uganda    

There was no women's soccer tournament in 1965. The first women’s tournament at the African Games did not take place until 2003 in Abuja / Nigeria .

Handball

• Gold: Egypt 
• Silver: Ivory Coast 
• Bronze: Tunisia 
• 4th place: Madagascar 

Game for 3rd place Tunisia against Madagascar : 13-10 goals   

Final Egypt vs. Ivory Coast : 22-7 goals   

Judo

Weight class	gold	silver	bronze
up to 71 kg lightweight	Xavier Boissy Senegal	Alexandre Makaya Republic of the Congo	Vatosoa Ramarokoto Madagascar
up to 78 kg medium weight	Lamine Touré Mali	Ndoumbe Cameroon	Mehrez Belhaj Tunisia
up to 86 kg average weight	Hassan Samir Senegal	Jean-Victor Akono Cameroon	Jonas Cissé Senegal
up to 95 kg light weight	Sourial Egypt	Hamadi Hachicha Tunisia	Sogossira Sanou Upper Volta
over 95 kg heavy weight	Moussa Dao Ivory Coast	Seydou Drabo Upper Volta	Ahmed Chabi Algeria

athletics

• See 1965 African Games / Athletics

Cycling race

Road race (143 km)

• Gold: Ahmed Djellil Algeria 
• Silver: Tahar Zaâf Algeria 
• Bronze: Razafinaroué Madagascar 

Team time trial

• Gold: Algeria Tahar Zaáf Madjid Hamza Hocine Chibane Belkacem Ouachek 
  
  
  
  
• Silver Madagascar 
• Bronze Senegal 

Women's cycling races have only been held at the Africa Games since 2003.

swim

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
100 m freestyle	Marwan Elghizaoui 57.5 sec. Egypt	Ahmed Sayed Zine 58.9 sec. Egypt	Mohamed Ladjali 62.2 sec. Algeria
200 m freestyle	Ahmed Mahmoud Rezk 2: 14.2 min. Egypt	Marwan Elghizaoui 2: 20.1 min. Egypt	Alassane Gueye 2: 24.0 min. Senegal
400 m freestyle	Ahmed Mahmoud Rezk 4: 45.0 min. Egypt	Mahmoud Magdy Moustafa 4: 55.8 min. Egypt	Hakim Khemissa 5: 13.7 min. Algeria
100 m back	Ahmed Abdelbasset 1: 07.9 min. Egypt	Adel Youssef Amine 1: 08.8 min. Egypt	Hamadi Achour 1: 11.1 min. Tunisia
100 m butterfly	Abdelhay Suleiman 1: 04.3 min. Egypt	Jarir Hussein Mansour 1: 05.3 min. Egypt	Anis Bahri 1: 13.7 min. Tunisia
200 m chest	Hany Mohamed Nassim 2: 50.6 min. Egypt	Guy Woodhouse 3: 04.3 min. Kenya	Abdelkader Belhoucine 3: 06.7 min. Algeria
4 × 200 m freestyle	Egypt Hany Mohamed Nassim Ahmed Sayed Zine Marwan Elghizaoui Ahmed Mahmoud Rezk 9: 04.4 min.	Algeria Camel Boughida Sayed Salalet Hakim Khemissa Mohamed Ladjali 9: 47.2 min.	Tunisia Tijani Meddeb Said Karâa Jacques Younes Badreddine Berrabah 9: 54.5 min.
4 × 100 m layers	Egypt 4: 26.7 min.	Tunisia 4: 52.8 min.	Algeria 4: 58 .8 min.

There were no swimming competitions for women at the Africa Games in 1965.

tennis

competition	gold	silver	bronze
Men's singles	Mustapha Belkhodja Tunisia	Mabrouk Ali Egypt	Pashuma Sharif Kenya
Men's doubles	Ismail El Shafei Fathi Mohamed Ali Egypt	Cokar "Approx" Yashvin Shretta Kenya	Mustapha Belkhodja Mohamed Kilani Egypt

There was no women's tennis tournament at the 1965 African Games.

volleyball

There was no volleyball tournament for women in Brazzaville in 1965 . The first women's tournament was only in 1978 with the III. Africa Games held in Algiers .

Medals

competition	gold	silver	bronze
Men	Egypt	Tunisia	Republic of the Congo

Placements

competition	4th Place	5th place	6th place	7th place	8th place
Men	Cameroon	Madagascar	Liberia	Senegal	Benin / Dahomey

Finals

game	encounter	Result	sentences	Points
Semi-final 1	Tunisia versus Cameroon	3:?	?	? :?
Semi-final 2	Egypt versus Republic of the Congo	3:?	?	? :?
3rd place match	Republic of the Congo versus Cameroon	3:?	?	? :?
final	Egypt versus Tunisia	3:?	?	? :?

Medal table

Medal table
Item	country	gold	silver	bronze	Total
1	Egypt	17th	10	3	30th
2	Nigeria	9	6th	4th	19th
3	Kenya	8th	11	4th	23
4th	Senegal	6th	3	7th	16
5	Ivory Coast	5	2	5	12
6th	Algeria	2	4th	6th	12
6th	Ghana	2	3	6th	11
8th	Mali	2	1	0	3
9	Tunisia	1	5	6th	12
10	Cameroon	1	2	2	5
10	Republic of the Congo	1	2	2	5
12	Madagascar	0	2	4th	6th
13	Uganda	0	1	4th	5
14th	Upper Volta	0	1	1	2
15th	Chad	0	0	3	3
16	Gabon	0	0	3	3
17th	Togo	0	0	2	2
18th	Congo Kinshasa	0	0	1	1
	Ethiopia	0	0	1	1
	Niger	0	0	1	1
	Tanzania	0	0	1	1
	Zambia	0	0	1	1
		54	53	67	174

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results / medal winners of the African Games athletics competitions 1965 to 2003 with the times / distances achieved , from: gbrathletics.com. (English)
2. ↑ The medal winners of the athletics competitions at the African Games 1965 to 2007 can be found on the Internet Archive page ( Memento from October 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Results of the women's tournament 1965 , from: todor66.com. (English)
4. ↑ Gold and silver medal winners 1965 , from: amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
5. ↑ Games, goals, results of the tournament , from: rsssf.com. (English)
6. ↑ [1] , from: todor66.com.
7. ↑ Results of the 1965 tournament , from: todor66.com. (English)
8. ↑ Medals in Men's Volleyball - African Games 1965-2015 , from: todor66.com. (English)