Guinea at the 2019 African Games

Guinea competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total two bronze medals were won and the country finished in 38th place in the medal table, shared with Benin and Togo.

Guinea at the 2019 African Games
Flag of Guinea
IOC code	GUI
NOC	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Guinéen
in Rabat, Morocco 19 August 2019 – 31 August 2019
Competitors	56 (32 men and 24 women) in 12 sports
Medals Ranked 38th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
African Games appearances
1973 1978–1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Medal summary

Medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Bronze Fatoumata Yarie Camara Wrestling Women's freestyle 62 kg 29 August

Archery

Mohamed Diao and Fatoumata Sylla represented Guinea in archery.[1] Diao competed in the men's individual recurve event and Sylla competed in the women's individual recurve event. Together they competed in the mixed team recurve event.

Athletics

Three athletes represented Guinea in athletics.[2]

Aboubabacar Barry competed in the men's 100 metres event and he finished in 45th place.[2]

Barry and Cheick Aboubacar Camara also competed in the men's 200 metres event and they finished in 41st and 46th place respectively.[2]

Makoura Keita competed in the women's 100 metres event and she finished in 39th place in the heats.[2][3]

Badminton

Amadou Bah competed in the men's singles event and Kadiatou Balde competed in the women's singles event. They were both eliminated in the first round.

Boxing

Mamadou Keita (men's 52 kg) and Alseny Sylla (men's 63 kg) competed in boxing.

Cycling

Abdoulaye Bangoura and Ibrahima Sory Sylla represented Guinea in cycling. They both competed in the men's individual time trial (road cycling) and the men's road race.

Handball

Both Guinea's national handball team and women's national handball team competed in handball at the 2019 African Games.[4][5]

In the men's tournament the team finished in 7th place and in the women's tournament the team finished in 4th place.

Judo

Two athletes were registered to compete in their events but they did not compete in their events.

Swimming

Mamadou Tahirou Bah and Mariama Lamarana Toure represented Guinea in swimming.[6][7][8]

Bah competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle and men's 100 metre freestyle events.[7]

Toure competed in the women's 50 metre breaststroke and the women's 50 metre freestyle events.[8]

Table tennis

Guinea competed in table tennis.[9]

Maret Camara competed in the men's singles event. He won his first match against El Moctar Ahmed Salem and lost his next match against Idowu Saheed.

Fatou Bangoura competed in the women's singles event. She lost her only match against Mazombo Sabrina Roseline.

Taekwondo

Two athletes competed in Taekwondo.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Salia Soumah	Men's –63 kg	N/A	Demisu (ETH) L 3–25	Did not advance
Oumou Koultoumy Diallo	Women's –49 kg	N/A	Mehdi (ALG) W 20–15	Ouhadi (MAR) L 5–32	Did not advance

Tennis

Alpha Diallo and Mamadouba Makadji competed in tennis in the men's singles event.[10] Both were eliminated in their first match.

Wrestling

Three athletes represented Guinea in wrestling.[11][12]

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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed Ismaele Camara	−57 kg	D Fafé (GBS) L 0–12 ^VT	Did not advance				13
Mohamed Saliou Camara	−97 kg	M Fardj (ALG) L 0–10 ^ST	Did not advance				10

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Group Stages		Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Standing	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fatoumata Yarie Camara	−62 kg	Group B  S Goudiaby (SEN): W 10–0 ^ST  B Etane Ngolle (CMR): L 1–2 ^PP	2	A Adeniyi (NGR) L 0–10 ^ST	A Elsebaee Ibrahim (EGY) W 10–0 ^ST

References

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3. "Makoura Keita - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
4. "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.
5. "The 12th African Games 2019 : Results of the draw". Confédération Africaine de HandBall. 24 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
6. "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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8. "Mariama Lamarana Toure - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
9. "Table tennis results book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
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11. "Wrestling - NOC Entries by Event - Guinea". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
12. "2019 African Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.