Senegal at the 2019 African Games

Senegal competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total athletes representing Senegal won one gold medal, five silver medals and 16 bronze medals and the country finished in 22nd place in the medal table.

Senegal at the 2019 African Games
Flag of Senegal
IOC code	SEN
NOC	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais
in Rabat, Morocco 19 August 2019 – 31 August 2019
Competitors	127 (78 men and 49 women) in 16 sports
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze 16 Total 22
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Medal summary

Medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Mbagnick Ndiaye Judo Men's +100 kg 18 August  Silver Anta Sambou Wrestling Women's freestyle 68 kg 29 August  Silver Oulimata Ba Fall Combe Seck Canoeing Women's C-2 500 metres 29 August  Silver Hassane Ramlaoui Shooting Men's skeet 30 August  Silver Oulimata Ba Fall Canoeing Women's C-1 200 metres 30 August  Silver Oulimata Ba Fall Combe Seck Canoeing Women's C-2 200 metres 30 August  Bronze Monica Sagna Judo Women's +78 kg 18 August  Bronze Coumba Ndoye Taekwondo Women's –53 kg 21 August  Bronze Moustapha Fall Taekwondo Men's –87 kg 21 August  Bronze Ababacar Sadikh Soumaré Taekwondo Men's –80 kg 21 August  Bronze Moustapha Kama Taekwondo Men's –54 kg 22 August  Bronze Fallou Beye Karate Men's Kumite -60kg 26 August  Bronze Abdou Cisse Karate Men's Kumite -84kg 26 August  Bronze Women's team Karate Women's Kumite team 26 August  Bronze Louis François Mendy Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles 27 August  Bronze Salimata D Sabaly Fencing Women's Individual Épée 27 August  Bronze Men's team Football Men's tournament 29 August  Bronze Combe Seck Canoeing Women's C-1 500 metres 29 August  Bronze Amaou Diagne Babacar Gaye Babacar Keita Fencing Men's Team Sabre 29 August  Bronze Senegal Fencing Women's Team Épée 29 August  Bronze Jean Bernard Diatta Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 30 August  Bronze Senegal Fencing Men's Team Épée 30 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 0 1 1 Canoeing 0 3 1 4 Fencing 0 0 4 4 Football 0 0 1 1 Judo 1 0 1 2 Karate 0 0 3 3 Shooting 0 1 0 1 Taekwondo 0 0 4 4 Wrestling 0 1 1 2 Total 1 5 16 22

Athletics

Louis François Mendy won the bronze medal in the men's 110 metres hurdles event, the only medal won by an athlete representing Senegal in athletics.[1][2]

Henry Bandiaky competed in the men's 100 metres and men's 200 metres.[2] In both events he did not advance to the semifinals.[2]

Boxing

Four athletes represented Senegal in boxing: Marietou Diallo, Mamadou Fall, Mbagnick Ndiaye and Khadija Timera.

Canoeing

Senegal competed in canoeing. Oulimata Ba Fall and Combe Seck were among the canoeists to represent Senegal and they won three silver medals and one bronze medal.

Equestrian

Batj Gaye, Salif Keita, Babacar Ngom and Mohamed Seck represented Senegal in equestrian events.[3]

Fencing

Senegal competed in fencing and in total fencers representing Senegal won four bronze medals.[4]

Football

Senegal's national under-20 football team competed at the 2019 African Games.[5][6] They won the bronze medal in the men's tournament.[7]

Handball

Senegal was scheduled to compete in handball at the 2019 African Games but ultimately did not compete.[5]

Judo

Ten athletes represented Senegal in judo.

Mbagnick Ndiaye won the gold medal in the men's +100 kg event and Monica Sagna won a bronze medal in the women's +78 kg event.[8]

Karate

Senegal competed in karate.[9] Fallou Beye won bronze in the Men's Kumite -60kg event, Abdou Cisse won bronze in the Men's Kumite -84kg event and the women's team won bronze in the Women's Kumite team event.

Shooting

Clement Fakhoury, Hassane Ramlaoui and Hassan Saleh competed in the men's skeet event.

Swimming

Six athletes represented Senegal in swimming.[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Steven Aimable	50 m freestyle	23.80	13	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	51.92 NR	10	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	27.71 NR	10	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	25.33 NR	12	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	54.96	6 Q	55.03	7
Abdoul Niane	50 m breaststroke	29.56	13	Did not advance
El Hadji Adama Niane	50 m freestyle	23.75	11	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	53.17	14	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	39.48	20	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	25.63	16	Did not advance
Adama Thiaw Ndir	50 m breaststroke	31.07	18	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.34	14	Did not advance
Abdoul Niane Steven Aimable El Hadji Adama Niane Adama Thiaw Ndir	4×100 m freestyle relay	N/A		3:29.30 NR	5
Steven Aimable Adama Thiaw Ndir El Hadji Adama Niane Abdoul Niane	4×100 m medley relay	N/A		3:57.50 NR	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jeanne Boutbien	50 m freestyle	27.51 NR	11 QR	27.53	8
	100 m freestyle	59.19	7 Q	59.35	7
Sophia Diagne	50 m freestyle	28.29	16	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	32.33	16	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	30.22	14	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abdoul Niane El Hadji Adama Niane Sophia Diagne Jeanne Boutbien	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:46.48 NR	3 Q	3:43.89 NR	4
Sophia Diagne Abdoul Niane* Adama Thiaw Ndir Steven Aimable Jeanne Boutbien	4×100 m medley relay	4:15.24	4 Q	4:10.17 NR	4

Legend: (*) = Swimmers who participated in the heat only.

Table tennis

Ibrahima Diao, Mohamed Gueye and Hamidou Sow are scheduled to compete in table tennis.

Taekwondo

Senegal 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
Ngoné Fall	Women's –46 kg	N/A	Mansour (EGY) W 25–5	Mbubu (COD) L 26–28	Did not advance
Sokhna Diarra Bousso Seck	Women's –49 kg	N/A	Amarh (GHA) L 8–29	Did not advance

Triathlon

Mamadou Diop finished in 9th place in the men's event.[11]

Hamadel Nestor Ndiaye finished in 15th place in the men's event.[11]

Anta Ndiaye finished in 10th place in the women's event.[12]

Sall Adji Mame Awa finished in 15th place in the women's event.[12]

Volleyball

Senegal's women's national volleyball team competed in the women's volleyball tournament at the 2019 African Games.[13][14]

Wrestling

Senegal competed in wrestling.[15] In total wrestlers representing Senegal won one silver medal and one bronze medal and the country finished 7th in the wrestling medal table.

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