Zambia at the 2019 African Games

Zambia at the
2019 African Games
Zambia at the; 2019 African Games
	Flag of Zambia
IOC code	ZAM
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Zambia
in Rabat, Morocco; 19 August 2019 – 31 August 2019
Competitors	68 (34 men and 34 women) in 9 sports
Medals; Ranked 24th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 5
African Games appearances (overview)
	1965; 1973; 1978; 1987; 1991; 1995; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; 2023;

Zambia competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.^[1] In total, athletes representing Zambia won one gold medal, one silver medal and three bronze medals and the country finished in 24th place in the medal table.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Sydney Siame	Athletics	Men's 200 metres	30 August
Silver	Makumba Mwango	Chess	Women's Rapid Individual	27 August
Bronze	Tilka Paljk	Swimming	Women's 50 m breaststroke	21 August
Bronze	Everisto Mulenga	Boxing	Men's 57 kg	28 August
Bronze	Kalombo Mulenga	Badminton	Men's singles	29 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	0	0	1
Badminton	0	0	1	1
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Chess	0	1	0	1
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	1	1	3	5

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
6	21 August	0	0	1	1
12	27 August	0	1	0	1
13	28 August	0	0	1	1
14	29 August	0	0	1	1
15	30 August	1	0	0	1
Total		1	1	3	5

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	0	2	3
Female	0	1	1	2
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	1	1	3	5

Athletics

Eight athletes competed in athletics: Lumeka Katundu, Luchembe Kennedy, Hellen Makumba, Agness Mazala, Daniel Mbewe, Suwilanji Theresa Fotwe Mpondela, Rhodah Njobvu and Sydney Siame.^[2]

Sydney Siame won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres event.^[3]

Luchembe Kennedy competed in the men's 400 metres event. He qualified in the heats to compete in the semifinals.

Hellen Makumba competed in the women's 100 metres and women's 4 × 100 metres relay events.^[4] In the 100 metres event she qualified to compete in the semifinals.

Agness Mazala also competed in the women's 100 metres event. She did not qualify to compete in the semifinals.

Badminton

Zambia competed in badminton with four players.^[5] Kalombo Mulenga won the bronze medal in the men's singles event.^[6]

Boxing

Five athletes were scheduled to compete in boxing: Ben Banda, Mbachi Kaonga, Everisto Mulenga, Benny Sichuundu Muziyo and Nkumbu Silungwe.

Everisto Mulenga won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight (57kg) event.^[7]^[8]

Chess

Stanley Boston Chumfwa, Anndrew Kalenda Kayonde, Mwangala Linah Mululu and Makumba Lorita Mwango competed in chess.

Mwango won the silver medal in the women's rapid individual event.^[9]

Equestrian

Ariana Frances Barclay Castle, Diana Dakik, Amber Estelle Homles and Anna Bunty Howard competed in equestrian.^[10]

Castle competed in the individual jumping event and Dakik, Homles and Howard competed in both the individual jumping and team jumping events.^[10]

Football

Zambia's women's national football team was scheduled to compete in the women's tournament but withdrew and did not compete in their scheduled matches.^[1]

Handball

Zambia's national handball team competed in the men's tournament.^[11] They were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Angola.

Judo

Five athletes represented Zambia in judo: Andrew Sande Kaswanga, Steven Mung'andu, Mathew Mwango, Taonga Soko and Simon Zulu.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrew Sande Kaswanga	Men's -81 kg	Bye	Cherouk (ALG) L	Did not advance
Mathew Mwango	Men's -73 kg	Bougeuroua (ALG) L	Did not advance
Taonga Soko	Women's -57 kg	—	Mianbigue (CHA) W	Halata (ALG) L	Did not advance	Marie Sarah Samuelle Sylva (MRI) L	Did not advance
Simon Zulu	Men's -60 kg	Dabone (CIV) L	Dhouibi (TUN) L	Did not advance

Swimming

Four athletes represented Zambia in swimming:^[12]^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ralph Goveia	50 m freestyle	24.17	15	Did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	29.26	10	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	24.79	7 Q	24.90	8
	100 m butterfly	55.10	7 Q	55.50	8
Kumaren Naidu	50 m freestyle	26.45	34	Did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	30.61	17	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:10.69	16	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	27.75	26	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lombe Mwape	50 m freestyle	30.03	26	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:05.99	17	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	36.29	18	Did not advance
Tilka Paljk	50 m freestyle	27.36	10 QR	27.39	7
	50 m breaststroke	32.67	1 Q	32.92
	100 m breaststroke	1:15.71	5 Q	1:13.78	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kumaren Naidu Tilka Paljk Ralph Goveia Lombe Mwape	4×100 m medley relay	4:27.78	10	Did not advance

References

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[boxing_results_book_african_games_2019-8] "Boxing Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

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