African Taekwondo Championships

Sport Taekwondo
Competition Category Continental Championships
Years 1996—2026
Editions 15
Competitors 609
Countries 41

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1996 African Taekwondo Championships Johannesburgo RSA 12 – 14 September 1996 16 58 10
1998 African Taekwondo Championships Nairobi KEN — 16 58 8
2001 African Taekwondo Championships Dakar SEN 7 – 9 September 2001 16 50 8
2003 African Taekwondo Championships Abuya NGR — 16 60 19
2005 African Taekwondo Championships Antananarivo MAD — 9 35 8
2009 African Taekwondo Championships Yaundé CMR — 16 64 11
2010 African Taekwondo Championships Triplois LBA 22 – 26 November 2010 16 62 13
2012 African Taekwondo Championships Antananarivo MAD 2 – 6 November 2012 16 62 10
2014 African Taekwondo Championships Tunis TUN 6 – 8 May 2014 16 64 15
2016 African Taekwondo Championships Puerto Saíd EGY 20 – 22 May 2016 16 64 15
2018 African Taekwondo Championships Agadir MAR 29 – 30 May 2018 16 64 16
2021 African Taekwondo Championships Dakar SEN 5 – 6 June 2021 16 64 13
2022 African Taekwondo Championships Kigali RWA 13 – 17 July 2022 16 63 17
2023 African Taekwondo Championships Abidjan CIV 5 – 6 November 2023 16 63 15
2026 African Taekwondo Championships Bamako MLI 30 – 31 May 2026 16 64 13

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Egypt EGY 49 37 44 130
2 Morocco MAR 44 27 39 110
3 Ivory Coast CIV 33 34 56 123
4 Tunisia TUN 28 19 24 71
5 Lesotho LES 15 9 13 37
6 Senegal SEN 14 21 34 69
7 Kenya KEN 9 15 22 46
8 Niger NIG 9 6 13 28
9 Mali MLI 5 8 32 45
10 South Africa RSA 5 8 11 24
11 Libya LBA 5 7 15 27
12 Gabon GAB 5 6 23 34
13 Nigeria NGR 2 8 18 28
14 Burkina Faso BUR 2 6 5 13
15 Central African Republic CAF 2 0 1 3
16 Madagascar MAD 1 3 12 16
17 Algeria ALG 1 2 8 11
18 Ethiopia ETH 1 1 1 3
19 Uganda UGA 1 0 5 6
20 Cape Verde CPV 1 0 4 5
21 Equatorial Guinea GEQ 1 0 0 1
22 Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 0 3 7 10
23 Cameroon CMR 0 3 5 8
24 Ghana GHA 0 1 6 7
25 Chad CHA 0 1 5 6
26 Angola ANG 0 1 2 3
= Togo TOG 0 1 2 3
28 Benin BEN 0 1 1 2
= Gambia GAM 0 1 1 2
= Sudan SUD 0 1 1 2
31 Eswatini SWZ 0 0 5 5
32 Congo CGO 0 0 3 3
= Mauritius MRI 0 0 3 3
= Rwanda RWA 0 0 3 3
35 Comoros COM 0 0 2 2
= Mozambique MOZ 0 0 2 2
37 Botswana BOT 0 0 1 1
= Guinea GUI 0 0 1 1
= Sierra Leone SLE 0 0 1 1
= Somalia SOM 0 0 1 1
= São Tomé and Principe STP 0 0 1 1