Burkina Faso at the 2019 African Games
# Burkina Faso at the 2019 African Games

Burkina Faso competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Burkina Faso won four gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals and the country finished in 14th place in the medal table.

## Medal summary

### Medal table

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Athletics | Men's triple jump | 27 August |
| Gold | Laetitia Bambara | Athletics | Women's hammer throw | 27 August |
| Gold | Men's under-20 football team | Football | Men's tournament | 30 August |
| Gold | Marthe Koala | Athletics | Women's heptathlon | 29 August |
| Silver | Marthe Koala | Athletics | Women's 100 metres hurdles | 28 August |
| Silver | Bienvenu Sawadogo | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles | 29 August |
| Bronze | Passamwinde Faysal Sawadogo | Taekwondo | Men's -80 kg | 21 August |
| Bronze | Gloria Rachel Noela Guissou | Karate | Women's +68 kg | 26 August |

Medals by sport :

| Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Football | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Karate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |

## Athletics

In total, 18 athletes represented Burkina Faso in athletics and three gold medals and two silver medals were won.

Hugues Fabrice Zango won the gold medal in the men's triple jump event.

Lætitia Bambara won the gold medal in the women's hammer throw event.

Marthe Koala won the gold medal in the women's heptathlon event and the silver medal in the women's 100 metres hurdles event.

Bienvenu Sawadogo won the silver medal in the men's 400 metres hurdles event.

## Football

Burkina Faso's national under-20 football team competed at the 2019 African Games. They won the gold medal in the men's tournament and Djibril Ouattara was among the top scorers in the tournament.

## Handball

Burkina Faso competed in handball in the men's tournament. The team finished in 9th place.

## Judo

Seven athletes were registered to represent Burkina Faso in judo but only five competed in their events.

## Karate

Burkina Faso competed in karate.

Gloria Rachel Noela Guissou won the bronze medal in the women's +68 kg event.

## Swimming

Adama Ouedraogo, Angelika Sita Ouedraogo and Tindwende Sawadogo competed in swimming.

## Taekwondo

Teedanogo Pouniir Sawadogo, Wendaabo Levis Tresor Kabore, Passamwinde Faysal Sawadogo, Ali Yazbeck Coulibali and Aboubacar Drabo competed in Taekwondo.

Passamwinde Faysal Sawadogo won a bronze medal in the men's –80 kg event.

## Wrestling

Four athletes represented Burkina Faso in wrestling.

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 | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Drissa Zon | −74 kg | M Minsoumouna (CHA) W 8–1 $^{VT}$ | A Mambou (CGO) W 9–6 $^{PP}$ | O John (NGR) L 0–10 $^{VT}$ | Bye | J B Diatta (SEN) L 0–11 $^{ST}$ | 5 |
| Timothee Toe | −86 kg | Bye | C Abossolo (CMR) L 3–4 $^{PP}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |
| John Folane | −97 kg | Bye | F Naji (MAR) L 8–19 $^{SP}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 8 |

### Women's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Yvette Zié | −68 kg | R Ayari (TUN) W 6–1 $^{PP}$ | A Hammiche (ALG) W 14–4 $^{SP}$ | B Oborududu (NGR) L 1–14 $^{VT}$ | Bye | S Amer (EGY) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | 5 |
