The 8th All Africa Games were October 5-17, 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. 53 countries participated in 23 sports. The main venue was the newly constructed Abuja Stadium

Abuja Stadium

Abuja National Stadium is an all-seater national sports stadium located in Abuja, the rapidly developing Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. The stadium serves as a home to the Nigerian National Football Team, the Super Eagles, as well as a center for various social, cultural, and religious events...

. The organizing committee was headed by Nigerian Amos Adamu

Amos Adamu

Dr. Amos Adamu was Director General of the Nigerian National Sports Commission for ten years before being redeployed in November 2008. Before his appointment as Director General, Adamu was the Director of Sports of the ministry for 10 years.-Career:...

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Participating nations

Among the countries that participated at the 2003 All Africa Games were:

Sports

22 disciplines were contested at the 2003 All Africa Games, among them:

• Athletics
  Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games
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• Badminton
  Badminton at the 2003 All-Africa Games
  Badminton at the 2003 All-Africa Games was held from October 4 to 18, 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria.-Medalists:-Medal count:...
  
  
• Baseball
• Boxing
  Boxing at the 2003 All-Africa Games
  Boxing at the 8th All Africa Games was held in Abuja, Nigeria from October 4-13, 2003. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...
  
  
• Chess

• Field Hockey
  Field Hockey at the 2003 All-Africa Games
  Field Hockey was among the sports at the 8th All Africa Games held in October 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. Play featured both a men's and women's tournament.-Final standings:...
  
  
• Football
  Football at the 2003 All-Africa Games
  Football play at the 2003 All Africa Games was from October 3-16, 2003 and featured both a men's and women's tournament. Both tournaments featured eight teams....
  
  
• Swimming
  Swimming at the 2003 All-Africa Games
  Swimming at the 8th All-Africa Games was held October 5-11, 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. 117 swimmers from 21 nations swam in the meet. Competition was held in a 50-meter pool....
  
  
• Squash
  Squash at the 2003 All-Africa Games
  Squash was among the sports at the 8th All Africa Games held in October 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. Play featured both a men's and women's singles and team tournaments.-Medalist:...
  
  
• Volleyball
  Volleyball at the 2003 All-Africa Games
  The Men's and Women's Volleyball Competition at the 2003 All-Africa Games were held in Abuja, Nigeria from October 11 to October 18, 2003.-Group A:-Group B:-Final round:*October 17 — Semi Finals...
  
  

Medal standings

1	Nigeria	85	90	65	240
2	Egypt	80	62	72	214
3	South Africa	63	59	49	171
4	Algeria	32	24	31	87
5	Tunisia	30	29	30	89
6	Cameroon	8	4	23	35
7	Senegal	6	9	19	34
8	Ethiopia	5	8	7	20
9	Kenya	5	5	4	14
10	Ghana	4	5	16	25
11	Botswana	4	1	6	11
12	Angola	3	3	7	13
13	Madagascar	3	0	3	6
14	Libya	2	3	5	10
15	Zimbabwe	2	3	2	7
16	Lesotho	2	1	3	6
17	Côte d'Ivoire	1	1	7	9
18	Tanzania	1	0	1	2
19	Cape Verde	1	0	0	1
	Central African Republic	1	0	0	1
21	Seychelles	0	10	6	16
22	Namibia	0	3	4	7
23	Republic of the Congo	0	1	5	6
	Mali	0	1	5	6
	Zambia	0	1	5	6
26	Uganda	0	1	4	5
27	Benin	0	1	2	3
28	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0	1	1	2
29	Gabon	0	1	0	1
	The Gambia	0	1	0	1
31	Burkina Faso	0	0	3	3
	Mauritius	0	0	3	3
	Niger	0	0	3	3
	Togo	0	0	3	3
35	Sudan	0	0	2	2
36	Guinea	0	0	1	1
	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	0	1	1
	Sierra Leone	0	0	1	1