# 2017 African Wrestling Championships

The 2017 African Wrestling Championships was held in Marrakesh, Morocco from 28 to 30 April 2017.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Morocco)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Egypt (EGY) | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Nigeria (NGR) | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | Algeria (ALG) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Morocco (MAR)* | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Senegal (SEN) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DR Congo (COD) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 24 | 24 | 31 | 79 |

### Team ranking

| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle | Women's freestyle | Women's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman |
| Rank | Team | Points | Team | Points | Team | Points |
| 1 | Egypt | 63 | Nigeria | 78 | Egypt | 68 |
| 2 | Tunisia | 51 | Tunisia | 66 | Morocco | 62 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 46 | Cameroon | 52 | Algeria | 56 |
| 4 | Senegal | 40 | Algeria | 39 | Tunisia | 44 |
| 5 | Morocco | 35 | Senegal | 20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 43 |
| 6 | Algeria | 29 | Benin | 7 | Nigeria | 8 |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 28 | Ivory Coast | 7 | Ivory Coast | 7 |
| 8 | Sudan | 24 | South Africa | 7 | South Africa | 5 |
| 9 | South Africa | 20 | Egypt | 6 | | |
| 10 | Cameroon | 17 | | | | |
| 11 | Ivory Coast | 13 | | | | |
| 12 | Guinea-Bissau | 12 | | | | |
| 13 | Madagascar | 6 | | | | |

## Medal summary
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 57 kg | Chakir Ansari | Abdelhak Kherbache | Ibrahim Hafez |
| 61 kg | Adama Diatta | Ahmed Mohamed | Othmane El Bahja |
| 61 kg | Adama Diatta | Ahmed Mohamed | Mbunde Cumba |
| 65 kg | Kaireddine Ben Telili | Jean Bernard Diatta | Bopamba Ngoy |
| 65 kg | Kaireddine Ben Telili | Jean Bernard Diatta | Aly Ibrahim Abdelhamid |
| 70 kg | Ogbonna John | Maher Ghanmi | Amr Reda Ramadan Hussen |
| 70 kg | Ogbonna John | Maher Ghanmi | Mohamed Boudraa |
| 74 kg | Samy Moustafa | Ali Ayari | Mohamed Boudina |
| 74 kg | Samy Moustafa | Ali Ayari | Kayis Mupompa |
| 86 kg | Mahmoud Badawi | Mohamed Saadaoui | Cheikh Niang |
| 86 kg | Mahmoud Badawi | Mohamed Saadaoui | Hein Janse van Rensburg |
| 97 kg | Soso Tamarau | Martin Erasmus | Imed Kaddidi |
| 97 kg | Soso Tamarau | Martin Erasmus | Cedric Nyamsi Tchouga |
| 125 kg | Diaaeldin Kamal | Thiacka Faye | Adama Tangara |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 59 kg | Abdennour Laouni | Anwar Tango | Ngeta Ibamda |
| 66 kg | Mohamed Abouhalima | Tarek Benaissa | Fahmi Meddeb |
| 66 kg | Mohamed Abouhalima | Tarek Benaissa | Bilal El-Bahja |
| 71 kg | Ibrahim Ghanem | Akrem Boudjemline | Aziz Boualem |
| 75 kg | Zied Ait Ouagram | Mohamed Elsayed | Kayis Mupompa |
| 80 kg | Bachir Sid Azara | Mahmoud Fawzy | Tochukwu Okeke |
| 85 kg | Mohamed Metwally | Adem Boudjemline | Mohamed Missaoui |
| 98 kg | Ahmed Othman | Hamza Haloui | Amine Guennichi |
| 130 kg | Abdellatif Mohamed | Radhouane Chebbi | Gagan Mabuba |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg | Mercy Genesis | Sarra Hamdi | Kheira Yahiaoui |
| 53 kg | Maroi Mezien | Bose Samuel | Hanene Salaouandji |
| 55 kg | Odunayo Adekuoroye | Joseph Essombe | Rim Ayari |
| 58 kg | Aminat Adeniyi | Gertrude Prombove Yondno | Dorssaf Gharssi |
| 60 kg | Marwa Amri | Bisola Makanjuola | Amina Benabderrahmane |
| 63 kg | Blessing Oborududu | Berthe Etane Ngolle | Lilia Mejri |
| 69 kg | Dressman Kemasuodei | Blandine Metala Epanga | Anta Sambou |
| 75 kg | Winnie Gofit | Danielle Sino Guemde | Wiem Trabelsi |

## Doping cases

* Zohier Iftene from Algeria who won men's freestyle 65 kg event, tested positive for Stanozolol after the competition.