# African Weightlifting Championships

The African Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by Weightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA).

## Weights

Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categories (10 for men and 10 for women) since 2019:
| Weights | 45 kg | 49 kg | 55 kg | 59 kg | 61 kg | 64 kg | 67 kg | 71 kg | 73 kg | 76 kg | 81 kg | 87 kg | +87 kg | 89 kg | 96 kg | 102 kg | 109 kg | +109 kg |
| Men categories | | | x | | x | | x | | x | | x | | | x | x | x | x | x |
| Women categories | x | x | x | x | | x | | x | | x | x | x | x | | | | | |

## Editions

| Year | Edition | Edition | Venue | Events | Results |
| Year | M | W | Venue | Events | Results |
| 1979 | 1 | | Cairo, Egypt | 30 | |
| 1985 | 2 | | Aswan, Egypt | 30 | |
| 1986 | 3 | | Nairobi, Kenya | 30 | |
| 1988 | 4 | | Cairo, Egypt | 30 | |
| 1989 | 5 | | Boufarik, Algeria | 30 | |
| 1990 | 6 | | Tripoli, Libya | 30 | |
| 1992 | 7 | | Nairobi, Kenya | 30 | |
| 1993 | 8 | | Cairo, Egypt | 30 | |
| 1994 | 9 | | Cape Town, South Africa | 30 | |
| 1996 | 10 | | Ismailia, Egypt | 30 | |
| 1997 | 11 | | Cairo, Egypt | 30 | |
| 1998 | 12 | 1 | Algiers, Algeria | 45 | |
| 2000 | 13 | 2 | Yaoundé, Cameroon | 45 | |
| 2001 | 14 | 3 | Stellenbosch, South Africa | 45 | |
| 2002 | 15 | 4 | Nairobi, Kenya | 45 | |
| 2004 | 16 | 5 | Tunis, Tunisia | 45 | |
| 2005 | 17 | 6 | Kampala, Uganda | 45 | |
| 2006 | 18 | 7 | El Jadida, Morocco | 45 | |
| 2008 | 19 | 8 | Strand, South Africa | 45 | |
| 2009 | 20 | 9 | Kampala, Uganda | 45 | |
| 2010 | 21 | 10 | Yaoundé, Cameroon | 45 | |
| 2011 | 22 | 11 | Cape Town, South Africa | 45 | |
| 2012 | 23 | 12 | Nairobi, Kenya | 45 | |
| 2013 | 24 | 13 | Casablanca, Morocco | 45 | |
| 2015 | 25 | 14 | Brazzaville, Congo | 45 | |
| 2016 | 26 | 15 | Yaoundé, Cameroon | 45 | |
| 2017 | 27 | 16 | Vacoas, Mauritius | 48 | |
| 2018 | 28 | 17 | Mahébourg, Mauritius | 48 | |
| 2019 | 29 | 18 | Cairo, Egypt | 60 | |
| 2020 | 30 | 19 | Vacoas, Mauritius | 60 | |
| 2021 | 31 | 20 | Nairobi, Kenya | 60 | |
| 2022 | 32 | 21 | Cairo, Egypt | 60 | |
| 2023 | 33 | 22 | Tunis, Tunisia | 60 | |
| 2024 | 34 | 23 | Ismailia, Egypt | 60 | |
* Held jointly with the 2011 Commonwealth Championship.
* Held as part of the 2015 African Games.
* Was cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic.

## Medals (2008-2023) (incomplete)

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Tunisia | 140 | 103 | 70 | 313 |
| 2 | Egypt | 108 | 39 | 24 | 171 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 81 | 47 | 16 | 144 |
| 4 | Algeria | 67 | 93 | 69 | 229 |
| 5 | Cameroon | 45 | 47 | 47 | 139 |
| 6 | South Africa | 24 | 35 | 48 | 107 |
| 7 | Madagascar | 20 | 19 | 14 | 53 |
| 8 | Libya | 17 | 32 | 28 | 77 |
| 9 | Seychelles | 16 | 25 | 25 | 66 |
| 10 | Morocco | 10 | 25 | 49 | 84 |
| 11 | Mauritius | 8 | 25 | 22 | 55 |
| 12 | Uganda | 4 | 10 | 9 | 23 |
| 13 | Kenya | 0 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 14 | Ghana | 0 | 5 | 19 | 24 |
| 15 | Zambia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Botswana | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 540 | 519 | 452 | 1,511 |

## African Junior Weightlifting Championships

Since 1995.

## African Youth Weightlifting Championships

| Year | Edition | Edition | Venue |
| Year | M | W | Venue |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | Kampala, Uganda |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | Cairo, Egypt |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 | Tunis, Tunisia |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | Casablanca, Morocco |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | Tunis, Tunisia |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | Entebbe, Uganda |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | Cairo, Egypt |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 | Entebbe, Uganda |
| 2018 | 10 | 10 | Cairo, Egypt |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 | Kampala, Uganda |
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## African Clubs Weightlifting Championships

Since 2022.