2017 African Wrestling Championships

The 2017 African Wrestling Championships was held in Marrakesh, Morocco from 28 to 30 April 2017.^[1]

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)		24	24	31	79

Rank	Men's freestyle^[2]		Women's freestyle^[3]		Men's Greco-Roman^[4]
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

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

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

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

Zohier Iftene from Algeria who won men's freestyle 65 kg event, tested positive for Stanozolol after the competition.^[5]

^ "African Championships" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ "Seniors Freestyle Teams Ranking" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ "Seniors Women's wrestling Teams Ranking" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ "Seniors Greco-Roman Teams Ranking" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ "DECISION Case Mr Iftene Zohier" (PDF). 27 July 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2019.