Weightlifting at the 2019 African Games

Weightlifting
at the 2019 African Games
VenueNahda Indoor Sports Center
LocationRabat, Morocco
Dates25–30 August
Competitors138[1] from 17 nations
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Weightlifting at the 2019 African Games was held from 25 to 30 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.

The event served as a qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.


Later five Egyptian athletes (Abderrahmane Al Sayed, Ibrahim Moustafa, Samar Hossein, Sara Ahmed Samir, Farag Salma) were disqualified due to anti-doping violations.[2]

  1. ^ "12th All African Games – Weightlifting Competition – Start book" (PDF). WFA. 26 August 2019. p. 7. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  2. ^ "The ITA imposes two-year sanctions on six Egyptian weightlifters". International Testing Agency. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.