Here is the medal table for all African countries who participated in the 2024 Olympic Games held in Paris.
After the official start of the Olympic Games in Paris on Friday, July 26, 2024, athletes have already started winning medals in various sports. African countries like South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, Uganda, Kenya and many more where duly represented by athletes across all competitions. We have the full medal list won by African countries so far in the Olympic Games 2024.
First African country to win Gold Medal at the Paris Olympic Games
South African Tatjana Smith claimed Africa’s first gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in the 100m breaststroke. Smith made a remarkable comeback to win the race with a time of 1:05.28, edging out China’s Tang Qianting, who took silver, and Ireland’s Mona McSharry, who earned bronze. This happens to be Smith’s first Olympic gold medal, following her close second-place finish at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Kenya | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | Algeria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | South Africa | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Uganda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Morocco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Botswana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Cape Verde | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Zambia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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