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Benin at the 2019 African Games
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IOC code	BEN
NOC	Benin National Olympic and Sports Committee
in Rabat, Morocco 19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Competitors	24 (15 men and 9 women) in 11 sports
Medals Ranked 38th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
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Benin competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing the country won two bronze medals and the country finished in 38th place in the overall medals table, shared with Guinea and Togo.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Bronze Oceanne Mylene Ganiero Karate Women's -55 kg 26 August  Bronze Romeo N'tia Athletics Men's long jump 30 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 0 1 1 Karate 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 2 2

Archery

Zinsou Kpetchehoue Merveille Santi competed in archery in the women's individual recurve event. She finished in 17th place.

Athletics

Souliath Saka, Noelie Yarigo, Odile Ahouanwanou and Romeo N'tia competed in athletics.

Romeo N'tia won the bronze medal in the men's long jump event.

Saka competed in the women's 200 metres and women's 400 metres events. In the 200 metres event she advanced to compete in the semifinals. In the 400 metres event she did not qualify to compete in the semifinals.

Ahouanwanou competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles, women's high jump and women's shot put events. In the 100 metres hurdles event she did not advance to compete in the final.

Yarigo competed in the women's 800 metres event and she finished in 7th place.

Badminton

Benin competed in badminton with two players. Roman Nouman Aremou Bastien Razaki competed in the men's singles event and Yenoukounme Pascaline L. Vitou competed in the women's singles event.

Cycling

Six cyclists representing Benin in road cycling events. They competed in the men's road race, men's individual time trial and men's team time trial.

Judo

Celtus Williams Abiola Dossou-Yovo competed in the Men's -90 kg event.

Karate

Oceanne Mylene Ganiero competed in karate. She won the bronze medal in the women's -55 kg event.

Rowing

Privel Meril Hinkati competed in rowing. He competed in the men's single sculls 500 metres event.

Swimming

Nafissath Radji competed in swimming. She competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke and 50 metre freestyle events.

Taekwondo

One athlete competed in Taekwondo.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jehudiel Finagnon Kiki	Men's –68 kg	Bye	Elwafi (LBA) W 6–3	Kobenan (CIV) L 16–20	did not advance

Tennis

Alexis Klégou and Sylvestre Monnou competed in tennis. They competed in the men's singles and men's doubles events. They did not win a medal.

References

1. ^ "Zinsou Kpetchehoue Merveille Santi - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
2. "2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
3. "N'tia Romeo - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
4. ^ "Souliath Saka - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
5. "Noelie Yarigo - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
6. "Athletics - Event Overview - Women's 800m". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
7. "Benin Badminton: Pascaline Vitou et Roman Razaki presents a Rabat pour les 12E Jeux Africains" (in French). Sport229. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
8. "Celtus Williams Abiola Dossou-Yovo - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
9. ^ "Oceanne Mylene Ganiero - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
10. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
11. ^ "Privel Meril Hinkati - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
12. ^ "Nafissath Abeke Radji - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
13. ^ "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
14. "Jehudiel Finagnon Kiki - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

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