Botswana at the 2003 All-Africa Games explained

Noc:	BOT
Nocname:	Botswana National Olympic Committee
Year:	2003
Games:	All-Africa Games
Location:	Abuja
Gold:	4
Silver:	1
Bronze:	6
Rank:	11
Appearances:	1965 1973 1978 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Youthappearances:	2010 2014

Botswana competed in the 2003 All-Africa Games held at the National Stadium in the city of Abuja, Nigeria. The team came eleventh overall with eleven medals, nearly half of them in karate.

Competition

Botswana entered twelve events at the games.^[1] Although she did not win a medal, Amantle Montsho ran her first race during the games. The award ceremony for the high jump was memorable for featuring an impromptu solo rendition of the national anthem by the winner, Kabelo Mmono.^[2] This was swiftly followed by a victory for the men's 4 x 400 metres relay team, which won with a time of 3:02.24, a national record.^[3]

Medal summary

The country won a tally of eleven medals, consisting of four gold, one silver and six bronze.^[4] The country ranked eleventh in the medal table.^[5]

Medal table

width=200	Sport	bgcolor=gold width=60	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=60	Silver	bgcolor=#cc9966 width=70	Bronze	width=60	Total
	2	0	0	2
	0	0	2	2
	1	1	3	5
Total	4	1	6	11

List of Medalists

Gold Medal

Name	Date	Ref
	15 October	^[6]
	15 October	^[7]
Thabiso Maretlwaneng	16 October	^[8]

Bronze Medal

Name	Date	Ref
	6 October	^[9]
	6 October
	16 October
	14 October
Botswana	14 October

Notes and References

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Web site: 8th All Africa Games 2003 Abuja Nigeria. 8allafricagames.org. 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20040405002027/http://www.8allafricagames.org/index.htm. 5 April 2004. 16 January 2020. live.
Web site: All Africa Games > Algers 2007 > Medal Table. bestsports.com.br. 19 April 2020.
Web site: Todor. Krastev. Athletics All Africa Games Abuja (NGR) 2003. 23 February 2011. Todor66. 16 January 2020.
Web site: All Africa Games Abuja (Nigeria) 11-16 October 2003. africathele. 16 January 2020.
Web site: Medallists Karate. 8allafricagames.org. 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20040419062703/http://www.8allafricagames.org/KT.html. 19 April 2004. 16 January 2020.
Web site: 8th All-Africa Games (chess - women): Abuja 2003. Olimpbase. 2018. 16 January 2020.