| Noc: | CPV |
| Country: | Cape Verde |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Games: | African Games |
| Games Link: | 2019 African Games |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Cape Verde |
| Location: | Rabat, Morocco |
| Competitors: | 38 |
| Competitors Men: | 28 |
| Competitors Women: | 10 |
| Sports: | 7 |
| Rank: | 41 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
Cape Verde competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing the country won one bronze medal and the country finished last in the medal table, in 41st place, shared with Central African Republic.
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| style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"|| Medals by sport | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Total | ||||
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
See main article: Athletics at the 2019 African Games.
Five athletes represented Cape Verde in athletics.[1]
Eveline Sanches competed in both the women's 100 metres and the women's 200 metres events.[2] In both events she did not advance to the semifinals.[2]
Carla Mendes competed in the women's 800 metres event.[3] She was also scheduled to compete in the women's 1500 metres event but she did not start.[3]
Jordin Andrade competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles. He did not advance to compete in the final.
Samuel Freire competed in the men's 5000 metres event. He finished in 19th place. He also competed in the men's 10,000 metres. He did not finish in that event.
Ruben Sança competed in the men's half marathon and he finished in 16th place.
See main article: Volleyball at the 2019 African Games.
Cape Verde was scheduled to compete in beach volleyball but did not compete.
See main article: Boxing at the 2019 African Games.
Albertino Miguel Monteiro, Davilson Morais, Ivanusa Moreira, Sergio Antonio Rodrigues, Gelson Rodnex Semedo, Wilson Carlos Semedo and Carlos Antonio Silva were scheduled to compete in boxing.
Ivanusa Moreira won the bronze medal in the women's welterweight (69kg) event.[4]
See main article: Chess at the 2019 African Games.
Loedi Gomes, Luis Carlos Moniz, Honorina Morais and Joel David Pires competed in chess.
Luis Carlos Moniz and Joel David Pires both competed in the men's blitz individual and men's rapid individual events.
Loedi Gomes and Honorina Morais both competed in the women's blitz individual and women's rapid individual events.
All four competed in the mixed team event where they finished in last place.[5]
See main article: Karate at the 2019 African Games.
Danisia Emely Conceicao, Jose Mario Goncalves, Irlanda Lopes and Jelson Varela competed in karate.
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2019 African Games.
Four athletes competed in Taekwondo.[6] [7] [8] [9]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||||
| Nicalas Antonio Fernandes | Men's –63 kg | W 44–8 | W 17–12 | L 2–17 | did not advance | ||||
| Mbaye Massalick | Men's –68 kg | L 15–35 | did not advance | ||||||
| Vania Etsara Timas | Women's –49 kg | DSQ | did not advance | ||||||
| Sanderson Vicente | Women's –58 kg | W 11–8 | L 4–40 | did not advance | |||||
See main article: Volleyball at the 2019 African Games.
Cape Verde's national volleyball team qualified to compete at the 2019 African Games.[10] They lost all five games in the men's tournament.[11]