Central African Games: Difference between revisions

Previous international multi-sport event for countries within Central Africa

The Central African Games was an international multi-sport event for countries within Central Africa. It was held on three occasions: in 1976 in Libreville, Gabon, in 1981 in Luanda, Angola, and finally in 1987 in Brazzaville, People’s Republic of the Congo.^[1][2]

Between 1962 and 1964, was helds the Jeux de la Coupe des Tropiques. In 1972, a Central African Cup competition had been organised in Brazzaville, featuring a number of sporting events, and this proved to be a precursor to the Central African Games, which was first held four years later.

The first Games were designed as a buildup to the 1976 Summer Olympics,^[3] but this proved to be the year’s highlight for many of the athletes as many African countries boycotted the Olympics in protest of New Zealand‘s sporting links with Apartheid-era South Africa.^[4]

Events at the final edition of the Games in 1987 acted as qualifiers for the 1987 All-Africa Games in some cases.^[3]