Zambia at the 2003 All-Africa Games

Zambia competed in the 2003 All-Africa Games held at the National Stadium in the city of Abuja, Nigeria. The country sent a substantial team which won six medals and came joint twenty-third in the medal table. Amon Simutowe won a silver medal in chess. The team also received five bronze medals, including two in boxing and the team medals in chess and squash.

Zambia at the 2003 All-Africa Games
IOC code	ZAM
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Zambia
in Abuja 5 October 2003 (2003-10-05) – 17 October 2003 (2003-10-17)
Medals Ranked 23rd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 5 Total 6
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Competitors

Zambia entered forty events, thirty eight for men and two for women.[1] Competitors included a chess team that contained two strong players, Stanley Chumfwa and Amon Simutowe.[2] Squash, which appeared for the first time at the Games, was well represented, with athletes O’Neal Chilambwe, Lazarus Chilufa and Richard Twali entering both as individuals and a team. Chilufa reached the quarter finals, until he was beaten by Egypt’s Mohamed Abbas, while the team reached the semi-finals, until being beaten by Abbas’ team which then went on to win gold.[3] In football, the team qualified in Group A, coming second to Nigeria, but losing to Ghana in the bronze medal play-off.[4] Prince Mumba ran in the 800 metres, reaching the semi-finals.[5]

Medal summary

Zambia won six medals, a silver and five bronze medals, and was ranked joint twenty third in the final medal table alongside Congo and Mali.[6]

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Boxing	0	0	2	2
Chess	0	1	1	2
Squah	0	0	1	1
Total	0	1	5	6

List of Medalists

Silver Medal

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date	Ref
Silver	Amon Simutowe	Chess	Men’s 1st Table	15 October 2003	[2][7]

Bronze Medal

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date	Ref
Bronze	Davis Mwale	Boxing	Light Welterweight 64 kg	9 October 2003	[8][9]
Bronze	Ellis Chibuye	Boxing	Welterweight 69 kg	9 October 2003	[8][9]
Bronze	Zambia	Chess	Team	10 October 2003	[2][7]
Bronze	O’Neal Chilambwe Lazarus Chilufa Richard Twali	Squash	Men’s Team	14 October 2003	[3][10]

See also

• Zambia at the African Games

References

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