2005 Jeux de la Francophonie

Vèmes Jeux de la Francophonie
Host city Niamey, Niger
Nations participating 44
Athletes participating 2,500
Opening ceremony December 7, 2005
Closing ceremony December 17, 2005
Officially opened by Mamadou Tandja
Main venue Stade Général Seyni Kountché
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The 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as Ves Jeux de la Francophonie, (French for Francophone Games) were held from December 7–17, 2005 in Niamey, Niger.

Events

Sports

Sport Gender Results
Athletics (Track and field) men + women details
Basketball women details
Boxing men details
Football (soccer) men details
Judo men + women details
Table tennis men + women details
Wrestling men demonstration of traditional West African style (details)

Cultural

Fairy tale
Painting
Photography
Poetry
Sculpture
Song
Traditional inspiration dance

Medal count

Total

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 France 33 21 12 66
2 Morocco 12 12 14 38
3 Egypt 6 1 7 14
4 Romania 4 8 6 18
5 Canada 4 6 9 19
6 Tunisia 3 6 10 19
7 Ivory Coast 3 5 3 11
8 Burkina Faso 2 3 7 12
9 Lebanon 2 1 1 4
10 Benin 2 0 0 2
10 Chad 2 0 0 2
12 Senegal 1 4 6 11
13 Niger 1 2 2 5
14 Seychelles 1 1 0 2
15 Rwanda 1 0 2 3
16 Madagascar 1 0 1 2
17 Lithuania 1 0 0 1
18 Mauritius 0 2 2 4
19 Quebec 0 2 1 3
20 Cameroon 0 1 4 5
21 Republic of the Congo 0 1 2 3
21 Gabon 0 1 2 3
21 Luxembourg 0 1 2 3
24 Cape Verde 0 1 1 2
24 Mali 0 1 1 2
26 New Brunswick 0 1 0 1
27Wallonia French Community of Belgium 0 0 5 1
28 Macedonia 0 0 1 1
28 Saint Lucia 0 0 1 1
28  Switzerland 0 0 1 1

Sporting events

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 France 33 20 11 64
2 Morocco 12 14 14 40
3 Egypt 6 1 7 14
4 Romania 3 8 6 17
5 Canada 3 6 9 10
6 Ivory Coast 3 5 2 10
7 Tunisia 3 3 7 13
8 Burkina Faso 2 3 6 11
9 Chad 2 0 0 2
10 Senegal 1 4 5 10
11 Niger 1 1 1 3
12 Seychelles 1 1 0 2
13 Rwanda 1 0 2 3
14 Benin 1 0 0 1
15 Mauritius 0 2 2 4
16 Cameroon 0 1 4 5
17 Gabon 0 1 2 3
17 Luxembourg 0 1 2 3
19 Quebec 0 1 1 2
19 Mali 0 1 1 2
21Wallonia French Community of Belgium 0 0 4 4
22 Cape Verde 0 0 1 1
22 Republic of the Congo 0 0 1 1
22 Lebanon 0 0 1 1
22 Madagascar 0 0 1 1
22  Switzerland 0 0 1 1

Cultural events

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Lebanon 2 1 0 3
2Wallonia French Community of Belgium 1 0 1 2
3 Benin 1 0 0 1
3 Canada 1 0 0 1
3 Lithuania 1 0 0 1
3 Madagascar 1 0 0 1
7 France 0 1 1 2
7 Niger 0 1 1 2
9 New Brunswick 0 1 0 1
9 Quebec 0 1 0 1
9 Cape Verde 0 1 0 1
9 Morocco 0 1 0 1
13 Burkina Faso 0 0 1 1
13 Republic of the Congo 0 0 1 1
13 Ivory Coast 0 0 1 1
13 Macedonia 0 0 1 1

Participation

There were a total of 1287 participants from 44 states and governments at the 2005 Games.

Key
Nation (number of participants)
Wallonia French Community of Belgium (23)
 Benin (18)
 Bulgaria (4)
 Burkina Faso (50)
 Burundi (4)
 Cambodia (3)
 Cameroon (85)
 Canada (82)
 New Brunswick (8)
 Quebec (40)
 Cape Verde (3)
 Central African Republic (22)
 Chad (24)
 Comoros (7)
 Democratic Republic of the Congo (44)
Dominica Dominica
 Egypt (15)
 Equatorial Guinea (5)
 France (131)
 Gabon (18)
 Guinea (37)
 Guinea-Bissau (7)
 Haiti (38)
 Ivory Coast (43)
 Lebanon (17)
 Lithuania (7)
 Luxembourg (7)
 Macedonia (NC)
 Madagascar (29)
 Mali (44)
 Mauritius (18)
 Monaco (2)
 Morocco (108)
 Niger (98)
 Republic of the Congo (35)
 Romania (50)
 Rwanda (5)
 Saint Lucia (3)
 Senegal (69)
 Seychelles (15)
  Switzerland (16)
 Togo (17)
 Tunisia (27)
 Vietnam (4)

External links

Medal winners 2005 at jeux.francophonie.org (French)
Medal tables at jeux.francophonie.org (French)
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