Burkina Faso competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Burkina Faso won four gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals and the country finished in 14th place in the medal table.
Medal summary
Medal table
| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Athletics Men's triple jump Athletics Women's hammer throw Men's under-20 football team Football Men's tournament Athletics Women's heptathlon Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles Taekwondo Men's -80 kg Karate Women's +68 kg | style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"| Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics3205Football1001Karate0011Taekwondo0011Total4228
Athletics
In total, 18 athletes represented Burkina Faso in athletics and three gold medals and two silver medals were won.
Hugues Fabrice Zango won the gold medal in the men's triple jump event.
Lætitia Bambara won the gold medal in the women's hammer throw event.
Marthe Koala won the gold medal in the women's heptathlon event and the silver medal in the women's 100 metres hurdles event.
Bienvenu Sawadogo won the silver medal in the men's 400 metres hurdles event.
Football
Burkina Faso's national under-20 football team competed at the 2019 African Games. They won the gold medal in the men's tournament and Djibril Ouattara was among the top scorers in the tournament.
Handball
Burkina Faso competed in handball in the men's tournament. The team finished in 9th place.
Judo
Seven athletes were registered to represent Burkina Faso in judo but only five competed in their events.
Karate
Burkina Faso competed in karate.
Gloria Rachel Noela Guissou won the bronze medal in the women's +68 kg event.
Swimming
Adama Ouedraogo, Angelika Sita Ouedraogo and Tindwende Sawadogo competed in swimming.
Taekwondo
Teedanogo Pouniir Sawadogo, Wendaabo Levis Tresor Kabore, Passamwinde Faysal Sawadogo, Ali Yazbeck Coulibali and Aboubacar Drabo competed in Taekwondo.
Passamwinde Faysal Sawadogo won a bronze medal in the men's –80 kg event.
Wrestling
Four athletes represented Burkina Faso in wrestling.
Men's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDrissa Zon−74 kgW 8–1 VTW 9–6 PPL 0–10 VTL 0–11 ST5Timothee Toe−86 kgL 3–4 PPdid not advance9John Folane−97 kgL 8–19 SPdid not advance8
Women's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYvette Zié−68 kgW 6–1 PPW 14–4 SPL 1–14 VTL 1–3 PP5
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