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

SportGenderResults
Athletics (Track and field)men + womendetails
Basketballwomendetails
Boxingmendetails
Football (soccer)mendetails
Judomen + womendetails
Table tennismen + womendetails
Wrestlingmendemonstration of traditional West African style (details)

Cultural

Fairy tale
Painting
Photography
Poetry
Sculpture
Song
Traditional inspiration dance

Medal count

Total

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France33211266
2 Morocco12121438
3 Egypt61714
4 Romania48719
5 Canada46919
6 Burkina Faso43714
7 Tunisia361019
8 Ivory Coast35311
9 Niger3238
10 Senegal25815
11 Lebanon2114
12 Benin2002
 Chad2002
14 Seychelles1102
15 Rwanda1023
16 Madagascar1012
17 Lithuania1001
18 Mauritius0224
19 Quebec0213
20 Cameroon0145
21 Congo0123
 Gabon0123
 Luxembourg0123
24 Cape Verde0112
 Mali0112
26 Central African Republic0101
 Guinea-Bissau0101
 New Brunswick0101
29WalloniaFrench Community of Belgium0055
30 Macedonia0011
 Saint Lucia0011
  Switzerland0011
Totals (32 nations)8484107275

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