The 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as VIIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie (French for 8th Francophone Games), informally known as Abidjan 2017, took place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from July 21–30. This was the first edition of the games to be hosted in Ivory Coast.
Since 2011, it was the third international competition held in Abidjan, after the 2013 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships and the 2013 AfroBasket.
Venues Ten cultural and sports venues will be situated in three geographic zones in Abidjan : Zone A : Marcory and Treichville suburbs Zone B : Plateau suburb Zone C : Cocody suburb
Zone A (Marcory and Treichville) Stade Robert Champroux - Sporting competitions, Renovated in 2007 Parc du Canal aux bois - Cultural events Palais des Sports de Treichville - Sporting competitions, Renovated in 2013 Palace of Culture of Abidjan - Cultural events, Renovated in 2012 Café-Théâtre, Centre national des arts et de la culture - Cultural events
Zone B (Le Plateau) Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny - Sporting competitions, To be renovated Ivory Coast Museum of Civilisations - Cultural events National Library of Ivory Coast - Cultural events French Cultural Centre - Cultural events
Zone C (Cocody) Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (campus) - Games village; Sporting competitions, Renovated in 2012
Participants Of the 48 delegations participating, Kosovo and Ukraine were participating for the first time, while Laos returned to the Games for the first time since 2009. Countries that participated in 2013 that did not return in 2017 were Andorra, Austria, Cyprus, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Guinea-Bissau, Montenegro, Poland, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, and Slovakia.
French Community of Belgium
Events
Sports
African wrestling () (12) Athletics () (42) Athletics (handicapped) () (5) Basketball () (1) Cycling () (2) Football (soccer) () (1) Judo () (14) Table tennis () (4) Wrestling () (16)
Cultural
Digital creation Ecological creation Hip-hop dance Juggling Poetry Painting Photography Puppetry Sculpture Song Storytelling Traditional inspiration dance
Medal table Final medal tally below.
Medalists African wrestling Men's team Mouhamet BoussoOmar DiouaneMoussa FayeCheikh Tidiane NiangMoustapha Sène Débé BlaiseEmmanuel Romaric KawanéMoussa KonanéEloi ZerboDrissa Zon Mahamadou AlimiyaouGarba MourtalaTassiou SaniTassiou IbrahimYahaya Kaka Men's 66 kg Men's 76 kg Men's 86 kg Men's 100 kg Men's +100 kg Women's team Binette DiattaSafietou GoudiabyMarie Therese MangaAnta SambouNahamie Sambou Assetou CoulibalyMakourakou DiomandeTiemongo SoroCaroline Yapi N'DeAmy Youin Joseph EssombeBerthe Etane NgolleDanielle Sino Guemde Women's 45 kg Women's 50 kg Women's 60 kg Women's 70 kg Women's 80 kg
Athletics
Basketball
Cultural Hip-hop dance Giant puppetry Ball juggling Painting Sculpture Émilie Grace Lavoie Photography Annie France Noël Digital creation Clément Hugues Ecological creation Song Céléna-Sophia Storytelling Traditional inspiration dance Literature Gabriel Robichaud
Cycling Men's road race Women's road race Alexxa Albrecht
Football
Judo Men Extra-lightweight60 kg Flavio Dimarca Half-lightweight66 kg Gueorgui Poklitar Lightweight73 kg Patrick Cantin Half-middleweight81 kg Middleweight90 kg Louis Krieber-Gagnon Half-heavyweight100 kg Heavyweight+100 kg Jean-François Ouellet Women Extra-lightweight48 kg Half-lightweight52 kg Lightweight57 kg Half-middleweight63 kg Emily Burt Middleweight70 kg Alix Renaud-Roy Half-heavyweight78 kg Heavyweight+78 kg
Para-athletics Men's 200 m T44 Men's long jump T44 Men's 200 m T46–47 Men's long jump T46–47 Men's javelin throw F42–46
Table tennis Men's singles Antoine Bernadet Women's singles Mixed doubles Alexandru ManoleAlina Georgiana Zaharia Océane GuisnelJoé Seyfried Salomé Claire SimonetGaël Vendé Bùi Thế NghĩaPhạm Thị Thu Hương Mixed team Océane GuisnelJoé Seyfried Alexandru ManoleAlina Georgiana Zaharia Mohamad HamieMalak Khoury Salomé Claire SimonetGaël Vendé
Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg Men's freestyle 61 kg Men's freestyle 65 kg Vincent De Marinis Men's freestyle 70 kg Men's freestyle 74 kg Guseyn Ruslanzada Men's freestyle 86 kg Men's freestyle 97 kg Men's freestyle 125 kg Frédérick Choquette Women's freestyle 48 kg Women's freestyle 53 kg Samantha Stewart Women's freestyle 55 kg Laurence Beauregard Women's freestyle 58 kg Women's freestyle 60 kg Women's freestyle 63 kg Linda Morais Women's freestyle 69 kg Women's freestyle 75 kg Veronica Keefe
References
External links
Official site Games 2017 at jeux.francophonie.org Livre des resultats