2023 African Games: Nigeria inches closer to century mark on medal table, check out current standings

Nigeria is on the brink of hitting the century mark in terms of medals won at the ongoing African Games in Accra, Ghana.

With just one day for the games to come to a climax, Team Nigeria has maintained their 2nd position on the medal table behind Egypt.

The top five of the table witnessed no significant changes, with Egypt still leading the pack with 175 medals, eight more than they had on Wednesday.

Nigeria won eight more medals on Thursday, which has seen their tally go up to 98. They have now equalled the medal haul of third-placed South Africa, but lead due to the difference in gold medal honors.

While Nigeria has so far won 37 gold medals, South Africa has managed 29, which is four more than fourth-placed Algeria, who have 24 gold medals.

In total, Algeria has won 99 medals with 33 silver and 44 bronze.

Completing the top five is Tunisia, whose medal accumulation has shot up from 66 on Wednesday, to 73, which is a significantly impressive jump.

However, outside the top five, the medal table saw some significant changes.

Morocco jumped from ninth to seventh, pushing Mauritius, who previously held the position, to eighth.

Kenya, ranked 11th on Wednesday, broke into the top ten after winning four medals on Thursday, March 21, 2024. They are now ninth on the medal table.

Eritrea, who had been lying on 8th for some days, has been pushed two steps lower, with Ethiopia dropping to 11th after garnering fourteen medals.

At the bottom of the table, Togo is ranked 36th, with just three medals to their credit.

They are a level above Chad, Djibouti, Rwanda, Lesotho and Guinea-Bissau who are ranked 37th with just a bronze medal each to their credit.

See the full table below