1999 All-Africa Games
th allafrica game zulu imidlalo yesi yaseafrika afrikaans de afrikaspele also known johannesburg zulu egoli held september greater johannesburg south africa country participated eighteen sport netball included demonstration sport south african hosted visitor including athlete official throughout continent opening ceremony included dancing african parable zulu warrior due size used prop ceremony staged arena less spectator south africa lost bid greece olympic game hoping impress fifa hope landing world cup eventually got edition overall game success host south africa outdistancing nigeria egypt medal race typical problem game included child contracting food poisoning fed boxed lunch practice session opening ceremony striking laborer demonstrating outside game venue displaying placard read wage africa game womens field hockey demoted nonmedal event nigerian team dropped tournament melee finish basketball game angola egypt forced police escort egyptian team court haile gebrselassie world record holder meter run opted game health reason depriving game organizer one biggest drawing card game despite difficulty experienced ioc president juan antonio samaranch praised south africa organization game saying show organize big event olympic star maria de lurdes mutola athletics penny heyns swimming gete wami athletics starred womens event south african pole vaulter okkert brit second african game gold medal assefa mezgebu ethiopia men cameroon beat zambia penalty kick win football finale demonstration sport netball host nation south africa see athletics allafrica game maria de lurdes mutola mozambique third metre title row nigeria four relay race x metre x metre men woman south african athlete four throwing event men new womens event added pole vault hammer throw kilometre road walk men south africa egypt kenya zimbabwe ghana malawi woman south africa zimbabwe kenya namibia soccer tournament cameroon became second team win tournament twice official site athletics result gbrathleticscom httpswebarchiveorgwebhttpwwwsportschedulercoszallafricagameshtm