1997 Jeux de la Francophonie

IIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie

Host city	Antananarivo, Madagascar
Nations	30
Athletes	2,300
Opening	August 27, 1997
Closing	September 6, 1997
Opened by	Didier Ratsiraka
Main venue	Mahamasina Municipal Stadium

The 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as III^es Jeux de la Francophonie, (French for Francophone Games) were held in Antananarivo, Madagascar from August 27 to September 6, 1997.

Events

Sports

Sport	Gender	Results
Athletics (Track and field)	men and women	details
Basketball	women	details
Boxing	men	details
Football (soccer)	men	details
Judo	men + women	details
Tennis	women	details

Cultural

Painting

Photography

Poetry

Sculpture

Song

Traditional inspiration dance

Storytelling

Medals and participation

Total

  *   Host nation (Madagascar)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	23	23	15	61
2	Madagascar (MAD)*	15	6	15	36
3	Canada (CAN)	10	14	13	37
4	French Community of Belgium	5	3	4	12
5	Senegal (SEN)	5	1	6	12
6	Romania (ROU)	4	2	2	8
7	Cameroon (CMR)	3	4	8	15
8	Tunisia (TUN)	3	3	6	12
9	Ivory Coast (CIV)	3	2	4	9
10	Quebec	2	2	6	10
11	Burundi (BDI)	2	2	1	5
12	Mauritius (MRI)	1	7	6	14
13	Gabon (GAB)	1	3	7	11
14	Seychelles (SEY)	1	1	2	4
15	New Brunswick	1	0	5	6
16	Guinea (GUI)	1	0	0	1
17	Lebanon (LIB)	0	2	1	3
18	Congo (COG)	0	1	0	1
	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	0	1
	Niger (NIG)	0	1	0	1
21	Burkina Faso (BFA)	0	0	2	2
	Central African Republic (CAF)	0	0	2	2
23	Cape Verde (CPV)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		80	78	106	264

The following participation nations didn't win any medal.

Benin  Chad  Comoros  Democratic Republic of the Congo  Dominica  Guinea-Bissau

Haiti  Mali  Morocco  Mauritania  Moldova  Monaco

Poland  Rwanda  Saint Lucia  Togo  Vietnam

External links

Medal winners 1997 at jeux.francophonie.org (in French)

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

Videoclip about the Games with dates at www.canal-insep.fr^{[permanent dead link‍]}