Swimming at the 2019 African Games

Swimming
at the 2019 African Games
Swimming ; at the 2019 African Games
Venue	Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Location	Casablanca, Morocco
Dates	21–24 August
Nations	37

Swimming at the 2019 African Games was held from 21 to 24 August 2019 in Casablanca, Morocco.^[1]

The event served as a qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Schedule

H	Heats	F	Final

Event↓/Date →	21st Wed		22nd Thu		23rd Fri		24th Sat
Men's 50 m freestyle							H	F
Men's 100 m freestyle	H	F
Men's 200 m freestyle			H	F
Men's 400 m freestyle					F
Men's 800 m freestyle	F
Men's 1500 m freestyle							F
Men's 50 m backstroke					H	F
Men's 100 m backstroke							H	F
Men's 200 m backstroke	H	F
Men's 50 m breaststroke	H	F
Men's 100 m breaststroke			H	F
Men's 200 m breaststroke					H	F
Men's 50 m butterfly			H	F
Men's 100 m butterfly					H	F
Men's 200 m butterfly	F
Men's 200 m individual medley							H	F
Men's 400 m individual medley			F
Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	F
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay					F
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay							F
Women's 50 m freestyle							H	F
Women's 100 m freestyle	H	F
Women's 200 m freestyle			H	F
Women's 400 m freestyle					F
Women's 800 m freestyle							F
Women's 1500 m freestyle	F
Women's 50 m backstroke					H	F
Women's 100 m backstroke							H	F
Women's 200 m backstroke	F
Women's 50 m breaststroke	H	F
Women's 100 m breaststroke			H	F
Women's 200 m breaststroke					F
Women's 50 m butterfly			H	F
Women's 100 m butterfly					H	F
Women's 200 m butterfly	H	F
Women's 200 m individual medley							H	F
Women's 400 m individual medley			F
Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	F
Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay			F
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay							F
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay					H	F
Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay			H	F

Participating nations

Medal table

* Host nation (Morocco)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	20	13	12	45
2	Egypt (EGY)	14	17	10	41
3	Algeria (ALG)	5	7	8	20
4	Seychelles (SEY)	2	1	1	4
5	Tunisia (TUN)	1	3	2	6
6	Botswana (BOT)	0	1	1	2
7	Morocco (MAR)*	0	0	4	4
8	Angola (ANG)	0	0	1	1
	Kenya (KEN)	0	0	1	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	0	0	1	1
	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		42	42	42	126

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Ali Khalafalla Egypt	22.17 GR	Oussama Sahnoune Algeria	22.19	Brad Tandy South Africa	22.21
100 m freestyle	Oussama Sahnoune Algeria	48.97 GR	Ali Khalafalla Egypt	49.81	Mohamed Samy Egypt	49.85
200 m freestyle	Marwan Elkamash Egypt	1:49.10	Mohamed Agili Tunisia	1:49.22	Yassin Elshamaa Egypt	1:49.40
400 m freestyle	Mohamed Agili Tunisia	3:48.94	Marwan Elkamash Egypt	3:50.95	Ahmed Akram Egypt	3:51.81
800 m freestyle	Ahmed Akram Egypt	7:57.21	Mohamed Agili Tunisia	7:57.87	Marwan Elkamash Egypt	8:06.90
1500 m freestyle	Ahmed Akram Egypt	15:19.49	Mohamed Agili Tunisia	15:26.15	Marwan El-Amrawy Egypt	15:32.43

50 m backstroke	Mohamed Samy Egypt	25.26 GR	Abdellah Ardjoune Algeria	25.61 NR	Driss Lahrichi Morocco	26.12
100 m backstroke	Abdellah Ardjoune Algeria	55.02 GR, NR	Mohamed Samy Egypt	55.57	Martin Binedell South Africa	56.20
200 m backstroke	Martin Binedell South Africa	1:59.03 GR	Abdellah Ardjoune Algeria	2:00.38 NR	Yassin Elshamaa Egypt	2:03.17

50 m breaststroke	Michael Houlie South Africa	27.41	Youssef El-Kamash Egypt	27.52 NR	Wassim Elloumi Tunisia	28.27
100 m breaststroke	Alaric Basson South Africa	1:00.96	Youssef El-Kamash Egypt	1:01.52	Michael Houlie South Africa	1:01.55
200 m breaststroke	Alaric Basson South Africa	2:14.21 GR	Youssef El-Kamash Egypt	2:14.83 NR	Adnan Beji Tunisia	2:15.73

50 m butterfly	Abdelrahman Elaraby Egypt	23.81	Ali Khalafalla Egypt	23.88	Ryan Coetzee South Africa	24.04
100 m butterfly	Ryan Coetzee South Africa	53.70	Alard Basson South Africa	53.88	Yusuf Tibazi Morocco	53.89
200 m butterfly	Jaouad Syoud Algeria	2:01.01 NR	Lounis Khendriche Algeria	2:02.49	Ahmed Salem Egypt	2:03.79

200 m individual medley	Jaouad Syoud Algeria	2:02.49	Yassin Elshamaa Egypt	2:03.98	Neil Fair South Africa	2:04.15
400 m individual medley	Ramzi Chouchar Algeria	4:23.53 NR	Ayrton Sweeney South Africa	4:26.88	Ahmed Salem Egypt	4:28.35

4 × 100 m freestyle relay	South Africa (RSA) Brad Tandy (51.05) Ryan Coetzee (50.61) Martin Binedell (50.12) Douglas Erasmus (49.85)	3:21.63	Egypt (EGY) Abdelrahman Elaraby (51.57) Marwan Elkamash (51.59) Ali Khalafalla (49.27) Mohamed Samy (49.40)	3:21.83	Morocco (MAR) Souhail Hamouchane (52.11) Driss Lahrichi (51.44) Merwane El Merini (52.04) Samy Boutouil (50.33)	3:25.92 NR
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Egypt (EGY) Marwan El-Amrawy (1:50.98) Ahmed Akram (1:50.98) Marwan Elkamash (1:53.02) Yassin Elshamaa (1:50.43)	7:25.41	South Africa (RSA) Martin Binedell (1:51.87) Brent Szurdoki (1:50.79) Alard Basson (1:56.70) Alaric Basson (1:55.77)	7:35.13	Algeria (ALG) Mohamed Anisse Djaballah (1:53.54) Lounis Khendriche (1:54.87) Ramzi Chouchar (1:55.28) Moncef Aymen Balamane (1:57.80)	7:41.49
4 × 100 m medley relay	South Africa (RSA) Martin Binedell (56.46) Alaric Basson (1:00.70) Ryan Coetzee (53.18) Douglas Erasmus (49.90)	3:40.24 GR	Egypt (EGY) Mohamed Samy (56.84) Youssef El-Kamash (1:01.17) Khaled Morad (55.17) Ali Khalafalla (48.92)	3:42.10	Algeria (ALG) Abdellah Ardjoune (56.30) Moncef Aymen Balamane (1:02.38) Jaouad Syoud (54.01) Mehdi Nazim Benbara (50.78)	3:43.47 NR

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Erin Gallagher South Africa	24.95 GR, NR	Farida Osman Egypt	25.06	Emma Chelius South Africa	25.25
100 m freestyle	Erin Gallagher South Africa	55.13 GR	Farida Osman Egypt	55.62	Emma Chelius South Africa	55.86
200 m freestyle	Hania Moro Egypt	2:04.31	Christin Mundell South Africa	2:04.75	Majda Chebaraka Algeria	2:05.51
400 m freestyle	Hania Moro Egypt	4:21.36	Christin Mundell South Africa	4:22.95	Majda Chebaraka Algeria	4:24.60
800 m freestyle	Hania Moro Egypt	8:54.01	Samantha Randle South Africa	8:55.32	Majda Chebaraka Algeria	9:07.21
1500 m freestyle	Hania Moro Egypt	17:06.71	Samantha Randle South Africa	17:11.07	Carla Antonopoulos South Africa	17:22.15

50 m backstroke	Erin Gallagher South Africa	29.05	Felicity Passon Seychelles	29.17 NR	Naomi Ruele Botswana	29.22
100 m backstroke	Felicity Passon Seychelles	1:02.42	Naomi Ruele Botswana	1:02.62	Kerryn Herbst South Africa	1:03.76
200 m backstroke	Felicity Passon Seychelles	2:14.55 NR	Samantha Randle South Africa	2:15.55	Robyn Lee Zimbabwe	2:22.50

50 m breaststroke	Kaylene Corbett South Africa	32.20 GR	Christin Mundell South Africa	32.70	Tilka Paljk Zambia	32.92
100 m breaststroke	Kaylene Corbett South Africa	1:09.75	Christin Mundell South Africa	1:10.67	Sarah Soliman Egypt	1:13.36
200 m breaststroke	Kaylene Corbett South Africa	2:29.23	Christin Mundell South Africa	2:35.30	Rawan Eldamaty Egypt	2:39.22

50 m butterfly	Farida Osman Egypt	25.94 GR	Erin Gallagher South Africa	26.24 NR	Emma Chelius South Africa	27.40
100 m butterfly	Farida Osman Egypt	58.79 GR	Erin Gallagher South Africa	59.34	Felicity Passon Seychelles	1:00.61 NR
200 m butterfly	Nour Elgendy Egypt	2:18.21	Hamida Rania Nefsi Algeria	2:20.33	Lia Lima Angola	2:21.51

200 m individual medley	Jessica Whelan South Africa	2:19.44	Hamida Rania Nefsi Algeria	2:20.57	Christin Mundell South Africa	2:21.70
400 m individual medley	Samantha Randle South Africa	4:55.31	Hamida Rania Nefsi Algeria	4:58.55	Jessica Whelan South Africa	5:01.35

4 × 100 m freestyle relay	South Africa (RSA) Erin Gallagher (55.42) Jessica Whelan (58.83) Kerryn Herbst (58.32) Emma Chelius (56.31)	3:48.88 GR	Egypt (EGY) Amina Elsebelgy (59.00) Yasmin Hassan (59.11) Hania Moro (58.97) Farida Osman (56.45)	3:53.53	Algeria (ALG) Amel Melih (57.07) NR Hamida Rania Nefsi (59.63) Sara El Tahawi (1:02.02) Majda Chebaraka (59.56)	3:58.28
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	South Africa (RSA) Christin Mundell (2:05.98) Jessica Whelan (2:08.07) Carla Antonopoulos (2:09.67) Erin Gallagher (2:06.85)	8:30.57	Egypt (EGY) Nour Elgendy (2:12.37) Logaine Abdellatif (2:10.35) Farida Samra (2:09.24) Hania Moro (2:08.33)	8:40.29	Algeria (ALG) Majda Chebaraka (2:08.34) Amel Melih (2:07.99) Sara El Tahawi (2:16.42) Hamida Rania Nefsi (2:10.00)	8:42.75
4 × 100 m medley relay	South Africa (RSA) Kerryn Herbst (1:04.40) Kaylene Corbett (1:10.88) Erin Gallagher (1:00.27) Emma Chelius (56.87)	4:12.42	Egypt (EGY) Rola Hussein (1:05.96) Sarah Soliman (1:13.53) Farida Osman (1:00.94) Hania Moro (59.64)	4:20.07	Kenya (KEN) Sylvia Brunlehner (1:06.94) Rebecca Kamau (1:13.87) Emily Muteti (1:02.80) Maria Brunlehner (58.11)	4:21.72

Mixed events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	South Africa (RSA) Douglas Erasmus (50.42) Ryan Coetzee (49.74) Emma Chelius (55.87) Erin Gallagher (55.21) Carla Antonopoulos^[a] Brad Tandy^[a] Kerryn Herbst^[a]	3:31.24 AF, GR	Egypt (EGY) Mohamed Samy (49.86) Ali Khalafalla (49.75) Amina Elsebelgy (58.27) Farida Osman (56.43) Abdelrahman Elaraby^[a] Amina Elsebelgy^[a] Ahmed Salem^[a] Farida Samra^[a]	3:34.31 NR	Algeria (ALG) Mehdi Nazim Benbara (51.69) Jaouad Syoud (50.39) Amel Melih (58.02) Majda Chebaraka (59.72) Moncef Aymen Balamane^[a] Ramzi Chouchar^[a] Hamida Rania Nefsi^[a]	3:39.82 NR
4 × 100 m medley relay	South Africa (RSA) Martin Binedell (55.43) Michael Houlie (59.96) Erin Gallagher (58.98) Emma Chelius (56.39) Neil Fair^[a] Kaylene Corbett^[a] Alard Basson^[a] Kerryn Herbst^[a]	3:50.76 GR	Egypt (EGY) Mohamed Samy (55.28) Youssef El-Kamash (1:00.83) Farida Osman (59.09) Amina Elsebelgy (58.73) Rola Hussein^[a] Mohamed Eissawy^[a] Ali Khalafalla^[a]	3:53.93 NR	Morocco (MAR) Driss Lahrichi (56.55) Hiba Laknit (1:16.02) Yusuf Tibazi (55.59) Noura Mana (1:00.12) Adil Assouab^[a] Samy Boutouil^[a]	4:08.28 NR

^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

References

^ "Global program" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 20 August 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
^ "Montsho going strong despite exit reports". MmegiOnline. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^ "2019 Africa Games: Confirmed federations to compete for Ghana in Morocco". Sports News - Ghana Web. 1 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
^ "Kenya sending large squad to 2019 Africa Games, eyeing improved performance". xinhuanews. 6 August 2019. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
^ "Africa Games sendoff poorly attended". Namibian. 12 August 2019. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^ Ngobua, David (8 August 2019). "562 Nigerian contingent ready for 2019 All Africa Games". Daily Trust. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^ "Team SA Announced for 2019 African Games". South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee. 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

External links

[1] "Global program" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 20 August 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

[montsho_going_strong-2] "Montsho going strong despite exit reports". MmegiOnline. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[ghana_presents_ghanaweb-3] "2019 Africa Games: Confirmed federations to compete for Ghana in Morocco". Sports News - Ghana Web. 1 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

[kenya_290_athletes-4] "Kenya sending large squad to 2019 Africa Games, eyeing improved performance". xinhuanews. 6 August 2019. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

[namibia_sendoff_poorly_attended-5] "Africa Games sendoff poorly attended". Namibian. 12 August 2019. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.

[nigerian_continent_ready-6] Ngobua, David (8 August 2019). "562 Nigerian contingent ready for 2019 All Africa Games". Daily Trust. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[team_sa_announced-7] "Team SA Announced for 2019 African Games". South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee. 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

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