Swimming at the 2011 All-Africa Games

Swimming at the 2011
All-Africa Games

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The Swimming competition at the 10th All-Africa Games was held on 5–10 September 2011 at the Zimpeto Olympic Pool in Maputo, Mozambique. It featured 46 long course (50m) events, 6 of which are disability/Paralympic classification. All events were prelims/finals format, except the 800 and 1500 freestyles, which was a timed final (each entrance swims one time, fastest heat swims at night).

Event schedule

Date	Monday 5 September	Tuesday 6 September	Wednesday 7 September
E v e n t s	100 free (w) 100 breast (m) 400 IM (w) 200 free (m) 50 back (w) 50 back (m) 4x200 Free Relay (w)	100 fly (m) 200 free (w) 400 IM (m) 200 breast (w) 50 breast (m) 50 fly (w) 800 free (m)	400 free (w) 100 free (m) 100 back (w) 200 back (m) 50 breast (w) 50 fly (m) 4x100 Free Relay (w) 4x200 Free Relay (m)
Date	Thursday 8 September	Friday 9 September	Saturday 10 September
E v e n t s	100 fly (w) 400 free (m) 100 free (w S6-S10) 100 free (m S6-S10) 100 breast (w) 200 breast (m) 800 free (w) 4x100 Free Relay (m)	200 fly (m) 200 IM (w) 100 back (m) 100 back (w S6-S10) 100 back (m S6-S10) 50 free (w) 1500 free (m) 4x100 Medley Relay (w)	200 fly (w) 50 free (m) 200 back (w) 200 IM (m S6-10) 200 IM (w S6-10) 200 IM (m) 1500 free (w) 4x100 Medley Relay (m)

m= men's event, w= women's event, S6-S10= disability classification
Prelims begin daily at 9:00 a.m., finals at 5:00 p.m.

Participating nations

25 nations entered in Swimming at the 2011 All Africa Games:

Algeria (13)[1] Angola Botswana Congo Ivory Coast (4)[2] Egypt (2) Ethiopia Kenya Liberia

Libya Mali Mozambique Namibia Nigeria (10)[3] Rwanda Senegal Seychelles

South Africa (42)[4] Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe (8)[5]

Results

Men's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m freestyle	Gideon Louw South Africa (RSA)	22.34 =GR	David Dunford Kenya (KEN)	22.74	Jason Dunford Kenya (KEN)	22.87
100m freestyle	David Dunford Kenya (KEN)	49.48	Jason Dunford Kenya (KEN)	49.71	Gideon Louw South Africa (RSA)	49.80
200m freestyle	Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia (TUN)	1:48.95 GR	Darian Townsend South Africa (RSA)	1:49.04	Jean Basson South Africa (RSA)	1:51.06
400m freestyle	Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia (TUN)	3:54.03 GR	Riaan Schoeman South Africa (RSA)	3:58.49	Mark Randall South Africa (RSA)	3:59.82
800m freestyle	Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia (TUN)	8:10.00	Mark Randall South Africa (RSA)	8:10.04	Jasper Venter South Africa (RSA)	8:21.76
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	Charl Crous South Africa (RSA)	26.06	Jason Dunford Kenya (KEN)	26.19	Garth Tune South Africa (RSA)	26.74
100m backstroke	Charl Crous South Africa (RSA)	55.26 GR	Darren Murray South Africa (RSA)	55.96	Mohamed Hussein Egypt (EGY)	57.63
200m backstroke	Darren Murray South Africa (RSA)	2:01.74 GR	Charl Crous South Africa (RSA)	2:01.88	Taki Mrabet Tunisia (TUN)	2:05.19
50m breaststroke	Cameron van der Burgh South Africa (RSA)	27.81	Malick Fall Senegal (SEN)	28.33	Nabil Kebbab Algeria (ALG)	28.71
100m breaststroke	Cameron van der Burgh South Africa (RSA)	1:02.44	Wassim Elloumi Tunisia (TUN)	1:03.17	Nabil Kebbab Algeria (ALG)	1:03.80
200m breaststroke	Taki Mrabet Tunisia (TUN)	2:16.51	Wassim Elloumi Tunisia (TUN)	2:18.58	Sofiane Daid Algeria (ALG)	2:19.74
50m butterfly	Jason Dunford Kenya (KEN)	23.57 GR	Neil Watson South Africa (RSA)	24.31	Garth Tune South Africa (RSA)	24.70
100m butterfly	Jason Dunford Kenya (KEN)	52.13 GR	Chad le Clos South Africa (RSA)	52.17	Neil Watson South Africa (RSA)	55.14
200m butterfly	Chad le Clos South Africa (RSA)	1:56.37 GR	Jason Dunford Kenya (KEN)	2:02.52	Pedro Pinotes Angola (ANG)	2:05.47
200m I.M.	Chad le Clos South Africa (RSA)	2:00.70 GR	Darian Townsend South Africa (RSA)	2:01.76	Taki Mrabet Tunisia (TUN)	2:03.46
400m I.M.	Chad le Clos South Africa (RSA)	4:16.88 GR	Taki Mrabet Tunisia (TUN)	4:21.11	Riaan Schoeman South Africa (RSA)	4:25.32
4 × 100 m   freestyle relay	South Africa Leith Shankland Chad le Clos Gideon Louw Darian Townsend	3:19.42 GR	Algeria Nabil Kebbab Oussama Sahnoune Jughurtha Boumalie Ryad Djendouci	3:26.51	Kenya Jason Dunford David Dunford Rama Vyombo Kiptolo Boit	3:29.84
4 × 200 m   freestyle relay	South Africa Jasper Venter Riaan Schoeman Leith Shankland Darian Townsend	7:33.63 GR	Algeria Badis Djendouci Ryad Djendouci Abdelghani Nefsi Youghorta Haddad	7:49.59	Kenya David Dunford Amar Shah Kiptolo Boit Jason Dunford	8:01.07
4 × 100 m   medley relay	South Africa Charl Crous Darian Townsend Chad le Clos Gideon Louw	3:46.74	Algeria Badis Djendouci Sofiane Daid Oussama Sahnoune Nabil Kebbab	3:51.09	Kenya David Dunford Amar Shah Jason Dunford Rama Vyombo	3:53.55
Multi-Class (S6-S10)   100 freestyle	Kevin Paul South Africa (RSA)	55.44	Achmat Hassiem South Africa (RSA)	55.65	Kevin Walter South Africa (RSA)	1:02.92
Multi-Class (S6-S10)   100 backstroke	Achmat Hassiem South Africa (RSA)	1:11.39	Kevin Walter South Africa (RSA)	1:18.62	Silvio Lopes Angola (ANG)	1:22.59
Multi-Class (S6-S10)   200 I.M.	Kevin Paul South Africa (RSA)	2:19.05	Achmat Hassiem South Africa (RSA)	2:29.01	Titilayo Badmus Nigeria (NGR)	2:56.73

Women's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m freestyle	Karin Prinsloo South Africa (RSA)	25.98	Nicole Horn Zimbabwe (ZIM)	26.73	Suzaan van Biljon South Africa (RSA)	26.75
100m freestyle	Karin Prinsloo South Africa (RSA)	56.05 GR	Nicole Horn Zimbabwe (ZIM)	58.01	Zeineb Khalfallah Tunisia (TUN)	58.11
200m freestyle	Karin Prinsloo South Africa (RSA)	1:59.84 GR	Zeineb Khalfallah Tunisia (TUN)	2:05.44	Natasha De Vos South Africa (RSA)	2:06.20
400m freestyle	Roxanne Tammadge South Africa (RSA)	4:19.73	Sarra Lejnef Tunisia (TUN)	4:20.75 NR	Rene Warnes South Africa (RSA)	4:21.58
800m freestyle	Roxanne Tammadge South Africa (RSA)	8:54.64	Rene Warnes South Africa (RSA)	8:59.23	Shrone Austin Seychelles (SEY)	9:08.10
1500m freestyle	Roxanne Tammadge South Africa (RSA)	17:03.22 GR	Melia Mghezzi Algeria (ALG)	17:21.95	Shrone Austin Seychelles (SEY)	17:27.76
50m backstroke	Karin Prinsloo South Africa (RSA)	29.28	Mandy Loots South Africa (RSA)	29.76	Amel Melih Algeria (ALG)	31.01
100m backstroke	Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1:00.86 GR	Karin Prinsloo South Africa (RSA)	1:01.46	Amel Melih Algeria (ALG)	1:07.27
200m backstroke	Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe (ZIM)	2:12.40	Mandy Loots South Africa (RSA)	2:16.68	Natasha De Vos South Africa (RSA)	2:18.18
50m breaststroke	Suzaan van Biljon South Africa (RSA)	32.88	Miriam Corsini Mozambique (MOZ)	33.74	Racheal Tonjor Nigeria (NGR)	33.81 NR
100m breaststroke	Suzaan van Biljon South Africa (RSA)	1:10.40	Sarra Lajnef Tunisia (TUN)	1:12.78	Samantha Welch Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1:15.39
200m breaststroke	Suzaan van Biljon South Africa (RSA)	2:31.53	Sarra Lajnef Tunisia (TUN)	2:34.17	Kathryn Meaklim South Africa (RSA)	2:36.16
50m butterfly	Farida Osman Egypt (EGY)	27.08 GR	Mandy Loots South Africa (RSA)	27.30	Binta Zahra Diop Senegal (SEN)	28.45
100m butterfly	Mandy Loots South Africa (RSA)	59.86 GR	Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1:02.20	Bianca Meyer South Africa (RSA)	1:03.14
200m butterfly	Mandy Loots South Africa (RSA)	2:12.46 GR	Bianca Meyer South Africa (RSA)	2:16.66	Sarah Hadj Abdelrahmane Algeria (ALG)	2:20.61
200m I.M.	Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe (ZIM)	2:13.70	Mandy Loots South Africa (RSA)	2:15.71	Kathryn Meaklim South Africa (RSA)	2:18.60
400m I.M.	Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe (ZIM)	4:44.34	Kathryn Meaklim South Africa (RSA)	4:46.33	Bianca Meyer South Africa (RSA)	4:51.20
4 × 100 m   freestyle relay	South Africa Karin Prinsloo Natasha De Vos Roxanne Tammadge Suzaan van Biljon	3:53.93	Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry Samantha Welch Kirsten Lapham Nicole Horn	3:57.81	Algeria Fella Bennaceur Malia Mghezzi Bekhouche Sarah Hadj Abdelrahmane Amel Melih	4:02.84
4 × 200 m   freestyle relay	South Africa Roxanne Tammadge Rene Warnes Karin Prinsloo Dominique Dryding	8:28.20	Zimbabwe Kirsten Lapham Nicole Horn Samantha Welch Kirsty Coventry	8:42.23	Algeria Malia Mghezzi Bekhouche Fella Bennaceur Amel Melih Sarah Hadj Abdelrahmane	8:57.78
4 × 100 m   medley relay	South Africa Karin Prinsloo Suzaan van Biljon Mandy Loots Natasha De Vos	4:14.00	Zimbabwe Kirsten Lapham Samantha Welch Kirsty Coventry Nicole Horn	4:24.01	Algeria Amel Melih Malia Mghezzi Bekhouche Sarah Hadj Abdelrahmane Fella Bennaceur	4:29.29
Multi-Class (S6-S10)   100 freestyle	Natalie Du Toit South Africa (RSA)	1:03.24	Shireen Sapiro South Africa (RSA)	1:07.62	Emily Gray South Africa (RSA)	1:08.77
Multi-Class (S6-S10)   100 backstroke	Natalie Du Toit South Africa (RSA)	1:10.86	Shireen Sapiro South Africa (RSA)	1:11.93	Irene Bandeira Angola (ANG)	1:57.66
Multi-Class (S6-S10)   200 I.M.	Natalie Du Toit South Africa (RSA)	2:35.01	Emily Gray South Africa (RSA)	2:50.20	Vera Toma Agbe-Ere Nigeria (NGR)	3:14.06

Medal standings

Swimming medal standings upon completion of the competition are:^[6]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	33	22	18	74
2	Tunisia	4	7	3	14
3	Zimbabwe	4	6	1	11
4	Kenya	3	4	4	11
5	Egypt	1	0	1	2
6	Algeria	0	4	9	13
7	Senegal	0	1	1	2
8	Mozambique	0	1	0	1
9	Angola	0	0	3	3
	Nigeria	0	0	3	3
11	Seychelles	0	0	2	2
Total		45	45	45	135

References

1. (French) Natation :"Nous envisageons de raffler 3 médailles d'or à Maputo (Kriche) (trans.: Swimming: We envision winning 3 gold medals in Maputo). Published by the Algerian Press Service on 2011-08-31, retrieved 2011-08-31.
2. (French)Jeux Africains 2011 / Avant leur départ pour Maputo - Les vérités du ministre Légré aux athlètes ivoiriens (trans.: African Gams 2011 / Before their departure for Maputo - The truths from Minister Légré about the Ivorian athletes. Published by abidjan.net on 2011-08-20; retrieved 2011-08-31.
3. Ten Swimmers to Represent the Country at All Africa Games, reposted by allAfrica.com from Vanguard News on 2011-08-05; retrieved 2011-09-01.
4. Swimming Team for X All Africa Games published by Swimming South Africa on 2011-08-17; retrieved 2011-08-31.
5. Star-studded line - up for All Africa Games published by The Zimbabwean on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
6. Swimming Medal Standings"

External links

• Swimming Medallists by Event
• Swimming Medal Standings