Swimming at the African Games

Swimming was an African Games event at its inaugural edition in 1965 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	# countries	# swimmers
I	1965	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
II	1973	Lagos, Nigeria
III	1978	Algiers, Algeria
IV	1987	Nairobi, Kenya
V	1991	Cairo, Egypt
VI	1995	Harare, Zimbabwe
VII	1999	Johannesburg, South Africa	18	128
VIII	2003	Abuja, Nigeria	21	117 [1] (male=63; female=54)
IX	2007	Algiers, Algeria	16	121
X	2011	Maputo, Mozambique
XI	2015	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

Games records

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise. All times are swum in a long-course (50m) pool.

Men

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	22.34	=	Iles, SalimSalim Iles	Algeria	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria
50 m freestyle	22.34	=	Louw, GideonGideon Louw	South Africa	10 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[2][3]
100 m freestyle	49.38		Iles, SalimSalim Iles	Algeria	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria
200m freestyle	1:47.77		Brown, DevonDevon Brown	South Africa	6 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[4]
400m freestyle	3:48.06		Akram, AhmedAhmed Akram	Egypt	9 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[5]
800m freestyle	7:55.36		Akram, AhmedAhmed Akram	Egypt	7 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[6]
1500m freestyle	15:11.68		Akram, AhmedAhmed Akram	Egypt	10 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[7]
50 m backstroke	25.68		Zandberg, GerhardGerhard Zandberg	South Africa	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria
100 m backstroke	55.26		Crous, CharlCharl Crous	South Africa	9 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[8][9]
200 m backstroke	2:01.74		Murray, DarrenDarren Murray	South Africa	7 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[10]
50m breaststroke	27.18		van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	7 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[11]
100m breaststroke	1:00.19		van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	6 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[12]
200 m breaststroke	2:14.27		Daid, SofianeSofiane Daid	Algeria	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria
50m butterfly	23.51		le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	South Africa	8 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[13]
100m butterfly	51.24		le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	South Africa	7 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[14]
200 m butterfly	1:56.37		le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	South Africa	9 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[15][16]
200 m individual medley	2:00.70		le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	South Africa	10 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[17][18]
400 m individual medley	4:16.88		le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	South Africa	6 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[19][20]
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:19.42		Leith Shankland Chad le Clos Gideon Louw Darian Townsend	South Africa	8 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[21][22]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:18.62		(1:51.94) Brent Szurdoki  (1:50.68) Calvyn Justus  (1:48.05) Devon Brown  (1:47.95) Chad le Clos	South Africa	8 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Congo	[23]
4×100m medley relay	3:42.44		(56.85) Mohamed Khaled  (1:02.10) Yossif Elkamash  (54.16) Omar Eissa  (49.33) Mohamed Samy	Egypt	11 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Congo	[24]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANA; WR – World record; AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Women

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	25.12		Osman, FaridaFarida Osman	Egypt	10 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[25]
100m freestyle	55.41		Osman, FaridaFarida Osman	Egypt	6 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[26]
200 m freestyle	1:59.84		Prinsloo, KarinKarin Prinsloo	South Africa	6 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[27][28]
400 m freestyle	4:15.53		Corfe, MelissaMelissa Corfe	South Africa	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria
800 m freestyle	8:43.89		Coventry, KirstyKirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria
1500 m freestyle	17:03.22		Tammadge, RoxanneRoxanne Tammadge	South Africa	10 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[29][30]
50 m backstroke	28.89		Coventry, KirstyKirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria
100 m backstroke	1:00.86		Coventry, KirstyKirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	7 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[31]
200 m backstroke	2:10.66		Coventry, KirstyKirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria
50 m breaststroke	32.62		van Biljon, SuzaanSuzaan van Biljon	South Africa	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria
100 m breaststroke	1:07.58		Heyns, PennyPenny Heyns	South Africa	September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa
200 m breaststroke	2:28.00		Heyns, PennyPenny Heyns	South Africa	September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa
50m butterfly	26.27	h	Osman, FaridaFarida Osman	Egypt	7 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[32]
100m butterfly	58.83		Osman, FaridaFarida Osman	Egypt	9 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[33]
200 m butterfly	2:12.46		Loots, MandyMandy Loots	South Africa	10 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	[34][35]
200 m individual medley	2:13.02		Coventry, KirstyKirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria
400 m individual medley	4:39.91		Coventry, KirstyKirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria
4×100m freestyle relay	3:49.04		(57.91) Marlies Ross  (57.14) Jessica Ashley Cooper  (58.50) Vanessa Mohr  (55.49) Karin Prinsloo	South Africa	8 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Congo	[36]
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay	4:10.90			South Africa	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANA; WR – World record; AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×100m freestyle relay			[[]] [[]] [[]] [[]]		September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Congo	[37]
4×100m medley relay	3:56.04		(57.28) Mohamed Samy  (1:02.67) Yossif Elkamash  (59.27) Farida Osman  (56.82) Rowan Elbadry	Egypt	10 September 2015	2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Congo	[38]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANA; WR – World record; AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

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