Swimming at the 2007 All-Africa Games

The Swimming competition at the 9th All-Africa Games were held in Algiers, Algeria, 11 – 18 July 2007.[1] 121 swimmers from 16 nations were entered into the 7-day competition.[2]

Swimming at the 2007
All-Africa Games

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All events were swum in a 50-meter (long course) pool.

Participating nations

121 swimmers from 17 nations were entered in the Swimming competition:[2]

Algeria (18)  Angola (6)  Burundi (4)  Ivory Coast (1)  Guinea (5)  Libya (5)

Madagascar (1)  Mauritius (1)  Mali (7)  Mozambique (6)  Namibia (8)

Niger (2)  Nigeria (14)  Senegal (16)  South Africa (24)  Zambia (3)}

Event schedule

Date	Thursday July 12	Friday July 13	Saturday July 14	Sunday July 15
E v e n t s	400 free (m) 100 free (w) 100 breast (m) 400 IM (w) 100 fly (m) 800 Free Relay (w)	50 fly (w) 200 free (m) 200 free (w) 400 IM (m) 200 breast (w) 800 Free Relay (m)	50 breast (m) 100 free (m) 100 back (w) 200 back (m) 800 free (w) 400 Free Relay (w)	off
Date	Monday July 16	Tuesday July 17	Wednesday July 18
E v e n t s	50 back (w) 50 back (m) 100 fly (w) 200 breast (m) 100 breast (w) 800 free (m) 400 Free Relay (m)	50 breast (w) 50 fly (m) 200 fly (w) 200 IM (m) 200 back (w) 1500 free (w) 400 Medley Relay (m)	400 free (w) 50 free (m) 50 fre (w) 200 fly (m) 200 IM (w) 100 back (m) 1500 free (m) 400 Medley Relay (w)

m= men's event, w= women's event

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m freestyle	Salim Iles   Algeria	22.34	Jason Dunford   Kenya	22.73	Gideon Louw   South Africa	22.81
100m freestyle	Salim Iles   Algeria	49.38	Nabil Kebbab   Algeria	49.82	Jason Dunford   Kenya	50.09
200m freestyle	Nabil Kebbab   Algeria	1:50.30 NR	Jean Basson   South Africa	1:50.:33	Jason Dunford   Kenya	1:50.64
400m freestyle	Troyden Prinsloo   South Africa	3:55.29	Ahmed Mathlouthi   Tunisia	3:55.75	Jean Basson   South Africa	3:57.97
800m freestyle	Troyden Prinsloo   South Africa	8:02.84	Riaan Schoeman   South Africa	8:11.23	Mohamed Gadallah   Egypt	8:16.10
1500m freestyle	Troyden Prinsloo   South Africa	15:24.93	Riaan Schoeman   South Africa	15:58.:31	Mohamed Gadallah   Egypt	16:05.20
50m backstroke	Gerhard Zandberg   South Africa	25.68	Ahmed Hussein   Egypt	26.13	Jason Dunford   Kenya	26.31
100m backstroke	Gerhard Zandberg   South Africa	56.53	Jason Dunford   Kenya	57.57	Garth Tune   South Africa	58.54
200m backstroke	George du Rand   South Africa	2:02.69	Ahmed Hussein   Egypt	2:05.03	Taki Mrabet   Tunisia	2:05.35
50m breaststroke	Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa	27.74	Thabang Moeketsane   South Africa	28.89	Malick Fall   Senegal	29.26
100m breaststroke	Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa	1:02.05	Sofiane Daid   Algeria	1:02.11	Thabang Moeketsane   South Africa	1:02.54
200m breaststroke	Sofiane Daid   Algeria	2:14.27	William Diering   South Africa	2:14.32	Malick Fall   Senegal	2:22.10
50m butterfly	Jason Dunford   Kenya	23.91	Yellow Yeiyah	24.46	Garth Tune   South Africa	25.02
100m butterfly	Jason Dunford   Kenya	53.40	George du Rand   South Africa	54.97	Ahmed Nada   Egypt	55.85
200m butterfly	Jason Dunford   Kenya	2:02.82	Ahmed Nada   Egypt	2:03.35	Ahmed Aboughazala   Egypt	2:05.12
200m I.M.	Ahmed Mathlouthi   Tunisia	2:05.21	Riaan Schoeman   South Africa	2:05.23	Darian Townsend   South Africa	2:06.10
400m I.M.	Riaan Schoeman   South Africa	4:21.91	Ahmed Mathlouthi   Tunisia	4.27.00	Taki Mrabet   Tunisia	4.28.83
4 × 100 m   freestyle relay	South Africa	3:22.52	Algeria	3:24.36	Egypt	3:29.76
4 × 200 m   freestyle relay	South Africa	7.31.70	Algeria	7.32.50 NR	Tunisia	7.43.53
4 × 100 m   medley relay	South Africa	3:44.92	Algeria	3:47.31	Egypt	3:49.60

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m freestyle	Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe	26.19	Heather Brand   Zimbabwe	26.65	Sarra Chahed   Tunisia	26.72
100m freestyle	Melissa Corfe   South Africa	57.44	Liezi Mari Burger   South Africa	58.03	Heather Brand   Zimbabwe	58.08
200m freestyle	Melissa Corfe   South Africa	2:02.45	Maroua Mathlouthi   Tunisia	2:05.11	Kathryn Meaklim   South Africa	2:06.32
400m freestyle	Melissa Corfe   South Africa	4:15.53	Kathryn Meaklim   South Africa	4:21.97	Maroua Mathlouthi   Tunisia	4:25.83
800m freestyle	Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe	8:43.89	Maroua Mathlouthi   Tunisia	8:57.91	Dominique Dryding   South Africa	9:13.12
1500m freestyle	Natalie du Toit   South Africa	17:06.05	Maroua Mathlouthi   Tunisia	17:22.83 NR	Dominique Dryding   South Africa	17:31.51
50m backstroke	Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe	28.89	Chanelle Van Wyk   South Africa	30.35	Jessica Pengelly   South Africa	30.90
100m backstroke	Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe	1:01.28	Melissa Corfe   South Africa	1:05.64	Karima Lahmar   Algeria	1:06.92 NR
200m backstroke	Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe	2:10.66	Melissa Corfe   South Africa	2:13.88	Jessica Pengelly   South Africa	2:15.59
50m breaststroke	Suzaan van Biljon   South Africa	32.62	Amira Kouza   Algeria	33.03 NR	Meriem Lamri   Algeria	33.25
100m breaststroke	Suzaan van Biljon   South Africa	1:09.74	Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe	1:11.86	Meriem Lamri   Algeria	1:12.39
200m breaststroke	Suzaan van Biljon   South Africa	2:32.30	Jessica Pengelly   South Africa	2:32.30	Lydia Yefsah   Algeria	2:37.72
50m butterfly	Mandy Loots   South Africa	27.60	Heather Brand   Zimbabwe	27.89	Binta Zahra Diop   Senegal	28.35
100m butterfly	Mandy Loots   South Africa	1:00.:09	Heather Brand   Zimbabwe	1:00.61	Ellen Hight   Zambia	1:03.38
200m butterfly	Mandy Loots   South Africa	2:14.28	Kathryn Meaklim   South Africa	2:14.77	Heather Brand   Zimbabwe	2:17.59
200m I.M.	Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe	2:13.02	Jessica Pengelly   South Africa	2:17.79	Sarra Lajnef   Tunisia	2:23.26
400m I.M.	Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe	4:39.91	Jessica Pengelly   South Africa	4:43.97	Kathryn Meaklim   South Africa	4.48.06
4 × 100 m   freestyle relay	South Africa	3.56.05	Egypt	3.59.47	Tunisia	3.59.99
4 × 200 m   freestyle relay	South Africa	8.28.46	Zimbabwe	8.38.20	Algeria	8.42.62
4 × 100 m   medley relay	South Africa	4:10.90	Zimbabwe	4:21.60	Algeria	4:24.54 NR

Medal standings

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	25	15	12	52
2	Zimbabwe	7	6	2	15
3	Algeria	4	6	6	16
4	Kenya	3	2	3	8
5	Tunisia	1	5	7	13
6	Egypt	0	4	6	10
7	Namibia	0	1	0	1
	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
9	Senegal	0	0	3	3
10	Zambia	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		40	40	40	120

References

1. (in French) www.coja2007.dz Archived 2007-07-04 at the Wayback Machine (official website of the Games).
2. Swimming entries by country page of the official website of the 2007 All-Africa Games. Retrieved 2007-07-10.

• SwimNews.com coverage: 2007-07-13; 2007-07-14, 2007-07-15, 2007-07-16, 2007-07-17, 2007-07-18
• International Herald Tribune: