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]

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
7	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
9	Senegal	0	0	3	3
10	Zambia	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		40	40	40	120

References

^ (in French) www.coja2007.dz Archived 2007-07-04 at the Wayback Machine (official website of the Games).
^ ^a ^b Swimming entries by country page of the official website of the 2007 All-Africa Games^{[permanent dead link‍]}. 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: [1] [2] [3]

[1] (in French) www.coja2007.dz Archived 2007-07-04 at the Wayback Machine (official website of the Games).

[Entries-2] Swimming entries by country page of the official website of the 2007 All-Africa Games^{[permanent dead link‍]}. Retrieved 2007-07-10.

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