Swimming at the 2007 All-Africa Games

Main article: 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 entries)		40	40	40	120

References

1. (in French) www.coja2007.dz 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^{[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]