Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 22 August 2019.^[1]

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 2019 African Games
Venue	Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates	22 August (heats and final)
Competitors	13 from 10 nations
Winning time	2:04.31
Medalists
Hania Moro    Egypt   Christin Mundell    South Africa   Majda Chebaraka    Algeria
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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	1:52.98	Rome	29 July 2009
African record	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	1:57.04	Austin	7 June 2008
Games record	Karin Prinsloo	South Africa	1:59.84	Maputo	6 September 2011

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 22 August at 10:00.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Hania Moro	Egypt	2:06.27	Q
2	1	5	Jessica Whelan	South Africa	2:07.07	Q
3	1	3	Majda Chebaraka	Algeria	2:07.38	Q
4	2	3	Lina Khiyara	Morocco	2:07.61	Q
5	2	5	Christin Mundell	South Africa	2:08.26	Q
6	1	4	Yasmin Hassan	Egypt	2:11.00	Q
7	1	6	Robyn Lee	Zimbabwe	2:11.34	Q
8	1	7	Catarina Sousa	Angola	2:11.88	Q
9	2	6	Imara-Bella Thorpe	Kenya	2:13.68
10	2	2	Abibat Ogunbanwo	Nigeria	2:17.35
11	1	2	Inass Rachidi	Morocco	2:20.12
12	2	1	Caitlin Loo	Botswana	2:23.08
13	2	7	Khema Elizabeth	Seychelles	2:24.72

Final

The final was started on 22 August at 17:15.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Hania Moro	Egypt	2:04.31
	2	Christin Mundell	South Africa	2:04.75
	3	Majda Chebaraka	Algeria	2:05.51
4	5	Jessica Whelan	South Africa	2:06.24
5	6	Lina Khiyara	Morocco	2:06.78
6	8	Catarina Sousa	Angola	2:09.55
7	1	Robyn Lee	Zimbabwe	2:10.16
8	7	Yasmin Hassan	Egypt	2:11.27

References

1. "2019 African Games Swimming Full Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.