2008 African Swimming Championships

The 9th African Swimming Championships were held at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa from December 1–7, 2008.

Participants[]

Swimmers from 18 countries^[1] competed at the 2008 African Swimming Championships:

Results[]

Medal standings[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tunisia (TUN)	13	7	11	31
2	South Africa (RSA)	11	19	8	38
3	Kenya (KEN)	5	3	2	10
4	Senegal (SEN)	2	0	3	5
5	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	1	3	4
6	Namibia (NAM)	0	1	0	1
7	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	2	2
8	Angola (ANG)	0	0	1	1
8	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		31	31	31	93

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	23.26	Zimbabwe	24.08	Yellow Yeiyah Nigeria	24.15
100 m freestyle	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	49.81	Jason Dunford Kenya	50.05	Tunisia	53.23
200 m freestyle	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	1:50.28	Jason Dunford Kenya	1:52.09	Riaan Schoeman South Africa	1:52.76
400 m freestyle	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	3:58:17	Riaan Schoeman South Africa	3:58.57	Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia	4:06.22
800 m freestyle	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	8:20:73	Riaan Schoeman South Africa	8:24.17	Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia	8:26.09
1500 m freestyle	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	16:12.00	Chad Ho South Africa	16:18.34	Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia	17:34.47

50 m backstroke	Jason Dunford Kenya	26.73	Darren Murray South Africa	26.85	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	26.92
100 m backstroke	George du Rand South Africa	55.92	Darren Murray South Africa	57.89	Morocco	59.53
200 m backstroke	George du Rand South Africa	2:01.02	Darren Murray South Africa	2:06.08	Taki Mrabet Tunisia	2:10.82

50 m breaststroke	Malick Fall Senegal	28:38	South Africa	29:15	Chad le Clos South Africa	30:55
100 m breaststroke	Malick Fall Senegal	1:02.71	William Diering South Africa	1:02.72	South Africa	1:04.30
200 m breaststroke	William Diering South Africa	2:16:00	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	2:17.57	Chad le Clos South Africa	2:24.20

50 m butterfly	Jason Dunford Kenya	23.50	South Africa	24.42	Yellow Yeiyah Nigeria	25.27
100 m butterfly	Jason Dunford Kenya	52.49	South Africa	54.25	George du Rand South Africa	54.65
200 m butterfly

200 m individual medley	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	2:06.04	Chad le Clos South Africa	2:06.76	Taki Mrabet Tunisia	2:08.54
400 m individual medley	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	4:25.16	Riaan Schoeman South Africa	4:27.40	Taki Mrabet Tunisia	4:37.31

4 x 100 m freestyle relay	Tunisia Ahmed Mathlouthi Oussama Mellouli	3:29.79	South Africa George du Rand Riaan Schoeman	3:32.34	Senegal Malick Fall	3:42.24
4x200m freestyle relay
4 x 100 m medley relay	South Africa Darren Murray George du Rand	3:48.46	Tunisia Oussama Mellouli Ahmed Mathlouthi	3:57.85	Angola Pedro Pinotes Paulo Rebelo	4:11.98

5 km open water^[2]	Chad Ho South Africa	58.39	South Africa	1:00.56	South Africa	1:00.59

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Tunisia	26.79	Achieng Ajulu-Bushell Kenya	26.88	South Africa	27.24
100 m freestyle	Melissa Corfe South Africa	58.10	Tunisia	58:21	Achieng Ajulu-Bushell Kenya	58:72
200 m freestyle	Tunisia	2:08.04	South Africa	2:10.28	Zimbabwe	2:10.58
400m freestyle
800m freestyle
1500m freestyle

50 m backstroke	Tunisia	31:08	South Africa	31.58	Binta Zahra Diop Senegal	32:44
100 m backstroke	Mandy Loots South Africa	1:05.21	Namibia	1:08.04	Zimbabwe	1:10.12
200m backstroke

50 m breaststroke	Achieng Ajulu-Bushell Kenya	32:64	Sarra Lajnef Tunisia	34:07	South Africa	35:03
100 m breaststroke	Achieng Ajulu-Bushell Kenya	1:12.88	Sarra Lajnef Tunisia	1:13.30	South Africa	1:13.49
200 m breaststroke	South Africa	2:33.39	Sarra Lajnef Tunisia	2:40.54	Zimbabwe	2:44.30

50 m butterfly	Mandy Loots South Africa	27:66	South Africa	28:63	Binta Zahra Diop Senegal	28:66
100 m butterfly	Mandy Loots South Africa	1:00.58	South Africa	1:03.46	Tunisia	1:04.01
200m butterfly

200 m individual medley	Mandy Loots South Africa	2:18.91	South Africa	2:23.90	Sarra Lajnef Tunisia	2:24.74
400m individual medley

4 x 100 m freestyle relay	Tunisia Sarra Lajnef	3:58.45	South Africa Mandy Loots	4:06.54	Kenya Sylvia Brunlehner Achieng Ajulu-Bushell	4:16.33 NR
4x200m freestyle relay
4 x 100 m medley relay	South Africa Amanda Loots	4:23.65	Tunisia Sarra Lajnef	4:29.42	Senegal Binta Zahra Diop	4:46.37

5 km open water^[2]	Natalie du Toit South Africa	1:04.01	South Africa	1:06.43	Sarra Lajnef Tunisia	1:10.08

References[]

^ A list of the countries with swimmers at the championships was included in the article Jessica wears the Golden Smile^{[permanent dead link]}, published by Swimming South Africa on 2008-12-2. Retrieved 2008-12-9.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ho, Du Toit clinic it for South Africa Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine; published 2008-12-07 by Swimming South Africa. Retrieved 2008-12-09. (The link is an article on the Open Water competition of the 2008 African Championships.

Full pool results from the CANA website.

External links[]

[1] A list of the countries with swimmers at the championships was included in the article Jessica wears the Golden Smile^{[permanent dead link]}, published by Swimming South Africa on 2008-12-2. Retrieved 2008-12-9.

[OW-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ho, Du Toit clinic it for South Africa Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine; published 2008-12-07 by Swimming South Africa. Retrieved 2008-12-09. (The link is an article on the Open Water competition of the 2008 African Championships.

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