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 | ![]() | 13 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
2 | ![]() | 11 | 19 | 8 | 38 |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 nations) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 |
Men's events[]
Women's events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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50 m freestyle | ![]() |
26.79 |
Achieng Ajulu-Bushell![]() |
26.88 |
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27.24 |
100 m freestyle | Melissa Corfe![]() |
58.10 |
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58:21 |
Achieng Ajulu-Bushell![]() |
58:72 |
200 m freestyle | ![]() |
2:08.04 |
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2:10.28 |
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2:10.58 |
400m freestyle | ||||||
800m freestyle | ||||||
1500m freestyle | ||||||
50 m backstroke | ![]() |
31:08 |
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31.58 |
Binta Zahra Diop![]() |
32:44 |
100 m backstroke | Mandy Loots![]() |
1:05.21 |
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1:08.04 |
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1:10.12 |
200m backstroke | ||||||
50 m breaststroke | Achieng Ajulu-Bushell![]() |
32:64 |
Sarra Lajnef![]() |
34:07 |
![]() |
35:03 |
100 m breaststroke | Achieng Ajulu-Bushell![]() |
1:12.88 |
Sarra Lajnef![]() |
1:13.30 |
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1:13.49 |
200 m breaststroke | ![]() |
2:33.39 |
Sarra Lajnef![]() |
2:40.54 |
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2:44.30 |
50 m butterfly | Mandy Loots![]() |
27:66 |
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28:63 |
Binta Zahra Diop![]() |
28:66 |
100 m butterfly | Mandy Loots![]() |
1:00.58 |
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1:03.46 |
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1:04.01 |
200m butterfly | ||||||
200 m individual medley | Mandy Loots![]() |
2:18.91 |
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2:23.90 |
Sarra Lajnef![]() |
2:24.74 |
400m individual medley | ||||||
4 x 100 m freestyle relay | ![]() Sarra Lajnef |
3:58.45 |
![]() Mandy Loots |
4:06.54 |
![]() Sylvia Brunlehner Achieng Ajulu-Bushell |
4:16.33 NR |
4x200m freestyle relay | ||||||
4 x 100 m medley relay | ![]() Amanda Loots |
4:23.65 |
![]() Sarra Lajnef |
4:29.42 |
![]() Binta Zahra Diop |
4:46.37 |
5 km open water[2] | Natalie du Toit![]() |
1:04.01 |
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1:06.43 |
Sarra Lajnef![]() |
1:10.08
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See also[]
- 2008 in swimming
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[]
Categories:
- African Swimming Championships
- 2008 in swimming
- 2008 in African sport
- 2008 in South African sport
- International aquatics competitions hosted by South Africa
- Sports competitions in Johannesburg
- Swimming competitions in South Africa
- December 2008 sports events in Africa
- 2000s in Johannesburg