2012 African Swimming Championships

The 11th African Swimming Championships were held September 10–15, 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Competition location was the Moi Aquatics Complex in Kasarani.

Participating countries[]

Countries which sent teams were:

Results[]

Men[]

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Free	Jason Dunford   Kenya	23.01	Oussama Sahnoune   Algeria	23.11	Egypt	23.42
100m Free	Myles Brown   South Africa	51.06	Jason Dunford   Kenya	51.20	Oussama Sahnoune   Algeria	51.60
200m Free	Myles Brown   South Africa	1'52.10	Ahmed Mathlouthi   Tunisia	1'53.19	Jason Dunford   Kenya	1'54.79
400m Free	Myles Brown   South Africa	3'57.59	Ahmed Mathlouthi   Tunisia	4'05.74	Algeria	4'08.36
800m Free	Myles Brown   South Africa	8'20.32	Ahmed Mathlouthi   Tunisia	8'31.81	Egypt	8'32.89
1500m Free	Myles Brown   South Africa	16'04.69	Egypt	16'25.48	Pedro Pinotes   Angola	16'45.60
50m Back	South Africa	26.74	Jason Dunford   Kenya	27.18	Algeria	27.20
100m Back	South Africa	57.75	Taki Mrabet   Tunisia	58.76	Michael Meyer   South Africa	59.42
200m Back	Taki Mrabet   Tunisia	2'06.65	Myles Brown   South Africa	2'07.19	South Africa	2'08.52
50m Breast	Malick Fall   Senegal	28.57	Tunisia	28.80	Tunisia	29.16
100m Breast	Tunisia	1'04.01	Malick Fall   Senegal	1'04.52	Michael Meyer   South Africa	1'04.87
200m Breast	Taki Mrabet   Tunisia	2'20.89	Tunisia	2'21.35	Egypt	2'21.59
50m Fly	Jason Dunford   Kenya	24.05	Oussama Sahnoune   Algeria	25.49	Joao Matias   Angola	25.59
100m Fly	Jason Dunford   Kenya	53.16	Egypt	55.47	Oussama Sahnoune   Algeria	55.79
200m Fly	Egypt	2'04.92	Egypt	2'05.35	Myles Brown   South Africa	2'05.45
200m IM	Taki Mrabet   Tunisia	2'05.11	Michael Meyer   South Africa	2'06.32	Ayrton Sweeney   South Africa	2'06.74
400m IM	Ayrton Sweeney   South Africa	4'27.60	Taki Mrabet   Tunisia	4'28.22	Egypt	4'32.77
4x100m   Free Relay	South Africa	3'30.52	Egypt	3'31.09	Algeria	3'31.45
4x200m   Free Relay	South Africa	7'42.68	Egypt	7'44.80	Tunisia	7'48.06
4x100m   Medley Relay	Egypt	3'51.29	Tunisia	3'53.49	South Africa	3'53.66

Women[]

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Free	South Africa	26.08	Egypt	27.24	Egypt	27.35
100m Free	South Africa	57.98	South AFrica	58.32	Tunisia	58.83
200m Free	Michelle Weber   South Africa	2:03.80	South Africa	2:04.24	Tunisia	2:06.89
400m Free	Michelle Weber   South Africa	4:19.60	Reem Kaseem   Egypt	4:26.55	South Africa	4:28.25
800m Free	Michelle Weber   South Africa	8:50.45 CR	South Africa	9:05.77	Reem Kaseem   Egypt	9:16.70
1500m Free	Michelle Weber   South Africa	16:46.46 CR	South Africa	17:14.24	Reem Kaseem   Egypt	17:28.34
50m Back	South Africa	30.67	Nathania Van Niekerk   South Africa	30.69	Tunisia	31.06
100m Back	South Africa	1:03.68	Nathania Van Niekerk   South Africa	1:04.96	Egypt	1:06.98
200m Back	Nathania Van Niekerk   South Africa	2:20.30	South Africa	2:21.99	Egypt	2:22.35
50m Breast	South Africa	33.15	Egypt	33.56	Egypt	34.39
100m Breast	South Africa	1:12.47	Egypt	1:13.26	Egypt	1:14.99
200m Breast	Egypt	2:37.41	Egypt	2:38.75	South Africa	2:39.98
50m Fly	Mandy Loots   South Africa	27.75	South Africa	28.44	Algeria	28.97
100m Fly	Mandy Loots   South Africa	1:00.64	South Africa	1:03.40	Algeria	1:04.39
200m Fly	Mandy Loots   South Africa	2:15.85	Michelle Weber   South Africa	2:20.41	Egypt	2:21.30
200m IM	Mandy Loots   South Africa	2:20.55	South Africa	2:22.60	Egypt	2:26.05
400m IM	South Africa	4:59.82	Mandy Loots   South Africa	5:04.28	Egypt	5:09.63
4x100m freestyle relay	South Africa Michelle Weber	3:55.54	Egypt Reem Kaseem	4:01.38	Algeria Amel Melih	4:02.67
4x200m freestyle relay	South Africa Michelle Weber	8:39.57	Egypt Reem Kaseem	8:53.64	Algeria Amel Melih Souad Cherouati	9:06.66
4x100m medley relay	South Africa Nathania van Niekerk Mandy Loots	4:18.31	Egypt	4:29.08	Algeria Amel Melih	4:34.61

Medal standings[]

Final medal standings for the 2012 African Swimming Championships are:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	29	14	8	51
2	Tunisia (TUN)	4	8	5	17
3	Egypt (EGY)	3	13	14	30
4	Kenya (KEN)	3	2	1	6
5	Senegal (SEN)	1	1	0	2
6	Algeria (ALG)	0	2	10	12
7	Angola (ANG)	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 nations)		40	40	40	120

External links[]

• 2012 African Swimming Champs Results^{[permanent dead link]}