Swimming at the 1999 All-Africa Games
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Swimming at the 7th All-Africa Games was held September 12–18, 1999 at the Ellis Park Aquatic Complex in Johannesburg, South Africa. The six-day meet featured events in a 50-meter (long course) pool.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Participating nations[]
128 swimmers from 18 nations were entered in the competition.[7] Among those with swimmers were:
Schedule[]
Note: Events are listed on correct day, but possibly not in the right order.
Date | September 12 | September 13 | September 14 |
E v e n t s |
100 free (w) 100 breast (m) 400 IM (w) 200 free (m) 4x200 Free Relay (w) |
200 breast (w) 100 fly (m) 200 free (w) 400 IM (m) 4x200 Free Relay (m) |
100 free (m) 400 free (w) 200 back (m) 100 back (w) 4x100 Free Relay (w) |
Date | September 15 | September 16 | September 17 |
E v e n t s |
100 fly (w) 200 breast (m) 100 breast (w) 400 free (m) 800 free (w) 4x100 Free Relay (m) |
50 free (m) 200 IM (w) 200 fly (m) 100 back (m) 1500 free (m) 4x100 Medley Relay (w) |
200 fly (w) 200 IM (m) 200 back (w) 50 free (w) 4x100 Medley Relay |
m= men's event, w= women's event
Results[]
Men[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50m Freestyle | Brendon Dedekind South Africa |
22.36 GR |
Nicholas Folker South Africa |
22.83 | Salim Iles Algeria |
23.02 |
100m Freestylem1 | Brendon Dedekind South Africa |
50.50 | Salim Iles Algeria |
50.58 | Nicholas Folker South Africa |
50.61 |
200m Freestyle | South Africa |
1:52.68 | Glen Walshaw Zimbabwe |
1:55.85 | Terence Parkin South Africa |
1:56.78 |
400m Freestyle | South Africa |
4:06.93 | South Africa |
4:08.00 | Glen Walshaw Zimbabwe |
4:09.65 |
1500m Freestyle | South Africa |
16:17.53 | South Africa |
16:50.96 | Mauritius |
16:59.31 |
100m Backstroke | Mehdi Addadi Algeria |
58.28 | Benjamin Lo-Pinto Seychelles |
59.64 | Haitham Hazem Egypt |
59.91 |
200m Backstroke | South Africa |
2:08.83 | George Du Rand South Africa |
2:10.41 | Benjamin Lo-Pinto Seychelles |
2:11.21 |
100m Breaststroke | Brett Petersen South Africa |
1:02.63 | South Africa |
1:06.01 | Zimbabwe |
1:08.08 |
200m Breaststroke | Terence Parkin South Africa |
2:16.29 GR |
South Africa |
2:21.14 | Egypt |
2:26.98 |
100m Butterfly | South Africa |
54.66 | Theo Verster South Africa |
54.75 | Mehdi Addadi Algeria |
56.30 |
200m Butterfly | Theo Verster South Africa |
2:04.69 GR |
South Africa |
2:08.75 | Algeria |
2:10.11 |
200m I.M. | Theo Verster South Africa |
2:04.10 GR |
Terence Parkin South Africa |
2:07.97 | Kenny Roberts Seychelles |
2:11.00 |
400m I.M | Terence Parkin South Africa |
4:35.29 | South Africa |
4:39.06 | Kenny Roberts Seychelles |
4:46.26 |
4 × 100 m Free Relay |
South Africa , Brett Petersen, , Brendon Dedekind |
3:51.45 | Algeria | 3:54.91 | Egypt | 3:58.22 |
4 × 200 m Free Relay |
South Africa , , , Terence Parkin |
7:41.91 | Algeria | 7:58.54 | Seychelles Kenny Roberts, Jean-Paul Adam, Benjamin Lo-Pinto, [8] |
8:04.98 |
4 × 100 m Medley Relay |
South Africa | 3:51.45 | Algeria | 3:54.91 | Egypt | 3:58.22 |
m1 In prelims of the men's 100 free, Algeria's Salim Iles set a new Games Record (GR) of 50.36.
Women[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50m Freestyle | Rania Elwani Egypt South Africa |
26.56 | not awarded | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe |
26.72 | |
100m Freestyle | Charlene Wittstock South Africa |
57.46 | Teresa Moodie Zimbabwe |
58.04 | Rania Elwani Egypt |
58.12 |
200m Freestyle | South Africa |
2:05.50 | South Africa |
2:06.15 | Rania Elwani Egypt |
2:08.08 |
400m Freestyle | South Africa |
4:26.50 | South Africa |
4:27.04 | Tunisia |
4:40.03 |
800m Freestyle | South Africa |
9:13.30 | South Africa |
9:19.04 | Egypt |
9:44.72 |
100m Backstroke | Charlene Wittstock South Africa |
1:04.31 | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe |
1:05.29 | South Africa |
1:05.95 |
200m Backstroke | Mandy Loots South Africa |
2:21.22 | South Africa |
2:23.27 | Mandy Leach Zimbabwe |
2:29.14 |
100m Breaststrokew1 | Penny Heyns South Africa |
1:07.58 GR |
South Africa |
1:15.31 | Zimbabwe |
1:18.05 |
200m Breaststrokew1 | Penny Heyns South Africa |
2:28.00 GR |
Sarah Poewe South Africa |
2:32.80 | Zimbabwe |
2:53.17 |
100m Butterfly | Mandy Loots South Africa |
1:01.32 GR |
South Africa |
1:03.64 | Teresa Moodie Zimbabwe |
1:05.18 |
200m Butterfly | Mandy Loots South Africa |
2:16.02 GR |
Natalie du Toit South Africa |
2:19.80 | Kenza Bennaceur Algeria |
2:33.54 |
200m I.M. | Mandy Loots South Africa |
2:20.02 GR |
Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe |
2:23.42 | Mandy Leach Zimbabwe |
2:25.53 |
400m I.M | Mandy Loots South Africa |
4:59.50 GR |
Natalie du Toit South Africa |
5:06.62 | Kenza Bennaceur Algeria |
5:29.60 |
4 × 100 m Free Relayw2 |
Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry, , Mandy Leach, |
3:53.45 | South Africa Charlene Wittstock, , , |
3:54.31 | Egypt | 4:11.06 |
4 × 200 m Free Relay |
South Africa , , , |
8:36.76 | Zimbabwe | 8:47.56 | Egypt | 9:18.40 |
4 × 100 m Medley Relay |
South Africa Charlene Wittstock, Penny Heyns, Mandy Loots, |
4:11.57 GR |
Zimbabwe | 4:28.96 | Egypt | 4:48.17 |
w1 In winning the Women's 100 and 200 Breaststrokes, South Africa's Penny Heynes defended the 2 titles she won at the .
w2 Order of swimmers for the women's 4x100 Free Relay may be off, however, Moody (Zimbabwe) and Van Selm (South Africa) were the fourth swimmers for their relays.
Medal standings[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 53 | |
2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |
3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 nations) | 33 | 31 | 32 | 96 |
References[]
- ^ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 1 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-12; retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ^ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 2 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-13; retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ^ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 3 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-14; retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ^ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 4 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-16; retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ^ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 5 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-16; retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ^ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 6 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-18; retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ^ (2003) All African Games Roundup & Results by Chaker Belhadj, published by SwimNews on 2003-10-24; retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ^ "Ninth All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria – from July 11 to 23-Seychelles' history at the All-Africa Games". www.nation.sc. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
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