Zimbabwe at the 2019 African Games

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Zimbabwe at the
2019 African Games
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
IOC codeZIM
NOCZimbabwe Olympic Committee
in Rabat, Morocco
19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Competitors67 (41 men and 26 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearerBenjamin Lock
Medals
Ranked 31st
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
4
African Games appearances (overview)

Zimbabwe competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. Zimbabwe competed in 12 sports.[1] In total, athletes representing the country won one silver medal and three bronze medals and the country finished in 31st place in the medal table, shared with Republic of the Congo.

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

Archery[]

and competed in archery.[2][3]

Poonja competed in the event and Minnaar competed in the event. Both competed in the event as well.

Athletics[]

and Ngoni Makusha competed in the men's 100 metres event.[4][5] Both were eliminated in the semifinals.[4][5][6]

Ngoni Makusha, Tatenda Tsumba and competed in the men's 200 metres event.[6] Makusha and Tsumba were both eliminated in the semifinals.[6]

competed in the women's 200 metres event.[6] She did not advance to the semifinals.[6]

Chess[]

Rodwell Makoto, , and competed in chess. They won the bronze medal in the rapid mixed team event.[7]

Equestrian[]

Zimbabwe competed in both the individual jumping event and the team jumping event.[8]

Judo[]

Seven athletes represented Zimbabwe in judo: , , , , , and .

Swimming[]

Five swimmers represented Zimbabwe in swimming.[9]

Robyn Lee won the bronze medal in the women's 200 metre backstroke event.[10]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
50 m freestyle 25.39 30 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 56.23 25 Did not advance
50 m backstroke 29.54 17 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 1:03.57 15 Did not advance
50 m backstroke 29.29 15 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 1:03.50 14 Did not advance
50 m butterfly 26.83 22 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 58.91 19 Did not advance
200 m medley 2:30.92 12 Did not advance
Peter Wetzlar 50 m freestyle 23.19 7 Q 23.28 8
100 m freestyle 51.78 9 Did not advance
50 m butterfly 24.87 8 Q 24.46 6
100 m butterfly 55.88 12 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Robyn Lee 50 m freestyle 29.03 20 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 1:00.99 11 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 2:11.34 7 Q 2:10.16 7
50 m backstroke 31.00 9 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 1:06.95 5 Q 1:05.50 5
200 m backstroke N/A 2:22.50 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
50 m butterfly 29.37 10 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 1:06.71 11 Did not advance
50 m freestyle 28.45 17 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 1:01.69 13 Did not advance
50 m breaststroke 37.03 9 QR 37.03 8
50 m butterfly 29.91 13 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 1:08.45 12 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Robyn Lee


Peter Wetzlar
4×100 m freestyle relay 3:58.07 8 Q Withdrawn
Robyn Lee
Peter Wetzlar
*

4:23.65 8 Q 4:19.85 8

Legend: (*) = Swimmers who participated in the heat only.

Taekwondo[]

Three athletes represented Zimbabwe: (men's –68 kg), (men's –80 kg) and (men's –87 kg) competed in Taekwondo.

Tennis[]

, , Takanyi Garanganga, Benjamin Lentaigne Lock, Courtney John Ingram Lock and Mehluli Don Ayanda Sibanda competed in tennis.

Garanganga, Sibanda, Lock and Lock competed in the men's singles event.

Garanganga and Sibanda as well as Lock and Lock competed in the men's doubles event.

Garanganga, Sibanda, Lock and Lock also competed in the .

Bhunu and Matsiwe competed in the women's singles event.

Triathlon[]

, , and competed in triathlon events.[11]

Kuipers won the bronze medal in the women's event with a time of 1:08:57.[12] Brown won the silver medal in the women's event with a time of 1:07:52.[12]

In the men's event Denslow finished 11th with a time of 1:08:08 and Jacobs finished 14th with a time of 1:09:03.[13]

Volleyball[]

and represented Zimbabwe in beach volleyball in the . They finished in 13th place.

References[]

  1. ^ Mackay, Duncan (13 August 2019). "Zimbabwe reveal big hopes for Morocco 2019". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Rebecca Minnaar - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Humayoon Poonja - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Dickson Kamungeremu - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Ngoni Methukhela Makusha - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e "2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Chess - Mixed Event". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Equestrian - NOC Entries by Event - Zimbabwe". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Robyn Stacie Lee - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Team Zimbabwe announced". Triathlon Zimbabwe. 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Women Elite - Results". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Men Elite - Results". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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