Swimming at the 2003 All-Africa Games
Swimming at the 8th All-Africa Games was held October 5–11, 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. 117 swimmers from 21 nations swam in the meet.[1] Competition was held in a 50-meter (long course) pool.
The 2003 edition saw the addition to the Games program of the 50s of the strokes (Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly), the Men's 800 Freestyle and the Women's 1500 Freestyle, bringing the total number of events to 40.
Results
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m Freestyle | Salim Iles Algeria |
22.71 | Stephan Ackerman South Africa |
23.66 | Kurt Muller South Africa |
23.83 |
| 100 m Freestyle | Salim Iles Algeria |
50.32 | Stephan Ackerman South Africa |
51.54 | Haitham Hazem Egypt |
52.26 |
| 200 m Freestyle | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia |
1:52.94 | Stephan Ackerman South Africa |
1:54.17 | Nic Wilson South Africa |
1:54.82 |
| 400 m Freestyle | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia |
4:00.43 | Anouar Ben Naceur Tunisia |
4:06.51 | Mahrez Mebarek Algeria |
4:07.59 |
| 800 m Freestyle | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia |
8:12.26 | Omar El Gamal Egypt |
8:33.49 | Khaled Hanafy Egypt |
8:36.78 |
| 1500 m Freestyle | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia |
15:35.97 | Omar El Gamal Egypt |
16:21.49 | Khaled Hanafy Egypt |
16:40.61 |
| 50 m Backstroke | Ahmed Hussein Egypt |
25.89 | Simon Thirsk South Africa |
27.04 | Haitham Hazem Egypt |
27.30 |
| 100 m Backstroke | Ahmed Hussein Egypt |
55.75 | Simon Thirsk South Africa |
57.60 | Haitham Hazem Egypt |
58.46 |
| 200 m Backstroke | Ahmed Hussein Egypt |
2:02.46 | Jeff Norton South Africa |
2:07.42 | Simon Thirsk South Africa |
2:09.79 |
| 50 m Breaststroke | Kurt Muller South Africa |
28.75 | Sofiane Daid Algeria |
29.10 | Malick Fall Senegal |
29.28 |
| 100 m Breaststroke | Kurt Muller South Africa |
1:02.99 | Sofiane Daid Algeria |
1:04.05 | Ayman Khattab Egypt |
1:04.10 |
| 200 m Breaststroke | Neil Versfeld South Africa |
2:16.86 | Ayman Khattab Egypt |
2:18.49 | Malick Fall Senegal |
2:20.33 |
| 50 m Butterfly | Stephan Ackerman South Africa |
24.79 | Haitham Hazem Egypt |
24.84 | Kurt Muller South Africa |
25.21 |
| 100 m Butterfly | Haitham Hazem Egypt |
54.81 | Stephan Ackerman South Africa |
54.95 | Ahmed Salah Egypt |
55.25 |
| 200 m Butterfly | Ahmed Salah Egypt |
2:02.91 | Ahmed El Abbadi Egypt |
2:03.99 | Anouar Ben Naceur Tunisia |
2:05.15 |
| 200 m I.M. | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia |
2:06.91 | Malick Fall Senegal |
2:09.08 | Neil Versfeld South Africa |
2:09.91 |
| 400 m I.M | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia |
4:29.68 | Neil Versfeld South Africa |
4:39.37 | Omar El Gamal Egypt |
4:46.08 |
| 4 × 100 m Free Relay |
Algeria | 3:27.05 | South Africa | 3:29.63 | Egypt | 3:55.25 |
| 4 × 200 m Free Relay |
South Africa | 7:42.45 | Algeria | 7:45.22 | Egypt | 7:50.91 |
| 4 × 100 m Medley Relay |
Egypt | 3:46.67 | South Africa | 3:47.92 | Algeria | 3:55.25 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m Freestyle | Lauren Roets South Africa |
26.31 | Ngozi Monu Nigeria |
27.71 | Nadia Chahed Tunisia |
28.16 |
| 100 m Freestyle | Lauren Roets South Africa |
56.79 | Christin Zwiegers South Africa |
57.90 | Salma Zeinhoum Egypt |
58.53 |
| 200 m Freestyle | Lauren Roets South Africa |
2:06.27 | Kirsten van Heerden South Africa |
2:08.84 | Khadua Ciss Senegal |
2:09.00 |
| 400 m Freestyle | Kirsten van Heerden South Africa |
4:28.19 | Heba Selim Egypt |
4:29.13 | Shrone Austin Seychelles |
4:30.84 |
| 800 m Freestyle | Natalie du Toit South Africa |
9:09.66 | Shrone Austin Seychelles |
9:13.03 | Heba Selim Egypt |
9:17.15 |
| 1500 m Freestyle | Velia van Rensburg South Africa |
17:24.64 | Shrone Austin Seychelles |
17:30.27 | Heba Selim Egypt |
17:35.23 |
| 50 m Backstroke | Lize-Mari Retief South Africa |
30.10 | Romy Altmann South Africa |
30.29 | Inyengiyik Obia Nigeria |
31.06 |
| 100 m Backstroke | Romy Altmann South Africa |
1:02.89 | Jo-Ann Bergman South Africa |
1:07.61 | Sarah Chahed Tunisia |
1:07.94 |
| 200 m Backstroke | Romy Altmann South Africa |
2:15.15 | Lize-Mari Retief South Africa |
2:22.50 | Soha Abdallah Egypt |
2:26.12 |
| 50 m Breaststroke | Ingrid Haiden South Africa |
32.89 | Ziada Jardine South Africa |
32.99 | Salma Zeinhoum Egypt |
33.33 |
| 100 m Breaststroke | Ingrid Haiden South Africa |
1:11.00 | Salma Zeinhoum Egypt |
1:11.92 | Ziada Jardine South Africa |
1:12.82 |
| 200 m Breaststroke | Ingrid Haiden South Africa |
2:32.66 | Salma Zeinhoum Egypt |
2:37.20 | Ziada Jardine South Africa |
2:43.50 |
| 50 m Butterfly | Lize-Mari Retief South Africa |
27.56 | Lauren Sparg South Africa |
28.53 | May Raafat Egypt |
29.78 |
| 100 m Butterfly | Lize-Mari Retief South Africa |
1:01.78 | Lauren Sparg South Africa |
1:02.63 | May Raafat Egypt |
1:05.01 |
| 200 m Butterfly | Lize-Mari Retief South Africa |
2:17.47 | Chanelle Van Wyk South Africa |
2:20.05 | May Raafat Egypt |
2:20.80 |
| 200 m I.M. | Lize-Mari Retief South Africa |
2:21.64 | Salma Zeinhoum Egypt |
2:23.89 | Bianca Meyer South Africa |
2:24.42 |
| 400 m I.M | Bianca Meyer South Africa |
5:03.06 | Shrone Austin Seychelles |
5:09.41 | Kirsten van Heerden South Africa |
5:13.75 |
| 4 × 100 m Free Relay |
South Africa | 3:52.74 | Egypt | 4:04.68 | Tunisia | 4:04.68 |
| 4 × 200 m Free Relay |
South Africa | 8:40.84 | Egypt | 8:45.18 | Tunisia | 9:53.35 |
| 4 × 100 m Medley Relay |
South Africa | 4:11.37 | Egypt | 4:31.84 | Tunisia | 4:37.84 |
Medal standings
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 25 | 19 | 9 | 53 |
| 2 | Egypt | 6 | 12 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Tunisia | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Algeria | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Seychelles | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Senegal | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | |
References
- ^ All African Games Roundup & Results by Chaker Belhadj, published by SwimNews on 2003-10-24; retrieved 2011-07-29.