2008 African Swimming Championships
The 9th African Swimming Championships were held at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa from 1–7 December 2008.
Participants
Swimmers from 18 countries[1] competed at the 2008 African Swimming Championships:
Results
Medal standings
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Africa (RSA) | 13 | 20 | 9 | 42 |
| 2 |  Tunisia (TUN) | 13 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 3 |  Kenya (KEN) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 |  Senegal (SEN) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 |  Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 |  Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 |  Angola (ANG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 | |
Men's events
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | Sarra Chahed Tunisia | 26.79 | Achieng Ajulu-Bushell Kenya | 26.88 | Megan Scott South Africa | 27.24 |
| 100 m freestyle | Melissa Corfe South Africa | 58.10 | Sarra Chahed Tunisia | 58:21 | Achieng Ajulu-Bushell Kenya | 58:72 |
| 200 m freestyle | Zeineb Khalfallah Tunisia | 2:08.04 | Dominique Dryding South Africa | 2:10.28 | Moira Fraser Zimbabwe | 2:10.58 |
| 400m freestyle | ||||||
| 800m freestyle | ||||||
| 1500m freestyle | ||||||
| 50 m backstroke | Sarra Chahed Tunisia | 31:08 | Rene Warnes South Africa | 31.58 | Binta Zahra Diop Senegal | 32:44 |
| 100 m backstroke | Mandy Loots South Africa | 1:05.21 | Jonay Briedenhann Namibia | 1:08.04 | Kirsten Lapham Zimbabwe | 1:10.12 |
| 200m backstroke | ||||||
| 50 m breaststroke | Achieng Ajulu-Bushell Kenya | 32:64 | Sarra Lajnef Tunisia | 34:07 | Robyn Ferguson South Africa | 35:03 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Achieng Ajulu-Bushell Kenya | 1:12.88 | Sarra Lajnef Tunisia | 1:13.30 | Jessica Liss South Africa | 1:13.49 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Jessica Liss South Africa | 2:33.39 | Sarra Lajnef Tunisia | 2:40.54 | Maxine Heard Zimbabwe | 2:44.30 |
| 50 m butterfly | Mandy Loots South Africa | 27:66 | Megan Scott South Africa | 28:63 | Binta Zahra Diop Senegal | 28:66 |
| 100 m butterfly | Mandy Loots South Africa | 1:00.58 | Megan Scott South Africa | 1:03.46 | Mariem Meddeb Tunisia | 1:04.01 |
| 200m butterfly | ||||||
| 200 m individual medley | Mandy Loots South Africa | 2:18.91 | Jessica Liss South Africa | 2:23.90 | Sarra Lajnef Tunisia | 2:24.74 |
| 400m individual medley | ||||||
| 4 x 100 m freestyle relay | Tunisia Zeineb Khalfallah Sarra Lajnef Mariem Meddeb Sarra Chahed | 3:58.45 | South Africa Megan Scott Dominique Dryding Robyn Ferguson Mandy Loots | 4:06.54 | Kenya Pina Ercolano Sylvia Brunlehner Rachita Shah Achieng Ajulu-Bushell | 4:16.33 NR |
| 4x200m freestyle relay | ||||||
| 4 x 100 m medley relay | South Africa Amanda Loots Jessica Liss Megan Scott Dominique Dryding | 4:23.65 | Tunisia Sarra Chahed Sarra Lajnef Mariem Meddeb Zeineb Khalfallah | 4:29.42 | Senegal Marieme Faye Fatou Kine Diop Binta Zahra Diop Ouleye Diallo | 4:46.37 |
| 5 km open water[2] | Natalie du Toit South Africa | 1:04.01 | Dominique Dryding South Africa | 1:06.43 | Sarra Lajnef Tunisia | 1:10.08
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See also
References
- ^ A list of the countries with swimmers at the championships was included in the article Jessica wears the Golden Smile, published by Swimming South Africa on 2008-12-2. Retrieved 2008-12-9.
- ^ 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.
External links
- 9h African Swimming Championships
- Swimming South Africa
- Full pool results from the CANA website.