Swimming at the 1999 All-Africa Games

Swimming at the 7th All-Africa Games was held 12–18 September 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]

Swimming at the 1999
All-Africa Games
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Participating nations

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128 swimmers from 18 nations were entered in the competition.[7] Among those with swimmers were:

Schedule

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Note: Events are listed on correct day, but possibly not in the right order.

Date 12 September September 13 14 September
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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 15 September September 16 17 September
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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

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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 Herman Louw
    South Africa
1:52.68 Glen Walshaw
    Zimbabwe
1:55.85 Terence Parkin
    South Africa
1:56.78
400m Freestyle Ryno Markgraaff
    South Africa
4:06.93 James Willcox
    South Africa
4:08.00 Glen Walshaw
    Zimbabwe
4:09.65
1500m Freestyle Denis Sirringhaus
    South Africa
16:17.53 Ryno Markgraaff
    South Africa
16:50.96 Herbert Couacud
    Mauritius
16:59.31
100m Backstroke Mehdi Addadi
    Algeria
58.28 Benjamin Lo-Pinto
    Seychelles
59.64 Haitham Hazem
    Egypt
59.91
200m Backstroke Brett Rogers
    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 Chris Stewart
    South Africa
1:06.01 Alan Ogden
    Zimbabwe
1:08.08
200m Breaststroke Terence Parkin
    South Africa
2:16.29
  GR
Greg Owen
    South Africa
2:21.14 Ayman Khattab
    Egypt
2:26.98
100m Butterfly Ryan Kelly
    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
Raazik Nordien
    South Africa
2:08.75 Fares Attar
    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 Adrian Bosch
    South Africa
4:39.06 Kenny Roberts
    Seychelles
4:46.26
4 × 100 m
  Free Relay
  South Africa
  Brett Rogers,
  Brett Petersen,
  Ryan Kelly,
  Brendon Dedekind
3:51.45   Algeria 3:54.91   Egypt 3:58.22
4 × 200 m
  Free Relay
  South Africa
  Herman Louw,
  James Willcox,
  Ryno Maarkgraaf,
  Terence Parkin
7:41.91   Algeria 7:58.54   Seychelles
  Kenny Roberts,
  Jean-Paul Adam,
  Benjamin Lo-Pinto,
  Barnsley Albert
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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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
50m Freestyle Rania Elwani
    Egypt

Stacey Bowley
    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 Kim van Selm
    South Africa
2:05.50 Kirsten van Heerden
    South Africa
2:06.15 Rania Elwani
    Egypt
2:08.08
400m Freestyle Kim van Selm
    South Africa
4:26.50 Kirsten van Heerden
    South Africa
4:27.04 Boutheina Elouer
    Tunisia
4:40.03
800m Freestyle Kim van Selm
    South Africa
9:13.30 Bronwyn Dedekind
    South Africa
9:19.04 Maha Elmerghany
    Egypt
9:44.72
100m Backstroke Charlene Wittstock
    South Africa
1:04.31 Kirsty Coventry
    Zimbabwe
1:05.29 Taryn Ternent
    South Africa
1:05.95
200m Backstroke Mandy Loots
    South Africa
2:21.22 Taryn Cokayne
    South Africa
2:23.27 Mandy Leach
    Zimbabwe
2:29.14
100m Breaststrokew1 Penny Heyns
    South Africa
1:07.58
  GR
Ziada Jardine
    South Africa
1:15.31 Lauren Harvey
    Zimbabwe
1:18.05
200m Breaststrokew1 Penny Heyns
    South Africa
2:28.00
  GR
Sarah Poewe
    South Africa
2:32.80 Lauren Harvey
    Zimbabwe
2:53.17
100m Butterfly Mandy Loots
    South Africa
1:01.32
  GR
Candice Crafford
    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,
  Tanya Gurr,
  Mandy Leach,
  Teresa Moody
3:53.45   South Africa
  Charlene Wittstock,
  Stacey Bowley,
  Candice Crafford,
  Kim van Selm
3:54.31   Egypt 4:11.06
4 × 200 m
  Free Relay
  South Africa
  Kirsten van Heerden,
  Stacey Bowley,
  Bronwyn Dedekind,
  Kim van Selm
8:36.76   Zimbabwe 8:47.56   Egypt 9:18.40
4 × 100 m
  Medley Relay
  South Africa
  Charlene Wittstock,
  Penny Heyns,
  Mandy Loots,
  Stacey Bowley
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 1995 All-Africa Games.
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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Africa3020353
2  Zimbabwe16815
3  Algeria14510
4  Egypt101011
5  Seychelles0145
6  Mauritius0011
  Tunisia0011
Totals (7 entries)33313296

References

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  1. ^ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 1 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-12; retrieved 2011-07-29.
  2. ^ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 2 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-13; retrieved 2011-07-29.
  3. ^ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 3 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-14; retrieved 2011-07-29.
  4. ^ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 4 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-16; retrieved 2011-07-29.
  5. ^ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 5 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-16; retrieved 2011-07-29.
  6. ^ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 6 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-18; retrieved 2011-07-29.
  7. ^ (2003) All African Games Roundup & Results by Chaker Belhadj, published by SwimNews on 2003-10-24; retrieved 2011-07-29.
  8. ^ "Ninth All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria – from July 11 to 23-Seychelles' history at the All-Africa Games". www.nation.sc. Retrieved 14 June 2017.