The Swimming competition at the 10th All-Africa Games was held on 5–10 September 2011 at the Zimpeto Olympic Pool in Maputo, Mozambique. It featured 46 long course (50m) events, 6 of which are disability/Paralympic classification. All events were prelims/finals format, except the 800 and 1500 freestyles, which was a timed final (each entrance swims one time, fastest heat swims at night).
Event schedule edit
| Date | Monday 5 September |
Tuesday 6 September |
Wednesday 7 September |
|---|---|---|---|
| E v e n t s |
100 free (w) 100 breast (m) 400 IM (w) 200 free (m) 50 back (w) 50 back (m) 4x200 Free Relay (w) |
100 fly (m) 200 free (w) 400 IM (m) 200 breast (w) 50 breast (m) 50 fly (w) 800 free (m) |
400 free (w) 100 free (m) 100 back (w) 200 back (m) 50 breast (w) 50 fly (m) 4x100 Free Relay (w) 4x200 Free Relay (m) |
| Date | Thursday 8 September |
Friday 9 September |
Saturday 10 September |
| E v e n t s |
100 fly (w) 400 free (m) 100 free (w S6-S10) 100 free (m S6-S10) 100 breast (w) 200 breast (m) 800 free (w) 4x100 Free Relay (m) |
200 fly (m) 200 IM (w) 100 back (m) 100 back (w S6-S10) 100 back (m S6-S10) 50 free (w) 1500 free (m) 4x100 Medley Relay (w) |
200 fly (w) 50 free (m) 200 back (w) 200 IM (m S6-10) 200 IM (w S6-10) 200 IM (m) 1500 free (w) 4x100 Medley Relay (m) |
m= men's event, w= women's event, S6-S10= disability classification
Prelims begin daily at 9:00 a.m., finals at 5:00 p.m.
Participating nations edit
25 nations entered in Swimming at the 2011 All Africa Games:
Results edit
Men's results edit
Women's results edit
Medal standings edit
Swimming medal standings upon completion of the competition are:[6]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Africa | 33 | 22 | 18 | 73 |
| 2 |  Tunisia | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 |  Zimbabwe | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 |  Kenya | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 |  Egypt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Algeria | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 7 |  Senegal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Mozambique | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Angola | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 11 |  Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | |
References edit
- ^ (in French) Natation :"Nous envisageons de raffler 3 médailles d'or à Maputo (Kriche) (trans.: Swimming: We envision winning 3 gold medals in Maputo). Published by the Algerian Press Service on 2011-08-31, retrieved 2011-08-31.
- ^ (in French)Jeux Africains 2011 / Avant leur départ pour Maputo - Les vérités du ministre Légré aux athlètes ivoiriens (trans.: African Gams 2011 / Before their departure for Maputo - The truths from Minister Légré about the Ivorian athletes. Published by abidjan.net on 2011-08-20; retrieved 2011-08-31.
- ^ Ten Swimmers to Represent the Country at All Africa Games, reposted by allAfrica.com from Vanguard News on 2011-08-05; retrieved 2011-09-01.
- ^ Swimming Team for X All Africa Games published by Swimming South Africa on 2011-08-17; retrieved 2011-08-31.
- ^ Star-studded line - up for All Africa Games published by The Zimbabwean on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
- ^ Swimming Medal Standings"