# Swimming at the 2007 All-Africa Games

The Swimming competition at the 9th All-Africa Games were held in Algiers, Algeria, 11 – 18 July 2007. 121 swimmers from 16 nations were entered into the 7-day competition.
All events were swum in a 50-meter (long course) pool.

## Participating nations

121 swimmers from 17 nations were entered in the Swimming competition:
* Algeria (18)
* Angola (6)
* Burundi (4)
* Ivory Coast (1)
* Guinea (5)
* Libya (5)
* Madagascar (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mali (7)
* Mozambique (6)
* Namibia (8)
* Niger (2)
* Nigeria (14)
* Senegal (16)
* South Africa (24)
* Zambia (3)}

## Event schedule

| Date | Thursday July 12 | Friday July 13 | Saturday July 14 | Sunday July 15 |
| E v e n t s | 400 free (m) 100 free (w) 100 breast (m) 400 IM (w) 100 fly (m) 800 Free Relay (w) | 50 fly (w) 200 free (m) 200 free (w) 400 IM (m) 200 breast (w) 800 Free Relay (m) | 50 breast (m) 100 free (m) 100 back (w) 200 back (m) 800 free (w) 400 Free Relay (w) | off |
| Date | Monday July 16 | Tuesday July 17 | Wednesday July 18 | |
| E v e n t s | 50 back (w) 50 back (m) 100 fly (w) 200 breast (m) 100 breast (w) 800 free (m) 400 Free Relay (m) | 50 breast (w) 50 fly (m) 200 fly (w) 200 IM (m) 200 back (w) 1500 free (w) 400 Medley Relay (m) | 400 free (w) 50 free (m) 50 fre (w) 200 fly (m) 200 IM (w) 100 back (m) 1500 free (m) 400 Medley Relay (w) | |
m= men's event, w= women's event

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle | Salim Iles Algeria | 22.34 | Jason Dunford Kenya | 22.73 | Gideon Louw South Africa | 22.81 |
| 100m freestyle | Salim Iles Algeria | 49.38 | Nabil Kebbab Algeria | 49.82 | Jason Dunford Kenya | 50.09 |
| 200m freestyle | Nabil Kebbab Algeria | 1:50.30 NR | Jean Basson South Africa | 1:50.:33 | Jason Dunford Kenya | 1:50.64 |
| 400m freestyle | Troyden Prinsloo South Africa | 3:55.29 | Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia | 3:55.75 | Jean Basson South Africa | 3:57.97 |
| 800m freestyle | Troyden Prinsloo South Africa | 8:02.84 | Riaan Schoeman South Africa | 8:11.23 | Mohamed Gadallah Egypt | 8:16.10 |
| 1500m freestyle | Troyden Prinsloo South Africa | 15:24.93 | Riaan Schoeman South Africa | 15:58.:31 | Mohamed Gadallah Egypt | 16:05.20 |
| 50m backstroke | Gerhard Zandberg South Africa | 25.68 | Ahmed Hussein Egypt | 26.13 | Jason Dunford Kenya | 26.31 |
| 100m backstroke | Gerhard Zandberg South Africa | 56.53 | Jason Dunford Kenya | 57.57 | Garth Tune South Africa | 58.54 |
| 200m backstroke | George du Rand South Africa | 2:02.69 | Ahmed Hussein Egypt | 2:05.03 | Taki Mrabet Tunisia | 2:05.35 |
| 50m breaststroke | Cameron van der Burgh South Africa | 27.74 | Thabang Moeketsane South Africa | 28.89 | Malick Fall Senegal | 29.26 |
| 100m breaststroke | Cameron van der Burgh South Africa | 1:02.05 | Sofiane Daid Algeria | 1:02.11 | Thabang Moeketsane South Africa | 1:02.54 |
| 200m breaststroke | Sofiane Daid Algeria | 2:14.27 | William Diering South Africa | 2:14.32 | Malick Fall Senegal | 2:22.10 |
| 50m butterfly | Jason Dunford Kenya | 23.91 | Yellow Yeiyah | 24.46 | Garth Tune South Africa | 25.02 |
| 100m butterfly | Jason Dunford Kenya | 53.40 | George du Rand South Africa | 54.97 | Ahmed Nada Egypt | 55.85 |
| 200m butterfly | Jason Dunford Kenya | 2:02.82 | Ahmed Nada Egypt | 2:03.35 | Ahmed Aboughazala Egypt | 2:05.12 |
| 200m I.M. | Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia | 2:05.21 | Riaan Schoeman South Africa | 2:05.23 | Darian Townsend South Africa | 2:06.10 |
| 400m I.M. | Riaan Schoeman South Africa | 4:21.91 | Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia | 4.27.00 | Taki Mrabet Tunisia | 4.28.83 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | South Africa | 3:22.52 | Algeria | 3:24.36 | Egypt | 3:29.76 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | South Africa | 7.31.70 | Algeria | 7.32.50 NR | Tunisia | 7.43.53 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | South Africa | 3:44.92 | Algeria | 3:47.31 | Egypt | 3:49.60 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 26.19 | Heather Brand Zimbabwe | 26.65 | Sarra Chahed Tunisia | 26.72 |
| 100m freestyle | Melissa Corfe South Africa | 57.44 | Liezi Mari Burger South Africa | 58.03 | Heather Brand Zimbabwe | 58.08 |
| 200m freestyle | Melissa Corfe South Africa | 2:02.45 | Maroua Mathlouthi Tunisia | 2:05.11 | Kathryn Meaklim South Africa | 2:06.32 |
| 400m freestyle | Melissa Corfe South Africa | 4:15.53 | Kathryn Meaklim South Africa | 4:21.97 | Maroua Mathlouthi Tunisia | 4:25.83 |
| 800m freestyle | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 8:43.89 | Maroua Mathlouthi Tunisia | 8:57.91 | Dominique Dryding South Africa | 9:13.12 |
| 1500m freestyle | Natalie du Toit South Africa | 17:06.05 | Maroua Mathlouthi Tunisia | 17:22.83 NR | Dominique Dryding South Africa | 17:31.51 |
| 50m backstroke | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 28.89 | Chanelle Van Wyk South Africa | 30.35 | Jessica Pengelly South Africa | 30.90 |
| 100m backstroke | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 1:01.28 | Melissa Corfe South Africa | 1:05.64 | Karima Lahmar Algeria | 1:06.92 NR |
| 200m backstroke | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 2:10.66 | Melissa Corfe South Africa | 2:13.88 | Jessica Pengelly South Africa | 2:15.59 |
| 50m breaststroke | Suzaan van Biljon South Africa | 32.62 | Amira Kouza Algeria | 33.03 NR | Meriem Lamri Algeria | 33.25 |
| 100m breaststroke | Suzaan van Biljon South Africa | 1:09.74 | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 1:11.86 | Meriem Lamri Algeria | 1:12.39 |
| 200m breaststroke | Suzaan van Biljon South Africa | 2:32.30 | Jessica Pengelly South Africa | 2:32.30 | Lydia Yefsah Algeria | 2:37.72 |
| 50m butterfly | Mandy Loots South Africa | 27.60 | Heather Brand Zimbabwe | 27.89 | Binta Zahra Diop Senegal | 28.35 |
| 100m butterfly | Mandy Loots South Africa | 1:00.:09 | Heather Brand Zimbabwe | 1:00.61 | Ellen Hight Zambia | 1:03.38 |
| 200m butterfly | Mandy Loots South Africa | 2:14.28 | Kathryn Meaklim South Africa | 2:14.77 | Heather Brand Zimbabwe | 2:17.59 |
| 200m I.M. | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 2:13.02 | Jessica Pengelly South Africa | 2:17.79 | Sarra Lajnef Tunisia | 2:23.26 |
| 400m I.M. | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 4:39.91 | Jessica Pengelly South Africa | 4:43.97 | Kathryn Meaklim South Africa | 4.48.06 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | South Africa | 3.56.05 | Egypt | 3.59.47 | Tunisia | 3.59.99 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | South Africa | 8.28.46 | Zimbabwe | 8.38.20 | Algeria | 8.42.62 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | South Africa | 4:10.90 | Zimbabwe | 4:21.60 | Algeria | 4:24.54 NR |

### Medal standings

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Africa | 25 | 15 | 12 | 52 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Algeria | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Kenya | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Tunisia | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Egypt | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | Namibia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Zambia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |