# 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.

## Participating nations

128 swimmers from 18 nations were entered in the competition. Among those with swimmers were:
* Algeria
* Angola
* Egypt
* Kenya
* Madagascar
* Mauritius
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* South Africa
* Swaziland
* Tunisia
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Schedule

Note: Events are listed on correct day, but possibly not in the right order.
| Date | 12 September | September 13 | 14 September |
| E v e n t s | 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 |
| E v e n t s | 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
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m Freestyle | Brendon Dedekind South Africa | 22.36 GR | Nicholas Folker South Africa | 22.83 | Salim Iles Algeria | 23.02 |
| 100m Freestyle$^{m1}$ | 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 | 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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 Breaststroke$^{w1}$ | Penny Heyns South Africa | 1:07.58 GR | Ziada Jardine South Africa | 1:15.31 | Lauren Harvey Zimbabwe | 1:18.05 |
| 200m Breaststroke$^{w1}$ | 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 Relay$^{w2}$ | 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

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Africa | 30 | 20 | 3 | 53 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Algeria | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| 5 | Seychelles | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 33 | 31 | 32 | 96 |