# Swimming at the 2019 African Games

Swimming at the 2019 African Games was held from 21 to 24 August 2019 in Casablanca, Morocco.
The event served as a qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

## Schedule

| H | Heats | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 21st Wed | 21st Wed | 22nd Thu | 22nd Thu | 23rd Fri | 23rd Fri | 24th Sat | 24th Sat |
| Men's 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | H | F |
| Men's 100 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 200 m freestyle | | | H | F | | | | |
| Men's 400 m freestyle | | | | | F | F | | |
| Men's 800 m freestyle | F | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 1500 m freestyle | | | | | | | F | F |
| Men's 50 m backstroke | | | | | H | F | | |
| Men's 100 m backstroke | | | | | | | H | F |
| Men's 200 m backstroke | H | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 50 m breaststroke | H | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 100 m breaststroke | | | H | F | | | | |
| Men's 200 m breaststroke | | | | | H | F | | |
| Men's 50 m butterfly | | | H | F | | | | |
| Men's 100 m butterfly | | | | | H | F | | |
| Men's 200 m butterfly | F | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 200 m individual medley | | | | | | | H | F |
| Men's 400 m individual medley | | | F | F | | | | |
| Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | F | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | | | | | F | F | | |
| Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay | | | | | | | F | F |
| Women's 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | H | F |
| Women's 100 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 200 m freestyle | | | H | F | | | | |
| Women's 400 m freestyle | | | | | F | F | | |
| Women's 800 m freestyle | | | | | | | F | F |
| Women's 1500 m freestyle | F | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 50 m backstroke | | | | | H | F | | |
| Women's 100 m backstroke | | | | | | | H | F |
| Women's 200 m backstroke | F | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 50 m breaststroke | H | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 100 m breaststroke | | | H | F | | | | |
| Women's 200 m breaststroke | | | | | F | F | | |
| Women's 50 m butterfly | | | H | F | | | | |
| Women's 100 m butterfly | | | | | H | F | | |
| Women's 200 m butterfly | H | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 200 m individual medley | | | | | | | H | F |
| Women's 400 m individual medley | | | F | F | | | | |
| Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | F | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | | | F | F | | | | |
| Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay | | | | | | | F | F |
| Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | | | | | H | F | | |
| Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay | | | H | F | | | | |

## Participating nations

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Central African Republic
* Republic of the Congo
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Kenya
* Libya
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* South Africa
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Medal table

* Host nation (Morocco)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Africa (RSA) | 20 | 13 | 12 | 45 |
| 2 | Egypt (EGY) | 14 | 17 | 10 | 41 |
| 3 | Algeria (ALG) | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Seychelles (SEY) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Morocco (MAR)* | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Angola (ANG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle details | Ali Khalafalla Egypt | 22.17 GR | Oussama Sahnoune Algeria | 22.19 | Brad Tandy South Africa | 22.21 |
| 100m freestyle details | Oussama Sahnoune Algeria | 48.97 GR | Ali Khalafalla Egypt | 49.81 | Mohamed Samy Egypt | 49.85 |
| 200m freestyle details | Marwan Elkamash Egypt | 1:49.10 | Mohamed Agili Tunisia | 1:49.22 | Yassin Elshamaa Egypt | 1:49.40 |
| 400m freestyle details | Mohamed Agili Tunisia | 3:48.94 | Marwan Elkamash Egypt | 3:50.95 | Ahmed Akram Egypt | 3:51.81 |
| 800m freestyle details | Ahmed Akram Egypt | 7:57.21 | Mohamed Agili Tunisia | 7:57.87 | Marwan Elkamash Egypt | 8:06.90 |
| 1500m freestyle details | Ahmed Akram Egypt | 15:19.49 | Mohamed Agili Tunisia | 15:26.15 | Marwan El-Amrawy Egypt | 15:32.43 |
| 50m backstroke details | Mohamed Samy Egypt | 25.26 GR | Abdellah Ardjoune Algeria | 25.61 NR | Driss Lahrichi Morocco | 26.12 |
| 100m backstroke details | Abdellah Ardjoune Algeria | 55.02 GR, NR | Mohamed Samy Egypt | 55.57 | Martin Binedell South Africa | 56.20 |
| 200m backstroke details | Martin Binedell South Africa | 1:59.03 GR | Abdellah Ardjoune Algeria | 2:00.38 NR | Yassin Elshamaa Egypt | 2:03.17 |
| 50m breaststroke details | Michael Houlie South Africa | 27.41 | Youssef El-Kamash Egypt | 27.52 NR | Wassim Elloumi Tunisia | 28.27 |
| 100m breaststroke details | Alaric Basson South Africa | 1:00.96 | Youssef El-Kamash Egypt | 1:01.52 | Michael Houlie South Africa | 1:01.55 |
| 200m breaststroke details | Alaric Basson South Africa | 2:14.21 GR | Youssef El-Kamash Egypt | 2:14.83 NR | Adnan Beji Tunisia | 2:15.73 |
| 50m butterfly details | Abdelrahman Elaraby Egypt | 23.81 | Ali Khalafalla Egypt | 23.88 | Ryan Coetzee South Africa | 24.04 |
| 100m butterfly details | Ryan Coetzee South Africa | 53.70 | Alard Basson South Africa | 53.88 | Yusuf Tibazi Morocco | 53.89 |
| 200m butterfly details | Jaouad Syoud Algeria | 2:01.01 NR | Lounis Khendriche Algeria | 2:02.49 | Ahmed Salem Egypt | 2:03.79 |
| 200m individual medley details | Jaouad Syoud Algeria | 2:02.49 | Yassin Elshamaa Egypt | 2:03.98 | Neil Fair South Africa | 2:04.15 |
| 400m individual medley details | Ramzi Chouchar Algeria | 4:23.53 NR | Ayrton Sweeney South Africa | 4:26.88 | Ahmed Salem Egypt | 4:28.35 |
| 4×100m freestyle relay details | South Africa (RSA) Brad Tandy (51.05) Ryan Coetzee (50.61) Martin Binedell (50.12) Douglas Erasmus (49.85) | 3:21.63 | Egypt (EGY) Abdelrahman Elaraby (51.57) Marwan Elkamash (51.59) Ali Khalafalla (49.27) Mohamed Samy (49.40) | 3:21.83 | Morocco (MAR) Souhail Hamouchane (52.11) Driss Lahrichi (51.44) Merwane El Merini (52.04) Samy Boutouil (50.33) | 3:25.92 NR |
| 4×200m freestyle relay details | Egypt (EGY) Marwan El-Amrawy (1:50.98) Ahmed Akram (1:50.98) Marwan Elkamash (1:53.02) Yassin Elshamaa (1:50.43) | 7:25.41 | South Africa (RSA) Martin Binedell (1:51.87) Brent Szurdoki (1:50.79) Alard Basson (1:56.70) Alaric Basson (1:55.77) | 7:35.13 | Algeria (ALG) Mohamed Anisse Djaballah (1:53.54) Lounis Khendriche (1:54.87) Ramzi Chouchar (1:55.28) Moncef Aymen Balamane (1:57.80) | 7:41.49 |
| 4×100m medley relay details | South Africa (RSA) Martin Binedell (56.46) Alaric Basson (1:00.70) Ryan Coetzee (53.18) Douglas Erasmus (49.90) | 3:40.24 GR | Egypt (EGY) Mohamed Samy (56.84) Youssef El-Kamash (1:01.17) Khaled Morad (55.17) Ali Khalafalla (48.92) | 3:42.10 | Algeria (ALG) Abdellah Ardjoune (56.30) Moncef Aymen Balamane (1:02.38) Jaouad Syoud (54.01) Mehdi Nazim Benbara (50.78) | 3:43.47 NR |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle details | Erin Gallagher South Africa | 24.95 GR, NR | Farida Osman Egypt | 25.06 | Emma Chelius South Africa | 25.25 |
| 100m freestyle details | Erin Gallagher South Africa | 55.13 GR | Farida Osman Egypt | 55.62 | Emma Chelius South Africa | 55.86 |
| 200m freestyle details | Hania Moro Egypt | 2:04.31 | Christin Mundell South Africa | 2:04.75 | Majda Chebaraka Algeria | 2:05.51 |
| 400m freestyle details | Hania Moro Egypt | 4:21.36 | Christin Mundell South Africa | 4:22.95 | Majda Chebaraka Algeria | 4:24.60 |
| 800m freestyle details | Hania Moro Egypt | 8:54.01 | Samantha Randle South Africa | 8:55.32 | Majda Chebaraka Algeria | 9:07.21 |
| 1500m freestyle details | Hania Moro Egypt | 17:06.71 | Samantha Randle South Africa | 17:11.07 | Carla Antonopoulos South Africa | 17:22.15 |
| 50m backstroke details | Erin Gallagher South Africa | 29.05 | Felicity Passon Seychelles | 29.17 NR | Naomi Ruele Botswana | 29.22 |
| 100m backstroke details | Felicity Passon Seychelles | 1:02.42 | Naomi Ruele Botswana | 1:02.62 | Kerryn Herbst South Africa | 1:03.76 |
| 200m backstroke details | Felicity Passon Seychelles | 2:14.55 NR | Samantha Randle South Africa | 2:15.55 | Robyn Lee Zimbabwe | 2:22.50 |
| 50m breaststroke details | Kaylene Corbett South Africa | 32.20 GR | Christin Mundell South Africa | 32.70 | Tilka Paljk Zambia | 32.92 |
| 100m breaststroke details | Kaylene Corbett South Africa | 1:09.75 | Christin Mundell South Africa | 1:10.67 | Sarah Soliman Egypt | 1:13.36 |
| 200m breaststroke details | Kaylene Corbett South Africa | 2:29.23 | Christin Mundell South Africa | 2:35.30 | Rawan Eldamaty Egypt | 2:39.22 |
| 50m butterfly details | Farida Osman Egypt | 25.94 GR | Erin Gallagher South Africa | 26.24 NR | Emma Chelius South Africa | 27.40 |
| 100m butterfly details | Farida Osman Egypt | 58.79 GR | Erin Gallagher South Africa | 59.34 | Felicity Passon Seychelles | 1:00.61 NR |
| 200m butterfly details | Nour Elgendy Egypt | 2:18.21 | Hamida Rania Nefsi Algeria | 2:20.33 | Lia Lima Angola | 2:21.51 |
| 200m individual medley details | Jessica Whelan South Africa | 2:19.44 | Hamida Rania Nefsi Algeria | 2:20.57 | Christin Mundell South Africa | 2:21.70 |
| 400m individual medley details | Samantha Randle South Africa | 4:55.31 | Hamida Rania Nefsi Algeria | 4:58.55 | Jessica Whelan South Africa | 5:01.35 |
| 4×100m freestyle relay details | South Africa (RSA) Erin Gallagher (55.42) Jessica Whelan (58.83) Kerryn Herbst (58.32) Emma Chelius (56.31) | 3:48.88 GR | Egypt (EGY) Amina Elsebelgy (59.00) Yasmin Hassan (59.11) Hania Moro (58.97) Farida Osman (56.45) | 3:53.53 | Algeria (ALG) Amel Melih (57.07) NR Hamida Rania Nefsi (59.63) Sara El Tahawi (1:02.02) Majda Chebaraka (59.56) | 3:58.28 |
| 4×200m freestyle relay details | South Africa (RSA) Christin Mundell (2:05.98) Jessica Whelan (2:08.07) Carla Antonopoulos (2:09.67) Erin Gallagher (2:06.85) | 8:30.57 | Egypt (EGY) Nour Elgendy (2:12.37) Logaine Abdellatif (2:10.35) Farida Samra (2:09.24) Hania Moro (2:08.33) | 8:40.29 | Algeria (ALG) Majda Chebaraka (2:08.34) Amel Melih (2:07.99) Sara El Tahawi (2:16.42) Hamida Rania Nefsi (2:10.00) | 8:42.75 |
| 4×100m medley relay details | South Africa (RSA) Kerryn Herbst (1:04.40) Kaylene Corbett (1:10.88) Erin Gallagher (1:00.27) Emma Chelius (56.87) | 4:12.42 | Egypt (EGY) Rola Hussein (1:05.96) Sarah Soliman (1:13.53) Farida Osman (1:00.94) Hania Moro (59.64) | 4:20.07 | Kenya (KEN) Sylvia Brunlehner (1:06.94) Rebecca Kamau (1:13.87) Emily Muteti (1:02.80) Maria Brunlehner (58.11) | 4:21.72 |

### Mixed events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 4×100m freestyle relay details | South Africa (RSA) Douglas Erasmus (50.42) Ryan Coetzee (49.74) Emma Chelius (55.87) Erin Gallagher (55.21) Carla Antonopoulos Brad Tandy Kerryn Herbst | 3:31.24 AF, GR | Egypt (EGY) Mohamed Samy (49.86) Ali Khalafalla (49.75) Amina Elsebelgy (58.27) Farida Osman (56.43) Abdelrahman Elaraby Amina Elsebelgy Ahmed Salem Farida Samra | 3:34.31 NR | Algeria (ALG) Mehdi Nazim Benbara (51.69) Jaouad Syoud (50.39) Amel Melih (58.02) Majda Chebaraka (59.72) Moncef Aymen Balamane Ramzi Chouchar Hamida Rania Nefsi | 3:39.82 NR |
| 4×100m medley relay details | South Africa (RSA) Martin Binedell (55.43) Michael Houlie (59.96) Erin Gallagher (58.98) Emma Chelius (56.39) Neil Fair Kaylene Corbett Alard Basson Kerryn Herbst | 3:50.76 GR | Egypt (EGY) Mohamed Samy (55.28) Youssef El-Kamash (1:00.83) Farida Osman (59.09) Amina Elsebelgy (58.73) Rola Hussein Mohamed Eissawy Ali Khalafalla | 3:53.93 NR | Morocco (MAR) Driss Lahrichi (56.55) Hiba Laknit (1:16.02) Yusuf Tibazi (55.59) Noura Mana (1:00.12) Adil Assouab Samy Boutouil | 4:08.28 NR |
$^a$ Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.