# 2018 Arab Swimming Championships

The 4th Arab Swimming Championships were held from 12 to 15 July 2018 in Radès, Tunisia at the Radès Olympic Pool.

## Participating countries

* Algeria
* Iraq
* Jordan
* Lebanon
* Libya
* Morocco
* Oman
* Palestine
* Saudi Arabia
* Sudan
* Tunisia
* United Arab Emirates

## Medal standings

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Tunisia (TUN)* | 22 | 17 | 17 | 56 |
| 2 | Algeria (ALG) | 9 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Morocco (MAR) | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Jordan (JOR) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | Lebanon (LIB) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |

## Results
### Men

Source:
| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle | Oussama Sahnoune Algeria | 21.82 | Souhail Hamouchane Morocco | 22.93 | Nazim Belkhodja Algeria | 23.27 |
| 100m freestyle | Oussama Sahnoune Algeria | 48.72 | Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari Tunisia | 51.19 | Nazim Belkhodja Algeria | 51.22 |
| 200m freestyle | Khader Baqlah Jordan | 1:47.53 | Mehdi Lagili Tunisia | 1:48.50 | Mohamed Ayoub Hafnaoui Tunisia | 1:51.22 |
| 400m freestyle | Mehdi Lagili Tunisia | 3:53.47 | Khader Baqlah Jordan | 3:53.57 | Mohamed Ayoub Hafnaoui Tunisia | 3:56.08 |
| 800m freestyle | Mehdi Lagili Tunisia | 8:18.78 | Lounis Kandrich Algeria | 8:22.77 | Malek Louissi Tunisia | 8:26.24 |
| 1500m freestyle | Khader Baqlah Jordan | 15:50.20 | Mehdi Lagili Tunisia | 16:01.25 | Mohamed Anis Jaballah Algeria | 16:13.98 |
| 50m backstroke | Driss Lahrichi Morocco | 26.70 | Mehdi Nazim Benbara Algeria | 26.84 | Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari Tunisia | 27.07 |
| 100m backstroke | Driss Lahrichi Morocco | 56.98 | Aimen Benabid Algeria | 58.03 | Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari Tunisia | 58.26 |
| 200m backstroke | Driss Lahrichi Morocco | 2:05.36 | Fares Jelassi Tunisia | 2:08.36 | Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari Tunisia | 2:09.53 |
| 50m breaststroke | Wassim Elloumi Tunisia | 28.28 | Abderezak Siar Algeria | 29.03 | Adnen Beji Tunisia | 29.44 |
| 100m breaststroke | Wassim Elloumi Tunisia | 1:01.39 | Adnen Beji Tunisia | 1:03.72 | Amro Al Wir Jordan | 1:04.17 |
| 200m breaststroke | Wassim Elloumi Tunisia | 2:15.25 | Adnen Beji Tunisia | 2:17.44 | Amro Al Wir Jordan | 2:19.39 |
| 50m butterfly | Oussama Sahnoune Algeria | 24.41 | Souhail Hamouchane Morocco | 25.02 | Habib Youssef Bouarich Saudi Arabia | 25.06 |
| 100m butterfly | Oussama Sahnoune Algeria | 53.50 | Khader Baqlah Jordan | 53.94 | Mokhtar Al-Yamani Yemen | 56.23 |
| 200m butterfly | Said Saber Morocco | 2:02.70 | Melek Masmoudi Tunisia | 2:03.43 | Lounis Kandrich Algeria | 2:03.66 |
| 200m individual medley | Haythem Mbarki Tunisia | 2:05.89 | Ramzi Chouchar Algeria | 2:05.97 | Melek Masmoudi Tunisia | 2:06.54 |
| 400m individual medley | Haythem Mbarki Tunisia | 4:27.63 | Melek Masmoudi Tunisia | 4:27.63 | Ramzi Chouchar Algeria | 4:28.55 |
| 4x100m freestyle relay | Algeria Mohamed Anis Jaballah, Aimen Benabid, Mehdi Nazim Benbara, Nazim Belkhodja | 3:28.79 | Tunisia Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari, Wassim Elloumi, Omar Moussa, Mehdi Lagili | 3:28.95 | Jordan Mohammed Omar Bedour, Mohammed Riad Jaber, Khaled Awadallah, Khader Baqlah | 3:32.89 |
| 4x200m freestyle relay | Tunisia Mohamed Ayoub Hafnaoui, Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari, Malek Louissi, Mehdi Lagili | 7:41.94 | Algeria Mohamed Anis Jaballah, Ramzi Chouchar, Aimen Benabid, Lounis Kandrich | 7:48.86 | Jordan Mohammed Omar Bedour, Mohammed Riad Jaber, Khaled Awadallah, Khader Baqlah | 7:58.07 |
| 4x100m Medley Relay | Tunisia Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari, Wassim Elloumi, Omar Moussa, Mehdi Lagili | 3:48.89 | Algeria Mehdi Nazim Benbara, Abderezak Siar, MohEddine Galdem, Nazim Belkhodja | 3:50.27 | Morocco Driss Lahrichi, Ahmed Yassine Fliyou, Said Saber, Souhail Hamouchane | 3:53.39 |

### Women

Source:
| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle | Nesrine Medjahed Algeria | 26.37 | Farah Benkhelil Tunisia | 26.41 | Talita Baqlah Jordan | 26.83 |
| 100m freestyle | Farah Benkhelil Tunisia | 57.68 | Nesrine Medjahed Algeria | 57.92 | Ines Barbouch Tunisia | 59.21 |
| 200m freestyle | Rim Ouennich Tunisia | 2:06.03 | Gabriella Doueihy Lebanon | 2:06.30 | Mana Kchok Tunisia | 2:08.54 |
| 400m freestyle | Rim Ouennich Tunisia | 4:28.06 | Gabriella Doueihy Lebanon | 4:28.63 | Rebecca Mezher Lebanon | 4:34.88 |
| 800m freestyle | Gabriella Doueihy Lebanon | 9:06.94 | Alya Gara Tunisia | 9:16.93 | Rebecca Mezher Lebanon | 9:29.88 |
| 1500m freestyle | Gabriella Doueihy Lebanon | 17:23.65 | Alya Gara Tunisia | 17:35.61 | Ons Maalaoui Tunisia | 18:21.94 |
| 50m backstroke | Farah Ben Khelil Tunisia | 29.98 | Hiba Fahsi Morocco | 30.33 | Talita Baqlah Jordan | 31.06 |
| 100m backstroke | Rim Ouennich Tunisia | 1:04.38 | Hiba Fahsi Morocco | 1:04.82 | Mana Kchok Tunisia | 1:07.22 |
| 200m backstroke | Rim Ouennich Tunisia | 2:21.39 | Mana Kchok Tunisia | 2:23.78 | Hiba Fahsi Morocco | 2:23.93 |
| 50m breaststroke | Imane Houda El Barodi Morocco | 33.57 | Nesrine Jelliti Tunisia | 33.98 | Habiba Belghith Tunisia | 34.18 |
| 100m breaststroke | Imane Houda El Barodi Morocco | 1:14.62 | Habiba Belghith Tunisia | 1:15.30 | Nesrine Jelliti Tunisia | 1:14.82 |
| 200m breaststroke | Habiba Belghith Tunisia | 2:39.87 | Rania Hamida Nafsi Algeria | 2:40.18 | Nesrine Jelliti Tunisia | 2:41.59 |
| 50m butterfly | Talita Baqlah Jordan | 28.60 | Nesrine Medjahed Algeria | 28.87 | Hiba Doueihy Lebanon | 29.25 |
| 100m butterfly | Nesrine Medjahed Algeria | 1:03.26 | Hiba Doueihy Lebanon | 1:04.09 | Ines Barbouch Tunisia | 1:04.31 |
| 200m butterfly | Alya Gara Tunisia | 2:21.73 | Mariem Imen Kaldi Algeria | 2:25.65 | Hiba Doueihy Lebanon | 2:27.26 |
| 200m individual medley | Rania Hamida Nafsi Algeria | 2:22.55 | Farah Benkhelil Tunisia | 2:30.48 | lidya Safadi Jordan | 2:33.07 |
| 400m individual medley | Rania Hamida Nafsi Algeria | 5:00.75 | Alya Gara Tunisia | 5:01.70 | Nesrine Jelliti Tunisia | 5:09.64 |
| 4x100m freestyle relay | Tunisia Mana Kchok, Farah Benkhelil, Ines Barbouch, Rim Ouennich | 3:57.10 | Morocco Imane Houda El Barodi, Noura Mana, Hiba Fahsi, Yasmeen Boutouil | 4:00.33 | Lebanon Rebecca Mezher, Marie Khoury, jennifer Mallah, Gabriella Doueihy | 4:03.17 |
| 4x200m freestyle relay | Tunisia Mana Kchok, Farah Benkhelil, Ines Barbouch, Rim Ouennich | 8:38.70 | Morocco Noura Mana, Hiba Laknit, Hiba Fahsi, Yasmeen Boutouil | 8:54.02 | Lebanon Hiba Doueihy, Rebecca Mezher, Marie Khoury, Gabriella Doueihy | 8:55.42 |
| 4x100m medley relay | Tunisia Rim Ouennich (1:05.63) Habiba Belghith (1:14.19) Ines Barbouch (1:04.10) Farah Benkhelil (57.57) | 4:21.49 | Morocco Hiba Fahsi (1:06.36) Imane El Barodi (1:13.55) Hiba Laknit (1:06.65) Noura Mana (58.97) | 4:25.53 | Algeria Imen Zitouni (1:09.05) Rania Nafsi (1:16.01) Mariem Kaldi (1:07.76) Nesrine Medjahed (58.13) | 4:30.95 |

### Mixed

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 4x100m freestyle relay | Tunisia Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari, Rim Ouennich, Farah Benkhelil, Mehdi Lagili | 3:38.90 | Jordan Khader Baqlah, Mohammed Omar Bedour, Rahaf Baqlah, Talita Baqlah | 3:42.36 | Algeria Mehdi Nazim Benbara, Nesrine Medjahed, Rania Hamida Nafsi, Nazim Belkhodja | 3:44.22 |
| 4x100m medley relay | Tunisia Rim Ouennich, Wassim Elloumi, Ines Barbouch, Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari | 4:03.99 | Jordan Talita Baqlah, Mohammed Omar Bedour, Rahaf Baqlah, Amro El Wir | 4:07.77 | Algeria Rania Hamida Nafsi, Mehdi Nazim Benbara, Nesrine Medjahed, Nazim Belkhodja | 4:08.97 |