# 2021 African Swimming Championships

The 14th African Swimming Championships were held from 11 to 17 October 2021 at the Trust Sports Emporium in Accra, Ghana.

## Participating countries

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cape Verde
* Egypt
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Mali
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Namibia
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* South Africa
* Sudan
* Eswatini
* Tanzania
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zimbabwe

## Medal table

* Host nation (Ghana)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Africa (RSA) | 25 | 24 | 10 | 59 |
| 2 | Egypt (EGY) | 15 | 14 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 | Algeria (ALG) | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | Senegal (SEN) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Ghana (GHA)* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Mauritius (MRI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Angola (ANG) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | Cape Verde (CPV) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 43 | 44 | 42 | 129 |

## Medal summary
### Men

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle details | Ali Khalafalla Egypt | 22.48 | Guy Brooks South Africa | 22.60 | Yassin Hossam Egypt | 22.69 |
| 100m freestyle details | Mohamed Samy Egypt | 50.23 | Guy Brooks South Africa | 50.34 | Clayton Jimmie South Africa | 50.79 |
| 200m freestyle details | Marwan Elkamash Egypt | 1:50.17 | Andrew Ross South Africa | 1:51.63 | Guy Brooks South Africa | 1:51.99 |
| 400m freestyle details | Marwan Elkamash Egypt | 3:55.93 | Mohamed Ben Ajmia Tunisia | 3:59.97 | Roberto Gomes South Africa | 4:03.72 |
| 800m freestyle details | Marwan Elkamash Egypt | 8:04.88 | Mohamed Moselhy Egypt | 8:06.25 | Roberto Gomes South Africa | 8:27.33 |
| 1500m freestyle details | Marwan Elkamash Egypt | 15:40.65 | Mohamed Moselhy Egypt | 15:51.80 | Roberto Gomes South Africa | 16:24.33 |
| 50m backstroke details | Mohamed Samy Egypt | 25.34 CR | Abdellah Ardjoune Algeria | 25.78 | Aly Khala Falah Egypt | 26.97 |
| 100m backstroke details | Mohamed Samy Egypt | 56.23 | Martin Binedell South Africa | 56.57 | Abdellah Ardjoune Algeria | 56.67 |
| 200m backstroke details | Martin Binedell South Africa | 2:00.54 CR | Mohamed Mohamady Egypt | 2:03.07 | Ruan Ras South Africa | 2:03.98 |
| 50m breaststroke details | Youssef Elkamash Egypt | 28.08 | Matthew Randle South Africa | 28.70 | Ronan Wantenaar Namibia | 28.71 |
| 100m breaststroke details | Youssef Elkamash Egypt | 1:02.05 | Matthew Randle South Africa | 1:03.06 | Jaouad Syoud Algeria | 1:03.10 |
| 200m breaststroke details | Bailey Musgrave South Africa | 2:14.47 | Matthew Randle South Africa | 2:15.03 | Youssef Elkamash Egypt | 2:18.03 |
| 50m butterfly details | Clayton Jimmie South Africa | 24.13 | Abeiku Jackson GhanaAli Khalafalla Egypt | 24.18 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 100m butterfly details | Jaouad Syoud Algeria | 52.89 | Guy Brooks South Africa | 53.91 | Abeiku Jackson Ghana | 53.98 |
| 200m butterfly details | Ross Hartigan South Africa | 2:00.10 CR | Ras Ruan South Africa | 2:01.67 | Ramzi Chouchar Algeria | 2:06.88 |
| 200m individual medley details | Jaouad Syoud Algeria | 2:02.46 | Mohamed Samy Egypt | 2:04.53 | Yassin Elshamaa Egypt | 2:04.60 |
| 400m individual medley details | Ruan Ras South Africa | 4:24.46 | Yassin Elshamaa Egypt | 4:27.27 | Salah Nour Egypt | 4:29.80 |
| 4x100m freestyle relay details | Egypt | 3:20.04 CR | South Africa | 3:21.04 | Senegal | 3:32.93 |
| 4x200m freestyle relay details | Egypt Yassine Elshammaa Mohamed Mohamady Mohamed Samy Hassan Marwan Elkamash | 7:29.60 | South Africa Andrew Ross Ross Hartigan Luca Holtzhausen Guy Brooks | 7:34.09 | Senegal Amaduo N'Diaye Matthieu Seye Karl Wilson Aimable Ousseynou Diop | 7:58.65 |
| 4x100m medley relay details | Egypt | 3:41.70 CR | South Africa | 3:45.80 | Angola | 4:02.03 |
| 3 km open water details | Mohamed Moselhy Egypt | 32:45.11 | Mohamed Khalil Ben Ajmia Tunisia | 32:56.98 | Ramzi Chouchar Algeria | 33:05.69 |

### Women

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle details | Inge Weidemann South Africa | 25.83 | Caitlin De Lange South Africa | 26.15 | Amel Melih Algeria | 26.23 |
| 100m freestyle details | Rebecca Meder South Africa | 56.22 | Inge Weidemann South Africa | 56.31 | Amel Melih Algeria | 57.58 |
| 200m freestyle details | Rebecca Meder South Africa | 2:02.65 | Christin Mundell South Africa | 2:04.60 | Catarina Sousa Angola | 2:10.78 |
| 400m freestyle details | Christin Mundell South Africa | 4:40.02 | Stephanie Houtman South Africa | 4:40.17 | Sara Abdelghany Egypt | 4:44.73 |
| 800m freestyle details | Stephanie Houtman South Africa | 9:07.14 | Samantha Randle South Africa | 9:07.95 | Sara Abdelghany Egypt | 9:54.84 |
| 50m backstroke details | Samiha Mohsen Egypt | 29.17 | Amel Melih Algeria | 30.02 | Caitlin De Lange South Africa | 30.09 |
| 100m backstroke details | Rebecca Meder South Africa | 1:02.90 | Samiha Mohsen Egypt | 1:04.73 | Samantha Randle South Africa | 1:06.01 |
| 200m backstroke details | Rebecca Meder South Africa | 2:16.74 | Samantha Randle South Africa | 2:17.21 | Samiha Mohsen Egypt | 2:23.00 |
| 50m breaststroke details | Christin Mundell South Africa | 32.64 | Sarah Soliman Egypt | 33.83 | Jayla Pina Cape Verde | 34.65 |
| 100m breaststroke details | Emily Visagie South Africa | 1:10.81 CR | Christin Mundell South Africa | 1:11.09 | Nour Elgendy Egypt | 1:12.74 |
| 200m breaststroke details | Emily Visagie South Africa | 2:35.35 | Tessa Ip Hen Cheung Mauritius | 2:47.39 | Reedah Shaw South Africa | 2:50.78 |
| 50m butterfly details | Inge Weidemann South Africa | 27.14 | Caitlin De Lange South Africa | 27.66 | Amel Melih Algeria | 27.68 |
| 100m butterfly details | Oumy Diop Senegal | 1:03.13 | Inge Weidemann South Africa | 1:04.09 | Lizanne Viljoen South Africa | 1:04.19 |
| 200m butterfly details | Lizanne Viljoen South Africa | 2:19.35 | Rawan Eldamaty Egypt | 2:23.07 | Sara Abdelghany Egypt | 2:24.23 |
| 200m individual medley details | Rebecca Meder South Africa | 2:15.45 CR | Emily Visagie South Africa | 2:24.45 | Jayla Pina Cape Verde | 2:27.06 |
| 400m individual medley details | Rebecca Meder South Africa | 4:55.36 | Christin Mundell South Africa | 5:10.80 | Sara Abdelghany Egypt | 5:20.43 |
| 4x100m freestyle relay details | South Africa Inge Weidemann Caitlin De Lange Hannah Robertson Rebecca Meder | 3:49.91 CR | Egypt Nour Elgendy Carine Abdelmalak Farida Samra Sara Elsammany | 3:56.71 | Senegal Jeanne Boutbien Mariama Drame Oumy Diop Ndèye Dièye | 4:11.35 |
| 4x200m freestyle relay details | South Africa | 8:26.35 CR | Egypt | 8:44.22 | Angola | 9:14.26 |
| 4x100m medley relay details | South Africa | 4:16.22 | Egypt | 4:19.34 | Angola | 4:40.76 |
| 3 km open water details | Samantha Randle South Africa | 37:11.35 | Stephanie Houtman South Africa | 38:23.18 | Ayat Allah Elanouar Morocco | 38:48.52 |

### Mixed

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 4x100m freestyle relay details | South Africa Andrew Ross Inge Weidemann Rebecca Meder Guy Brooks | 3:34.02 CR | Egypt Mohamed Samy Hassan Ali Khalfalla Diaa Nour Farida Samra | 3:39.03 | Senegal El Hadji Adama Hassan Jeanne Boutbien Matthieu Ousmane Seye Oumy Diop | 3:46.25 |
| 4x100m medley relay details | South Africa | 3:56.74 | Egypt | 3:58.28 | Angola | 4:14.58 |