title: Swimming at the 2015 African Games
text: # Swimming at the 2015 African Games
  
  The Swimming competitions at the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville was held between 6 and 11 September at the Kintele Aquatic Complex.
  
  ## Events
  
  Similar to the program's format in 2015, swimming features a total of 42 events (20 each for men and women), including two Mixed events. The following events were contested (all pool events are long course, and distances are in metres unless stated):
  
  * Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1,500;
  * Backstroke: 50, 100 and 200;
  * Breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200;
  * Butterfly: 50, 100 and 200;
  * Individual medley: 200 and 400;
  * Relays: 4×100 free, 4×200 free; 4×100 medley
  * Mixed events: 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and 4 × 100 m medley relay
  
  ### Schedule
  
  Legend :
  
  | Key | H | ½ | F | TF |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Value | Heats | Semifinals | Final | Timed final |
  
  A = Afternoon session, N = Night session
  
  Men :
  
  | Date → | Sun 6 | Sun 6 | Sep 7 | Sep 7 | Sep 8 | Sep 8 | Sep 9 | Sep 9 | Sep 10 | Sep 10 | Sep 11 | Sep 11 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Event ↓ | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N |
  | 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
  | 100 m freestyle | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
  | 200 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 400 m freestyle | | | | | | | | F | | | | |
  | 800 m freestyle | | | | F | | | | | | | | |
  | 1500 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | F | | |
  | 50 m backstroke | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 100 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
  | 200 m backstroke | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
  | 50 m breaststroke | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
  | 100 m breaststroke | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 200 m breaststroke | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
  | 50 m butterfly | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
  | 100 m butterfly | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
  | 200 m butterfly | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
  | 200 m individual medley | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
  | 400 m individual medley | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4×100 m freestyle relay | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
  | 4×200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | F | | | | | | |
  | 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | | F |
  
  Women :
  
  | Date → | Sun 6 | Sun 6 | Sep 7 | Sep 7 | Sep 8 | Sep 8 | Sep 9 | Sep 9 | Sep 10 | Sep 10 | Sep 11 | Sep 11 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Event ↓ | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N |
  | 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
  | 100 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 200 m freestyle | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
  | 400 m freestyle | | | | | | F | | | | | | |
  | 800 m freestyle | | | | | | | | F | | | | |
  | 1500 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | | F |
  | 50 m backstroke | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 100 m backstroke | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
  | 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | | | | F |
  | 50 m breaststroke | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
  | 100 m breaststroke | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
  | 200 m breaststroke | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
  | 50 m butterfly | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
  | 100 m butterfly | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
  | 200 m butterfly | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
  | 200 m individual medley | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
  | 400 m individual medley | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4×100 m freestyle relay | | | | | | F | | | | | | |
  | 4×200 m freestyle relay | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | | F |
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  Swimming medal standings upon completion of the competition are:
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | South Africa | 25 | 18 | 11 | 54 |
  | 2 | Egypt | 11 | 18 | 12 | 41 |
  | 3 | Algeria | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
  | 4 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
  | 5 | Tunisia | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
  | 6 | Angola | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | Botswana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | Namibia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
  | 9 | Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 50m freestyle details | Douglas Erasmus South Africa | 22.61 | Mazen El Kamash Egypt | 22.97 | Clayton Jimmie South Africa | 22.98 |
  | 100m freestyle details | Clayton Jimmie South Africa | 49.93 | Mohamed Samy Egypt | 49.97 | Caydon Muller South Africa | 50.28 |
  | 200m freestyle details | Devon Brown South Africa | 1:47.77 GR | Marwan El Kamash Egypt | 1:48.58 | Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia | 1:49.29 |
  | 400m freestyle details | Ahmed Akram Egypt | 3:48.06 | Devon Brown South Africa | 3:48.69 | Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia | 3:51.47 |
  | 800m freestyle details | Ahmed Akram Egypt | 7:55.36 GR | Marwan El Kamash Egypt | 7:59.54 | Devon Brown South Africa | 7:59.57 |
  | 1500m freestyle details | Ahmed Akram Egypt | 15:11.68 | Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia | 15:30.36 | Brent Szurdoki South Africa | 15:35.48 |
  | 50m backstroke details | Mohamed Samy Egypt | 25.71 | Richard Ellis South Africa | 25.89 | Mohamed Khaled Egypt | 26.16 |
  | 100m backstroke details | Richard Ellis South Africa | 55.83 | David de Villiers South Africa | 55.84 | Mohamed Samy Egypt | 56.31 |
  | 200m backstroke details | Martin Binedell South Africa | 2:02.23 | Richard Ellis South Africa | 2:02.32 | Mohamed Khaled Egypt | 2:04.35 |
  | 50m breaststroke details | Cameron van der Burgh South Africa | 27.18 | Youssef El Kamash Egypt | 28.10 | Wassim Elloumi Tunisia | 28.62 |
  | 100m breaststroke details | Cameron van der Burgh South Africa | 1:00.19 GR | Youssef El Kamash Egypt | 1:02.42 | Wassim Elloumi Tunisia | 1:02.79 |
  | 200m breaststroke details | Ayrton Sweeney South Africa | 2:14.41 | Wassim Elloumi Tunisia | 2:17.80 | Youssef El Kamash Egypt | 2:19.03 |
  | 50m butterfly details | Chad le Clos South Africa | 23.51 | Omar Eissa Egypt | 24.18 | Ahmed Bahgat Egypt | 24.94 |
  | 100m butterfly details | Chad le Clos South Africa | 51.24 GR | Omar Eissa Egypt | 53.54 | Nico Meyer South Africa | 55.26 |
  | 200m butterfly details | Ahmed Akram Egypt | 1:58.87 | Devon Brown South Africa | 1:59.28 | Ahmed Hamdy Egypt | 2:01.54 |
  | 200m Individual medley details | Devon Brown South Africa | 2:01.71 | Mohamed Khaled Egypt | 2:02.38 | Ayrton Sweeney South Africa | 2:04.22 |
  | 400m Individual medley details | Ayrton Sweeney South Africa | 4:21.83 | Pedro Pinotes Angola | 4:23.12 | Ahmed Hamdy Egypt | 4:23.87 |
  | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | South Africa Douglas Erasmus (50.29) Clayton Jimmie (49.67) Calvyn Justus (50.05) Caydon Muller (49.68) | 3:19.69 | Egypt Omar Eissa (50.61) Mohamed Khaled (49.98) Marwan El Kamash (50.27) Mohamed Samy (49.36) | 3:20.22 | Algeria Badis Djendouci (52.26) Nazim Belkhodja (50.60) Riyad Djendouci (52.28) Lies Abdelghani Nefsi (51.02) | 3:26.16 |
  | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | South Africa Brent Szurdoki (1:51.94) Calvyn Justus (1:50.68) Devon Brown (1:48.05) Chad le Clos (1:47.95) | 7:18.62 | Egypt Marwan El Amrawy (1:51.60) Mohamed Samy (1:50.63) Ahmed Akram (1:48.61) Marwan El Kamash (1:49.81) | 7:20.65 | Tunisia Mohamed Mehdi Laagili (1:51.01) Mohamed Ali Chaouachi (1:53.81) Wassim Elloumi (2:01.37) Ahmed Mathlouthi (1:58.87) | 7:45.06 |
  | 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Egypt Mohamed Khaled (56.85) Youssef El Kamash (1:02.10) Omar Eissa (54.16) Mohamed Samy (49.33) | 3:42.44 | South Africa Richard Ellis (55.90) Ayrton Sweeney (1:03.39) Nico Meyer (54.37) Clayton Jimmie (49.19) | 3:42.85 | Tunisia Ahmed Mathlouthi (58.10) Wassim Elloumi (1:02.93) Mohamed Mehdi Laagili (59.16) Mohamed Ali Chaoachi (51.81) | 3:52.00 |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 50m freestyle details | Farida Osman Egypt | 25.12 GR | Karin Prinsloo South Africa | 25.79 | Rowan El Badry Egypt | 26.04 |
  | 100m freestyle details | Farida Osman Egypt | 55.41 GR | Karin Prinsloo South Africa | 55.69 | Rowan El Badry Egypt | 57.03 |
  | 200m freestyle details | Karin Prinsloo South Africa | 2:00.14 | Marlies Ross South Africa | 2:02.61 | Majda Chebaraka Algeria | 2:02.63 |
  | 400m freestyle details | Karin Prinsloo South Africa | 4:18.86 | Majda Chebaraka Algeria | 4:19.24 | Marlies Ross South Africa | 4:19.43 |
  | 800m freestyle details | Majda Chebaraka Algeria | 8:58.53 | Charlise Oberholzer South Africa | 9:00.15 | Roaia Mashaly Egypt | 9:07.94 |
  | 1500m freestyle details | Majda Chebaraka Algeria | 17:07.82 | Charlise Oberholzer South Africa | 17:11.34 | Souad Nafissa Cherouati Algeria | 17:18.35 |
  | 50m backstroke details | Jessica Ashley Cooper South Africa | 29.05 | Naomi Ruele Botswana | 29.70 | Alexus Laird Seychelles | 30.07 |
  | 100m backstroke details | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 1:01.15 | Karin Prinsloo South Africa | 1:02.53 | Jessica Ashley Cooper South Africa | 1:03.32 |
  | 200m backstroke details | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 2:13.29 | Karin Prinsloo South Africa | 2:14.31 | Rim Ouennich Tunisia | 2:20.16 |
  | 50m breaststroke details | Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa | 32.49 | Maii Atif Egypt | 32.58 | Daniela Lindemeier Namibia | 32.69 |
  | 100m breaststroke details | Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa | 1:09.47 | Maii Atif Egypt | 1:11.07 | Daniela Lindemeir Namibia | 1:11.31 |
  | 200m breaststroke details | Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa | 2:28.84 | Kelly Gunnell South Africa | 2:31.52 | Daniela Lindemeier Namibia | 2:34.23 |
  | 50m butterfly details | Farida Osman Egypt | 26.31 GR | Vanessa Mohr South Africa | 26.39 | Jessica Ashley Cooper South Africa | 27.02 |
  | 100m butterfly details | Farida Osman Egypt | 58.83 | Vanessa Mohr South Africa | 1:00.26 | Rita Naude South Africa | 1:03.86 |
  | 200m butterfly details | Rene Warnes South Africa | 2:16.40 | Rwioda Heshem Egypt | 2:17.80 | Mariam Sakr Egypt | 2:20.49 |
  | 200m Individual medley details | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 2:16.05 | Marlies Ross South Africa | 2:17.57 | Rene Warnes South Africa | 2:18.98 |
  | 400m Individual medley details | Hamida Rania Nefsi Algeria | 4:56.75 | Souad Nafissa Cherouati Algeria | 4:57.30 | Rwioda Heshem Egypt | 4:58.88 |
  | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | South Africa Marlies Ross (57.91) Jessica Ashley Cooper (57.14) Vannessa Mohr (58.50) Karin Prinsloo (55.49) | 3:49.04 | Egypt Rowan El Badry (56.71) Salma Saber (58.43) Maii Atif (1:00.13) Farida Osman (55.03) | 3:50.30 | Tunisia Rim Ouennich (59.61) Farah Ben Khelil (59.69) Asma Ben Boukhatem (1:01.15) Asma Sammoud (59.10) | 3:59.55 |
  | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | South Africa Rene Warnes (2:04.51) Marlies Ross (2:06.57) Charlise Oberholzer (2:08.04) Karin Prinsloo (2:01.16) | 8:20.28 | Egypt Roaia Mashaly (2:05.51) Salma Saber (2:06.64) Mariam Sakr (2:07.20) Rowan El Badry (2:11.19) | 8:30.84 | Algeria Majda Chebaraka (2:03.89) Hamida Rania Nefsi (2:13.31) Souad Nafissa Cherouati (2:08.26) Hannah Taleb Bendiab (2:09.65) | 8:35.11 |
  | 4 × 100 m medley relay details | South Africa Jessica Ashley Cooper (1:03.26) Tatjana Schoenmaker (1:11.07) Vannessa Mohr (1:02.10) Karin Prinsloo (55.93) | 4:12.36 | Egypt Mariam Sakr (1:07.44) Maii Atif (1:11.10) Farida Osman (59.72) Rowan El Badry (56.92) | 4:15.18 | Tunisia Rim Ouennich (1:06.57) Farah Ben Khelil (1:16.88) Asma Sammoud (1:04.68) Asma Ben Boukhatem (1:02.51) | 4:29.64 |
  
  ### Mixed events
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | South Africa Chad le Clos (48.50) Clayton Jimmie (50.22) Marlies Ross (57.10) Karin Prinsloo (55.74) | 3:31.56 | Egypt Rowan El Badry (56.71) Mohammed Khaled (50.69) Farida Osman (55.69) Mohamed Samy (49.43) | 3:32.52 | Algeria Nazim Belkhodja (50.70) Souad Nafissa Cherouati (58.36) Badis Djendouci (52.25) Majda Chebaraka (59.62) | 3:49.04 |
  | 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Egypt Mohamed Samy (57.28) Youssef El Kamash (1:02.67) Farida Osman (59.27) Rowan El Badry (56.82) | 3:56.04 | South Africa Jessica Ashley Cooper (1:03.79) Alaric Basson (1:03.04) Nico Meyer (54.63) Karin Prinsloo (54.81) | 3:56.27 | Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry (1:02.10) James Lawson (1:02.92) Tarryn Rennie (1:05.08) Sean Gunn (50.68) | 4:00.78 |
  