2008 African Swimming Championships
The 9th African Swimming Championships were held at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa from December 1–7, 2008.
Participants
Swimmers from 18 countries[1] competed at the 2008 African Swimming Championships:
Results
Medal standings
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tunisia (TUN) | 13 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 |  South Africa (RSA) | 11 | 19 | 8 | 38 |
| 3 |  Kenya (KEN) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 |  Senegal (SEN) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 |  Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 |  Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Angola (ANG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 nations) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 | |
Men's events
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | Sarra Chahed Tunisia |
26.79 |
Achieng Ajulu-Bushell Kenya |
26.88 |
Megan Scott South Africa |
27.24 |
| 100 m freestyle | Melissa Corfe South Africa |
58.10 |
Sarra Chahed Tunisia |
58:21 |
Achieng Ajulu-Bushell Kenya |
58:72 |
| 200 m freestyle | Zeineb Khalfallah Tunisia |
2:08.04 |
Dominique Dryding South Africa |
2:10.28 |
Moira Fraser Zimbabwe |
2:10.58 |
| 400m freestyle | ||||||
| 800m freestyle | ||||||
| 1500m freestyle | ||||||
| 50 m backstroke | Sarra Chahed Tunisia |
31:08 |
Rene Warnes South Africa |
31.58 |
Binta Zahra Diop Senegal |
32:44 |
| 100 m backstroke | Mandy Loots South Africa |
1:05.21 |
Jonay Briedenhann Namibia |
1:08.04 |
Kirsten Lapham Zimbabwe |
1:10.12 |
| 200m backstroke | ||||||
| 50 m breaststroke | Achieng Ajulu-Bushell Kenya |
32:64 |
Sarra Lajnef Tunisia |
34:07 |
Robyn Ferguson South Africa |
35:03 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Achieng Ajulu-Bushell Kenya |
1:12.88 |
Sarra Lajnef Tunisia |
1:13.30 |
Jessica Liss South Africa |
1:13.49 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Jessica Liss South Africa |
2:33.39 |
Sarra Lajnef Tunisia |
2:40.54 |
Maxine Heard Zimbabwe |
2:44.30 |
| 50 m butterfly | Mandy Loots South Africa |
27:66 |
Megan Scott South Africa |
28:63 |
Binta Zahra Diop Senegal |
28:66 |
| 100 m butterfly | Mandy Loots South Africa |
1:00.58 |
Megan Scott South Africa |
1:03.46 |
Mariem Meddeb Tunisia |
1:04.01 |
| 200m butterfly | ||||||
| 200 m individual medley | Mandy Loots South Africa |
2:18.91 |
Jessica Liss South Africa |
2:23.90 |
Sarra Lajnef Tunisia |
2:24.74 |
| 400m individual medley | ||||||
| 4 x 100 m freestyle relay | Tunisia Zeineb Khalfallah Sarra Lajnef Mariem Meddeb Sarra Chahed |
3:58.45 |
South Africa Megan Scott Dominique Dryding Robyn Ferguson Mandy Loots |
4:06.54 |
Kenya Pina Ercolano Sylvia Brunlehner Rachita Shah Achieng Ajulu-Bushell | 4:16.33 NR |
| 4x200m freestyle relay | ||||||
| 4 x 100 m medley relay | South Africa Amanda Loots Jessica Liss Megan Scott Dominique Dryding |
4:23.65 |
Tunisia Sarra Chahed Sarra Lajnef Mariem Meddeb Zeineb Khalfallah |
4:29.42 |
Senegal Marieme Faye Fatou Kine Diop Binta Zahra Diop Ouleye Diallo |
4:46.37 |
| 5 km open water[2] | Natalie du Toit South Africa |
1:04.01 |
Dominique Dryding South Africa |
1:06.43 |
Sarra Lajnef Tunisia |
1:10.08 |
See also
References
- A list of the countries with swimmers at the championships was included in the article Jessica wears the Golden Smile, published by Swimming South Africa on 2008-12-2. Retrieved 2008-12-9.
- Ho, Du Toit clinic it for South Africa Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine; published 2008-12-07 by Swimming South Africa. Retrieved 2008-12-09. (The link is an article on the Open Water competition of the 2008 African Championships.
- Full pool results from the CANA website.
External links
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