Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The Women's 200 metre medley competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019.[1]

Women's 200 metre medley at the 2019 African Games
Venue	Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates	24 August (heats and final)
Competitors	12 from 8 nations
Winning time	2:19.44
Medalists
Jessica Whelan    South Africa   Hamida Rania Nefsi    Algeria   Christin Mundell    South Africa

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2:06.12	Kazan	3 August 2015
African record	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2:08.59	Beijing	13 August 2008
Games record	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2:13.02	Algiers	18 July 2007

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 24 August at 11:20.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Jessica Whelan	South Africa	2:22.67	Q
2	1	4	Christin Mundell	South Africa	2:24.01	Q
3	2	5	Nour Elgendy	Egypt	2:24.64	Q
4	1	5	Hamida Rania Nefsi	Algeria	2:24.89	Q
5	1	3	Rebecca Kamau	Kenya	2:25.87	Q
6	2	2	Maria Brunlehner	Kenya	2:25.95	Q
7	2	3	Rawan Eldamaty	Egypt	2:26.03	Q
8	2	6	Lina Khiyara	Morocco	2:29.78	Q
9	1	6	Lia Lima	Angola	2:33.31
10	2	7	Abibat Ogunbanwo	Nigeria	2:34.84
11	1	2	Nada Jalal	Morocco	2:38.97
	1	7	Caitlin Loo	Botswana	Disqualified

Final

The final was started on 24 August at 17:00.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Jessica Whelan	South Africa	2:19.44
	6	Hamida Rania Nefsi	Algeria	2:20.57
	5	Christin Mundell	South Africa	2:21.70
4	2	Rebecca Kamau	Kenya	2:22.18
5	3	Nour Elgendy	Egypt	2:24.00
6	7	Maria Brunlehner	Kenya	2:24.02
7	1	Rawan Eldamaty	Egypt	2:27.39
8	8	Lina Khiyara	Morocco	2:28.06

References

1. "2019 African Games Swimming Full Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.