2012 African Swimming Championships

11th African Swimming Championships
Host city	Nairobi, Kenya
Date(s)	September 10–15, 2012
Venue(s)	Moi Aquatics Complex, Kasarani
Nations participating	16
Athletes participating	?
Events	40

The 11th African Swimming Championships were held September 10–15, 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Competition location was the Moi Aquatics Complex in Kasarani.

Participating countries

Countries which sent teams were:

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Egypt
• Ghana
• Kenya
• Mauritius
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• South Africa
• Tunisia
• Uganda

Results

Men

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Free	Jason Dunford   Kenya	23.01	Oussama Sahnoune   Algeria	23.11	Abdelmegid Mohamed   Egypt	23.42
100m Free	Myles Brown   South Africa	51.06	Jason Dunford   Kenya	51.20	Oussama Sahnoune   Algeria	51.60
200m Free	Myles Brown   South Africa	1'52.10	Ahmed Mathlouthi   Tunisia	1'53.19	Jason Dunford   Kenya	1'54.79
400m Free	Myles Brown   South Africa	3'57.59	Ahmed Mathlouthi   Tunisia	4'05.74	Lyes Nefsi   Algeria	4'08.36
800m Free	Myles Brown   South Africa	8'20.32	Ahmed Mathlouthi   Tunisia	8'31.81	Ali Ahmed Marwan   Egypt	8'32.89
1500m Free	Myles Brown   South Africa	16'04.69	Ali Ahmed Marwan   Egypt	16'25.48	Pedro Pinotes   Angola	16'45.60
50m Back	Ricky Ellis   South Africa	26.74	Jason Dunford   Kenya	27.18	Ryad Djendouci   Algeria	27.20
100m Back	Ricky Ellis   South Africa	57.75	Taki Mrabet   Tunisia	58.76	Michael Meyer   South Africa	59.42
200m Back	Taki Mrabet   Tunisia	2'06.65	Myles Brown   South Africa	2'07.19	Ricky Ellis   South Africa	2'08.52
50m Breast	Malick Fall   Senegal	28.57	Wasim Ellouni   Tunisia	28.80	Talel Mrabet   Tunisia	29.16
100m Breast	Wasim Ellouni   Tunisia	1'04.01	Malick Fall   Senegal	1'04.52	Michael Meyer   South Africa	1'04.87
200m Breast	Taki Mrabet   Tunisia	2'20.89	Talel Mrabet   Tunisia	2'21.35	Ahmed El Din Kamal   Egypt	2'21.59
50m Fly	Jason Dunford   Kenya	24.05	Oussama Sahnoune   Algeria	25.49	Joao Matias   Angola	25.59
100m Fly	Jason Dunford   Kenya	53.16	Marawan Osman   Egypt	55.47	Oussama Sahnoune   Algeria	55.79
200m Fly	Ahmed Akram Abbas   Egypt	2'04.92	Marawan Osman   Egypt	2'05.35	Myles Brown   South Africa	2'05.45
200m IM	Taki Mrabet   Tunisia	2'05.11	Michael Meyer   South Africa	2'06.32	Ayrton Sweeney   South Africa	2'06.74
400m IM	Ayrton Sweeney   South Africa	4'27.60	Taki Mrabet   Tunisia	4'28.22	Gadalla El Sayed   Egypt	4'32.77
4x100m   Free Relay	South Africa	3'30.52	Egypt	3'31.09	Algeria	3'31.45
4x200m   Free Relay	South Africa	7'42.68	Egypt	7'44.80	Tunisia	7'48.06
4x100m   Medley Relay	Egypt	3'51.29	Tunisia	3'53.49	South Africa	3'53.66

Women

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Free	Lehesta Kemp   South Africa	26.08	Mai Atef Abdelfatta   Egypt	27.24	Hossam Rowan   Egypt	27.35
100m Free	Lehesta Kemp   South Africa	57.98	Kyna Pereira   South AFrica	58.32	Zeineb Khalfalla   Tunisia	58.83
200m Free	Michelle Weber   South Africa	2:03.80	Kyna Pereira   South Africa	2:04.24	Zeineb Khalfalla   Tunisia	2:06.89
400m Free	Michelle Weber   South Africa	4:19.60	Reem Kaseem   Egypt	4:26.55	Rene Warnes   South Africa	4:28.25
800m Free	Michelle Weber   South Africa	8:50.45 CR	Kyna Pereira   South Africa	9:05.77	Reem Kaseem   Egypt	9:16.70
1500m Free	Michelle Weber   South Africa	16:46.46 CR	Kyna Pereira   South Africa	17:14.24	Reem Kaseem   Egypt	17:28.34
50m Back	Lehesta Kemp   South Africa	30.67	Nathania Van Niekerk   South Africa	30.69	Asma Sammod   Tunisia	31.06
100m Back	Lehesta Kemp   South Africa	1:03.68	Nathania Van Niekerk   South Africa	1:04.96	Marym Rahman El Sayed   Egypt	1:06.98
200m Back	Nathania Van Niekerk   South Africa	2:20.30	Rene Warnes   South Africa	2:21.99	Hania Hany   Egypt	2:22.35
50m Breast	Tara Nicholas   South Africa	33.15	Mai Atef Abdelfatta   Egypt	33.56	Rowida Mohamed   Egypt	34.39
100m Breast	Tara Nicholas   South Africa	1:12.47	Mai Atef Abdelfatta   Egypt	1:13.26	Rowida Mohamed   Egypt	1:14.99
200m Breast	Rowida Mohamed   Egypt	2:37.41	Mai Atef Abdelfatta   Egypt	2:38.75	Tara Nicholas   South Africa	2:39.98
50m Fly	Mandy Loots   South Africa	27.75	Lehesta Kemp   South Africa	28.44	Fella Bennaceur   Algeria	28.97
100m Fly	Mandy Loots   South Africa	1:00.64	Rene Warnes   South Africa	1:03.40	Fella Bennaceur   Algeria	1:04.39
200m Fly	Mandy Loots   South Africa	2:15.85	Michelle Weber   South Africa	2:20.41	Marym Rahman El Sayed   Egypt	2:21.30
200m IM	Mandy Loots   South Africa	2:20.55	Rene Warnes   South Africa	2:22.60	Rowida Mohamed   Egypt	2:26.05
400m IM	Rene Warnes   South Africa	4:59.82	Mandy Loots   South Africa	5:04.28	Rowida Mohamed   Egypt	5:09.63
4x100m freestyle relay	South Africa Kyna Pereira Michelle Weber Rene Warnes Lehesta Kemp	3:55.54	Egypt Hossam Rowan Reem Kaseem Hania Hany Mai Atef Abdelfatta	4:01.38	Algeria Fella Bennaceur Amel Melih Amel Lalla Nesrine Khelifati	4:02.67
4x200m freestyle relay	South Africa Kyna Pereira Michelle Weber Rene Warnes Lehesta Kemp	8:39.57	Egypt Hossam Rowan Reem Kaseem Hania Hany Shahd Osman	8:53.64	Algeria Amel Melih Fella Bennaceur Souad Cherouati Nesrine Khelifati	9:06.66
4x100m medley relay	South Africa Nathania van Niekerk Tara Nicholas Mandy Loots Lehesta Kemp	4:18.31	Egypt Hania Hany Mai Atef Abdelfatta Marym Rahman El Sayed Hossam Rowan	4:29.08	Algeria Amel Melih Nesrine Khelifati Fella Bennaceur Amel Lalla	4:34.61

Medal standings

Final medal standings for the 2012 African Swimming Championships are:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	29	14	8	51
2	Tunisia (TUN)	4	8	5	17
3	Egypt (EGY)	3	13	14	30
4	Kenya (KEN)	3	2	1	6
5	Senegal (SEN)	1	1	0	2
6	Algeria (ALG)	0	2	10	12
7	Angola (ANG)	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 entries)		40	40	40	120

External links

• 2012 African Swimming Champs Results