2018 African Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

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Women's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
VenueMohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates12 September (heats and final)
Competitors15 from 11 nations
Winning time31.99
Medalists
gold medal   File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
silver medal   File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
bronze medal   File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
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The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 12 September 2018.[1][2]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Lilly King File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 29.40 Budapest 30 July 2017
African record Tatjana Schoenmaker File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 30.82 Gold Coast 6 April 2018
Championship record Kaylene Corbett File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 32.58 Bloemfontein 18 October 2016

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
12 September Heat Tilka Paljk File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 32.06 CR
12 September Final Lara van Niekerk File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 31.99 CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 12 September at 10:15.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tilka Paljk File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 32.06 Q CR
2 Lara van Niekerk File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 32.25 Q
3 Jade Simons File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 33.77 Q
4 Rowida Hesham File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 33.87 Q
5 Habiba Belghith File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 33.99 Q
6 Imane El Barodi File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 34.10 Q
7 Rebecca Kamau File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 35.09 Q
8 Tessa Ip Hen Cheung File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 35.11 Q
9 Hamida Rania Nefsi File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 35.12
10 Meriem Cheikh File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 35.47
11 Hiba Laknit File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 36.02
12 Samantha Rakotovelo File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 38.02
Jannat Bique File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique Did not start
Evelyn Nmor File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Nkem Chukwuemeke File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria

Final

The final was started on 12 September.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Lara van Niekerk File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 31.99 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Tilka Paljk File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 32.15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Jade Simons File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 33.10
4 6 Rowida Hesham File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 33.64
5 2 Habiba Belghith File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 34.17
6 7 Imane El Barodi File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 34.36
7 1 Rebecca Kamau File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 34.50
8 8 Tessa Ip Hen Cheung File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 34.73

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "CHAMPIONNAT D'AFRIQUE OPEN 2018 - HEATS DAY 3". 13canalger2018.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "CHAMPIONNAT D'AFRIQUE OPEN 2018 - FULL RESULTS". 13canalger2018.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.