Swimming at the 1999 All-Africa Games
Swimming at the 7th All-Africa Games was held 12–18 September 1999 at the Ellis Park Aquatic Complex in Johannesburg, South Africa. The six-day meet featured events in a 50-meter (long course) pool.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Participating nations
128 swimmers from 18 nations were entered in the competition.[7] Among those with swimmers were:
- File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
- File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
- File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
- File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
- File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
- File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius
- File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
- File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia
- File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
- File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
- File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles
- File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
- File:Flag of Swaziland.svg Swaziland
- File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia
- File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
- File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
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Schedule
Note: Events are listed on correct day, but possibly not in the right order.
| Date | 12 September | September 13 | 14 September |
| E v e n t s |
100 free (w) 100 breast (m) 400 IM (w) 200 free (m) 4x200 Free Relay (w) |
200 breast (w) 100 fly (m) 200 free (w) 400 IM (m) 4x200 Free Relay (m) |
100 free (m) 400 free (w) 200 back (m) 100 back (w) 4x100 Free Relay (w) |
| Date | 15 September | September 16 | 17 September |
| E v e n t s |
100 fly (w) 200 breast (m) 100 breast (w) 400 free (m) 800 free (w) 4x100 Free Relay (m) |
50 free (m) 200 IM (w) 200 fly (m) 100 back (m) 1500 free (m) 4x100 Medley Relay (w) |
200 fly (w) 200 IM (m) 200 back (w) 50 free (w) 4x100 Medley Relay |
m= men's event, w= women's event
Results
Men
m1 In prelims of the men's 100 free, Algeria's Salim Iles set a new Games Record (GR) of 50.36.
Women
w1 In winning the Women's 100 and 200 Breaststrokes, South Africa's Penny Heynes defended the 2 titles she won at the 1995 All-Africa Games.
w2 Order of swimmers for the women's 4x100 Free Relay may be off, however, Moody (Zimbabwe) and Van Selm (South Africa) were the fourth swimmers for their relays.
Medal standings
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 30 | 20 | 3 | 53 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 33 | 31 | 32 | 96 | |
References
- ↑ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 1 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-12; retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ↑ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 2 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-13; retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ↑ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 3 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-14; retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ↑ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 4 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-16; retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ↑ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 5 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-16; retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ↑ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 6 by Neville Smith for SwimNews. Published 1999-09-18; retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ↑ (2003) All African Games Roundup & Results by Chaker Belhadj, published by SwimNews on 2003-10-24; retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ↑ "Ninth All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria – from July 11 to 23-Seychelles' history at the All-Africa Games". www.nation.sc. Retrieved 14 June 2017.