2008 African Swimming Championships

July 2023 July 2023 The 9th African Swimming Championships were held at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa from 1–7 December 2008. Participants Swimmers from 18 countriesA list of the countries with swimmers at the championships was included in the article Jessica wears the Golden SmileSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes , published by Swimming South Africa on 2008-12-2. Retrieved 2008-12-9. competed at the 2008 African Swimming Championships: 22em Algeria Angola Côte d'Ivoire Egypt Guinea Kenya Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Senegal South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Zimbabwe Results Medal standings 13 7 11 13 20 9 5 3 2 2 0 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 Men's events |- |50 m freestyle Oussama Mellouli 23.26 Timothy Ferris 24.08 Yellow Yeiyah 24.15 |- |100 m freestyle Oussama Mellouli 49.81 Jason Dunford 50.05 Farouk Ben Jeddi 53.23 |- |200 m freestyle Oussama Mellouli 1:50.28 Jason Dunford 1:52.09 Riaan Schoeman 1:52.76 |- |400 m freestyle Oussama Mellouli 3:58:17 Riaan Schoeman 3:58.57 Ahmed Mathlouthi 4:06.22 |- |800 m freestyle Oussama Mellouli 8:20:73 Riaan Schoeman 8:24.17 Ahmed Mathlouthi 8:26.09 |- |1500 m freestyle Oussama Mellouli 16:12.00 Chad Ho 16:18.34 Ahmed Mathlouthi 17:34.47 |- | || || || || || |- |50 m backstroke Jason Dunford 26.73 Darren Murray 26.85 Oussama Mellouli 26.92 |- |100 m backstroke George du Rand 55.92 Darren Murray 57.89 Amine Kouam 59.53 |- |200 m backstroke George du Rand 2:01.02 Darren Murray 2:06.08 Taki Mrabet 2:10.82 |- | || || || || || |- |50 m breaststroke Malick Fall 28:38 Thabang Moeketsane 29:15 Chad le Clos 30:55 |- |100 m breaststroke Malick Fall 1:02.71 William Diering 1:02.72 Thabang Moeketsane 1:04.30 |- |200 m breaststroke William Diering 2:16:00 Oussama Mellouli 2:17.57 Chad le Clos 2:24.20 |- | || || || || || |- |50 m butterfly Jason Dunford 23.50 Garth Tune 24.42 Yellow Yeiyah 25.27 |- |100 m butterfly Jason Dunford 52.49 Garth Tune 54.25 George du Rand 54.65 |- |200 m butterfly | || | || | || |- | || || || || || |- |200 m individual medley Oussama Mellouli 2:06.04 Chad le Clos 2:06.76 Taki Mrabet 2:08.54 |- |400 m individual medley Oussama Mellouli 4:25.16 Riaan Schoeman 4:27.40 Taki Mrabet 4:37.31 |- | || || || || || |- |4 x 100 m freestyle relay 3:29.79 Farouk Ben Jeddi Ahmed Mathlouthi Taki Mbaret Oussama Mellouli 3:32.34 George du Rand Pierre Wirth Garth Tune Riaan Schoeman 3:42.24 Malick Fall Matar Samb Abdou Khadre Niane Papa Madiop Ndong |- |4x200m freestyle relay | || | || | || |- |4 x 100 m medley relay 3:48.46 Darren Murray Thabang Moeketsane Garth Tune George du Rand 3:57.85 Taki Mbaret Oussama Mellouli Farouk Ben Jeddi Ahmed Mathlouthi 4:11.98 Matias João Pedro Pinotes Paulo Rebelo Hélder Foretes |- | || || || || || |- |5 km open waterHo, Du Toit clinic it for South Africa https://web.archive.org/web/20081218002905/http://www.swimsa.co.za/default.asp?des=article&id=1421 2008-12-18 ; 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. Chad Ho 58.39 Aziz Mazen 1:00.56 Abdul-Malick Railoun 1:00.59 Women's events |- |50 m freestyle Sarra Chahed 26.79 Achieng Ajulu-Bushell 26.88 Megan Scott 27.24 |- |100 m freestyle Melissa Corfe 58.10 Sarra Chahed 58:21 Achieng Ajulu-Bushell 58:72 |- |200 m freestyle Zeineb Khalfallah 2:08.04 Dominique Dryding 2:10.28 Moira Fraser 2:10.58 |- |400m freestyle | || | || | || |- |800m freestyle | || | || | || |- |1500m freestyle | || | || | || |- | || || || || || || |- |50 m backstroke Sarra Chahed 31:08 Rene Warnes 31.58 Binta Zahra Diop 32:44 |- |100 m backstroke Mandy Loots 1:05.21 Jonay Briedenhann 1:08.04 Kirsten Lapham 1:10.12 |- |200m backstroke | || | || | || |- | || || || || || || |- |50 m breaststroke Achieng Ajulu-Bushell 32:64 Sarra Lajnef 34:07 Robyn Ferguson 35:03 |- |100 m breaststroke Achieng Ajulu-Bushell 1:12.88 Sarra Lajnef 1:13.30 Jessica Liss 1:13.49 |- |200 m breaststroke Jessica Liss 2:33.39 Sarra Lajnef 2:40.54 Maxine Heard 2:44.30 |- | || || || || || || |- |50 m butterfly Mandy Loots 27:66 Megan Scott 28:63 Binta Zahra Diop 28:66 |- |100 m butterfly Mandy Loots 1:00.58 Megan Scott 1:03.46 Mariem Meddeb 1:04.01 |- |200m butterfly | || | || | || |- | || || || || || || |- |200 m individual medley Mandy Loots 2:18.91 Jessica Liss 2:23.90 Sarra Lajnef 2:24.74 |- |400m individual medley | || | || | || |- | || || || || || || |- |4 x 100 m freestyle relay 3:58.45 Zeineb Khalfallah Sarra Lajnef Mariem Meddeb Sarra Chahed 4:06.54 Megan Scott Dominique Dryding Robyn Ferguson Mandy Loots | Pina Ercolano Sylvia Brunlehner Rachita Shah Achieng Ajulu-Bushell || 4:16.33 NR |- |4x200m freestyle relay | || | || | || |- |4 x 100 m medley relay 4:23.65 Amanda Loots Jessica Liss Megan Scott Dominique Dryding 4:29.42 Sarra Chahed Sarra Lajnef Mariem Meddeb Zeineb Khalfallah 4:46.37 Marieme Faye Fatou Kine Diop Binta Zahra Diop Ouleye Diallo |- | || || || || || || |- |5 km open water Natalie du Toit 1:04.01 Dominique Dryding 1:06.43 Sarra Lajnef 1:10.08 See also 2008 in swimming References External links 9h African Swimming Championships Swimming South Africa Full pool results from the CANA website. Category:African Swimming Championships African Swimming Championships, 2008 Swimming Swimming Category:International aquatics competitions hosted by South Africa Category:Sports competitions in Johannesburg Category:Swimming competitions in South Africa African Swimming Championships African Swimming Championships, 2008