2016 African Swimming Championships

12th African Swimming Championships
Host city	Bloemfontein, (South Africa)
Date(s)	October 16–23, 2016
Venue(s)	Stadium Swimming Pool Bloemfontein
Nations participating	17
Events	44

The 12th African Swimming Championships were held October 16–23, 2016 in Bloemfontein, (South Africa).

Competition location was the Stadium Swimming Pool in Bloemfontein.

Participating countries

Countries which sent teams were:

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Congo
• Egypt
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Mozambique

• Namibia
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• South Africa
• Sudan
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Results

Men

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Free	Oussama Sahnoune   Algeria	22.39	Douglas Erasmus   South Africa	22.55	Mohamed Samy   Egypt	23.08
100m Free	Oussama Sahnoune   Algeria	49.60 CR	Calvyn Justus   South Africa	50.21	Mohamed Samy   Egypt	50.29
200m Free	Myles Brown   South Africa	1'50.93	Marwan Elamrawy   Egypt	1'51.60	Calvin Justus   South Africa	1'51.92
400m Free	Myles Brown   South Africa	3'54.80	Marwan Elamrawy   Egypt	3'56.45	Lounis Khendriche   Algeria	4'02.15
800m Free	Marwan Elamrawy   Egypt	8'13.07	Brent Szurdoki   South Africa	8'14.75	Josh Dannbauser   South Africa	8'18.57
1500m Free	Brent Szurdoki   South Africa	15'37.65	Marwan Elamrawy   Egypt	15'48.33	Josh Dannbauser   South Africa	16'00.17
50m Back	Mohamed Samy   Egypt	26.62	Jacques van Wyk   South Africa	27.12	Driss Lahrichi   Morocco	27.59
100m Back	Jacques van Wyk   South Africa	56.50	Mohamed Samy   Egypt	57.31	Neil de Villiers   South Africa	57.43
200m Back	Martin Binedell   South Africa	2'03.43	Neil Fair   South Africa	2'04.33	Ahmed Hamdy   Egypt	2'07.45
50m Breast	Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa	28.05 CR	Michael Houlie   South Africa	28.63	Ahmed Shamlool   Egypt	28.92
100m Breast	Alaric Basson   South Africa	1'03.12	Michael Houlie   South Africa	1'03.46	Hassan Yasser   Egypt	1'03.66
200m Breast	Ayrton Sweeney   South Africa	2'16.96	Alaric Basson   South Africa	2'20.82	Hassan Yasser   Egypt	2'21.17
50m Fly	Douglas Erasmus   South Africa	24.33	Hassan Yasser   Egypt	24.64	Alard Basson   South Africa	24.83
100m Fly	Chad le Clos   South Africa	52.69	Mohamed Samy   Egypt	54.91	Alard Basson   South Africa	55.05
200m Fly	Eben Vorster   South Africa	2'01.03	Ahmed Hamdy   Egypt	2'03.27	Lounis Khendriche   Algeria	2'03.48
200m IM	Jarryd Baxter   South Africa	2'04.68	Neil Fair   South Africa	2'05.37	Mohamed Samy   Egypt	2'08.22
400m IM	Ayrton Sweeney   South Africa	4'27.80	Ahmed Hamdy   Egypt	4'30.22	Neil Fair   South Africa	4'31.41
4x100m   Free Relay	South Africa   Douglas Erasmus,   Calvin Justus,   Eben Vorster,   Myles Brown	3:22.72 CR	Egypt   Ihab Salem Salem,   Marwan Elamrawy,   Ahmed Hamdy,   Mohamed Samy	3'25.52	Senegal  El Hadji Adama Diane,   Adama Thiaw Ndir,  Matar Samb,   Abdul Khadre Mbaya Niane	3'59.50
4x200m   Free Relay	South Africa   Josh Dannbauser,   Brent Szurdoki,   Calvin Justus,   Myles Brown	7:36.80	Egypt   Ihab Salem Salem,   Mohamed Samy,   Marwan Elamrawy,   Ahmed Hamdy	7'38.89	Morocco   Said Saber,   Driss Lahrichi,  Nouamane Battahi,   Adil Assouab	8'10.37
4x100m   Medley Relay	South Africa  Jacques van Wyk,  Alaric Basson,   Alard Basson,   Calvin Justus	3:44.60	Egypt   Mohamed Samy,  Hassan Yasser,  Ahmed Hamdy,   Ihab Salem Salem	3'51.91	Morocco   Driss Lahrichi,  Ahmed Reda Ennaim,  Nouamane Battahi,   Adil Assouab	3'58.31

Women

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Free	Amel Melih   Algeria	26.72	Rowan El Badry   Egypt	27.02	Alexus Laird   Seychelles >	27.03
100m Free	Amel Melih   Algeria	58.28	Gabi Grobler   South AFrica	58.54	Samantha Labuschagne   South AFrica	59.38
200m Free	Caitlin Kat   South Africa	2'06.07	Rebecca Meder   South Africa	2'06.16	Souad Nefissa Cherouati   Algeria	2'07.51
400m Free	Caitlin Kat   South Africa	4'24.74	Souad Nefissa Cherouati   Algeria	4'26.44	Jessica Whelan   South Africa	4'29.68
800m Free	Souad Nefissa Cherouati   Algeria	9'10.29	Reem Mohamed Hussein   Egypt	9'13.85	Michelle Weber   South Africa	9'15.89
1500m Free	Charlise Oberholzer   South Africa	17'20.44	Souad Nefissa Cherouati   Algeria	17'44.35	Michelle Weber   South Africa	17'55.43
50m Back	Alexus Laird   Seychelles	30.68	Amel Melih   South Africa	31.08	Ingy Abouzaid   Egypt	31.72
100m Back	Mariella Venter   South Africa	1'02.44 CR	Alexus Laird   Seychelles	1’05.53	Ingy Abouzaid   Egypt	1'06.50
200m Back	Mariella Venter   South Africa	2'14.33	Nathania van Niekerk   South Africa	2'15.49	Alexus Laird   Seychelles	2’22.67
50m Breast	Kaylene Corbett   South Africa	32.58 CR	Hanim Abrahams   South Africa	33.08	Mai Atef Abdelfattah   Egypt	33.44
100m Breast	Kaylene Corbett   South Africa	1'11.81	Hanim Abrahams   South Africa	1”12.35	Mai Atef Abdelfattah   Egypt	1'12.49
200m Breast	Kaylene Corbett   South Africa	2'33.09	Hanim Abrahams   South Africa	2'36.57	Rowida Mohamed   Egypt	2'41.71
50m Fly	Nathania van Niekerk   South Africa	28.15	Lesley Blignaut   South Africa	29.23	Mariam Sakr   Egypt	29.42
100m Fly	Nathania van Niekerk   South Africa	1'02.61	Mariam Sakr   Egypt	1’03.11	Rowida Mohamed   Egypt	1”03.23
200m Fly	Sarah Hadj Abderrahmane   Algeria	2'15.75	Mariam Sakr   Egypt	2’18.88	Rowida Mohamed   Egypt	2’20.00
200m IM	Rebecca Meder   South Africa	2'20.37	Rania Hamida Nefsi   Algeria >	2'22.16	Rowida Mohamed   Egypt	2'22.38
400m IM	Rebecca Meder   South Africa	4'58.51	Rania Hamida Nefsi   Algeria	5'02.58	Rowida Mohamed   Egypt	5'05.51
4x100m   Free Relay	Algeria   Sarah Hadj Abderrahmane,   Souad Nefissa Cherouati,   Rania Hamida Nefsi,   Amel Melih	4'00.92	Egypt   Rowida Mohamed,   Rowan El Badry,   Mariam Sakr,   Mai Atef Abdelfattah	4'06.62
4x200m   Free Relay	South Africa   Nathania van Niekerk,   Caitlin Kat,   Jessica Whelan,   Rebecca Meder	8:39.00	Algeria   Sarah Hadj Abderrahmane,   Rania Hamida Nefsi,   Amel Melih,   Souad Nefissa Cherouati	8'56.87	Egypt   Reem Mohamed Hussein,   Ingy Abouzaid,   Rowan El Badry,   Mariam Sakr	9'06.63
4x100m   Medley Relay	South Africa  Mariella Venter,  Kaylene Corbett,   Nathania van Niekerk,   Gabi Grobler	4:18.92	Egypt   Ingy Abouzaid,   Mai Atef Abdelfattah,  Mariam Sakr,   Rowan El Badry	4'21.71	Algeria   Amel Melih,   Rania Hamida Nefsi,  Sarah Hadj Abderrahmane,   Souad Nefissa Cherouati	4'18.61

Mixed

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4x100m   Free Relay	South Africa  Calvyn Justus,  Gabi Grobler,  Samantha Labuschagne,  Myles Brown	3:37.02 CR	Egypt  Rowan El Badry,  Ihab Salem Salem,  Mohamed Samy,   Mai Atef Abdelfattah	3'43.01	Algeria  Oussama Sahnoune,  Lounis Khendriche,  Amel Melih,   Souad Nefissa Cherouati	3'43.32
4x100m   Medley Relay	South Africa  Mariella Venter,  Alaric Basson,   Alard Basson,   Gabi Grobler	3:59.28 CR	Egypt   Mohamed Samy,  Hassan Yasser,  Mariam Sakr,   Rowan El Badry	4'06.12	Algeria   Amel Melih,  Ramzi Chouchar,  Sarah Hadj Abderrahmane,   Oussama Sahnoune	4'18.61

Open water race

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 k (men)	Hassen Yasser   Egypt	1 h 00'09.36	Marwan Elamrawy   Egypt	1 h 00'20.34	Danie Marais   South Africa	1 h 00'22.11
5 k (women)	Michelle Weber   South Africa	1 h 12'13.26	Souad Nefissa Cherouati   Algeria	1 h 12'13.62	Carmen le Roux   South Africa	1 h 12'16.37

Medal standings

Final medal standings for the 2016 African Swimming Championships are:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	33	16	13	62
2	Algeria	7	7	6	20
3	Egypt	3	20	18	41
4	Seychelles	1	1	2	4
5	Morocco	0	0	3	3
6	Senegal	0	0	1	1

External links

• CANA African swimming championships” 2016 African Swimming Champs Results
• “XII CANA African swimming championships”