Rowing at the 2014 African Youth Games

The rowing competitions at the 2nd African Youth Games in Gaborone were held from 24 May to 26 May 2014, at Gaborone Dam. Three medal events were contested by 32 athletes from 12 countries.^[1]

Tunisia was the most successful nation, topping the medal table with two golds and three in total. South Africa finished second with one gold and three medals overall. Egypt finished third with three bronze medals.

Venue

All of the rowing events were staged at Gaborone Dam located south of Gaborone along the Gaborone-Lobatse road.^[2]

Gaborone Dam at sunset.

Events

There were three single scull events:

• 500 m sprint for men.
• 500 m sprint for women.
• 500x2 mixed relay.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tunisia	2	1	0	3
2	South Africa	1	2	0	3
3	Egypt	0	0	3	3
Totals (3 nations)		3	3	3	9

Medal summary

Men's events

500 m sprint single sculls.

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
JM1x[3]	Tunisia Mohamed Taieb	1:46.97	South Africa Daniel Watkinsr	1:47.57	Egypt Mahmoud Qattara	1:51.88

Women's events

500 m sprint single sculls.

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
JW1x[4]	South Africa Amy Mattushek	2:05.62	Tunisia Nour Ettaieb	2:06.73	Egypt Esraa Ibrahim	2:18.90

Mixed Relay

500x2 mixed relay single sculls.

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
JMix1x[5]	Tunisia Nour Ettaieb (01:54.92) Mohamed Taieb (01:39.52)	03:35.24	South Africa Rosanne Bentley (01:48.38) Charles Brittain (01:47.28)	03:36.06	Egypt Mohamed Noureldin (01:40.13) Esraa Ibrahim (02:16.51)	03:57.04

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