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:

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 El-Amrawy Egypt	1:51.60	Calvyn Justus South Africa	1:51.92
400m Free	Myles Brown South Africa	3:54.80	Marwan El-Amrawy Egypt	3:56.45	Lounis Khendriche Algeria	4:02.15
800m Free	Marwan El-Amrawy Egypt	8:13.07	Brent Szurdoki South Africa	8:14.75	Josh Dannhauser South Africa	8:18.57
1500m Free	Brent Szurdoki South Africa	15:37.65	Marwan El-Amrawy Egypt	15:48.33	Josh Dannhauser 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, Calvyn Justus, Eben Vorster, Myles Brown	3:22.76 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 Dannhauser, Brent Szurdoki, Calvyn 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, Calvyn 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)	Youssef Hossam Egypt	1:00:09.36	Marwan Elamrawy Egypt	1:00:20.34	Danie Marais South Africa	1:00:22.11
5 k (women)	Michelle Weber South Africa	1:12:13.26	Souad Nefissa Cherouati Algeria	1:12:13.62	Carmen le Roux South Africa	1:12:16.37

Medal standings

Final medal standings for the 2016 African Swimming Championships are:


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	33	16	13	62
2	Algeria (ALG)	7	7	6	20
3	Egypt (EGY)	3	20	18	41
4	Seychelles (SEY)	1	1	2	4
5	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	3	3
6	Senegal (SEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		44	44	43	131

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