Swimming at the All-Africa Games

Swimming was an All-Africa Games event at its inaugural edition in 1965 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	# countries	# swimmers
I	1965	Brazzaville, the Congo
II	1973	Lagos, Nigeria
III	1978	Algiers, Algeria
IV	1987	Nairobi, Kenya
V	1991	Cairo, Egypt
VI	1995	Harare, Zimbabwe
VII	1999	Johannesburg, South Africa	18	128
VIII	2003	Abuja, Nigeria	21	117 (male=63; female=54)
IX	2007	Algiers, Algeria	16	121
X	2011	Maputo, Mozambique

Games records

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise. All times are swum in a long-course (50m) pool.

Men

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
01.1 ! 50 m freestyle	22.34	=	Iles , Salim Salim Iles	Algeria	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
01.2 ! 50 m freestyle	22.34	=	Louw , Gideon Gideon Louw	South Africa	10 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
02 ! 100 m freestyle	49.38		Iles , Salim Salim Iles	Algeria	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
03 ! 200 m freestyle	1:48.95		Mathlouthi , Ahmed Ahmed Mathlouthi	Tunisia	5 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
04 ! 400 m freestyle	3:54.03		Mathlouthi , Ahmed Ahmed Mathlouthi	Tunisia	8 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
05 ! 800 m freestyle	8:02.84		Prinsloo , Troyden Troyden Prinsloo	South Africa	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
06 ! 1500 m freestyle
07 ! 50 m backstroke	25.68		Zandberg , Gerhard Gerhard Zandberg	South Africa	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
08 ! 100 m backstroke	55.26		Crous , Charl Charl Crous	South Africa	9 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
09 ! 200 m backstroke	2:01.74		Murray , Darren Darren Murray	South Africa	7 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
10 ! 50 m breaststroke	27.74		van der Burgh , Cameron Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
11 ! 100 m breaststroke	1:02.05		Daid , Soufiane Soufiane Daid	Algeria	September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	South Africa, Johannesburg ! Johannesburg, South Africa
12 ! 200 m breaststroke	2:14.27		Daid , Sofiane Sofiane Daid	Algeria	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
13 ! 50 m butterfly	23.57		Dunford , Jason Jason Dunford	Kenya	7 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
14 ! 100 m butterfly	52.13		Dunford , Jason Jason Dunford	Kenya	6 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
15 ! 200 m butterfly	1:56.37		Le Clos , Chad Chad Le Clos	South Africa	9 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
16 ! 200 m individual medley	2:00.70		Le Clos , Chad Chad Le Clos	South Africa	10 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
17 ! 400 m individual medley	4:16.88		Le Clos , Chad Chad Le Clos	South Africa	6 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
18 ! 4×100 m freestyle relay	3:19.42		{{{1lastname}}} ! Leith Shankland Chad Le Clos Gideon Louw Darian Townsend	South Africa	8 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
19 ! 4×200 m freestyle relay	7:33.63		{{{1lastname}}} ! Jasper Venter Riaan Schoeman Leith Shankland Darian Townsend	South Africa	7 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
20 ! 4×100 m medley relay	3:44.92		{{{1lastname}}} ! [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]]	South Africa	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANA; WR – World record; AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Women

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
01 ! 50 m freestyle	25.84	(h)	Prinsloo , Karin Karin Prinsloo	South Africa	9 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
02 ! 100 m freestyle	56.05		Prinsloo , Karin Karin Prinsloo	South Africa	5 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
03 ! 200 m freestyle	1:59.84		Prinsloo , Karin Karin Prinsloo	South Africa	6 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
04 ! 400 m freestyle	4:15.53		Corfe , Melissa Melissa Corfe	South Africa	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
05 ! 800 m freestyle	8:43.89		Coventry , Kirsty Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
06 ! 1500 m freestyle	17:03.22		Tammadge , Roxanne Roxanne Tammadge	South Africa	10 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
07 ! 50 m backstroke	28.89		Coventry , Kirsty Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
08 ! 100 m backstroke	1:00.86		Coventry , Kirsty Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	7 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
09 ! 200 m backstroke	2:10.66		Coventry , Kirsty Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
10 ! 50 m breaststroke	32.62		van Biljon , Suzaan Suzaan van Biljon	South Africa	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
11 ! 100 m breaststroke	1:07.58		Heyns , Penny Penny Heyns	South Africa	September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	South Africa, Johannesburg ! Johannesburg, South Africa
12 ! 200 m breaststroke	2:28.00		Heyns , Penny Penny Heyns	South Africa	September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	South Africa, Johannesburg ! Johannesburg, South Africa
13 ! 50 m butterfly	27.08		Osman , Farida Farida Osman	Egypt	6 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
14 ! 100 m butterfly	59.86		Loots , Mandy Mandy Loots	South Africa	8 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
15 ! 200 m butterfly	2:12.46		Loots , Mandy Mandy Loots	South Africa	10 September 2011	2011 All-Africa Games	Mozambique, Maputo ! Maputo, Mozambique
16 ! 200 m individual medley	2:13.02		Coventry , Kirsty Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
17 ! 400 m individual medley	4:39.91		Coventry , Kirsty Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria
18 ! 4×100 m freestyle relay	3:52.74		{{{1lastname}}} ! Lize-Mari Retief Suzaan van Biljon Melissa Corfe Lauren Roets	South Africa	2003	2003 All-Africa Games	Nigeria, Abuja ! Abuja, Nigeria
19 ! 4×200 m freestyle relay			{{{1lastname}}} ! [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]]
20 ! 4×100 m medley relay	4:10.90		{{{1lastname}}} ! [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]]	South Africa	July 2007	2007 All-Africa Games	Algeria, Algiers ! Algiers, Algeria

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANA; WR – World record; AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial