Jump to content

2018 African Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
VenueMohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates11 September (heats and final)
Competitors12 from 9 nations
Winning time2:35.25
Medalists
gold medal    South Africa
silver medal    Egypt
bronze medal    Algeria
← 2016
2020 →

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 11 September 2018.[1][2]

Records

[edit]

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Rikke Møller Pedersen  Denmark 2:19.11 Barcelona 1 August 2013
African record Tatjana Schoenmaker  South Africa 2:22.02 Gold Coast 7 April 2018
Championship record Sarra Lajnef  Tunisia 2:32.16 Casablanca 14 September 2010

Results

[edit]

Heats

[edit]

The heats were started on 11 September at 11:20.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lara van Niekerk  South Africa 2:39.15 Q
2 Rebecca Kamau  Kenya 2:41.18 Q
3 Hamida Rania Nefsi  Algeria 2:42.08 Q
4 Rowida Hesham  Egypt 2:42.33 Q
5 Habiba Belghith  Tunisia 2:43.13 Q
6 Tessa Ip Hen Cheung  Mauritius 2:46.73 Q
7 Hiba Laknit  Morocco 2:47.00 Q
8 Fatima Jayla  Cape Verde 2:55.55 Q
9 Lesa La Troya  Cape Verde 2:56.74
Khensa Belkacemi  Algeria Disqualified
Jade Simons  South Africa
Evelyn Nmor  Nigeria Did not start

Final

[edit]

The final was started on 11 September.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Lara van Niekerk  South Africa 2:35.25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Rowida Hesham  Egypt 2:38.99
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Hamida Rania Nefsi  Algeria 2:40.10
4 2 Habiba Belghith  Tunisia 2:40.11
5 5 Rebecca Kamau  Kenya 2:41.42
6 7 Tessa Ip Hen Cheung  Mauritius 2:44.56
7 1 Hiba Laknit  Morocco 2:45.51
8 8 Fatima Jayla  Cape Verde 2:55.77

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "CHAMPIONNAT D'AFRIQUE OPEN 2018 - HEATS DAY 2". 13canalger2018.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "CHAMPIONNAT D'AFRIQUE OPEN 2018 - FINALS DAY 2". 13canalger2018.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2019.