2016 African Swimming Championships

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12th African Swimming Championships

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

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

Competition location was the Stadium Swimming Pool in Bloemfontein.

## Participating countries

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Countries which sent teams were:

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Congo
* Egypt
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* South Africa
* Sudan
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Medal standings

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Final medal standings for the 2016 African Swimming Championships are:

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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 entries)| 44| 44| 43| 131

## Results

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### Men

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

## External links

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* "2016 CANA African swimming championships" 2016 African Swimming Champs Results
* "XII CANA African swimming championships"