Swimming at the 2023 African Games

Swimming
at the 2023 African Games
VenueBorteyman Sports Complex Aquatics Center
LocationAccra, Ghana
Dates9–13 March 2024

Swimming at the 2023 African Games was held from 9 to 13 March 2024 at the Borteyman Sports Complex Aquatics Center in Accra, Ghana.

The event served as a qualifier for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Schedule

Participating nations

Results

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle
Ali Khalafalla
 Egypt
22.02
GR
Clayton Jimmie
 South Africa
22.54 Xander Skinner
 Namibia
22.67
100 m freestyle
Clayton Jimmie
 South Africa
46.29 Xander Skinner
 Namibia
49.29 Abdalla Nasr
 Egypt
50.99
200 m freestyle
Marwan Elkamash
 Egypt
1:49.75 Abdalla Nasr
 Egypt
1:50.39 Andrew Ross
 South Africa
1:51.09
400 m freestyle
Marwan Elkamash
 Egypt
3:51.79 Matthew Caldwell
 South Africa
3:57.70 Cameron Casali
 South Africa
3:58.73
800 m freestyle
Marwan Elkamash
 Egypt
8:04.25 Matthew Caldwell
 South Africa
8:19.45 Ali Ahmed
 Egypt
8:23.68
1500 m freestyle
Marwan Elkamash
 Egypt
15:39.07 Ali Ahmed
 Egypt
15:58.23 Matthew Caldwell
 South Africa
16:10.89
50 m backstroke
Abdellah Ardjoune
 Algeria
Jonah Pool-Jones
 South Africa
25.85 Not awarded Steven Aimable
 Senegal
26.31
100 m backstroke
Abdellah Ardjoune
 Algeria
55.94 Denilson Cyprianos
 Zimbabwe
56.32 Jonah Pool-Jones
 South Africa
56.98
200 m backstroke
Denilson Cyprianos
 Zimbabwe
2:01.96 Abdellah Ardjoune
 Algeria
2:02.22 Helgaard Muller
 South Africa
2:03.99
50 m breaststroke
Jaouad Syoud
 Algeria
27.98 Youssef El-Kamash
 Egypt
28.27 Adrian Robinson
 Botswana
28.28
100 m breaststroke
Ronan Wantenaar
 Namibia
1:01.86 Jaouad Syoud
 Algeria
1:01.93 Adrian Robinson
 Botswana
1:03.03
200 m breaststroke
Jaouad Syoud
 Algeria
2:14.82 Ronan Wantenaar
 Namibia
2:15.52 Andrew Ross
 South Africa
2:18.20
50 m butterfly
Ali Khalafalla
 Egypt
23.93 Abeiku Jackson
 Ghana
24.23 Jarden Eaton
 South Africa
24.42
100 m butterfly
Abdalla Nasr
 Egypt
53.29 Jarden Eaton
 South Africa
53.45 Abeiku Jackson
 Ghana
53.80
200 m butterfly
Abdalla Nasr
 Egypt
2:01.87 Fares Benzidoune
 Algeria
2:02.21 Liam Vehbi
 South Africa
2:03.79
200 m individual medley
Jaouad Syoud
 Algeria
2:01.44 Andrew Ross
 South Africa
2:03.26 Moncef Balamane
 Algeria
2:05.32
400 m individual medley
Jaouad Syoud
 Algeria
4:24.59 Ramzi Chouchar
 Algeria
4:30.95 Liam Vehbi
 South Africa
4:31.54
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
 South Africa (RSA)
Kaydn Naidoo (52.02)
Owethu Mahan (51.75)
Andrew Ross (50.56)
Clayton Jimmie (49.53)
Jarden Eaton[a]
Cameron Casali[a]
Liam Vehbi[a]
Jonah Pool-Jones[a]
3:23.86  Egypt (EGY)
Abdalla Nasr (51.57)
Ibrahim Shamseldin (51.51)
Mohamed Derbala (51.77)
Marwan Elkamash (50.58)
Atia El Rahman[a]
3:25.43  Nigeria (NGR)
Abduljabar Adama (52.28)
Clinton Opute (51.23)
Tobi Sijuade (51.10)
Colins Ebingha (51.40)
3:26.01
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
 Egypt (EGY)
Ibrahim Shamseldin (1:52.83)
Karim Mahmoud (1:53.67)
Abdalla Nasr (1:50.76)
Marwan Elkamash (1:50.73)
7:27.62  South Africa (RSA)
Andrew Ross (1:51.99)
Tumelo Mahan (1:53.82)
Cameron Casali (1:52.41)
Matthew Caldwell (1:53.64)
7:31.86  Algeria (ALG)
Fares Benzidoune (1:59.34)
Mohamed Hamour (1:55.52)
Jaouad Syoud (1:56.34)
Moncef Balamane (1:56.81)
7:48.01
4 × 100 m medley relay
 South Africa (RSA)
Jonah Pool-Jones (56.93)
Petrus Truter (1:02.36)
Jarden Eaton (54.04)
Clayton Jimmie (49.74)
Helgaard Muller[a]
Andrew Ross[a]
Kaydn Naidoo[a]
Tumelo Mahan[a]
3:43.07  Egypt (EGY)
Ali Ahmed (57.60)
Youssef El-Kamash (1:03.13)
Abdalla Nasr(52.98)
Marwan Elkamash (51.08)
Mohamed Derbala[a]
Ibrahim Shamseldin[a]
3:44.79  Algeria (ALG)
Abdellah Ardjoune (56.19)
Jaouad Syoud (1:03.11)
Fares Benzidoune (54.65)
Mohamed Hamour (51.72)
Moncef Benbara[a]
Youcef Bouzouia[a]
Akram Amine Ammar[a]
3:45.67

a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle
Farida Osman
 Egypt
24.72
GR
Caitlin de Lange
 South Africa
24.99 Mia Phiri
 Zambia
26.27
100 m freestyle
Caitlin de Lange
 South Africa
55.53 Farida Osman
 Egypt
55.62 Gloria Muzito
 Uganda
56.01
200 m freestyle
Lojine Hamed
 Egypt
2:03.63 Hannah Mouton
 South Africa
2:04.08 Catherine van Rensburg
 South Africa
2:04.35
400 m freestyle
Catherine van Rensburg
 South Africa
4:17.92 Lojine Hamed
 Egypt
4:19.34 Hannah Mouton
 South Africa
4:22.89
800 m freestyle
Catherine van Rensburg
 South Africa
8:50.78 Lojine Hamed
 Egypt
9:08.82 Majda Chebaraka
 Algeria
9:39.28
1500 m freestyle
Catherine van Rensburg
 South Africa
16:47.61
GR
Lojine Hamed
 Egypt
17:13.46 Rafaela Santo
 Angola
18:38.70
50 m backstroke
Caitlin de Lange
 South Africa
28.76
GR
Tayla Jonker
 South Africa
29.00 Mia Phiri
 Zambia
29.17
100 m backstroke
Sara El-Sammany
 Egypt
1:03.31 Tayla Jonker
 South Africa
1:03.36 Donata Katai
 Zimbabwe
1:03.77
200 m backstroke
Anishta Teeluck
 Mauritius
2:17.71 Tayla Jonker
 South Africa
2:21.84 Jessica Humphrey
 Namibia
2:21.84
50 m breaststroke
Simone Moll
 South Africa
31.91 Kate Meyer
 South Africa
33.03 Nadine Abdallah
 Egypt
33.37
100 m breaststroke
Simone Moll
 South Africa
1:09.50 Georgia Els
 South Africa
1:09.91 Hamida Rania Nefsi
 Algeria
1:12.67
200 m breaststroke
Hamida Rania Nefsi
 Algeria
2:33.33 Kate Meyer
 South Africa
2:35.35 Georgia Els
 South Africa
2:37.17
50 m butterfly
Farida Osman
 Egypt
26.02 Caitlin de Lange
 South Africa
26.81 Oumy Diop
 Senegal
27.30
100 m butterfly
Farida Osman
 Egypt
58.81 Nour Elgendy
 Egypt
1:01.19 Oumy Diop
 Senegal
1:01.95
200 m butterfly
Nour Elgendy
 Egypt
2:15.12 Leigh McMorran
 South Africa
2:19.06 Jasmine Eissa
 Egypt
2:20.22
200 m individual medley
Georgia Els
 South Africa
2:17.65 Nour Elgendy
 Egypt
2:19.74 Hamida Rania Nefsi
 Algeria
2:20.51
400 m individual medley
Catherine van Rensburg
 South Africa
4:56.13 Hamida Rania Nefsi
 Algeria
5:01.60 Kate Meyer
 South Africa
5:02.63
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
 Egypt (EGY)
Farida Osman (55.86)
Nour Elgendy (57.53)
Lojine Hamed (57.54)
Nadine Abdallah (57.54)
3:48.47
GR
 Algeria (ALG)
Nesrine Medjahed (58.17)
Lilia Midouni (58.98)
Majda Chebaraka (1:00.32)
Imene Zitouni (1:00.59)
3:58.06  Zimbabwe (ZIM)
Paige van der Westhuizen (58.89)
Vhenekai Dhemba (1:04.21)
Donata Katai (1:03.60)
Mikayla Makwabarara (1:00.86)
4:07.56
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
 South Africa (RSA)
Hannah Mouton (2:05.25)
Leigh McMorran (2:08.67)
Kate Meyer (2:07.97)
Catherine van Rensburg (2:05.42)
8:27.31  Egypt (EGY)
Nour Elgendy (2:08.23)
Nadine Abdallah (2:09.58)
Rawan El-Damaty (2:08.10)
Lojine Hamed (2:09.27)
8:35.18  Algeria (ALG)
Majda Chebaraka (2:12.57)
Nesrine Medjahed (2:13.41)
Hamida Rania Nefsi (2:16.11)
Lilia Midouni (2:15.34)
8:57.43
4 × 100 m medley relay
 South Africa (RSA)
Tayla Jonker (1:02.97)
Simone Moll (1:09.69)
Hannah Mouton (1:04.38)
Caitlin de Lange (54.85)
4:11.89  Egypt (EGY)
Sara El-Sammany (1:03.59)
Nadine Abdallah (1:14.65)
Farida Osman (59.39)
Nour Elgendy (1:00.18)
4:17.81  Algeria (ALG)
Imene Zitouni (1:08.64)
Hamida Rania Nefsi (1:12.90)
Lilia Midouni (1:04.39)
Nesrine Medjahed (59.76)
4:25.69

Mixed events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
 South Africa (RSA)
Caitlin de Lange (56.55)
Georgia Els (57.42)
Andrew Ross (50.37)
Clayton Jimmie (50.07)
Hannah Mouton[b]
Kaydn Naidoo[b]
3:34.41  Egypt (EGY)
Farida Osman (57.05)
Nadine Abdallah (57.38)
Ali Khalafalla (51.54)
Abdalla Nasr (51.04)
Karim Mahmoud[b]
Mohamed Derbala[b]
Hla Naanoush[b]
Ganat Soliman[b]
3:37.01  Algeria (ALG)
Jaouad Syoud (51.10)
Mehdi Nazim Benbara (51.51)
Lilia Midouni (59.52)
Nesrine Medjahed (58.32)
Youcef Bouzouia[b]
Jihane Benchadli[b]
Akram Ammar[b]
3:40.45
4 × 100 m medley relay
 South Africa (RSA)
Tayla Jonker (1:04.22)
Petrus Truter (1:04.28)
Jarden Eaton (53.53)
Caitlin de Lange (55.53)
Jonah Pool-Jones[b]
Simone Moll[b]
Kaydn Naidoo[b]
Hannah Mouton[b]
3:57.56  Egypt (EGY)
Atia El Rahman (1:03.05)
Youssef El-Kamash (1:03.55)
Farida Osman (59.47)
Nadine Abdallah (57.19)
Ali Ahmed[b]
Karim Mahmoud[b]
Jasmine Eissa[b]
Nour Elgendy[b]
4:03.26  Algeria (ALG)
Abdellah Ardjoune (59.37)
Hamida Rania Nefsi (1:12.21)
Jaouad Syoud (54.53)
Nesrine Medjahed (57.23)
Mehdi Nazim Benbara[b]
Youcef Bouzouia[b]
Majda Chebaraka[b]
4:03.34

b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Ghana)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Africa (RSA)17161346
2 Egypt (EGY)1615435
3 Algeria (ALG)761023
4 Namibia (NAM)1225
5 Zimbabwe (ZIM)1124
6 Mauritius (MRI)1001
7 Ghana (GHA)*0112
8 Senegal (SEN)0033
9 Botswana (BOT)0022
 Zambia (ZAM)0022
11 Angola (ANG)0011
 Nigeria (NGR)0011
 Uganda (UGA)0011
Totals (13 entries)434142126