Jump to content

Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates24 August (heats and final)
Competitors46 from 31 nations
Winning time22.17
Medalists
gold medal    Egypt
silver medal    Algeria
bronze medal    South Africa
← 2015
2023 →

The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019.[1]

Records

[edit]

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record César Cielo  Brazil 20.91 São Paulo 18 December 2009
African record Roland Schoeman  South Africa 21.67 Beijing 16 August 2008
Barcelona 2 August 2013
Games record Salim Iles  Algeria 22.34 Algiers 18 July 2007
Gideon Louw  South Africa Maputo 10 September 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nation Time Record
21 August Heat Brad Tandy  South Africa 22.24 GR
21 August Final Ali Khalafalla  Egypt 22.17 GR

Results

[edit]

Heats

[edit]

The heats were started on 24 August at 10:20.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Brad Tandy  South Africa 22.24 Q GR
2 6 5 Ali Khalafalla  Egypt 22.41 Q
3 4 4 Douglas Erasmus  South Africa 22.66 Q
4 5 4 Oussama Sahnoune  Algeria 22.67 Q
5 5 3 Mehdi Nazim Benbara  Algeria 23.13 Q
6 6 3 Souhail Hamouchane  Morocco 23.18 Q
7 6 6 Xander Skinner  Namibia 23.19 Q
7 4 5 Peter Wetzlar  Zimbabwe 23.19 Q
9 5 5 Abdelrahman Elaraby  Egypt 23.34
10 4 3 Abeiku Jackson  Ghana 23.57
11 5 2 El Hadj Adama Niane  Senegal 23.75
12 4 2 Merwane El Merini  Morocco 23.79
13 5 6 Steven Aimable  Senegal 23.80
14 5 7 Issa Mohamed  Kenya 24.02
15 6 8 Ralph Goveia  Zambia 24.17
16 5 1 Swaleh Talib  Kenya 24.37
17 4 7 Yellow Yeiyah  Nigeria 24.39
18 5 8 Daniel Francisco  Angola 24.41
19 6 7 Gregory Anodin  Mauritius 24.48
20 6 1 Efrem Ghimai  Eritrea 24.51
21 4 8 Samuele Rossi  Seychelles 24.57
22 4 6 Mathieu Bachmann  Seychelles 24.64
23 4 1 Filipe Gomes  Malawi 24.65
24 3 5 Ahllan Bique  Mozambique 24.85
25 6 2 Mathieu Marquet  Mauritius 24.89
26 3 6 Billy-Scott Irakose  Burundi 24.90
27 3 4 Ambala Atuhaire Ogola  Uganda 25.02
28 3 7 Seydoli Alaassan  Niger 25.20
29 3 3 Belly-Crésus Ganira  Burundi 25.31
30 3 8 Ayman Khatoun  Zimbabwe 25.39
31 3 1 Adama Ouedraogo  Burkina Faso 25.67
32 3 2 Kitso Matija  Botswana 26.03
33 2 4 Solomon Dzingai  Botswana 26.40
34 2 5 Kumaren Naidu  Zambia 26.45
35 2 2 Abdelmalik Muktar  Ethiopia 26.71
36 2 3 Julius Wyse  Sierra Leone 27.29
37 2 6 Tindwende Sawadogo  Burkina Faso 27.72
38 1 5 Eméric Kpegba  Togo 27.75
39 2 8 Mamadou Bah  Guinea 27.91
40 2 1 Ebrima Buaro  The Gambia 28.36
41 1 4 Houssein Gaber  Djibouti 28.37
42 1 3 Adam Mpali  Gabon 28.45
43 2 7 Shala Gekabel  Ethiopia 28.89
44 1 1 Diosdado Miko  Equatorial Guinea 30.80
45 1 7 Munyu Kupiata  Democratic Republic of the Congo 31.45
1 2 Jonathan Mubikayi  Democratic Republic of the Congo Disqualified

Final

[edit]

The final was started on 24 August at 17:00.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Ali Khalafalla  Egypt 22.17 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Oussama Sahnoune  Algeria 22.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Brad Tandy  South Africa 22.21
4 3 Douglas Erasmus  South Africa 22.57
5 1 Xander Skinner  Namibia 23.09
6 7 Souhail Hamouchane  Morocco 23.10
7 2 Mehdi Nazim Benbara  Algeria 23.14
8 8 Peter Wetzlar  Zimbabwe 23.28

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "2019 African Games Swimming Full Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.