2006 African Swimming Championships

The 8th African Swimming Championships were held in Dakar, Senegal from September 11 to September 16, 2006.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	20	10	9	39
2	Algeria	8	9	8	25
3	Tunisia	5	10	5	20
4	Kenya	4	4	1	9
5	Egypt	2	4	7	13
6	Seychelles	1	1	3	5
7	Senegal	0	1	2	3
7	Morocco	0	1	2	3
9	Zimbabwe	0	0	3	3
Total		40	40	40	120

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Salim Iles Algeria	22.65	Shaun Harris South Africa	22.96	Jason Dunford Kenya	23.31
100 m freestyle	Nabil Kebbab Algeria	50.57	Jason Dunford Kenya	51.07	Shaun Harris South Africa	51.29
200 m freestyle	Nabil Kebbab Algeria	1:52.05	Jason Dunford Kenya	1:53.69	John Ellis South Africa	1:54.65
400 m freestyle	Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia	3:58.75	Mohamed Mettigi Tunisia	4:02.13	Mohamed Magdy Egypt	4:02.92
800 m freestyle	Mohamed Magdy Egypt	8:21.12	Mohamed Mettigi Tunisia	8:22.74	Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia	8:24.00
1500 m freestyle	Chad Ho South Africa	15:52.52	Mohamed Magdy Egypt	16:03.21	Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia	16:07.11
50 m breaststroke	Thabang Moeketsane South Africa	28.95	Malick Fall Senegal	29.47	Mehdi Hamama Algeria	30.24
100 m breaststroke	Thabang Moeketsane South Africa	1:03.39	Sofiane Daid Algeria	1:03.78	Malick Fall Senegal	1:04.18
200 m breaststroke	Sofiane Daid Algeria	2:17.67	Thabang Moeketsane South Africa	2:19.41	Sherif Madkour South Africa	2:23.73
50 m butterfly	Salim Iles Algeria	24.75	Jason Dunford Kenya	24.88	Fouche Venter South Africa	25.17
100 m butterfly	Jason Dunford Kenya	53.88	Ahmed Salah Egypt	55.00	Fouche Venter South Africa	55.40
200 m butterfly	Ahmed Salah Egypt	2:02.95	Sofiane Daid Algeria	2:03.64	Mostafa Atef Egypt	2:05.60
50 m backstroke	Jason Dunford Kenya	26.83	David Dunford Kenya	26.98	Stuart Rogers South Africa	27.04
100 m backstroke	David Dunford Kenya	58.17	Stuart Rogers South Africa	58.98	Naoufel Benabid Algeria	59.26
200 m backstroke	David Dunford Kenya	2:06.48	Stuart Rogers South Africa	2:06.74	Naoufel Benabid Algeria	2:06.93
200 m individual medley	Taki Mrabet Tunisia	2:06.84	Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia	2:06.99	Mehdi Hamama Algeria	2:07.14
400 m individual medley	Stuart Rogers South Africa	4:31.48	Taki Mrabet Tunisia	4:33.54	Mohamed Gadallah Algeria	4:34.81
4 x 100 m freestyle relay	Algeria (50.83) Nabil Kebbab (53.99) Badis Djendouci (53.05) Naoufel Benabid (50.28) Salim Iles	3:28.15	South Africa (51.35) Shaun Harris (53.36) Ryan De Klerk (52.65) Stuart Rogers (51.11) Fouche Venter	3:28.47	Egypt (52.29) Mohamed Mamdouh (53.82) Ahmed Salah (54.08) Ahmed Mustafa (51.62) Abdel Rahman A. Bakr	3:31.81
4 x 200 m freestyle relay	Algeria (1:57.27) Medhi Hamama (1:55.91) Ryad Djendouci (1:59.17) Naoufel Benabid (1:52.97) Nabil Kebbab	7:45.32	Tunisia (1:59.96) Mohamed Mettigi (1:56.81) Anouar Bennaceur (1:56.98) Taki M'Rabet (1:56.72) Ahmed Mathlouthi	7:50.47	Egypt (1:58.18) Mohamed Magdy (1:58.12) Aziz Mazen (1:59.01) Mohammed Gad Allah (1:57.88) Abdel Rahman A. Bakr	7:53.19
4 x 100 m medley relay	South Africa (58.95) Stuart Rogers (1:02.47) Thabang Moeketsane (54.72) Fouche Venter (50.38) Shaun Harris	3:46.52	Algeria (58.93) Naoufel Benabid (1:02.53) Sofiane Daid (57.24) Nabil Kebbab (50.42) Salim Iles	3:49.12	Egypt (1:00.76) Mohamed Tarek Salah (1:05.71) Ayman Khatab (54.80) Ahmed Salah (52.07) Abdel Rahman A. Bakr	3:53.34

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Sarra Chahed Tunisia	27:13	Marielle Rogers South Africa	27:44	Samantha Richter Zimbabwe	27:56
100 m freestyle	Leone Vorster South Africa	57:67	Sarra Chahed Tunisia	58:01	Samantha Richter Zimbabwe	59:44
200 m freestyle	Leone Vorster South Africa	2:01.92	Maroua Mathlouthi Tunisia	2:06.81	Shrone Austin Seychelles	2:07.60
400 m freestyle	Leone Vorster South Africa	4:17.44	Natalie du Toit South Africa	4:24.83	Shrone Austin Seychelles	4:26.21
800 m freestyle	Maroua Mathlouthi Tunisia	8:57.69	Shrone Austin Seychelles	9:04.09	Natalie du Toit South Africa	9:12.21
1500 m freestyle	Shrone Austin Seychelles	17:07.28	Maroua Mathlouthi Tunisia	17:27.32	Natalie du Toit South Africa	17:49.42
50 m breaststroke	Tamaryn Laubscher South Africa	33:33	Meriem Lamri Algeria	34:02	Sara El Bekri Morocco	34:05
100 m breaststroke	Tamaryn Laubscher South Africa	1:11.84	Meriem Lamri Algeria	1:12.95	Sara El Bekri Morocco	1:14.17
200 m breaststroke	Tamaryn Laubscher South Africa	2:32.64	Sara El Bekri Morocco	2:37.97	Lydia Yefsah Algeria	2:38.93
50 m butterfly	Elzanne Werth South Africa	28:57	Leone Vorster South Africa	28:65	Samantha Richter Zimbabwe	29:13
100 m butterfly	Elzanne Werth South Africa	1:02.57	Fella Bennaceur Algeria	1:03.41	Mariem Meddeb Tunisia	1:04.42
200 m butterfly	Sarah Hadjabderahmane Algeria	2:16.72	Louise Smyth South Africa	2:19.26	Mariem Meddeb Tunisia	2:24.06
50 m backstroke	Lehesta Kemp South Africa	30.96	Dina Hegazy Egypt	31:22	Khadija Ciss Senegal	31:44
100 m backstroke	Lehesta Kemp South Africa	1:04.93	Dina Hegazy Egypt	1:05.51	Karima Lahmar Algeria	1:07.24
200 m backstroke	Lehesta Kemp South Africa	2:20.99	Tanya Bouffe South Africa	2:22.03	Dina Hegazy Egypt	2:23.07
200 m individual medley	Tamaryn Laubscher South Africa	2:21.76	Maroua Mathlouthi Tunisia	2:22.85	Tanya Bouffe South Africa	2:23.91
400 m individual medley	Maroua Mathlouthi Tunisia	4:55.58	Souad Nafisa Cherouati Algeria	5:03.50	Shrone Austin Seychelles	5:09.15
4 x 100 m freestyle relay	South Africa (59.68) Elzanne Werth (59.28) Tamaryn Laubscher (59.56) Lehesta Kemp (57.33) Leone Vorster	3:55.85	Tunisia (58.05) Sarra Chahed (59.92) Nadia Chahed (1:00.81) Mariem Meddeb (59.79) Maroua Mathlouthi	3:58.17	Algeria (1:00.18) Fella Bennaceur (1:01.40) Souad Nafisa Cherouati (1:01.76) Sarah Hadjabderahmane (1:00.06) Kenza Matoub	4:03.40
4 x 200 m freestyle relay	South Africa (2:05.76) Leone Vorster (2:07.27) Elzanne Werth (2:12.98) Louise Smyth (2:10.19) Tamaryn Laubscher	8:36.20	Algeria (2:08.21) Kenza Matoub (2:10.79) Fella Bennaceur (2:11.50) Souad Nafisa Cherouati (2:10.10) Sarah Hadjabderahmane	8:40.60 NR	Tunisia (2:10.48) Sarra Chahed (2:13.61) Raoudha Rebai (2:14.98) Mariem Meddeb (2:06.76) Maroua Mathlouthi	8:45.86
4 x 100 m medley relay	South Africa (1:05.69) Lehesta Kemp (1:11.32) Tamaryn Laubscher (1:03.75) Elzanne Werth (57.98) Leone Vorster	4:18.74	Algeria (1:08.16) Karima Lahmar (1:14.95) Mériem Lamri (1:05.27) Sarah Hadjabderahmane (58.71) Fella Bennaceur	4:27.09	Egypt (1:06.62) Dina Hegazy (1:16.87) Salma Raouf Gasser (1:06.47) May Attef (1:00.22) Heba Yehia	4:30.18

External links

• 8th African Swimming Championships
• Full results