Swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

at the 8^th All-Africa Games was held October 5-11, 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria

Abuja

Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory . Abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos...

. 117 swimmers from 21 nations swam in the meet. Competition was held in a 50-meter (long course) pool.

The 2003 edition saw the addition to the Games program of the 50s of the strokes (Backstroke

Backstroke

The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...

, Breaststroke

Breaststroke

The breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on his or her chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to its stability and the ability to keep the head out of the water a large portion of the time. In most swimming classes, beginners learn...

 and Butterfly

Butterfly stroke

The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...

), the Men's 800 Freesytle

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

 and the Women's 1500 Freestyle, bringing the total number of events to 40.

Men

50m Freestyle	Salim Iles Salim Iles Salim Iles is an Algerian swimmer who competes in the freestyle events.He was named Algerian Sportsman of the Year in 1998. He is a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program.-Olympic achievements:...       Algeria	22.71	Stephan Ackerman      South Africa	23.66	Kurt Muller      South Africa	23.83
100m Freestyle	Salim Iles Salim Iles Salim Iles is an Algerian swimmer who competes in the freestyle events.He was named Algerian Sportsman of the Year in 1998. He is a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program.-Olympic achievements:...       Algeria	50.32	Stephan Ackerman      South Africa	51.54	Haitham Hazem      Egypt	52.26
200m Freestyle	Oussama Mellouli Oussama Mellouli Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....       Tunisia	1:52.94	Stephan Ackerman      South Africa	1:54.17	Nick Wilson      South Africa	1:54.82
400m Freestyle	Oussama Mellouli Oussama Mellouli Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....       Tunisia	4:00.43	Anouar Ben Naceur      Tunisia	4:06.51	Mahrez Mebarek      Algeria	4:07.59
800m Freestyle	Oussama Mellouli Oussama Mellouli Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....       Tunisia	8:12.26	Omar El Gamal      Egypt	8:33.49	Khaled Hanafy      Egypt	8:36.78
1500m Freestyle	Oussama Mellouli Oussama Mellouli Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....       Tunisia	15:35.97	Omar El Gamal      Egypt	16:21.49	Khaled Hanafy      Egypt	16:40.61
50m Backstroke	Ahmed Hussein      Egypt	25.89	Simon Thirsk      South Africa	27.04	Haitham Hazem      Egypt	27.30
100m Backstroke	Ahmed Hussein      Egypt	55.75	Simon Thirsk      South Africa	57.60	Haitham Hazem      Egypt	58.46
200m Backstroke	Ahmed Hussein      Egypt	2:02.46	Jeff Norton      South Africa	2:07.42	Simon Thirsk      South Africa	2:09.79
50m Breaststroke	Kurt Muller      South Africa	28.75	Sofiane Daid Sofiane Daid Sofiane Daid is a two-time Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Algeria. He swam for Algeria at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.He has swum for Algeria at the:*Olympics: 2004, 2008*All-Africa Games: 2003, 2007*Mediterranean Games: 2005...       Algeria	29.10	Malick Fall Malick Fall Malick Fall is a former Senegal international football forward.-Career:Born in Matam, Fall moved to France as a youth and played for several clubs in Ligue 2, including Amiens SC, SC Abbeville and Angers SCO....       Senegal	29.28
100m Breaststroke	Kurt Muller      South Africa	1:02.99	Sofiane Daid Sofiane Daid Sofiane Daid is a two-time Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Algeria. He swam for Algeria at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.He has swum for Algeria at the:*Olympics: 2004, 2008*All-Africa Games: 2003, 2007*Mediterranean Games: 2005...       Algeria	1:04.05	Ayman Khattab      Egypt	1:04.10
200m Breaststroke	Neil Versfeld      South Africa	2:16.86	Ayman Khattab      Egypt	2:18.49	Malick Fall Malick Fall Malick Fall is a former Senegal international football forward.-Career:Born in Matam, Fall moved to France as a youth and played for several clubs in Ligue 2, including Amiens SC, SC Abbeville and Angers SCO....       Senegal	2:20.33
50m Butterfly	Stephan Ackerman      South Africa	24.79	Haitham Hazem      Egypt	24.84	Kurt Muller      South Africa	25.21
100m Butterfly	Haitham Hazem      Egypt	54.81	Stephan Ackerman      South Africa	54.95	Ahmed Salah      Egypt	55.25
200m Butterfly	Ahmed Salah      Egypt	2:02.91	Ahmed El Abbadi      Egypt	2:03.99	Anouar Ben Naceur      Tunisia	2:05.15
200m I.M.	Oussama Mellouli Oussama Mellouli Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....       Tunisia	2:06.91	Malick Fall Malick Fall Malick Fall is a former Senegal international football forward.-Career:Born in Matam, Fall moved to France as a youth and played for several clubs in Ligue 2, including Amiens SC, SC Abbeville and Angers SCO....       Senegal	2:09.08	Neil Versfeld      South Africa	2:09.91
400m I.M	Oussama Mellouli Oussama Mellouli Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....       Tunisia	4:29.68	Neil Versfeld      South Africa	4:39.37	Omar El Gamal      Egypt	4:46.08
4x100m   Free Relay	Algeria	3:27.05	South Africa	3:29.63	Egypt	3:55.25
4x200m   Free Relay	South Africa	7:42.45	Algeria	7:45.22	Egypt	7:50.91
4x100m   Medley Relay	Egypt	3:46.67	South Africa	3:47.92	Algeria	3:55.25

Women

50m Freestyle	Lauren Roets      South Africa	26.31	Ngozi Monu Ngozi Monu Ngozi Rosalin Monu is a Nigerian swimmer. Monu is the most prolific female swimmer from Nigeria. She focuses on the 50m & 100m freestyle event. She competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics...       Nigeria	27.71	Nadia Chahed      Tunisia	28.16
100m Freestyle	Lauren Roets      South Africa	56.79	Christin Zwiegers      South Africa	57.90	Salma Zeinhoum      Egypt	58.53
200m Freestyle	Lauren Roets      South Africa	2:06.27	Kirsten van Heerden      South Africa	2:08.84	Khadua Ciss      Senegal	2:09.00
400m Freestyle	Kirsten van Heerden      South Africa	4:28.19	Heba Selim      Egypt	4:29.13	Shrone Austin      Seychelles	4:30.84
800m Freestyle	Natalie du Toit Natalie du Toit Natalie du Toit is a South African swimmer. She is best known for the gold medals she won at the 2004 Paralympic Games as well as the Commonwealth Games. She was one of two Paralympians to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; the other being table tennis player Natalia Partyka...       South Africa	9:09.66	Shrone Austin      Seychelles	9:13.03	Heba Selim      Egypt	9:17.15
1500m Freestyle	Velia van Rensburg      South Africa	17:24.64	Shrone Austin      Seychelles	17:30.27	Heba Selim      Egypt	17:35.23
50m Backstroke	Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics....       South Africa	30.10	Romy Altmann      South Africa	30.29	Inyengiyik Obia      Nigeria	31.06
100m Backstroke	Romy Altmann      South Africa	1:02.89	Jo-Ann Bergman      South Africa	1:07.61	Sarah Chahed      Tunisia	1:07.94
200m Backstroke	Romy Altmann      South Africa	2:15.15	Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics....       South Africa	2:22.50	Soha Abdallah      Egypt	2:26.12
50m Breaststroke	Ingrid Haiden      South Africa	32.89	Ziada Jardine      South Africa	32.99	Salma Zeinhoum      Egypt	33.33
100m Breaststroke	Ingrid Haiden      South Africa	1:11.00	Salma Zeinhoum      Egypt	1:11.92	Ziada Jardine      South Africa	1:12.82
200m Breaststroke	Ingrid Haiden      South Africa	2:32.66	Salma Zeinhoum      Egypt	2:37.20	Ziada Jardine      South Africa	2:43.50
50m Butterfly	Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics....       South Africa	27.56	Lauren Sparg      South Africa	28.53	May Raafat      Egypt	29.78
100m Butterfly	Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics....       South Africa	1:01.78	Lauren Sparg      South Africa	1:02.63	May Raafat      Egypt	1:05.01
200m Butterfly	Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics....       South Africa	2:17.47	Chanelle Van Wyk      South Africa	2:20.05	May Raafat      Egypt	2:20.80
200m I.M.	Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics....       South Africa	2:21.64	Salma Zeinhoum      Egypt	2:23.89	Bianca Meyer      South Africa	2:24.42
400m I.M	Bianca Meyer      South Africa	5:03.06	Shrone Austin      Seychelles	5:09.41	Kirsten van Heerden     South Africa	5:13.75
4x100m   Free Relay	South Africa	3:52.74	Egypt	4:04.68	Tunisia	4:04.68
4x200m   Free Relay	South Africa	8:40.84	Egypt	8:45.18	Tunisia	9:53.35
4x100m   Medley Relay	South Africa	4:11.37	Egypt	4:31.84	Tunisia	4:37.84

Medal standings

1		25	19	9	53
2		6	12	18	36
3		6	1	6	13
4		3	3	2	8
5		-	3	1	4
6		-	1	3	4
7		-	1	1	2