Swimming at the 2015 African Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle

Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2015 African Games
VenueKintele Aquatic Complex
DateSeptember 8, 2015 (2015-09-08)
Competitors35 from 21 nations
Winning time49.93
Medalists
gold medal Clayton Jimmie   South Africa
silver medal Mohamed Samy   Egypt
bronze medal Caydon Muller   South Africa
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Main article: Swimming at the 2015 African Games

The Men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2015 African Games took place on 8 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex.

Schedule

All times are Congo Standard Time (UTC+01:00)

Date Time Event
Tuesday, 8 September 2015 10:00 Heat 1
10:03 Heat 2
10:06 Heat 3
10:09 Heat 4
10:12 Heat 5
17:15 Final

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record César Cielo  Brazil 46.91 Rome 30 July 2009
African record Lyndon Ferns  South Africa 47.79 Rome 29 July 2009
Games record Salim Iles  Algeria 49.38 Algiers 14 July 2007

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 8 September.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 5 Caydon Muller  South Africa 49.93 Q
2 5 4 Clayton Jimmie  South Africa 50.29 Q
3 4 4 Mohamed Samy  Egypt 50.81 Q
4 3 4 Bradley Vincent  Mauritius 51.07 Q
5 3 5 Nazim Belkhodja  Algeria 51.45 Q
6 3 3 Sean Gunn  Zimbabwe 51.62 Q
7 5 5 Adham Abdelmegid  Egypt 51.64 Q
8 5 6 Mohamed Lagili  Tunisia 51.91 Q
9 4 6 Mathieu Marquet  Mauritius 52.07
10 4 3 Mohamed Ali Chaouachi  Tunisia 52.14
11 5 2 Abdoul Niane  Senegal 52.76
12 5 3 Badis Djendouci  Algeria 53.02
13 3 6 Peter Wetzlar  Zimbabwe 53.30
14 4 1 Samson Opuakpo  Nigeria 54.23
15 5 7 Andre van der Merwe  Botswana 55.12
16 3 7 Edward Ilako  Kenya 55.35
17 4 7 Denilson da Costa  Mozambique 55.44
18 5 8 Kwesi Abbiw Jackson  Ghana 55.69
19 5 1 Adama Thiaw Ndir  Senegal 55.75
20 4 8 Jörn Diekmann  Namibia 56.31
21 1 3 Hilal Hemed Hilal  Tanzania 56.46
22 3 1 Emidio Cuna  Mozambique 56.61
23 2 5 Emile Bakale  Republic of the Congo 58.33
24 2 4 Mamadou Soumaré  Mali 58.41
25 1 5 Ammaar Ghadiyali  Tanzania 58.50
26 3 8 Michael Botha  Botswana 58.67
27 2 3 Dawit Mengistu  Ethiopia 1:01.36
28 2 6 Yousif Bashir Ibrahim  Sudan 1:05.70
29 2 1 Oumar Kaba  Guinea 1:08.79
30 2 2 Anauskajynior Ndinga  Republic of the Congo 1:09.11
31 2 8 Mubikayi Sokomai  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1:09.19
Richard Asante Yeboah  Ghana Disqualified
Gamba Banga  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Thibaut Amani Danho  Ivory Coast Did not start
Issa Abdellah  Kenya

Final

The final were held on 8 September.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Clayton Jimmie  South Africa 49.93
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Mohamed Samy  Egypt 49.97
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Caydon Muller  South Africa 50.28
4 6 Bradley Vincent  Mauritius 50.39
5 7 Sean Gunn  Zimbabwe 51.14
6 2 Nazim Belkhodja  Algeria 51.23
7 1 Adham Abdelmegid  Egypt 51.63
8 8 Mohamed Lagili  Tunisia 52.12

References

  1. ^ "Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results". brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2020.