2018 African Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

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Women's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
VenueMohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates12 September (heats and final)
Competitors15 from 11 nations
Winning time31.99
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Lara van Niekerk  Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg   Tilka Paljk  Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Jade Simons  Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
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The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 12 September 2018. [1] [2]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Lilly King Flag of the United States.svg  United States 29.40 Budapest 30 July 2017
African record Tatjana Schoenmaker Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 30.82 Gold Coast 6 April 2018
Championship record Kaylene Corbett Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 32.58 Bloemfontein 18 October 2016

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
12 September Heat Tilka Paljk Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 32.06 CR
12 September Final Lara van Niekerk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 31.99 CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 12 September at 10:15. [1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Tilka Paljk Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 32.06Q CR
2 Lara van Niekerk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 32.25Q
3 Jade Simons Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 33.77Q
4 Rowida Hesham Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 33.87Q
5 Habiba Belghith Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 33.99Q
6 Imane El Barodi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 34.10Q
7 Rebecca Kamau Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 35.09Q
8 Tessa Ip Hen Cheung Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 35.11Q
9 Hamida Rania Nefsi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 35.12
10 Meriem Cheikh Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 35.47
11 Hiba Laknit Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 36.02
12 Samantha Rakotovelo Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 38.02
Jannat Bique Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Did not start
Evelyn Nmor Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Nkem Chukwuemeke Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria

Final

The final was started on 12 September. [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Lara van Niekerk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 31.99 CR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Tilka Paljk Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 32.15
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Jade Simons Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 33.10
46 Rowida Hesham Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 33.64
52 Habiba Belghith Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 34.17
67 Imane El Barodi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 34.36
71 Rebecca Kamau Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 34.50
88 Tessa Ip Hen Cheung Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 34.73

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References

  1. 1 2 "CHAMPIONNAT D'AFRIQUE OPEN 2018 - HEATS DAY 3". 13canalger2018.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. 1 2 "CHAMPIONNAT D'AFRIQUE OPEN 2018 - FULL RESULTS". 13canalger2018.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
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