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

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Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2015 African Games
Venue Kintele Aquatic Complex
DateSeptember 8, 2015 (2015-09-08)
Competitors35 from 21 nations
Winning time49.93
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
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2019  

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

Contents

Schedule

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

DateTimeEvent
Tuesday, 8 September 201510:00Heat 1
10:03Heat 2
10:06Heat 3
10:09Heat 4
10:12Heat 5
17:15Final

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record César Cielo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 46.91 Rome 30 July 2009
African record Lyndon Ferns Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 47.79 Rome 29 July 2009
Games record Salim Iles Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 49.38 Algiers 14 July 2007

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 8 September. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
145 Caydon Muller Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 49.93Q
254 Clayton Jimmie Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 50.29Q
344 Mohamed Samy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 50.81Q
434 Bradley Vincent Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 51.07Q
535 Nazim Belkhodja Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 51.45Q
633 Sean Gunn Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 51.62Q
755 Adham Abdelmegid Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 51.64Q
856 Mohamed Lagili Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 51.91Q
946 Mathieu Marquet Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 52.07
1043 Mohamed Ali Chaouachi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 52.14
1152 Abdoul Niane Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 52.76
1253 Badis Djendouci Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 53.02
1336 Peter Wetzlar Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 53.30
1441 Samson Opuakpo Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 54.23
1557 Andre van der Merwe Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 55.12
1637 Edward Ilako Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 55.35
1747 Denilson da Costa Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 55.44
1858 Kwesi Abbiw Jackson Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 55.69
1951 Adama Thiaw Ndir Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 55.75
2048 Jörn Diekmann Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 56.31
2113 Hilal Hemed Hilal Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 56.46
2231 Emidio Cuna Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 56.61
2325 Emile Bakale Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 58.33
2424 Mamadou Soumaré Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 58.41
2515 Ammaar Ghadiyali Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 58.50
2638 Michael Botha Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 58.67
2723 Dawit Mengistu Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1:01.36
2826 Yousif Bashir Ibrahim Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 1:05.70
2921 Oumar Kaba Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 1:08.79
3022 Anauskajynior Ndinga Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 1:09.11
3128 Mubikayi Sokomai Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1:09.19
Richard Asante Yeboah Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Disqualified
Gamba Banga Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Thibaut Amani Danho Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Did not start
Issa Abdellah Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya

Final

The final were held on 8 September. [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Clayton Jimmie Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 49.93
Silver medal icon.svg3 Mohamed Samy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 49.97
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Caydon Muller Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 50.28
46 Bradley Vincent Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 50.39
57 Sean Gunn Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 51.14
62 Nazim Belkhodja Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 51.23
71 Adham Abdelmegid Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 51.63
88 Mohamed Lagili Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 52.12

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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.