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

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Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2015 African Games
Venue Kintele Aquatic Complex
DateSeptember 6, 2015 (2015-09-06)
Competitors15 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Farida Osman  Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svg   Karin Prinsloo  Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Bronze medal icon.svg   Rwan El Badry  Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2015 African Games took place on 6 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex.

Contents

Schedule

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

DateTimeEvent
Sunday, 6 September 201510:00Heats
17:00Final

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Britta Steffen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 52.07 Rome 31 July 2009
African record Karin Prinsloo Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 54.48 Durban 9 April 2014
Games record Karin Prinsloo Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 56.05 Maputo 5 September 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationTimeRecord
6 September Heats Karin Prinsloo Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55.86 GR
6 September Final Farida Osman Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 55.41 GR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 6 September. [1]

RankHeatAthleteTimeNotes
12Flag of South Africa.svg  Karin Prinsloo  (RSA)55.86Q
21Flag of Egypt.svg  Farida Osman  (EGY)56.91Q
32Flag of Egypt.svg  Rwan El Badry  (EGY)57.11Q
42Flag of South Africa.svg  Marlies Ross  (RSA)57.66Q
52Flag of Algeria.svg  Majda Chebaraka  (ALG)58.59Q
62Flag of Botswana.svg  Naomi Ruele  (BOT)59.12Q
71Flag of Tunisia.svg  Farah Ben Khelil  (TUN)59.75Q
81Flag of Kenya.svg  Sylvia Brunlehner  (KEN)59.84Q
91Flag of Mauritius.svg  Heather Arseth  (MRI)1:00.13
102Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Tarryn Rennie  (ZIM)1:00.49
111Flag of Kenya.svg  Emily Muteti  (KEN)1:00.58
122Flag of Nigeria.svg  Ifiezibe Gagbe  (NGR)1:01.90
131Flag of Angola.svg  Ana Nobrega  (ANG)1:02.17
141Flag of Ghana.svg  Christa Kaimansa Sowah  (GHA)1:07.97
152Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Stefan Bellore Sangala  (CGO)1:19.10

Final

The final were held on 6 September. [2]

RankAthleteTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Egypt.svg  Farida Osman  (EGY)55.41 GR , NR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of South Africa.svg  Karin Prinsloo  (RSA)55.69
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Egypt.svg  Rwan El Badry  (EGY)57.03
4Flag of Algeria.svg  Majda Chebaraka  (ALG)57.94
4Flag of South Africa.svg  Marlies Ross  (RSA)57.94
6Flag of Tunisia.svg  Farah Ben Khelil  (TUN)59.51
7Flag of Kenya.svg  Sylvia Brunlehner  (KEN)59.72
8Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Tarryn Rennie  (ZIM)1:00.81

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References

  1. ↑ "Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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