Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates24 August (heats and final)
Competitors17 from 11 nations
Winning time1:02.42
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Felicity Passon  Flag of the Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
Silver medal icon.svg   Naomi Ruele  Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Bronze medal icon.svg   Kerryn Herbst  Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
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The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019. [1]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Regan Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.57 Gwangju 28 July 2019
African record Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 58.77 Beijing 11 August 2008
Games record Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:00.86 Maputo 7 September 2011

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 24 August at 11:00.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124 Felicity Passon Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1:03.22Q
214 Kerryn Herbst Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:04.60Q
334 Naomi Ruele Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1:05.29Q
425 Rola Hussein Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:06.12Q
535 Robyn Lee Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:06.95Q
615 Hiba Fahsi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1:07.15Q
733 Sara El Tahawi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:07.21Q
832 Sylvia Brunlehner Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:07.31Q, WD
923 Camille Koenig Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1:07.34Q
1036 Lewethu Mbatha Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:07.83R
1126 Catarina Sousa Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1:08.02
1213 Logaine Abdelatif Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:08.26
1316 Yasmine Dgaimesh Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1:09.85
1422 Imara-Bella Thorpe Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:11.67
1512 Timipame-ere Akiayefa Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1:14.44
1637 Khema Elizabeth Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1:20.58
27 Genet Demissia Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Disqualified

Final

The final was started on 24 August at 17:00.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Felicity Passon Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1:02.42
Silver medal icon.svg3 Naomi Ruele Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1:02.62
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Kerryn Herbst Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:03.76
46 Rola Hussein Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:05.29
52 Robyn Lee Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:05.50
68 Camille Koenig Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1:07.29
71 Sara El Tahawi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:07.37
87 Hiba Fahsi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1:07.40

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References

  1. ↑ "2019 African Games Swimming Results All Day" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
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