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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    South Africa
silver medal    Zambia
bronze medal    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]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Lilly King  United States 29.40 Budapest 30 July 2017
African record Tatjana Schoenmaker  South Africa 30.82 Gold Coast 6 April 2018
Championship record Kaylene Corbett  South Africa 32.58 Bloemfontein 18 October 2016

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
12 September Heat Tilka Paljk  Zambia 32.06 CR
12 September Final Lara van Niekerk  South Africa 31.99 CR

Results

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Heats

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

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

Final

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The final was started on 12 September.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Lara van Niekerk  South Africa 31.99 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Tilka Paljk  Zambia 32.15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Jade Simons  South Africa 33.10
4 6 Rowida Hesham  Egypt 33.64
5 2 Habiba Belghith  Tunisia 34.17
6 7 Imane El Barodi  Morocco 34.36
7 1 Rebecca Kamau  Kenya 34.50
8 8 Tessa Ip Hen Cheung  Mauritius 34.73

References

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