Swimming at the 2019 African Games – 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay

The Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.

Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2019 African Games
Venue	Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates	23 August (heats and final)
Competitors	49 from 10 nations
Teams	10
Winning time	3:31.24
Medalists
Douglas Erasmus Ryan Coetzee Emma Chelius Erin Gallagher Carla Antonopoulos Brad Tandy Kerryn Herbst   South Africa   Mohamed Samy Ali Khalafalla Amina Elsebelgy Farida Osman Abdelrahman Elaraby Ahmed Salem Farida Samra   Egypt   Mehdi Nazim Benbara Jaouad Syoud Amel Melih Majda Chebaraka Moncef Aymen Balamane Ramzi Chouchar Hamida Rania Nefsi   Algeria

Records

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

	Team	Time	Location	Date
World record	United States	3:19.40	Gwangju	27 July 2019
African record	South Africa	3:31.38	Budapest	29 July 2017
Games record	South Africa	3:31.56	Brazzaville	15 September 2015

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
23 August	Final	Douglas Erasmus Ryan Coetzee Emma Chelius Erin Gallagher	South Africa	3:31.24	AF, GR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 23 August at 11:35.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	7	South Africa	Carla Antonopoulos (1:01.24) Douglas Erasmus (52.85) Brad Tandy (51.31) Kerryn Herbst (58.59)	3:43.99	Q
2	2	4	Egypt	Abdelrahman Elaraby (53.19) Amina Elsebelgy (59.29) Ahmed Salem (52.93) Farida Samra (59.18)	3:44.59	Q
3	1	5	Senegal	El Hadji Adama Niane (52.29) Abdoul Niane (51.95) Jeanne Boutbien (59.52) Sophia Diagne (1:02.72)	3:46.48	Q
4	2	5	Kenya	Ridhwan Mohamed (53.20) Maria Brunlehner (1:00.77) Emily Muteti (1:02.20) Issa Mohamed (54.00)	3:50.17	Q
5	1	4	Algeria	Moncef Aymen Balamane (55.68) Ramzi Chouchar (54.69) Hamida Rania Nefsi (1:02.15) Majda Chebaraka (59.19)	3:51.71	Q
6	1	6	Nigeria	Phillip Adejumo (52.55) Abibat Ogunbanwo (1:02.41) Timipame-ere Akiayefa (1:03.00) Yellow Yeiyah (54.64)	3:52.60	Q
7	2	3	Morocco	Souhail Hamouchane (53.97) Noura Mana (1:00.41) Lina Khiyara (1:02.98) Merwane El Merini (55.35)	3:52.71	Q
8	1	3	Zimbabwe	Robyn Lee (1:02.18) Nomvulo Mjimba (1:03.36) Ayman Khatoun (57.51) Peter Wetzlar (55.02)	3:58.07	Q, WD
9	1	2	Botswana	Kitso Matija (55.87) Naomi Ruele (1:02.97) Caitlin Loo (1:04.92) Adrian Robinson (55.00)	3:58.76	Q
10	2	6	Angola	Daniel Francisco (54.44) João Duarte (1:00.68) Lia Lima (1:05.72) Catarina Sousa (59.06)	3:59.90

Final

The final was started on 23 August.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	4	South Africa	Douglas Erasmus (50.42) Ryan Coetzee (49.74) Emma Chelius (55.87) Erin Gallagher (55.21)	3:31.24	AF, GR NR
	5	Egypt	Mohamed Samy (49.86) Ali Khalafalla (49.75) Amina Elsebelgy (58.27) Farida Osman (56.43)	3:34.31
	2	Algeria	Mehdi Nazim Benbara (51.69) Jaouad Syoud (50.39) Amel Melih (58.02) Majda Chebaraka (59.72)	3:39.82	NR
4	3	Senegal	Abdoul Niane (52.08) El Hadji Adama Niane (51.67) Sophia Diagne (1:01.49) Jeanne Boutbien (58.65)	3:43.89	NR
5	1	Morocco	Souhail Hamouchane (52.57) Noura Mana (1:00.57) Lina Khiyara (1:00.63) Merwane El Merini (54.25)	3:48.02	NR
6	6	Kenya	Ridhwan Mohamed (52.93) Maria Brunlehner (1:00.25) Emily Muteti (1:01.71) Issa Mohamed (53.43)	3:48.32
7	7	Nigeria	Phillip Adejumo (51.89) Abibat Ogunbanwo (1:01.86) Timipame-ere Akiayefa (1:02.07) Yellow Yeiyah (55.08)	3:50.90	NR
8	8	Botswana	Kitso Matija (56.03) Naomi Ruele (1:00.41) Caitlin Loo (1:05.38) Adrian Robinson (55.84)	3:57.66