Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.[1]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates23 August (final)
Competitors8 from 5 nations
Winning time2:29.23
Medalists
gold medal    South Africa
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    Egypt
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Records edit

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Rikke Møller Pedersen   Denmark 2:19.11 Barcelona 1 August 2013
African record Tatjana Schoenmaker   South Africa 2:21.79 Gwangju 25 July 2019
Games record Penny Heyns   South Africa 2:28.00 Johannesburg 13 September 1999

Results edit

Final edit

The final was started on 23 August at 17:00.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Kaylene Corbett   South Africa 2:29.23
  5 Christin Mundell   South Africa 2:35.30
  2 Rawan Eldamaty   Egypt 2:39.22
4 7 Rebecca Kamau   Kenya 2:39.37
5 6 Hamida Nefsi   Algeria 2:40.60
6 1 Hiba Laknit   Morocco 2:46.01
7 8 Nada Jalal   Morocco 3:00.78
3 Nour Elgendy   Egypt Disqualified

References edit

  1. ^ "2019 African Games Swimming Results Day 3" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.