2018 African Swimming Championships – 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay

The Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 11 September 2018.[1][2]

Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates	11 September
Competitors	51 from 11 nations
Teams	11
Winning time	3:36.94
Medalists
Ali Khalafalla Farida Osman Samiha Mohsen Mohamed Samy    Egypt   Jacques Van Wyk Erin Gallagher Alaric Basson Hannah Kiely Matthew Bowers Janie Coetzer Lesley Blignaut Ayrton Sweeney    South Africa   Aimen Benabid Nesrine Medjahed Mehdi Nazim Benbara Amel Melih    Algeria

Records

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

	Team	Time	Location	Date
World record	United States	3:27.28	Rome	2 August 2009
African record	South Africa	3:31.38	Budapest	29 July 2007
Championship record	N/A

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Nation	Time	Record
11 September	Heat	Algeria	3:42.43	CR
11 September	Final	Egypt	3:36.94	CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 11 September at 12:15.[3]

Rank	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	Algeria	Aimen Benabid (53.44) Nesrine Medjahed (59.72) Mehdi Nazim Benbara (51.64) Amel Melih (57.63)	3:42.43	Q CR
2	Egypt	Ali Khalafalla (52.35) Farida Osman (58.88) Samiha Mohsen (59.93) Mohamed Samy (52.77)	3:43.93	Q
3	Tunisia	Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari (51.78) Farah Benkhelil (59.79) Menna Kchouk (1:01.29) Mohamed Ali Chaouchi (53.45)	3:46.31	Q
4	South Africa	Matthew Bowers (53.14) Janie Coetzer (1:00.32) Lesley Blignaut (1:00.67) Ayrton Sweeney (53.02)	3:47.15	Q
5	Morocco	Samy Boutouil (53.49) Yasmeen Boutouil (1:01.07) Noura Mana (1:00.13) Yusuf Tibazi (56.05)	3:50.74	Q
6	Mauritius	Mathieu Marquet (52.15) Ovesh Purahoo (54.55) Camille Koenig (1:03.19) Tessa Ip Hen Cheung (1:01.74)	3:51.63	Q NR
7	Kenya	Swaleh Talib (54.73) Alvin Omondi (55.98) Imara-Bella Thorpe (1:01.06) Rebecca Kamau (1:02.99)	3:54.76	Q NR
8	Senegal	El Hadji Adama Niane (53.01) Ndeye Tabara Diagne (1:00.28) Adama Ndir (55.91) Amadou Ndiaye (1:07.66)	3:56.86	Q NR
9	Angola	Mario Ervedosa (57.39) Lia Lima (1:05.32) Daniel Francisco (55.07) Catarina Sousa (1:00.62)	3:58.40	NR
10	Mozambique	Edilson Paco (58.46) Ahllan Bique (55.71) Jannat Bique (1:06.39) Denise Mabasso (1:08.59)	4:09.15
11	Uganda	Adnan Kabuye (58.66) Avice Meya (1:06.38) Selina Katumba (1:06.15) Atuhaire Ambala (58.42)	4:09.61	NR

Final

The final was started on 11 September.[4]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	5	Egypt	Ali Khalafalla (50.84) Farida Osman (56.58) Samiha Mohsen (1:00.37) Mohamed Samy (49.15)	3:36.94	CR NR
	6	South Africa	Jacques Van Wyk (51.08) Erin Gallagher (55.02) Alaric Basson (51.58) Hannah Kiely (59.36)	3:37.04
	4	Algeria	Aimen Benabid (52.77) Nesrine Medjahed (59.48) Mehdi Nazim Benbara (51.23) Amel Melih (56.91)	3:40.39	NR
4	3	Tunisia	Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari (51.30) Farah Benkhelil (59.40) Menna Kchouk (1:00.94) Mohamed Agili (51.41)	3:43.05
5	7	Mauritius	Mathieu Marquet (52.80) Bradley Vincent (50.38) Camille Koenig (1:01.50) Tessa Ip Hen Cheung (1:02.41)	3:47.09	NR
6	2	Morocco	Yusuf Tibazi (54.02) Yasmeen Boutouil (1:01.57) Noura Mana (1:00.19) Samy Boutouil (52.85)	3:48.63	NR
7	1	Kenya	Swaleh Talib (54.58) Alvin Omondi (56.91) Imara-Bella Thorpe (1:01.70) Rebecca Kamau (1:02.75)	3:55.94
8	8	Senegal	El Hadji Adama Niane (53.49) Jeanne Boutbien (1:01.02) Adama Ndir (55.11) Ndeye Tabara Diagne (1:07.55)	3:57.17

References