African Swimming Records – Jan 2021

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_records_in_swimming

The African records in swimming are the fastest times ever by a swimmer representing an African country. These records are ratified by CANA, the African Swimming Confederation (its acronym derives from its name in French: Confédération Africaine Natation).

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men – LCM

Event	Time	,	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	21.67	=	Roland Schoeman	South Africa	16 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China
50m freestyle	21.67	=, sf	Roland Schoeman	South Africa	2 August 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[1]
100m freestyle	47.79	h	Lyndon Ferns	South Africa	29 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[2]
200m freestyle	1:45.20		Chad le Clos	South Africa	8 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[3]
400m freestyle	3:41.11		Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	26 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[4]
800m freestyle	7:35.27		Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	29 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[5]
1500m freestyle	14:37.28		Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	2 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[6]
50m backstroke	24.34		Gerhard Zandberg	South Africa	2 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[7]
100m backstroke	53.12	h	Christopher Reid	South Africa	11 April 2016	South African Championships	Durban, South Africa	[8]
200m backstroke	1:55.75	sf	George Du Rand	South Africa	30 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[9]
50m breaststroke	26.54	h	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	25 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[10]
100m breaststroke	58.46		Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	29 July 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[11][12]
200m breaststroke	2:09.61	sf	Neil Versfeld	South Africa	30 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[13]
50m butterfly	22.90	h	Roland Schoeman	South Africa	26 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[14]
100m butterfly	50.56		Chad le Clos	South Africa	8 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[15]
200m butterfly	1:52.96		Chad le Clos	South Africa	31 July 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[16]
200m individual medley	1:57.03	sf	Darian Townsend	South Africa	25 April 2009	French Championships	Montpellier, France	[17]
400m individual medley	4:10.53		Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	29 June 2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	[18]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:11.93		(48.32)Lyndon Ferns (48.05)Graeme Moore (48.05)Darian Townsend (47.51)Roland Schoeman	South Africa	26 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[19]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:08.01	h	(1:45.99)Jean Basson (1:46.22)Darian Townsend (1:47.78)Jan Venter (1:48.02)Sebastien Rousseau	South Africa	31 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[20]
4×100m medley relay	3:31.53	h	(53.90)George Du Rand (58.32)Cameron van der Burgh (52.06)Lyndon Ferns (47.25)Graeme Moore	South Africa	2 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[21]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANA; WR – World record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Women – LCM

Event	Time	.	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	24.62	sf	Farida Osman	Egypt	29 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[22]
100m freestyle	54.23		Erin Gallagher	South Africa	9 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[23]
200m freestyle	1:57.04		Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	7 June 2008	Texas Senior Circuit	Austin, United States
400m freestyle	4:07.92		Karin Prinsloo	South Africa	31 January 2014	Aquatic Super Series	Perth, Australia	[24]
800m freestyle	8:25.71		Wendy Trott	South Africa	14 June 2012	Trofeo Sette Colli	Rome, Italy
1500m freestyle	16:05.63	h	Wendy Trott	South Africa	25 July 2011	World Championships	Shanghai, China	[25]
50m backstroke	28.08		Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	13 June 2015	Mare Nostrum	Monte Carlo, Monaco	[26]
100m backstroke	58.77	sf	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	11 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China
200m backstroke	2:04.81		Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	1 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[27]
50m breaststroke	30.52		Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	15 December 2020	NTS Championships	Pretoria, South Africa	[28]
100m breaststroke	1:06.32	sf	Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	5 July 2019	Universiade	Naples, Italy	[29]
200m breaststroke	2:21.79	sf	Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	25 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[30]
50m butterfly	25.39		Farida Osman	Egypt	29 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[31]
100m butterfly	57.67		Erin Gallagher	South Africa	10 April 2019	South African Championships	Durban, South Africa	[32]
200m butterfly	2:09.41	h	Katheryn Meaklim	South Africa	12 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China
200m individual medley	2:08.59		Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	13 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China
400m individual medley	4:29.89		Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	9 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China
4×100m freestyle relay	3:43.35	h	(55.17)Erin Gallagher (56.21)Tayla Lovemore (55.28)Emma Chelius (56.69)Rebecca Meder	South Africa	21 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[33]
4×200m freestyle relay	8:08.12		(1:59.18)Karin Prinsloo (2:00.43)Marlies Ross (2:05.23)Rene Warnes (2:03.28)Erin Gallagher	South Africa	26 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[34]
4×100m medley relay	4:03.62	tt	(1:01.14)Melissa Corfe (1:08.28)Suzaan van Biljon (58.82)Mandy Loots (55.38)Lize-Mari Retief	South Africa	6 April 2008	South African Championships	Durban, South Africa	[35]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANA; WR – World record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Mixed relay – LCM

Event	Time	.	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×100m freestyle relay	3:31.24		(50.42)Douglas Erasmus (49.74)Ryan Coetzee (55.87)Emma Chelius (55.21)Erin Gallagher	South Africa	23 August 2019	African Games	Casablanca, Morocco	[36]
4×100m medley relay	3:49.90	h	(54.73)Christopher Reid (1:06.96)Tatjana Schoenmaker (53.59)Ryan Coetzee (54.62)Erin Gallagher	South Africa	24 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[37]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANA; WR – World record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short Course (25 m)

Men – SCM

Event	Time	.	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	20.30		Roland Schoeman	South Africa	8 August 2009	South African Championships	Pietermaritzburg, South Africa	[38]
100m freestyle	45.78		Chad le Clos	South Africa	6 August 2017	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[39]
200m freestyle	1:40.89		Darian Townsend	South Africa	15 November 2009	World Cup	Berlin, Germany
400m freestyle	3:36.75		Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	15 November 2008	World Cup	Berlin, Germany
800m freestyle	7:36.84	†	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[40]
1500m freestyle	14:18.79		Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[41]
50m backstroke	22.85		Gerhard Zandberg	South Africa	15 November 2009	World Cup	Berlin, Germany
100m backstroke	50.00		George Du Rand	South Africa	10 November 2009	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden
200m backstroke	1:47.08		George Du Rand	South Africa	7 November 2009	World Cup	Moscow, Russia
50m breaststroke	25.25	WR	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	14 November 2009	World Cup	Berlin, Germany
100m breaststroke	55.61		Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	15 November 2009	World Cup	Berlin, Germany
200m breaststroke	2:02.56		Neil Versfeld	South Africa	14 November 2009	World Cup	Berlin, Germany
50m butterfly	21.87		Roland Schoeman	South Africa	14 November 2009	World Cup	Berlin, Germany
100m butterfly	48.08		Chad le Clos	South Africa	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[42]
200m butterfly	1:48.32		Chad le Clos	South Africa	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[43]
100m individual medley	51.05		Gerhard Zandberg	South Africa	14 November 2009	World Cup	Berlin, Germany
200m individual medley	1:51.55		Darian Townsend	South Africa	15 November 2009	World Cup	Berlin, Germany
400m individual medley	3:57.40		Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	16 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[44]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:24.14		(21.22)Brad Tandy (20.31)Chad le Clos (21.29)Douglas Erasmus (21.32)Ryan Coetzee	South Africa	14 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[45]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:12.87	h	(48.05)Leith Shankland (47.89)Clayton Jimmie (48.32)Calvyn Justus (48.61)Myles Brown	South Africa	3 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[46]
4×200m freestyle relay	6:52.13		(1:43.45)Myles Brown (1:43.96)Sebastien Rousseau (1:40.61)Chad le Clos (1:44.31)Leith Shankland	South Africa	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[47]
4×50m medley relay	1:34.31	h	(24.42)Charl Crous (26.20)Cameron van der Burgh (22.12)Chad le Clos (21.56)Luke Pendock	South Africa	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[48]
4×100m medley relay	3:31.97	h	(52.62)Darren Murray (59.36)Giulio Zorzi (52.70)Garth Tune (47.29)Leith Shankland	South Africa	16 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[49]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANA; WR – World record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Women – SCM

Event	Time	.	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	24.37		Farida Osman	Egypt	20 December 2019	International Swimming League	Las Vegas, United States	[50]
100m freestyle	52.70	sf	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[51]
200m freestyle	1:55.89	h	Leone Vorster	South Africa	19 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[52]
400m freestyle	4:03.50		Melissa Corfe	South Africa	11 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
800m freestyle	8:22.05		Jessica Pengelly	South Africa	4 November 2011	World Cup	Singapore, Singapore
1500m freestyle	16:11.24		Jessica Pengelly	South Africa	14 July 2010	Australian Championships	Brisbane, Australia
50m backstroke	26.85		Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	13 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	[53]
100m backstroke	56.56		Chanelle Van Wyk	South Africa	15 November 2009	World Cup	Berlin, Germany
200m backstroke	2:00.91		Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	11 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	[54]
50m breaststroke	30.11		Achieng Ajulu-Bushell	Kenya	6 August 2009	British Grand Prix	Leeds, United Kingdom
100m breaststroke	1:03.89		Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	25 October 2020	South African Championships	Pietermaritzburg, South Africa	[55]
200m breaststroke	2:18.02		Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	26 October 2020	South African Championships	Pietermaritzburg, South Africa	[56]
50m butterfly	25.31		Farida Osman	Egypt	17 November 2019	International Swimming League	College Park, United States	[57]
100m butterfly	56.46		Farida Osman	Egypt	20 December 2019	International Swimming League	Las Vegas, United States	[58]
200m butterfly	2:04.24		Mandy Loots	South Africa	21 November 2009	World Cup	Singapore, Singapore
100m individual medley	59.77		Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	11 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	[59]
200m individual medley	2:06.13		Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	12 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	[60]
400m individual medley	4:22.88		Katheryn Meaklim	South Africa	21 November 2009	World Cup	Singapore, Singapore
4×50m freestyle relay	1:42.78	h	(25.41)Erin Gallagher (25.03)Lehesta Kemp (25.26)Trudi Maree (27.08)Rene Warnes	South Africa	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[61]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:41.80	h	(54.97)Trudi Maree (54.70)Lehesta Kemp (56.45)Megan Stephens (55.68)Vanessa Mohr	South Africa	15 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[62]
4×200m freestyle relay	8:02.49	h	(1:58.41)Karin Prinsloo (2:02.84)Michelle Weber (2:00.99)Kyna Pereira (2:00.25)Jessica Pengelly	South Africa	12 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[63]
4×50m medley relay	1:52.16	h	(28.26)Erin Gallagher (32.06)Tatjana Schoenmaker (27.04)Trudi Maree (24.80)Lehesta Kemp	South Africa	5 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[64]
4×100m medley relay	4:00.73		(1:02.21)Melissa Corfe (1:05.18)Suzaan van Biljon (58.62)Mandy Loots (54.72)Lize-Marie Retief	South Africa	11 April 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	[65]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANA; WR – World record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Mixed relay – SCM

Event	Time	.	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×50m freestyle relay	1:33.19		(22.01)Luke Pendock (21.30)Clayton Jimmie (24.90)Lehesta Kemp (24.98)Trudi Maree	South Africa	6 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[66]
4×50m medley relay	1:42.53	h	(24.24)Ricky Ellis (26.45)Giulio Zorzi (27.18)Trudi Maree (24.66)Lehesta Kemp	South Africa	4 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[67]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANA; WR – World record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat