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

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

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

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

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	—

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

The heats were started on 11 September at 12:15.^[1]

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

The final was started on 11 September.^[1]

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