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

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 2019 African Games
Venue	Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates	22 August (heats and final)
Competitors	13 from 10 nations
Winning time	2:04.31
Medalists
Hania Moro   Egypt   Christin Mundell   South Africa   Majda Chebaraka   Algeria

The Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 22 August 2019.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	1:52.98	Rome	29 July 2009
African record	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	1:57.04	Austin	7 June 2008
Games record	Karin Prinsloo	South Africa	1:59.84	Maputo	6 September 2011

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 22 August at 10:00.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Hania Moro	Egypt	2:06.27	Q
2	1	5	Jessica Whelan	South Africa	2:07.07	Q
3	1	3	Majda Chebaraka	Algeria	2:07.38	Q
4	2	3	Lina Khiyara	Morocco	2:07.61	Q
5	2	5	Christin Mundell	South Africa	2:08.26	Q
6	1	4	Yasmin Hassan	Egypt	2:11.00	Q
7	1	6	Robyn Lee	Zimbabwe	2:11.34	Q
8	1	7	Catarina Sousa	Angola	2:11.88	Q
9	2	6	Imara-Bella Thorpe	Kenya	2:13.68
10	2	2	Abibat Ogunbanwo	Nigeria	2:17.35
11	1	2	Inass Rachidi	Morocco	2:20.12
12	2	1	Caitlin Loo	Botswana	2:23.08
13	2	7	Khema Elizabeth	Seychelles	2:24.72

Final

The final was started on 22 August at 17:15.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Hania Moro	Egypt	2:04.31
	2	Christin Mundell	South Africa	2:04.75
	3	Majda Chebaraka	Algeria	2:05.51
4	5	Jessica Whelan	South Africa	2:06.24
5	6	Lina Khiyara	Morocco	2:06.78
6	8	Catarina Sousa	Angola	2:09.55
7	1	Robyn Lee	Zimbabwe	2:10.16
8	7	Yasmin Hassan	Egypt	2:11.27