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 DateWorld recordFederica Pellegrini1:52.98Rome29 July 2009African recordKirsty Coventry1:57.04Austin7 June 2008Games recordKarin Prinsloo1:59.84Maputo6 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 Moro2:06.27 Q 2 1 5 Jessica Whelan2:07.07 Q 3 1 3 Majda Chebaraka2:07.38 Q 4 2 3 Lina Khiyara2:07.61 Q 5 2 5 Christin Mundell2:08.26 Q 6 1 4 Yasmin Hassan2:11.00 Q 7 1 6 Robyn Lee2:11.34 Q 8 1 7 Catarina Sousa2:11.88 Q 9 2 6 Imara-Bella Thorpe2:13.68 10 2 2 Abibat Ogunbanwo2:17.35 11 1 2 Inass Rachidi2:20.12 12 2 1 Caitlin Loo2:23.08 13 2 7 Khema Elizabeth2:24.72
Final
The final was started on 22 August at 17:15.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Hania Moro 2:04.31 2 Christin Mundell 2:04.75 3 Majda Chebaraka 2:05.51 4 5 Jessica Whelan 2:06.24 5 6 Lina Khiyara 2:06.78 6 8 Catarina Sousa 2:09.55 7 1 Robyn Lee 2:10.16 8 7 Yasmin Hassan 2:11.27
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