See main article: 2003 All-Africa Games.
| Tourney Name: | Swimming at the 2003 All-Africa Games |
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Swimming at the 8th All-Africa Games was held October 5–11, 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. 117 swimmers from 21 nations swam in the meet.[1] Competition was held in a 50-meter (long course) pool.
The 2003 edition saw the addition to the Games program of the 50s of the strokes (Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly), the Men's 800 Freestyle and the Women's 1500 Freestyle, bringing the total number of events to 40.
| 50m Freestyle | Salim Iles Algeria | 22.71 | Stephan Ackerman South Africa | 23.66 | Kurt Muller South Africa | 23.83 |
| 100m Freestyle | Salim Iles Algeria | 50.32 | Stephan Ackerman South Africa | 51.54 | Haitham Hazem  Egypt | 52.26 |
| 200m Freestyle | Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia | 1:52.94 | Stephan Ackerman South Africa | 1:54.17 | Nic Wilson South Africa | 1:54.82 |
| 400m Freestyle | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 4:00.43 | Anouar Ben Naceur Tunisia | 4:06.51 | Mahrez Mebarek Algeria | 4:07.59 |
| 800m Freestyle | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 8:12.26 | Omar El Gamal Egypt | 8:33.49 | Khaled Hanafy Egypt | 8:36.78 |
| 1500m Freestyle | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 15:35.97 | Omar El Gamal Egypt | 16:21.49 | Khaled Hanafy Egypt | 16:40.61 |
| 50m Backstroke | Ahmed Hussein Egypt | 25.89 | Simon Thirsk South Africa | 27.04 | Haitham Hazem Egypt | 27.30 |
| 100m Backstroke | Ahmed Hussein Egypt | 55.75 | Simon Thirsk South Africa | 57.60 | Haitham Hazem Egypt | 58.46 |
| 200m Backstroke | Ahmed Hussein Egypt | 2:02.46 | Jeff Norton South Africa | 2:07.42 | Simon Thirsk South Africa | 2:09.79 |
| 50m Breaststroke | Kurt Muller South Africa | 28.75 | Sofiane Daid Algeria | 29.10 | Malick Fall  Senegal | 29.28 |
| 100m Breaststroke | Kurt Muller South Africa | 1:02.99 | Sofiane Daid Algeria | 1:04.05 | Ayman Khattab Egypt | 1:04.10 |
| 200m Breaststroke | Neil Versfeld South Africa | 2:16.86 | Ayman Khattab Egypt | 2:18.49 | Malick Fall Senegal | 2:20.33 |
| 50m Butterfly | Stephan Ackerman South Africa | 24.79 | Haitham Hazem Egypt | 24.84 | Kurt Muller South Africa | 25.21 |
| 100m Butterfly | Haitham Hazem Egypt | 54.81 | Stephan Ackerman South Africa | 54.95 | Ahmed Salah Egypt | 55.25 |
| 200m Butterfly | Ahmed Salah Egypt | 2:02.91 | Ahmed El Abbadi Egypt | 2:03.99 | Anouar Ben Naceur Tunisia | 2:05.15 |
| 200m I.M. | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 2:06.91 | Malick Fall Senegal | 2:09.08 | Neil Versfeld South Africa | 2:09.91 |
| 400m I.M | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 4:29.68 | Neil Versfeld South Africa | 4:39.37 | Omar El Gamal Egypt | 4:46.08 |
| 4 × 100 m Free Relay | Algeria | 3:27.05 | South Africa | 3:29.63 | Egypt | 3:55.25 |
| 4 × 200 m Free Relay | South Africa | 7:42.45 | Algeria | 7:45.22 | Egypt | 7:50.91 |
| 4 × 100 m Medley Relay | Egypt | 3:46.67 | South Africa | 3:47.92 | Algeria | 3:55.25 |
| 50m Freestyle | Lauren Roets South Africa | 26.31 | Ngozi Monu Nigeria | 27.71 | Nadia Chahed Tunisia | 28.16 |
| 100m Freestyle | Lauren Roets South Africa | 56.79 | Christin Zwiegers South Africa | 57.90 | Salma Zeinhoum Egypt | 58.53 |
| 200m Freestyle | Lauren Roets South Africa | 2:06.27 | Kirsten van Heerden South Africa | 2:08.84 | Khadua Ciss Senegal | 2:09.00 |
| 400m Freestyle | Kirsten van Heerden South Africa | 4:28.19 | Heba Selim Egypt | 4:29.13 | Shrone Austin Seychelles | 4:30.84 |
| 800m Freestyle | Natalie du Toit South Africa | 9:09.66 | Shrone Austin Seychelles | 9:13.03 | Heba Selim Egypt | 9:17.15 |
| 1500m Freestyle | Velia van Rensburg South Africa | 17:24.64 | Shrone Austin Seychelles | 17:30.27 | Heba Selim Egypt | 17:35.23 |
| 50m Backstroke | Lize-Mari Retief South Africa | 30.10 | Romy Altmann South Africa | 30.29 | Inyengiyik Obia Nigeria | 31.06 |
| 100m Backstroke | Romy Altmann South Africa | 1:02.89 | Jo-Ann Bergman South Africa | 1:07.61 | Sarah Chahed Tunisia | 1:07.94 |
| 200m Backstroke | Romy Altmann South Africa | 2:15.15 | Lize-Mari Retief South Africa | 2:22.50 | Soha Abdallah Egypt | 2:26.12 |
| 50m Breaststroke | Ingrid Haiden South Africa | 32.89 | Ziada Jardine South Africa | 32.99 | Salma Zeinhoum Egypt | 33.33 |
| 100m Breaststroke | Ingrid Haiden South Africa | 1:11.00 | Salma Zeinhoum Egypt | 1:11.92 | Ziada Jardine South Africa | 1:12.82 |
| 200m Breaststroke | Ingrid Haiden South Africa | 2:32.66 | Salma Zeinhoum Egypt | 2:37.20 | Ziada Jardine South Africa | 2:43.50 |
| 50m Butterfly | Lize-Mari Retief South Africa | 27.56 | Lauren Sparg South Africa | 28.53 | May Raafat Egypt | 29.78 |
| 100m Butterfly | Lize-Mari Retief South Africa | 1:01.78 | Lauren Sparg South Africa | 1:02.63 | May Raafat Egypt | 1:05.01 |
| 200m Butterfly | Lize-Mari Retief South Africa | 2:17.47 | Chanelle Van Wyk South Africa | 2:20.05 | May Raafat Egypt | 2:20.80 |
| 200m I.M. | Lize-Mari Retief South Africa | 2:21.64 | Salma Zeinhoum Egypt | 2:23.89 | Bianca Meyer South Africa | 2:24.42 |
| 400m I.M | Bianca Meyer South Africa | 5:03.06 | Shrone Austin Seychelles | 5:09.41 | Kirsten van Heerden South Africa | 5:13.75 |
| 4 × 100 m Free Relay | South Africa | 3:52.74 | Egypt | 4:04.68 | Tunisia | 4:04.68 |
| 4 × 200 m Free Relay | South Africa | 8:40.84 | Egypt | 8:45.18 | Tunisia | 9:53.35 |
| 4 × 100 m Medley Relay | South Africa | 4:11.37 | Egypt | 4:31.84 | Tunisia | 4:37.84 |