Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2019 African Games

Venue

Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool

Dates

24 August (heats and final)

Competitors

16 from 10 nations

Winning time

55.02

Medalists

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Swimming at the 2019 African Games

Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×100 m	mixed
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×100 m	mixed
v t e

The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Ryan Murphy	United States	51.85	Rio de Janeiro	13 August 2016
African record	Christopher Reid	South Africa	53.12	Durban	11 April 2016
Games record	Charl Crous	South Africa	55.26	Maputo	9 September 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
24 August	Final	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	55.02	GR

The heats were started on 24 August at 11:10.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Martin Binedell	South Africa	56.43	Q
2	3	5	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	56.77	Q
3	1	4	Driss Lahrichi	Morocco	56.94	Q
4	2	4	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	57.19	Q
5	2	5	Jason Arthur	Ghana	57.61	Q
6	3	3	Abdelrahman Hegazy	Egypt	58.49	Q
7	1	5	Mohamed Bouhamdi	Algeria	58.65	Q
8	2	3	Adil Assouab	Morocco	59.01	Q
9	3	6	Xander Skinner	Namibia	59.28
10	1	3	Mogammad Ra'eez Warley	South Africa	59.61
11	1	6	Simon Bachmann	Seychelles	1:01.74
12	2	6	Niklas Yeboah	Ghana	1:02.59
13	2	2	Ambala Atuhaire Ogola	Uganda	1:02.90
14	1	2	Andisiwe Tayali	Zimbabwe	1:03.50
15	3	2	Ayman Khatoun	Zimbabwe	1:03.57
16	3	7	Jamalke Gnakobo	Ethiopia	1:17.19

The final was started on 24 August at 17:00.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	55.02	GR
	6	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	55.57
	4	Martin Binedell	South Africa	56.20
4	3	Driss Lahrichi	Morocco	56.22
5	1	Mohamed Bouhamdi	Algeria	57.12
6	2	Jason Arthur	Ghana	57.54
7	7	Abdelrahman Hegazy	Egypt	58.30
8	8	Adil Assouab	Morocco	58.46