2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates	12 September (heats and final)
Competitors	11 from 8 nations
Winning time	2:05.13
Medalists
Mohamed Ryad Bouhamidi    Algeria   Jacques van Wyk    South Africa   Mohamed Samy    Egypt
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The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 12 September 2018. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Aaron Peirsol	United States	1:51.92	Rome	31 July 2009
African record	George du Rand	South Africa	1:55.75	Rome	30 July 2009
Championship record	George du Rand	South Africa	2:01.02	Johannesburg	3 December 2008

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 12 September at 10:10. ^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mohamed Ryad Bouhamidi	Algeria	2:05.56	Q
2	Jacques van Wyk	South Africa	2:07.32	Q
3	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	2:08.47	Q
4	Driss Lahrichi	Morocco	2:10.45	Q
5	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	2:10.72	Q
6	Ahmed Hamdy	Egypt	2:11.95	Q
7	Mathieu Marquet	Mauritius	2:13.06	Q
8	Ruan Breytenbach	South Africa	2:15.13	Q
9	Alvin Omondi	Kenya	2:26.16
	Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo	Madagascar	Did not start
	Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari	Tunisia

Final

The final was started on 14 September. ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Mohamed Ryad Bouhamidi	Algeria	2:05.13
	5	Jacques van Wyk	South Africa	2:05.76
	2	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	2:06.88
4	7	Ahmed Hamdy	Egypt	2:07.42
5	3	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	2:07.56
6	6	Driss Lahrichi	Morocco	2:09.11
7	1	Mathieu Marquet	Mauritius	2:14.83
8	8	Ruan Breytenbach	South Africa	2:18.49

References

1. http://13canalger2018.com/rslt/resultat%20global.htm#ref33 ^{[ bare URL ]}
2. http://13canalger2018.com/rslt/resultat%20global.htm#ref34 ^{[ bare URL ]}
3. http://13canalger2018.com/rslt/resultat%20global.htm#ref33 ^{[ bare URL ]}
4. http://13canalger2018.com/rslt/resultat%20global.htm#ref56 ^{[ bare URL ]}