2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke

Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates	10 September (heats and final)
Competitors	19 from 14 nations
Winning time	25.49
Medalists
Mohamed Samy    Egypt   Jacques van Wyk    South Africa   Abdellah Ardjoune    Algeria
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The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 10 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	Kliment Kolesnikov	Russia	24.00	Glasgow	4 August 2018
African record	Gerhard Zandberg	South Africa	24.34	Rome	2 August 2009
Championship record	Ahmed Hussein	Egypt	26.00	Cairo	12 August 2002

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
10 September	Final	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	25.49	CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 10 September at 10:25. ^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jacques van Wyk	South Africa	26.12	Q
2	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	26.23	Q
3	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	26.77	Q
4	Ali Khalafalla	Egypt	26.81	Q
5	Mehdi Nazim Benbara	Algeria	26.83	Q
6	Bradley Vincent	Mauritius	27.00	Q
7	Driss Lahrichi	Morocco	27.55	Q
8	Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari	Tunisia	28.12	Q
9	Kobe Ndebele	South Africa	28.35
10	Daniel Francisco	Angola	29.43
11	Alvin Omondi	Kenya	29.77
12	Adama Ndir	Senegal	29.92
13	Mohammed Yousuf Bin Mousa	Libya	30.20
14	Swaleh Talib	Kenya	30.22
15	Adnan Kabuye	Uganda	30.89
16	Maemo Sebikiri	Botswana	33.04
	Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo	Madagascar	Did not start
	Onyemeehi Opute	Nigeria
	Sadiq Yahaya	Nigeria

Final

The final was started on 10 September. ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	25.49	CR
	4	Jacques van Wyk	South Africa	25.90
	3	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	26.54
4	6	Ali Khalafalla	Egypt	26.89
5	2	Mehdi Nazim Benbara	Algeria	26.96
6	1	Driss Lahrichi	Morocco	27.05
7	7	Bradley Vincent	Mauritius	27.24
8	8	Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari	Tunisia	27.51

References

1. http://13canalger2018.com/rslt/resultat%20global.htm#ref10 ^{[ bare URL ]}
2. http://13canalger2018.com/rslt/resultat%20global.htm#ref11 ^{[ bare URL ]}
3. http://13canalger2018.com/rslt/resultat%20global.htm#ref10 ^{[ bare URL ]}
4. http://13canalger2018.com/rslt/resultat%20global.htm#ref11 ^{[ bare URL ]}