2018 African Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates	11 September (heats and final)
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Winning time	2:35.25
Medalists
Lara van Niekerk    South Africa   Rowida Hesham    Egypt   Hamida Rania Nefsi    Algeria
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The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 11 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	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	2:19.11	Barcelona	1 August 2013
African record	Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	2:22.02	Gold Coast	7 April 2018
Championship record	Sarra Lajnef	Tunisia	2:32.16	Casablanca	14 September 2010

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 11 September at 11:20. ^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lara van Niekerk	South Africa	2:39.15	Q
2	Rebecca Kamau	Kenya	2:41.18	Q
3	Hamida Rania Nefsi	Algeria	2:42.08	Q
4	Rowida Hesham	Egypt	2:42.33	Q
5	Habiba Belghith	Tunisia	2:43.13	Q
6	Tessa Ip Hen Cheung	Mauritius	2:46.73	Q
7	Hiba Laknit	Morocco	2:47.00	Q
8	Fatima Jayla	Cape Verde	2:55.55	Q
9	Lesa La Troya	Cape Verde	2:56.74
	Khensa Belkacemi	Algeria	Disqualified
	Jade Simons	South Africa
	Evelyn Nmor	Nigeria	Did not start

Final

The final was started on 11 September. ^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Lara van Niekerk	South Africa	2:35.25
	6	Rowida Hesham	Egypt	2:38.99
	3	Hamida Rania Nefsi	Algeria	2:40.10
4	2	Habiba Belghith	Tunisia	2:40.11
5	5	Rebecca Kamau	Kenya	2:41.42
6	7	Tessa Ip Hen Cheung	Mauritius	2:44.56
7	1	Hiba Laknit	Morocco	2:45.51
8	8	Fatima Jayla	Cape Verde	2:55.77

References

1. "CHAMPIONNAT D'AFRIQUE OPEN 2018 - HEATS DAY 2". 13canalger2018.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
2. "CHAMPIONNAT D'AFRIQUE OPEN 2018 - FINALS DAY 2". 13canalger2018.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2019.