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

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates24 August (heats and final)
Competitors16 from 10 nations
Winning time55.02
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  2015
2023  

The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019. [1]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Ryan Murphy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51.85 Rio de Janeiro 13 August 2016
African record Christopher Reid Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 53.12 Durban 11 April 2016
Games record Charl Crous Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55.26 Maputo 9 September 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationTimeRecord
24 August Final Abdellah Ardjoune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 55.02 GR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Martin Binedell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 56.43Q
235 Abdellah Ardjoune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 56.77Q
314 Driss Lahrichi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 56.94Q
424 Mohamed Samy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 57.19Q
525 Jason Arthur Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 57.61Q
633 Abdelrahman Hegazy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 58.49Q
715 Mohamed Bouhamdi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 58.65Q
823 Adil Assouab Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 59.01Q
936 Xander Skinner Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 59.28
1013 Mogammad Ra'eez Warley Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 59.61
1116 Simon Bachmann Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1:01.74
1226 Niklas Yeboah Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1:02.59
1322 Ambala Atuhaire Ogola Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1:02.90
1412 Andisiwe Tayali Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:03.50
1532 Ayman Khatoun Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:03.57
1637 Jamalke Gnakobo Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1:17.19

Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Abdellah Ardjoune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 55.02 GR
Silver medal icon.svg6 Mohamed Samy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 55.57
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Martin Binedell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 56.20
43 Driss Lahrichi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 56.22
51 Mohamed Bouhamdi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 57.12
62 Jason Arthur Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 57.54
77 Abdelrahman Hegazy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt |

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References

  1. "2019 African Games Swimming Full Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.