Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates21 August (heats and final)
Competitors9 from 5 nations
Winning time1:59.03
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Martin Binedell  Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg   Abdellah Ardjoune  Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Bronze medal icon.svg   Yassin Elshamaa  Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
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The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019. [1]

2019 African Games International multi-sport event between African nations

The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017.

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:51.92 Rome 31 July 2009
African record George Du Rand Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:55.75 Rome 30 July 2009
Games record Darren Murray Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:01.74 Maputo 7 September 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationTimeRecord
21 August Heats Martin Binedell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:01.38 GR
21 August Final Martin Binedell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:59.03 GR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 21 August at 11:15.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124 Martin Binedell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:01.38Q GR
225 Abdellah Ardjoune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:02.73Q
323 Yassin Elshamaa Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2:05.77Q
413 Driss Lahrichi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:06.99Q
514 Mohamed Bouhamdi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:07.04Q
616 Adil Assouab Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:08.68Q
715 Jason Arthur Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2:08.76Q
822 Mogammad Ra'eez Warley Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:08.83Q
926 Abdelrahman Hegazy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2:09.80

Final

The final was started on 21 August at 17:00.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Martin Binedell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:59.03 GR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Abdellah Ardjoune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:00.38 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Yassin Elshamaa Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2:03.17
46 Driss Lahrichi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:05.24
52 Mohamed Bouhamdi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:05.94
68 Mogammad Ra'eez Warley Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:08.03
77 Adil Assouab Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:09.22
81 Jason Arthur Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2:09.28

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References

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