Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke

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Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates23 August (heats and final)
Competitors20 from 13 nations
Winning time25.26
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Mohamed Samy  Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svg   Abdellah Ardjoune  Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Bronze medal icon.svg   Driss Lahrichi  Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
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The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019. [1]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Kliment Kolesnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.00 Glasgow 4 August 2018
African record Gerhard Zandberg Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 24.34 Rome 2 August 2009
Games record Gerhard Zandberg Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 25.68 Algiers 16 July 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationTimeRecord
23 August Final Mohamed Samy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 25.26 GR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 23 August at 11:25.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
125 Abdellah Ardjoune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 25.88Q NR
224 Driss Lahrichi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 25.93Q =NR
334 Mohamed Samy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 26.15Q
433 Mohamed Bouhamdi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 26.46Q
536 Merwane El Merini Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 26.93Q
614 Ali Khalafalla Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 27.08Q
715 Martin Binedell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 27.20Q
813 Neil Fair Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 27.22Q
923 Jason Arthur Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 27.46
1035 Steven Aimable Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 27.71
1126 Niklas Yeboah Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 28.20
1222 Efrem Ghimai Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 28.44
1316 Gregory Anodin Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 28.61
1427 Simon Bachmann Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 29.01
1512 Andisiwe Tayali Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 29.29
1617 Swaleh Talib Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 29.50
1737 Ayman Khatoun Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 29.54
1831 Seydoli Alaassan Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 30.02
1938 Jamalke Gnakobo Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 34.29
2032 El Hadji Adama Niane Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 39.48

Final

The final was started on 23 August at 17:00.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Mohamed Samy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 25.26 GR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Abdellah Ardjoune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 25.61 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Driss Lahrichi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 26.12
41 Martin Binedell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26.64
56 Mohamed Bouhamdi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 26.67
67 Ali Khalafalla Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 26.88
72 Merwane El Merini Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 27.11
88 Neil Fair Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 27.12

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References

  1. ↑ "2019 African Games Swimming Results Day 3" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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