2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 12 September 2018.[1][2]

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates	12 September (heats and final)
Competitors	11 from 8 nations
Winning time	2:05.13
Medalists
Mohamed Ryad Bouhamidi    Algeria   Jacques van Wyk    South Africa   Mohamed Samy    Egypt

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Aaron Peirsol	United States	1:51.92	Rome	31 July 2009
African record	George du Rand	South Africa	1:55.75	Rome	30 July 2009
Championship record	George du Rand	South Africa	2:01.02	Johannesburg	3 December 2008

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 12 September at 10:10.[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mohamed Ryad Bouhamidi	Algeria	2:05.56	Q
2	Jacques van Wyk	South Africa	2:07.32	Q
3	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	2:08.47	Q
4	Driss Lahrichi	Morocco	2:10.45	Q
5	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	2:10.72	Q
6	Ahmed Hamdy	Egypt	2:11.95	Q
7	Mathieu Marquet	Mauritius	2:13.06	Q
8	Ruan Breytenbach	South Africa	2:15.13	Q
9	Alvin Omondi	Kenya	2:26.16
	Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo	Madagascar	Did not start
	Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari	Tunisia

Final

The final was started on 14 September.[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Mohamed Ryad Bouhamidi	Algeria	2:05.13
	5	Jacques van Wyk	South Africa	2:05.76
	2	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	2:06.88
4	7	Ahmed Hamdy	Egypt	2:07.42
5	3	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	2:07.56
6	6	Driss Lahrichi	Morocco	2:09.11
7	1	Mathieu Marquet	Mauritius	2:14.83
8	8	Ruan Breytenbach	South Africa	2:18.49

References