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

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    Egypt
silver medal    Algeria
bronze medal    Morocco
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The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.[1]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Kliment Kolesnikov  Russia 24.00 Glasgow 4 August 2018
African record Gerhard Zandberg  South Africa 24.34 Rome 2 August 2009
Games record Gerhard Zandberg  South Africa 25.68 Algiers 16 July 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nation Time Record
23 August Final Mohamed Samy  Egypt 25.26 GR

Results

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Abdellah Ardjoune  Algeria 25.88 Q NR
2 2 4 Driss Lahrichi  Morocco 25.93 Q =NR
3 3 4 Mohamed Samy  Egypt 26.15 Q
4 3 3 Mohamed Bouhamdi  Algeria 26.46 Q
5 3 6 Merwane El Merini  Morocco 26.93 Q
6 1 4 Ali Khalafalla  Egypt 27.08 Q
7 1 5 Martin Binedell  South Africa 27.20 Q
8 1 3 Neil Fair  South Africa 27.22 Q
9 2 3 Jason Arthur  Ghana 27.46
10 3 5 Steven Aimable  Senegal 27.71
11 2 6 Niklas Yeboah  Ghana 28.20
12 2 2 Efrem Ghimai  Eritrea 28.44
13 1 6 Gregory Anodin  Mauritius 28.61
14 2 7 Simon Bachmann  Seychelles 29.01
15 1 2 Andisiwe Tayali  Zimbabwe 29.29
16 1 7 Swaleh Talib  Kenya 29.50
17 3 7 Ayman Khatoun  Zimbabwe 29.54
18 3 1 Seydoli Alaassan  Niger 30.02
19 3 8 Jamalke Gnakobo  Ethiopia 34.29
20 3 2 El Hadji Adama Niane  Senegal 39.48

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Mohamed Samy  Egypt 25.26 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Abdellah Ardjoune  Algeria 25.61 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Driss Lahrichi  Morocco 26.12
4 1 Martin Binedell  South Africa 26.64
5 6 Mohamed Bouhamdi  Algeria 26.67
6 7 Ali Khalafalla  Egypt 26.88
7 2 Merwane El Merini  Morocco 27.11
8 8 Neil Fair  South Africa 27.12

References

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