The Men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2015 African Games took place on 6 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex.
Schedule All times are Congo Standard Time (UTC+01:00) DateTimeEventSunday, 6 September 2015 10:30 Heat 1 10:32 Heat 2 10:34 Heat 3 17:47 Final
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordLiam Tancock24.04Rome2 August 2009African recordGerhard Zandberg24.34Rome2 August 2009Games recordGerhard Zandberg25.68Algiers16 July 2007
Results
Heats The heats were held on 6 September.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Mohamed Samy26.43 Q 2 3 4 Richard Ellis26.54 Q 3 2 5 David De Villiers26.58 Q 4 3 5 Mohamed Khaled26.71 Q 5 2 3 Hamdan Bayusuf27.39 Q 6 1 4 Riyad Djendouci27.76 Q 7 1 5 Peter Wetzlar28.24 Q 8 3 6 Mohamed Ali Chaouachi28.56 Q 9 1 6 Samson Opuakpo28.91 10 1 2 Kimani Maina29.01 11 1 3 Mohamed Lagili29.03 12 3 2 Denilson da Costa29.29 13 3 3 Sean Gunn29.34 14 2 6 Emile Bakale29.48 15 2 2 Matar Samb30.21 16 3 7 Adama Ndir30.40 17 1 7 Yousif Bashir Ibrahim35.83 18 3 1 Moris Beals37.47 19 2 7 Ahmed Izzeldin Salih38.49
Final The final were held on 6 September. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Mohamed Samy25.71 5 Richard Ellis25.89 6 Mohamed Khaled26.16 4 3 David De Villiers26.52 5 2 Hamdan Bayusuf27.21 6 7 Riyad Djendouci27.35 7 1 Peter Wetzlar27.68 8 8 Mohamed Ali Chaouachi28.14
References
External links Official website