The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 14 September 2018.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordRyan Murphy51.85Rio de Janeiro13 August 2016African recordChristopher Reid53.12Durban11 April 2016Championship recordDarren Murray55.67Casablanca17 September 2010
The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 14 September Final Mohamed Samy 55.49 CR
Results Heats The heats were started on 14 September at 09:50.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mohamed Samy57.66 Q 2 Ali Khalafalla57.78 Q 3 Jacques van Wyk58.01 Q 4 Driss Lahrichi58.34 Q 5 Mehdi Nazim Benbara58.50 Q 6 Abdellah Ardjoune59.08 Q 7 Bradley Vincent59.10 Q 8 Kobe Ndebele Q 9 Alvin Omondi 10 Daniel Francisco 11 Adnan Kabuye 12 Maemo Sebikiri Heriniavo RasolonjatovoSadiq YahayaMohamed Aziz Ghaffari
Final The final was started on 14 September.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Mohamed Samy 55.49 CR 3 Jacques van Wyk 55.54 5 Ali Khalafalla 56.70 4 7 Abdellah Ardjoune 57.27 5 6 Driss Lahrichi 57.99 6 2 Mehdi Nazim Benbara 58.44 7 1 Bradley Vincent 58.78 8 8 Kobe Ndebele
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