The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 11 September 2018.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordAdam Peaty25.95Budapest25 July 2017African recordCameron van der Burgh26.54Budapest25 July 2017Championship recordCameron van der Burgh28.05Bloemfontein17 October 2016
The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 11 September Heats Youssef El-Kamash 27.95 CR
Results Heats The heats were started on 11 September at 11:30.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Youssef El-Kamash27.95 Q CR 2 Wassim Elloumi28.30 Q 3 Alaric Basson28.37 Q 4 Mario Ervedosa28.89 Q 5 Siar Abderrazak29.01 Q 6 Beji Adnane29.08 Q 7 Ralph Goveia29.32 Q 8 Moncef Aymen Balamane29.49 Q 9 Reece Whitaker29.70 10 Samy Boutouil30.18 11 Filipe Gomes30.48 12 Adama Ndir30.49 13 Ahllan Bique30.94 14 Samuel Ndonga30.98 15 Yusuf Tibazi31.30 16 Jonathan Chung Yee31.86 17 Isihaka Irankunda32.36 18 Simonga Dlamini33.71 19 Swaleh Talib34.02 20 Ayaan Chand34.76 21 Yaya Yeressa35.52 22 Liam Emmett35.74 23 Omar Darboe36.14 24 Abdoul Nignan36.88 25 Zinhle Bekker37.33 26 Landry Koumondji37.42 27 Jefferson Kpanou40.02 28 Jere Gomegzani45.07 Jegan Jobe Fabrice MopamaOnyemeehi OputeOduni Chukwuka
Final The final was started on 11 September.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Youssef El-Kamash 28.04 5 Wassim Elloumi 28.25 NR= 3 Alaric Basson 28.42 4 2 Siar Abderrazak 28.97 5 7 Beji Adnane 29.11 6 8 Moncef Aymen Balamane 29.24 7 6 Mario Ervedosa 29.70 1 Ralph Goveia
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