The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 13 September 2018.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordIppei Watanabe2:06.67Tokyo29 January 2017African recordNeil Versfeld2:09.61Rome30 July 2009Championship recordWilliam Diering2:15.65Casablanca16 September 2010
The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 13 September Final Ayrton Sweeney 2:14.04 CR
Results Heats The heats were started on 13 September at 10:05.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ayrton Sweeney2:19.92 Q 2 Youssef El-Kamash2:20.65 Q 3 Beji Adnane2:21.33 Q 4 Wassim Elloumi2:22.49 Q 5 Jonathan Chung Yee2:22.63 Q 6 Alaric Basson2:23.93 Q 7 Moncef Aymen Balamane2:24.07 Q 8 Siar Abderrazak2:26.14 Q 9 Ahllan Bique2:35.81 10 Mario Ervedosa2:44.75 11 Ayaan Chand2:50.00 Sadiq Yahaya
Final The final was started on 13 September.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Ayrton Sweeney 2:14.04 CR 6 Wassim Elloumi 2:15.76 7 Alaric Basson 2:16.16 4 3 Beji Adnane 2:19.07 5 5 Youssef El-Kamash 2:19.25 6 1 Moncef Aymen Balamane 2:20.76 7 2 Jonathan Chung Yee 2:23.55 8 8 Siar Abderrazak 2:26.74
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