The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordLiu Xiang26.98Jakarta21 August 2018African recordKirsty Coventry28.08Monte Carlo13 June 2015Games recordKirsty Coventry28.89Algiers16 July 2007
Results Heats The heats were started on 23 August at 11:20.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 5 Felicity Passon29.47 Q 2 2 4 Naomi Ruele29.62 Q 3 1 4 Amel Melih29.76 Q 4 1 5 Kerryn Herbst29.77 Q 5 3 4 Erin Gallagher29.94 Q 6 3 3 Rola Hussein30.37 Q 7 3 2 Sylvia Brunlehner30.70 Q 8 1 3 Sara El Tahawi30.88 Q 9 3 5 Robyn Lee31.00 R 10 2 3 Hiba Fahsi31.25 R 11 3 6 Farida Samra31.26 12 3 7 Timipame-ere Akiayefa31.31 13 2 7 Catarina Sousa31.60 NR 14 1 6 Camille Koenig31.63 15 2 6 Yasmine Dgaimesh31.80 16 2 2 Sophia Diagne32.33 17 1 2 Imara-Bella Thorpe32.62 18 2 1 Lombe Mwape36.29 19 1 7 Khema Elizabeth37.00 20 3 8 Nafissath Radji37.43 21 3 1 Genet Demissia41.05 22 1 1 Odrina Kaze46.15
Final
The final was started on 23 August at 17:00.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Erin Gallagher 29.05 4 Felicity Passon 29.17 5 Naomi Ruele 29.22 4 6 Kerryn Herbst 29.65 5 7 Rola Hussein 29.77 6 3 Amel Melih 29.93 7 1 Sylvia Brunlehner 30.53 8 8 Sara El Tahawi 31.37
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