The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordRegan Smith57.57Gwangju28 July 2019African recordKirsty Coventry58.77Beijing11 August 2008Games recordKirsty Coventry1:00.86Maputo7 September 2011

Results Heats The heats were started on 24 August at 11:00.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Felicity Passon1:03.22 Q 2 1 4 Kerryn Herbst1:04.60 Q 3 3 4 Naomi Ruele1:05.29 Q 4 2 5 Rola Hussein1:06.12 Q 5 3 5 Robyn Lee1:06.95 Q 6 1 5 Hiba Fahsi1:07.15 Q 7 3 3 Sara El Tahawi1:07.21 Q 8 3 2 Sylvia Brunlehner1:07.31 Q, 9 2 3 Camille Koenig1:07.34 Q 10 3 6 Lewethu Mbatha1:07.83 R 11 2 6 Catarina Sousa1:08.02 12 1 3 Logaine Abdelatif1:08.26 13 1 6 Yasmine Dgaimesh1:09.85 14 2 2 Imara-Bella Thorpe1:11.67 15 1 2 Timipame-ere Akiayefa1:14.44 16 3 7 Khema Elizabeth1:20.58 2 7 Genet Demissia

Final

The final was started on 24 August at 17:00.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Felicity Passon 1:02.42 3 Naomi Ruele 1:02.62 5 Kerryn Herbst 1:03.76 4 6 Rola Hussein 1:05.29 5 2 Robyn Lee 1:05.50 6 8 Camille Koenig 1:07.29 7 1 Sara El Tahawi 1:07.37 8 7 Hiba Fahsi 1:07.40

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