The Men'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 recordRyan Murphy51.85Rio de Janeiro13 August 2016African recordChristopher Reid53.12Durban11 April 2016Games recordCharl Crous55.26Maputo9 September 2011
The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nation Time Record 24 August Final Abdellah Ardjoune 55.02 GR
Results Heats The heats were started on 24 August at 11:10.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Martin Binedell56.43 Q 2 3 5 Abdellah Ardjoune56.77 Q 3 1 4 Driss Lahrichi56.94 Q 4 2 4 Mohamed Samy57.19 Q 5 2 5 Jason Arthur57.61 Q 6 3 3 Abdelrahman Hegazy58.49 Q 7 1 5 Mohamed Bouhamdi58.65 Q 8 2 3 Adil Assouab59.01 Q 9 3 6 Xander Skinner59.28 10 1 3 Mogammad Ra'eez Warley59.61 11 1 6 Simon Bachmann 12 2 6 Niklas Yeboah 13 2 2 Ambala Atuhaire Ogola 14 1 2 Andisiwe Tayali 15 3 2 Ayman Khatoun 16 3 7 Jamalke Gnakobo
Final
The final was started on 24 August at 17:00.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Abdellah Ardjoune 55.02 GR 6 Mohamed Samy 55.57 4 Martin Binedell 56.20 4 3 Driss Lahrichi 56.22 5 1 Mohamed Bouhamdi 57.12 6 2 Jason Arthur 57.54 7 7 Abdelrahman Hegazy 58.30 8 8 Adil Assouab 58.46
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