The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordAaron Peirsol1:51.92Rome31 July 2009African recordGeorge Du Rand1:55.75Rome30 July 2009Games recordDarren Murray2:01.74Maputo7 September 2011
The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nation Time Record 21 August Heats Martin Binedell 2:01.38 GR 21 August Final Martin Binedell 1:59.03 GR
Results Heats The heats were started on 21 August at 11:15.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Martin Binedell2:01.38 Q GR 2 2 5 Abdellah Ardjoune2:02.73 Q 3 2 3 Yassin Elshamaa2:05.77 Q 4 1 3 Driss Lahrichi2:06.99 Q 5 1 4 Mohamed Bouhamdi2:07.04 Q 6 1 6 Adil Assouab2:08.68 Q 7 1 5 Jason Arthur2:08.76 Q 8 2 2 Mogammad Ra'eez Warley2:08.83 Q 9 2 6 Abdelrahman Hegazy2:09.80
Final
The final was started on 21 August at 17:00.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Martin Binedell 1:59.03 GR 5 Abdellah Ardjoune 2:00.38 NR 3 Yassin Elshamaa 2:03.17 4 6 Driss Lahrichi 2:05.24 5 2 Mohamed Bouhamdi 2:05.94 6 8 Mogammad Ra'eez Warley 2:08.03 7 7 Adil Assouab 2:09.22 8 1 Jason Arthur 2:09.28
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