The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 10 September 2018.
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 2015Championship recordChanelle Van Wyk29.31Casablanca13 September 2010
The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 10 September Final Erin Gallagher 29.04 CR
Results Heats The heats were started on 10 September at 11:30.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Amel Melih29.91 Q 2 Samiha Mohsen29.96 Q 3 Hannah Kiely30.63 Q 4 Hiba Fahsi30.76 Q 5 Erin Gallagher30.83 Q 6 Farah Benkhelil30.90 Q 7 Camille Koenig31.52 Q 8 Imara-Bella Thorpe32.20 Q 9 Catarina Sousa32.30 10 Imene Kawthar Zitouni32.36 11 Yasmeen Boutouil32.43 12 Jeanne Boutbien33.31 13 Ada Thioune33.33 14 Therese Soukup33.70 15 Jannat Bique33.71 16 Avice Meya35.44 NR 17 Selina Katumba36.41 18 Nafissath Radji38.92 Chinoye OkolugboMappy Kegbe
Final The final was started on 10 September.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Erin Gallagher 29.04 CR 5 Samiha Mohsen 29.51 NR 4 Amel Melih 29.67 4 3 Hannah Kiely 30.32 5 7 Farah Benkhelil 30.54 6 6 Hiba Fahsi 30.56 7 1 Camille Koenig 31.51 8 8 Imara-Bella Thorpe 31.94
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