The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 12 September 2018.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordKathleen Baker58.00Irvine28 July 2018African recordKirsty Coventry58.77Beijing11 August 2008Championship recordChanelle Van Wyk1:02.32Casablanca15 September 2010
Results Heats The heats were started on 10 September at 10:00.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Samiha Mohsen1:05.30 Q 2 Hiba Fahsi1:05.86 Q 3 Hannah Kiely1:06.58 Q 4 Camille Koenig1:06.84 Q 5 Khwezi Duma1:08.05 Q 6 Imene Kawthar Zitouni1:09.66 Q 7 Menna Kchouk1:09.76 Q 8 Catarina Sousa1:10.23 Q 9 Imara-Bella Thorpe1:10.43 10 Yasmeen Boutouil1:10.66 11 Jihane Benchadli1:11.95 12 Ada Thioune1:18.12 Jannat BiqueChinoye OkolugboMappy Kegbe
Final The final was started on 10 September.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Samiha Mohsen 1:04.19 3 Hannah Kiely 1:04.53 5 Hiba Fahsi 1:05.98 4 6 Camille Koenig 1:06.83 5 2 Khwezi Duma 1:08.16 6 7 Imene Kawthar Zitouni 1:08.57 7 8 Catarina Sousa 1:09.53 8 1 Menna Kchouk 1:09.85
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