The Women's 50 metre breaststroke 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 recordLilly King29.40Budapest30 July 2017African recordTatjana Schoenmaker30.82Gold Coast6 April 2018Championship recordKaylene Corbett32.58Bloemfontein18 October 2016
The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 12 September Heat Tilka Paljk 32.06 CR 12 September Final Lara van Niekerk 31.99 CR
Results Heats The heats were started on 12 September at 10:15.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tilka Paljk32.06 Q CR 2 Lara van Niekerk32.25 Q 3 Jade Simons33.77 Q 4 Rowida Hesham33.87 Q 5 Habiba Belghith33.99 Q 6 Imane El Barodi34.10 Q 7 Rebecca Kamau35.09 Q 8 Tessa Ip Hen Cheung35.11 Q 9 Hamida Rania Nefsi35.12 10 Meriem Cheikh35.47 11 Hiba Laknit36.02 12 Samantha Rakotovelo38.02 Jannat BiqueEvelyn NmorNkem Chukwuemeke
Final The final was started on 12 September.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Lara van Niekerk 31.99 CR 4 Tilka Paljk 32.15 3 Jade Simons 33.10 4 6 Rowida Hesham 33.64 5 2 Habiba Belghith 34.17 6 7 Imane El Barodi 34.36 7 1 Rebecca Kamau 34.50 8 8 Tessa Ip Hen Cheung 34.73
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