Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.^[1]

Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2019 African Games
Venue	Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates	23 August (heats and final)
Competitors	20 from 13 nations
Winning time	25.26
Medalists
Mohamed Samy    Egypt   Abdellah Ardjoune    Algeria   Driss Lahrichi    Morocco
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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Kliment Kolesnikov	Russia	24.00	Glasgow	4 August 2018
African record	Gerhard Zandberg	South Africa	24.34	Rome	2 August 2009
Games record	Gerhard Zandberg	South Africa	25.68	Algiers	16 July 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
23 August	Final	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	25.26	GR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 23 August at 11:25.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	25.88	Q NR
2	2	4	Driss Lahrichi	Morocco	25.93	Q =NR
3	3	4	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	26.15	Q
4	3	3	Mohamed Bouhamdi	Algeria	26.46	Q
5	3	6	Merwane El Merini	Morocco	26.93	Q
6	1	4	Ali Khalafalla	Egypt	27.08	Q
7	1	5	Martin Binedell	South Africa	27.20	Q
8	1	3	Neil Fair	South Africa	27.22	Q
9	2	3	Jason Arthur	Ghana	27.46
10	3	5	Steven Aimable	Senegal	27.71
11	2	6	Niklas Yeboah	Ghana	28.20
12	2	2	Efrem Ghimai	Eritrea	28.44
13	1	6	Gregory Anodin	Mauritius	28.61
14	2	7	Simon Bachmann	Seychelles	29.01
15	1	2	Andisiwe Tayali	Zimbabwe	29.29
16	1	7	Swaleh Talib	Kenya	29.50
17	3	7	Ayman Khatoun	Zimbabwe	29.54
18	3	1	Seydoli Alaassan	Niger	30.02
19	3	8	Jamalke Gnakobo	Ethiopia	34.29
20	3	2	El Hadji Adama Niane	Senegal	39.48

Final

The final was started on 23 August at 17:00.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	25.26	GR
	4	Abdellah Ardjoune	Algeria	25.61	NR
	5	Driss Lahrichi	Morocco	26.12
4	1	Martin Binedell	South Africa	26.64
5	6	Mohamed Bouhamdi	Algeria	26.67
6	7	Ali Khalafalla	Egypt	26.88
7	2	Merwane El Merini	Morocco	27.11
8	8	Neil Fair	South Africa	27.12