2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2018 African Swimming Championships | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Venue | Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex | |||||||||
Dates | 12 September (heats and final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 11 from 8 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:05.13 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
2018 African Swimming Championships | ||
---|---|---|
![]() | ||
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | |
200 m | men | |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | |
400 m | men | |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | |
4×100 m | mixed | |
4×200 m | ||
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | ||
4×100 m | ||
Open water swimming | ||
5 km | ||
The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 12 September 2018.[1][2]
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
World record | Aaron Peirsol | ![]() |
1:51.92 | Rome | 31 July 2009 |
African record | George du Rand | ![]() |
1:55.75 | Rome | 30 July 2009 |
Championship record | George du Rand | ![]() |
2:01.02 | Johannesburg | 3 December 2008 |
Results[]
Heats[]
The heats were started on 12 September at 10:10.[3]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
2:05.56 | Q | |
2 | Jacques van Wyk | ![]() |
2:07.32 | Q |
3 | Abdellah Ardjoune | ![]() |
2:08.47 | Q |
4 | Driss Lahrichi | ![]() |
2:10.45 | Q |
5 | Mohamed Samy | ![]() |
2:10.72 | Q |
6 | ![]() |
2:11.95 | Q | |
7 | Mathieu Marquet | ![]() |
2:13.06 | Q |
8 | ![]() |
2:15.13 | Q | |
9 | ![]() |
2:26.16 | ||
Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo | ![]() |
Did not start | ||
![]() |
Final[]
The final was started on 14 September.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
4 | ![]() |
2:05.13 | ||
![]() |
5 | Jacques van Wyk | ![]() |
2:05.76 | |
![]() |
2 | Mohamed Samy | ![]() |
2:06.88 | |
4 | 7 | ![]() |
2:07.42 | ||
5 | 3 | Abdellah Ardjoune | ![]() |
2:07.56 | |
6 | 6 | Driss Lahrichi | ![]() |
2:09.11 | |
7 | 1 | Mathieu Marquet | ![]() |
2:14.83 | |
8 | 8 | ![]() |
2:18.49 |
References[]
Categories:
- 2018 African Swimming Championships