2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke
| Men's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2018 African Swimming Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex | |||||||||
| Dates | 11 September (heats and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 28.04 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2018 African Swimming Championships | ||
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| 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 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 11 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 | Adam Peaty |  Great Britain |
25.95 | Budapest | 25 July 2017 |
| African record | Cameron van der Burgh |  South Africa |
26.54 | Budapest | 25 July 2017 |
| Championship record | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa |
28.05 | Bloemfontein | 17 October 2016 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September | Heats | Youssef El-Kamash |  Egypt |
27.95 | CR |
Results[]
Heats[]
The heats were started on 11 September at 11:30.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Youssef El-Kamash | Egypt |
27.95 | Q CR |
| 2 |  Tunisia |
28.30 | Q | |
| 3 | Alaric Basson | South Africa |
28.37 | Q |
| 4 | Mario Ervedosa |  Angola |
28.89 | Q |
| 5 |  Algeria |
29.01 | Q | |
| 6 | Tunisia |
29.08 | Q | |
| 7 | Ralph Goveia |  Zambia |
29.32 | Q |
| 8 | Algeria |
29.49 | Q | |
| 9 | South Africa |
29.70 | ||
| 10 | Samy Boutouil |  Morocco |
30.18 | |
| 11 | Filipe Gomes |  Malawi |
30.48 | |
| 12 |  Senegal |
30.49 | ||
| 13 |  Mozambique |
30.94 | ||
| 14 |  Kenya |
30.98 | ||
| 15 | Yusuf Tibazi | Morocco |
31.30 | |
| 16 |  Mauritius |
31.86 | ||
| 17 |  Rwanda |
32.36 | ||
| 18 |  Eswatini |
33.71 | ||
| 19 | Kenya |
34.02 | ||
| 20 |  Botswana |
34.76 | ||
| 21 |  Guinea |
35.52 | ||
| 22 | Eswatini |
35.74 | ||
| 23 |  Gambia |
36.14 | ||
| 24 |  Burkina Faso |
36.88 | ||
| 25 | Botswana |
37.33 | ||
| 26 |  Benin |
37.42 | ||
| 27 | Benin |
40.02 | ||
| 28 | Malawi |
45.07 | ||
| Gambia |
Disqualified | |||
 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Did not start | |||
 Nigeria
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| Nigeria
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Final[]
The final was started on 11 September.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Youssef El-Kamash | Egypt |
28.04 | |
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5 | Tunisia |
28.25 | NR= | |
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3 | Alaric Basson | South Africa |
28.42 | |
| 4 | 2 | Algeria |
28.97 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Tunisia |
29.11 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Algeria |
29.24 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Mario Ervedosa | Angola |
29.70 | |
| 1 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia |
Did not start | ||
References[]
Categories:
- 2018 African Swimming Championships