2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 13 September 2018.[1][2]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
VenueMohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates13 September (heats and final)
Competitors12 from 9 nations
Winning time2:14.04
Medalists
gold medal    South Africa
silver medal    Tunisia
bronze medal    South Africa

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordIppei Watanabe Japan2:06.67Tokyo29 January 2017
African recordNeil Versfeld South Africa2:09.61Rome30 July 2009
Championship recordWilliam Diering South Africa2:15.65Casablanca16 September 2010

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
13 SeptemberFinalAyrton Sweeney South Africa2:14.04CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 13 September at 10:05.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Ayrton Sweeney South Africa2:19.92Q
2Youssef El-Kamash Egypt2:20.65Q
3Beji Adnane Tunisia2:21.33Q
4Wassim Elloumi Tunisia2:22.49Q
5Jonathan Chung Yee Mauritius2:22.63Q
6Alaric Basson South Africa2:23.93Q
7Moncef Aymen Balamane Algeria2:24.07Q
8Siar Abderrazak Algeria2:26.14Q
9Ahllan Bique Mozambique2:35.81
10Mario Ervedosa Angola2:44.75
11Ayaan Chand Botswana2:50.00
Sadiq Yahaya NigeriaDid not start

Final

The final was started on 13 September.[2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)4Ayrton Sweeney South Africa2:14.04CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)6Wassim Elloumi Tunisia2:15.76
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)7Alaric Basson South Africa2:16.16
43Beji Adnane Tunisia2:19.07
55Youssef El-Kamash Egypt2:19.25
61Moncef Aymen Balamane Algeria2:20.76
72Jonathan Chung Yee Mauritius2:23.55
88Siar Abderrazak Algeria2:26.74

References

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