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
    South Africa
    Tunisia
    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.[3]

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.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Ayrton Sweeney South Africa2:14.04CR
6Wassim Elloumi Tunisia2:15.76
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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