2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke explained

Event:Men's 50 metre breaststroke
Competition:2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue:Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates:11 September (heats and final)
Competitors:32
Nations:21
Win Value:28.04
Gold:Youssef El-Kamash
Gold Nation:EGY
Silver:Wassim Elloumi
Silver Nation:TUN
Bronze:Alaric Basson
Bronze Nation:RSA
Prev:2016
Next:2020

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 recordAdam Peaty25.95Budapest25 July 2017
African recordCameron van der Burgh26.54Budapest25 July 2017
Championship recordCameron van der Burgh28.05Bloemfontein17 October 2016

The following new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 11 September at 11:30.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Youssef El-Kamash27.95Q CR
2 Wassim Elloumi28.30Q
3 Alaric Basson28.37Q
4 Mario Ervedosa28.89Q
5 Siar Abderrazak29.01Q
6 Beji Adnane29.08Q
7 Ralph Goveia29.32Q
8 Moncef Aymen Balamane29.49Q
9 Reece Whitaker29.70
10 Samy Boutouil30.18
11 Filipe Gomes30.48
12 Adama Ndir30.49
13 Ahllan Bique30.94
14 Samuel Ndonga30.98
15 Yusuf Tibazi31.30
16 Jonathan Chung Yee31.86
17 Isihaka Irankunda32.36
18 Simonga Dlamini33.71
19 Swaleh Talib34.02
20 Ayaan Chand34.76
21 Yaya Yeressa35.52
22 Liam Emmett35.74
23 Omar Darboe36.14
24 Abdoul Nignan36.88
25 Zinhle Bekker37.33
26 Landry Koumondji37.42
27 Jefferson Kpanou40.02
28 Jere Gomegzani45.07
Jegan Jobe
Fabrice Mopama
Onyemeehi Opute
Oduni Chukwuka

Final

The final was started on 11 September.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 Youssef El-Kamash28.04
5 Wassim Elloumi28.25 NR=
3 Alaric Basson28.42
4 2 Siar Abderrazak28.97
5 7 29.11
6 8 Moncef Aymen Balamane29.24
7 6 Mario Ervedosa29.70
1 Ralph Goveia

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Championnat D'afrique Open 2018 - Messieurs, 50m Brasse. https://web.archive.org/web/20180915192937/http://13canalger2018.com/rslt/resultat%20global.htm#ref20. 15 September 2018.
  2. Web site: Championnat D'afrique Open 2018 - Messieurs, 50m Brasse. https://web.archive.org/web/20180915192937/http://13canalger2018.com/rslt/resultat%20global.htm#ref21. 15 September 2018.