| Event: | Women's 100 metre backstroke |
| Games: | 2015 African Games |
| Venue: | Kintele Aquatic Complex |
| Competitors: | 14 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Gold: | Kirsty Coventry |
| Goldnoc: | ZIM |
| Silver: | Karin Prinsloo |
| Silvernoc: | RSA |
| Bronze: | Jessica Ashley Cooper |
| Bronzenoc: | RSA |
See main article: article and Swimming at the 2015 African Games.
The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2015 African Games took place on 8 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex.
All times are Congo Standard Time
| width=220 | Date | width=50 | Time | width=100 | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 8 September 2015 | 10:16 | Heat 1 | |||
| 10:19 | Heat 2 | ||||
| 17:20 | Final |
| width=40 | Rank | width=40 | Heat | width=250 | Athlete | width=80 | Time | width=50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1:02.20 | Q | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 1:02.74 | Q | ||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1:04.85 | Q | ||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1:05.38 | Q | ||||||
| 5 | 2 | 1:05.47 | Q | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1:05.66 | Q | ||||||
| 7 | 1 | 1:05.92 | Q | ||||||
| 8 | 1 | 1:07.59 | Q | ||||||
| 9 | 2 | 1:08.54 | |||||||
| 10 | 1 | 1:09.19 | |||||||
| 11 | 1 | 1:10.49 | |||||||
| 12 | 1 | 1:12.74 | |||||||
| 13 | 2 | 1:17.23 | |||||||
| 14 | 2 | DQ |
| width=40 | Rank | width=250 | Athlete | width=80 | Time | width=50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:01.15 | |||||||
| 1:02.53 | |||||||
| 1:03.32 | |||||||
| 4 | 1:05.16 | ||||||
| 5 | 1:05.33 | ||||||
| 6 | 1:05.45 | ||||||
| 7 | 1:05.97 | ||||||
| 8 | 1:07.49 |