| Event: | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
| Competition: | 2019 African Games |
| Venue: | Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool |
| Dates: | 23 August (heats and final) |
| Competitors: | 16 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Win Value: | 2:14.21 |
| Gold: | Alaric Basson |
| Gold Nation: | RSA |
| Silver: | Youssef El-Kamash |
| Silver Nation: | EGY |
| Bronze: | Adnan Beji |
| Bronze Nation: | TUN |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Anton Chupkov | 2:06.12 | Gwangju | 26 July 2019 | ||
| African record | Neil Versfeld | 2:09.61 | Rome | 30 July 2009 | ||
| Games record | Sofiane Daid | 2:14.27 | Algiers | 16 July 2007 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were started on 23 August at 11:15.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Alaric Basson | 2:15.31 | Q | ||
| 2 | 1 | 8 | Youssef El-Kamash | 2:17.41 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Adnan Beji | 2:19.00 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Faris Mashaly | 2:19.28 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Wassim Elloumi | 2:19.51 | Q | ||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Moncef Aymen Balamane | 2:19.57 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Ramzi Chouchar | 2:20.07 | Q | ||
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Ayrton Sweeney | 2:20.41 | Q | ||
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Jonathan Chung Yee | 2:21.81 | R | ||
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Adam Chajid | 2:28.84 | R | ||
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Abdeljabbar Regragui | 2:30.65 | |||
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Samuele Rossi | 2:31.01 | |||
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Ahllan Bique | 2:32.31 | |||
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Adrian Robinson | 2:35.91 | |||
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Ethan Fischer | 2:36.13 | |||
| 2 | 8 | Henok Locheriya Lochaber |
The final was started on 23 August at 17:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2:14.21 | GR | ||||
| 5 | 2:14.83 | |||||
| 3 | 2:15.73 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 2:16.83 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | 2:17.33 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 2:18.20 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 2:18.65 | ||||
| 8 | 6 | 2:19.07 |