| Event: | Men's 100 metre breaststroke |
| Competition: | 2019 African Games |
| Venue: | Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool |
| Dates: | 22 August (heats and final) |
| Competitors: | 19 |
| Nations: | 15 |
| Win Value: | 1:00.96 |
| Gold: | Alaric Basson |
| Gold Nation: | RSA |
| Silver: | Youssef El-Kamash |
| Silver Nation: | EGY |
| Bronze: | Michael Houlie |
| Bronze Nation: | RSA |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 22 August 2019.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Adam Peaty | 56.88 | Gwangju | 21 July 2019 | ||
| African record | Cameron van der Burgh | 58.46 | London | 29 July 2012 | ||
| Games record | Cameron van der Burgh | 1:00.19 | Brazzaville | 6 September 2015 |
The heats were started on 22 August at 10:35.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Alaric Basson | 1:01.56 | Q | ||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Youssef El-Kamash | 1:01.89 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Adnan Beji | 1:02.41 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Michael Houlie | 1:02.74 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Mohamed Eissawy | 1:02.83 | Q | ||
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Wassim Elloumi | 1:03.09 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Moncef Aymen Balamane | 1:03.59 | Q | ||
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Adrian Robinson | 1:03.84 | Q | ||
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Sebastien Kouma | 1:04.30 | R | ||
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Adam Chajid | 1:06.63 | R | ||
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Ahllan Bique | 1:06.66 | |||
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Jonathan Chung Yee | 1:07.06 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Samuele Rossi | 1:07.21 | |||
| 14 | 2 | 6 | Adama Ndir | 1:07.34 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Ethan Fischer | 1:08.72 | |||
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Kumaren Naidu | 1:10.69 | |||
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Samuel Ndonga | 1:11.19 | |||
| 18 | 2 | 2 | Henok Locheriya Lochaber | 1:51.11 | |||
| 3 | 1 | Momodou Saine | |||||
| 3 | 4 | Fabrice Mopama |
The final was started on 22 August at 17:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1:00.96 | |||||
| 5 | 1:01.52 | |||||
| 6 | 1:01.55 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:02.24 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 1:02.45 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 1:03.24 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 1:03.43 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1:03.44 |