| Event: | Men's 50 metre breaststroke |
| Competition: | 2019 African Games |
| Venue: | Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool |
| Dates: | 21 August (heats and final) |
| Competitors: | 31 |
| Nations: | 19 |
| Win Value: | 27.41 |
| Gold: | Michael Houlie |
| Gold Nation: | RSA |
| Silver: | Youssef El-Kamash |
| Silver Nation: | EGY |
| Bronze: | Wassim Elloumi |
| Bronze Nation: | TUN |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 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 | 25.95 | Budapest | 25 July 2017 | ||
| African record | Cameron van der Burgh | 26.54 | Budapest | 25 July 2017 | ||
| Games record | Cameron van der Burgh | 27.18 | Brazzaville | 7 September 2015 |
The heats were started on 21 August at 10:55.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Youssef El-Kamash | 27.70 | Q | ||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Michael Houlie | 27.94 | Q | ||
| 3 | 4 | 3 | Adnan Beji | 28.30 | Q | ||
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Wassim Elloumi | 28.34 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Brad Tandy | 28.54 | Q | ||
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Mohamed Eissawy | 28.76 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Sebastien Kouma | 28.82 | Q | ||
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Adrian Robinson | 28.97 | Q | ||
| 9 | 4 | 6 | Moncef Aymen Balamane | 29.06 | R | ||
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Ralph Goveia | 29.26 | R, NR | ||
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Samuele Rossi | 29.30 | |||
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Samy Boutouil | 29.42 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Abdoul Niane | 29.56 | |||
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Ahllan Bique | 29.94 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Adam Chajid | 30.33 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Ramzi Chouchar | 30.38 | |||
| 17 | 4 | 8 | Kumaren Naidu | 30.61 | |||
| 18 | 2 | 2 | Adama Ndir | 31.07 | |||
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Samuel Ndonga | 31.16 | |||
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Gregory Anodin | 31.16 | |||
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Ethan Fischer | 31.71 | |||
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Jonathan Chung Yee | 32.25 | |||
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Adama Ouedraogo | 32.98 | |||
| 24 | 1 | 5 | Momodou Saine | 34.41 | |||
| 25 | 2 | 8 | Henok Locheriya Lochaber | 34.88 | |||
| 26 | 1 | 3 | Abdelmalik Muktar | 35.02 | |||
| 27 | 1 | 4 | Tindwende Sawadogo | 35.27 | |||
| 28 | 1 | 6 | Adam Mpali | 36.68 | |||
| 29 | Munyu Kupiata | 38.80 | |||||
| 30 | Fabrice Mopama | 40.69 | |||||
| 31 | Diosdado Gyanga | 42.97 |
The final was started on 21 August at 17:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 27.41 | |||||
| 4 | 27.52 | NR | ||||
| 6 | 28.27 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 28.32 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | 28.34 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 28.48 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 28.88 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 28.96 |