| Event: | Women's 100 metre backstroke |
| Competition: | 2019 African Games |
| Venue: | Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool |
| Dates: | 24 August (heats and final) |
| Competitors: | 17 |
| Nations: | 11 |
| Win Value: | 1:02.42 |
| Gold: | Felicity Passon |
| Gold Nation: | SEY |
| Silver: | Naomi Ruele |
| Silver Nation: | BOT |
| Bronze: | Kerryn Herbst |
| Bronze Nation: | RSA |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Regan Smith | 57.57 | Gwangju | 28 July 2019 | ||
| African record | Kirsty Coventry | 58.77 | Beijing | 11 August 2008 | ||
| Games record | Kirsty Coventry | 1:00.86 | Maputo | 7 September 2011 |
The heats were started on 24 August at 11:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Felicity Passon | 1:03.22 | Q | ||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Kerryn Herbst | 1:04.60 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Naomi Ruele | 1:05.29 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Rola Hussein | 1:06.12 | Q | ||
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Robyn Lee | 1:06.95 | Q | ||
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Hiba Fahsi | 1:07.15 | Q | ||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Sara El Tahawi | 1:07.21 | Q | ||
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Sylvia Brunlehner | 1:07.31 | Q, | ||
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Camille Koenig | 1:07.34 | Q | ||
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Lewethu Mbatha | 1:07.83 | R | ||
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Catarina Sousa | 1:08.02 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Logaine Abdelatif | 1:08.26 | |||
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Yasmine Dgaimesh | 1:09.85 | |||
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Imara-Bella Thorpe | 1:11.67 | |||
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Timipame-ere Akiayefa | 1:14.44 | |||
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Khema Elizabeth | 1:20.58 | |||
| 2 | 7 | Genet Demissia |
The final was started on 24 August at 17:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1:02.42 | |||||
| 3 | 1:02.62 | |||||
| 5 | 1:03.76 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 1:05.29 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 1:05.50 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 1:07.29 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 1:07.37 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 1:07.40 |