2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke
# 2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 11 September 2018.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World record | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 25.95 | Budapest | 25 July 2017 |
| African record | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.54 | Budapest | 25 July 2017 |
| Championship record | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 28.05 | Bloemfontein | 17 October 2016 |

The following new records were set during this competition.

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 September | Heats | Youssef El-Kamash | Egypt | 27.95 | CR |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were started on 11 September at 11:30.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Youssef El-Kamash | Egypt | 27.95 | Q CR |
| 2 | Wassim Elloumi | Tunisia | 28.30 | Q |
| 3 | Alaric Basson | South Africa | 28.37 | Q |
| 4 | Mario Ervedosa | Angola | 28.89 | Q |
| 5 | Siar Abderrazak | Algeria | 29.01 | Q |
| 6 | Beji Adnane | Tunisia | 29.08 | Q |
| 7 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia | 29.32 | Q |
| 8 | Moncef Aymen Balamane | Algeria | 29.49 | Q |
| 9 | Reece Whitaker | South Africa | 29.70 | |
| 10 | Samy Boutouil | Morocco | 30.18 | |
| 11 | Filipe Gomes | Malawi | 30.48 | |
| 12 | Adama Ndir | Senegal | 30.49 | |
| 13 | Ahllan Bique | Mozambique | 30.94 | |
| 14 | Samuel Ndonga | Kenya | 30.98 | |
| 15 | Yusuf Tibazi | Morocco | 31.30 | |
| 16 | Jonathan Chung Yee | Mauritius | 31.86 | |
| 17 | Isihaka Irankunda | Rwanda | 32.36 | |
| 18 | Simonga Dlamini | Eswatini | 33.71 | |
| 19 | Swaleh Talib | Kenya | 34.02 | |
| 20 | Ayaan Chand | Botswana | 34.76 | |
| 21 | Yaya Yeressa | Guinea | 35.52 | |
| 22 | Liam Emmett | Eswatini | 35.74 | |
| 23 | Omar Darboe | Gambia | 36.14 | |
| 24 | Abdoul Nignan | Burkina Faso | 36.88 | |
| 25 | Zinhle Bekker | Botswana | 37.33 | |
| 26 | Landry Koumondji | Benin | 37.42 | |
| 27 | Jefferson Kpanou | Benin | 40.02 | |
| 28 | Jere Gomegzani | Malawi | 45.07 | |
| | Jegan Jobe | Gambia | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | Fabrice Mopama | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Did not start | Did not start |
| | Onyemeehi Opute | Nigeria | Did not start | Did not start |
| | Oduni Chukwuka | Nigeria | Did not start | Did not start |

### Final

The final was started on 11 September.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Youssef El-Kamash | Egypt | 28.04 | |
| | 5 | Wassim Elloumi | Tunisia | 28.25 | NR= |
| | 3 | Alaric Basson | South Africa | 28.42 | |
| 4 | 2 | Siar Abderrazak | Algeria | 28.97 | |
| 5 | 7 | Beji Adnane | Tunisia | 29.11 | |
| 6 | 8 | Moncef Aymen Balamane | Algeria | 29.24 | |
| 7 | 6 | Mario Ervedosa | Angola | 29.70 | |
| | 1 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia | Did not start | Did not start |
