2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke
# 2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The Men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 14 September 2018.

## Records

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

| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World record | Ryan Murphy | United States | 51.85 | Rio de Janeiro | 13 August 2016 |
| African record | Christopher Reid | South Africa | 53.12 | Durban | 11 April 2016 |
| Championship record | Darren Murray | South Africa | 55.67 | Casablanca | 17 September 2010 |

The following new records were set during this competition.

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 September | Final | Mohamed Samy | Egypt | 55.49 | CR |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were started on 14 September at 09:50.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mohamed Samy | Egypt | 57.66 | Q |
| 2 | Ali Khalafalla | Egypt | 57.78 | Q |
| 3 | Jacques van Wyk | South Africa | 58.01 | Q |
| 4 | Driss Lahrichi | Morocco | 58.34 | Q |
| 5 | Mehdi Nazim Benbara | Algeria | 58.50 | Q |
| 6 | Abdellah Ardjoune | Algeria | 59.08 | Q |
| 7 | Bradley Vincent | Mauritius | 59.10 | Q |
| 8 | Kobe Ndebele | South Africa | 1:00.77 | Q |
| 9 | Alvin Omondi | Kenya | 1:04.01 | |
| 10 | Daniel Francisco | Angola | 1:05.79 | |
| 11 | Adnan Kabuye | Uganda | 1:06.77 | |
| 12 | Maemo Sebikiri | Botswana | 1:16.31 | |
| | Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo | Madagascar | Did not start | Did not start |
| | Sadiq Yahaya | Nigeria | Did not start | Did not start |
| | Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari | Tunisia | Did not start | Did not start |

### Final

The final was started on 14 September.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Mohamed Samy | Egypt | 55.49 | CR |
| | 3 | Jacques van Wyk | South Africa | 55.54 | |
| | 5 | Ali Khalafalla | Egypt | 56.70 | |
| 4 | 7 | Abdellah Ardjoune | Algeria | 57.27 | |
| 5 | 6 | Driss Lahrichi | Morocco | 57.99 | |
| 6 | 2 | Mehdi Nazim Benbara | Algeria | 58.44 | |
| 7 | 1 | Bradley Vincent | Mauritius | 58.78 | |
| 8 | 8 | Kobe Ndebele | South Africa | 1:01.38 | |
