2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley
# 2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 15 September 2018.

## Records

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

| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World record | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:54.00 | Shanghai | 28 July 2011 |
| African record | Darian Townsend | South Africa | 1:57.03 | Montpellier | 25 April 2009 |
| Championship record | Jay-Cee Thomson | South Africa | 2:02.95 | Casablanca | 18 September 2010 |

The following new records were set during this competition.

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 September | Final | Mohamed Samy | Egypt | 2:01.21 | CR |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were started on 15 September at 09:55.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mohamed Samy | Egypt | 2:08.46 | Q |
| 2 | Ahmed Hamdy | Egypt | 2:08.80 | Q |
| 3 | Ramzi Chouchar | Algeria | 2:09.04 | Q |
| 4 | Ayrton Sweeney | South Africa | 2:09.12 | Q |
| 5 | Moncef Aymen Balamane | Algeria | 2:09.67 | Q |
| 6 | Said Saber | Morocco | 2:09.72 | Q |
| 7 | Haythem Mbarki | Tunisia | 2:10.26 | Q |
| 8 | Ma'az Khota | South Africa | 2:10.51 | Q |
| 9 | Mathieu Marquet | Mauritius | 2:10.83 | |
| 10 | Mohamed Malek Masmoudi | Tunisia | 2:10.96 | |
| 11 | Atuhaire Ambala | Uganda | 2:28.78 | |
| 12 | Ahmed Izzeldin Salih | Sudan | 2:39.78 | |

### Final

The final was started on 15 September.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Mohamed Samy | Egypt | 2:01.21 | CR |
| | 6 | Ayrton Sweeney | South Africa | 2:02.16 | |
| | 2 | Moncef Aymen Balamane | Algeria | 2:05.23 | |
| 4 | 5 | Ahmed Hamdy | Egypt | 2:05.53 | |
| 5 | 3 | Ramzi Chouchar | Algeria | 2:08.96 | |
| 6 | 7 | Said Saber | Morocco | 2:10.08 | |
| 7 | 1 | Haythem Mbarki | Tunisia | 2:10.32 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ma'az Khota | South Africa | 2:11.53 | |
