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

The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 10 September 2018.

## Records

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

| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World record | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | 24.00 | Glasgow | 4 August 2018 |
| African record | Gerhard Zandberg | South Africa | 24.34 | Rome | 2 August 2009 |
| Championship record | Ahmed Hussein | Egypt | 26.00 | Cairo | 12 August 2002 |

The following new records were set during this competition.

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 September | Final | Mohamed Samy | Egypt | 25.49 | CR |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were started on 10 September at 10:25.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jacques van Wyk | South Africa | 26.12 | Q |
| 2 | Mohamed Samy | Egypt | 26.23 | Q |
| 3 | Abdellah Ardjoune | Algeria | 26.77 | Q |
| 4 | Ali Khalafalla | Egypt | 26.81 | Q |
| 5 | Mehdi Nazim Benbara | Algeria | 26.83 | Q |
| 6 | Bradley Vincent | Mauritius | 27.00 | Q |
| 7 | Driss Lahrichi | Morocco | 27.55 | Q |
| 8 | Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari | Tunisia | 28.12 | Q |
| 9 | Kobe Ndebele | South Africa | 28.35 | |
| 10 | Daniel Francisco | Angola | 29.43 | |
| 11 | Alvin Omondi | Kenya | 29.77 | |
| 12 | Adama Ndir | Senegal | 29.92 | |
| 13 | Mohammed Yousuf Bin Mousa | Libya | 30.20 | |
| 14 | Swaleh Talib | Kenya | 30.22 | |
| 15 | Adnan Kabuye | Uganda | 30.89 | |
| 16 | Maemo Sebikiri | Botswana | 33.04 | |
| | Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo | Madagascar | Did not start | Did not start |
| | Onyemeehi Opute | Nigeria | Did not start | Did not start |
| | Sadiq Yahaya | Nigeria | Did not start | Did not start |

### Final

The final was started on 10 September.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Mohamed Samy | Egypt | 25.49 | CR |
| | 4 | Jacques van Wyk | South Africa | 25.90 | |
| | 3 | Abdellah Ardjoune | Algeria | 26.54 | |
| 4 | 6 | Ali Khalafalla | Egypt | 26.89 | |
| 5 | 2 | Mehdi Nazim Benbara | Algeria | 26.96 | |
| 6 | 1 | Driss Lahrichi | Morocco | 27.05 | |
| 7 | 7 | Bradley Vincent | Mauritius | 27.24 | |
| 8 | 8 | Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari | Tunisia | 27.51 | |
