2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
# 2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 13 September 2018.

## Records

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

| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World record | Ippei Watanabe | Japan | 2:06.67 | Tokyo | 29 January 2017 |
| African record | Neil Versfeld | South Africa | 2:09.61 | Rome | 30 July 2009 |
| Championship record | William Diering | South Africa | 2:15.65 | Casablanca | 16 September 2010 |

The following new records were set during this competition.

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 September | Final | Ayrton Sweeney | South Africa | 2:14.04 | CR |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were started on 13 September at 10:05.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ayrton Sweeney | South Africa | 2:19.92 | Q |
| 2 | Youssef El-Kamash | Egypt | 2:20.65 | Q |
| 3 | Beji Adnane | Tunisia | 2:21.33 | Q |
| 4 | Wassim Elloumi | Tunisia | 2:22.49 | Q |
| 5 | Jonathan Chung Yee | Mauritius | 2:22.63 | Q |
| 6 | Alaric Basson | South Africa | 2:23.93 | Q |
| 7 | Moncef Aymen Balamane | Algeria | 2:24.07 | Q |
| 8 | Siar Abderrazak | Algeria | 2:26.14 | Q |
| 9 | Ahllan Bique | Mozambique | 2:35.81 | |
| 10 | Mario Ervedosa | Angola | 2:44.75 | |
| 11 | Ayaan Chand | Botswana | 2:50.00 | |
| | Sadiq Yahaya | Nigeria | Did not start | Did not start |

### Final

The final was started on 13 September.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Ayrton Sweeney | South Africa | 2:14.04 | CR |
| | 6 | Wassim Elloumi | Tunisia | 2:15.76 | |
| | 7 | Alaric Basson | South Africa | 2:16.16 | |
| 4 | 3 | Beji Adnane | Tunisia | 2:19.07 | |
| 5 | 5 | Youssef El-Kamash | Egypt | 2:19.25 | |
| 6 | 1 | Moncef Aymen Balamane | Algeria | 2:20.76 | |
| 7 | 2 | Jonathan Chung Yee | Mauritius | 2:23.55 | |
| 8 | 8 | Siar Abderrazak | Algeria | 2:26.74 | |
