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

Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the 2018 African Swimming Championships

Venue

Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex

Dates

15 September (heats and final)

Competitors

12 from 8 nations

Winning time

2:01.21

Medalists

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The Men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 15 September 2018.^[1]^[2]

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

The heats were started on 15 September at 09:55.^[3]

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

The final was started on 15 September.^[4]

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