Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The Men's 200 metre medley competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019.[1]

Men's 200 metre medley at the 2019 African Games
Venue	Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates	24 August
Competitors	12 from 7 nations
Winning time	2:02.49
Medalists
Jaouad Syoud    Algeria   Yassin Elshamaa    Egypt   Neil Fair    South Africa

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
Games record	Chad le Clos	South Africa	2:00.70	Maputo	10 September 2011

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 24 August at 11:35.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Jaouad Syoud	Algeria	2:07.58	Q
2	1	4	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	2:08.03	Q
3	2	3	Neil Fair	South Africa	2:08.09	Q
4	1	3	Ramzi Chouchar	Algeria	2:08.13	Q
5	1	5	Yassin Elshamaa	Egypt	2:09.34	Q
6	2	5	Ayrton Sweeney	South Africa	2:09.87	Q
7	2	6	Abdeljabbar Regragui	Morocco	2:10.78	Q
8	1	6	Adrian Robinson	Botswana	2:16.13	Q
9	2	1	Swaleh Talib	Kenya	2:21.36
10	1	2	Maaher Harunani	Kenya	2:23.52
10	2	7	Ethan Fischer	Botswana	2:23.52
12	1	7	Andisiwe Tayali	Zimbabwe	2:30.92

Final

The final was started on 24 August at 17:00.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Jaouad Syoud	Algeria	2:02.49
	2	Yassin Elshamaa	Egypt	2:03.98
	3	Neil Fair	South Africa	2:04.15
4	5	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	2:04.87
4	7	Ayrton Sweeney	South Africa	2:04.87
6	6	Ramzi Chouchar	Algeria	2:06.32
7	1	Abdeljabbar Regragui	Morocco	2:10.27
8	8	Adrian Robinson	Botswana	2:14.83

References

1. "2019 African Games Swimming Full Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.