Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2019 African Games
Venue	Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates	24 August (heats and final)
Competitors	17 from 11 nations
Winning time	1:02.42
Medalists
Felicity Passon   Seychelles   Naomi Ruele   Botswana   Kerryn Herbst   South Africa

The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Regan Smith	United States	57.57	Gwangju	28 July 2019
African record	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	58.77	Beijing	11 August 2008
Games record	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	1:00.86	Maputo	7 September 2011

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 24 August at 11:00.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	1:03.22	Q
2	1	4	Kerryn Herbst	South Africa	1:04.60	Q
3	3	4	Naomi Ruele	Botswana	1:05.29	Q
4	2	5	Rola Hussein	Egypt	1:06.12	Q
5	3	5	Robyn Lee	Zimbabwe	1:06.95	Q
6	1	5	Hiba Fahsi	Morocco	1:07.15	Q
7	3	3	Sara El Tahawi	Algeria	1:07.21	Q
8	3	2	Sylvia Brunlehner	Kenya	1:07.31	Q, WD
9	2	3	Camille Koenig	Mauritius	1:07.34	Q
10	3	6	Lewethu Mbatha	South Africa	1:07.83	R
11	2	6	Catarina Sousa	Angola	1:08.02
12	1	3	Logaine Abdelatif	Egypt	1:08.26
13	1	6	Yasmine Dgaimesh	Morocco	1:09.85
14	2	2	Imara-Bella Thorpe	Kenya	1:11.67
15	1	2	Timipame-ere Akiayefa	Nigeria	1:14.44
16	3	7	Khema Elizabeth	Seychelles	1:20.58
	2	7	Genet Demissia	Ethiopia	Disqualified

Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	1:02.42
	3	Naomi Ruele	Botswana	1:02.62
	5	Kerryn Herbst	South Africa	1:03.76
4	6	Rola Hussein	Egypt	1:05.29
5	2	Robyn Lee	Zimbabwe	1:05.50
6	8	Camille Koenig	Mauritius	1:07.29
7	1	Sara El Tahawi	Algeria	1:07.37
8	7	Hiba Fahsi	Morocco	1:07.40