The Men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordAnton Chupkov2:06.12Gwangju26 July 2019African recordNeil Versfeld2:09.61Rome30 July 2009Games recordSofiane Daid2:14.27Algiers16 July 2007

The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nation Time Record 23 August Final Alaric Basson 2:14.21 GR

Results Heats The heats were started on 23 August at 11:15.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Alaric Basson2:15.31 Q 2 1 8 Youssef El-Kamash2:17.41 Q 3 1 5 Adnan Beji2:19.00 Q 4 2 6 Faris Mashaly2:19.28 Q 5 2 5 Wassim Elloumi2:19.51 Q 6 1 3 Moncef Aymen Balamane2:19.57 Q 7 2 3 Ramzi Chouchar2:20.07 Q 8 1 4 Ayrton Sweeney2:20.41 Q 9 1 6 Jonathan Chung Yee2:21.81 R 10 2 2 Adam Chajid2:28.84 R 11 1 2 Abdeljabbar Regragui2:30.65 12 2 7 Samuele Rossi2:31.01 13 2 1 Ahllan Bique2:32.31 14 1 7 Adrian Robinson2:35.91 15 1 1 Ethan Fischer2:36.13 2 8 Henok Locheriya Lochaber

Final

The final was started on 23 August at 17:00.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Alaric Basson 2:14.21 GR 5 Youssef El-Kamash 2:14.83 3 Adnan Beji 2:15.73 4 2 Wassim Elloumi 2:16.83 5 8 Ayrton Sweeney 2:17.33 6 7 Moncef Aymen Balamane 2:18.20 7 1 Ramzi Chouchar 2:18.65 8 6 Faris Mashaly 2:19.07

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