List of African records in swimming
Men
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANA; WR – World record; Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

List of African records in swimming

Section Title: Men
Table Section Text: Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANA; WR – World record; Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Event	Time	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref

50m freestyle	21.67	=	Roland Schoeman	South Africa	16 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China

50m freestyle	21.67	=, sf	Roland Schoeman	South Africa	2 August 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain

100m freestyle	47.79	h	Lyndon Ferns	South Africa	29 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

200m freestyle	1:45.20	Chad le Clos	South Africa	8 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

400m freestyle	3:41.11	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	26 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

800m freestyle	7:35.27	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	29 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

1500m freestyle	14:37.28	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	2 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

50m backstroke	24.34	Gerhard Zandberg	South Africa	2 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

100m backstroke	53.12	h	Christopher Reid	South Africa	11 April 2016	South African Championships	Durban, South Africa

200m backstroke	1:55.75	sf	George Du Rand	South Africa	30 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

50m breaststroke	26.54	h	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	25 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary

100m breaststroke	58.46	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	29 July 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom

200m breaststroke	2:09.61	sf	Neil Versfeld	South Africa	30 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

50m butterfly	22.90	h	Roland Schoeman	South Africa	26 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

100m butterfly	50.56	Chad le Clos	South Africa	8 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia

200m butterfly	1:52.96	Chad le Clos	South Africa	31 July 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom

200m individual medley	1:57.03	sf	Darian Townsend	South Africa	25 April 2009	French Championships	Montpellier, France

400m individual medley	4:10.53	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	29 June 2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy

4×100m freestyle relay	3:11.93	(48.32)Lyndon Ferns (48.05)Graeme Moore (48.05)Darian Townsend (47.51)Roland Schoeman	South Africa	26 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

4×200m freestyle relay	7:08.01	h	(1:45.99)Jean Basson (1:46.22)Darian Townsend (1:47.78)Jan Venter (1:48.02)Sebastien Rousseau	South Africa	31 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

4×100m medley relay	3:31.53	h	(53.90)George Du Rand (58.32)Cameron van der Burgh (52.06)Lyndon Ferns (47.25)Graeme Moore	South Africa	2 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

Sentence(s)

Lyndon Ferns is one of the African record holder in the 100 m freestyle, 4×100 m freestyle relay swimming.

final_sentence: Lyndon Ferns is one of the African record holder in the 100 m freestyle, 4×100 m freestyle relay swimming.