2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly
| Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 2018 African Swimming Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex | |||||||||
| Dates | 11 September (heats and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 18 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 53.72 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2018 African Swimming Championships | ||
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| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | |
| 4×100 m | mixed | |
| 4×200 m | ||
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | ||
| 4×100 m | ||
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | ||
The Men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 11 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 | Michael Phelps |  United States |
49.82 | Rome | 1 August 2009 |
| African record | Chad le Clos |  South Africa |
50.56 | Kazan | 8 August 2015 |
| Championship record | Jason Dunford |  Kenya |
52.49 | Johannesburg | 7 December 2008 |
Results[]
Heats[]
The heats were started on 11 September at 09:30.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaric Basson | South Africa |
54.69 | Q |
| 2 | Mohamed Samy |  Egypt |
55.20 | Q |
| 3 | Abeiku Jackson |  Ghana |
55.57 | Q |
| 4 | Yusuf Tibazi |  Morocco |
55.64 | Q |
| 5 | Ralph Goveia |  Zambia |
55.94 | Q |
| 6 | Abdelrahman Sameh | Egypt |
56.00 | Q |
| 7 |  Tunisia |
56.70 | Q | |
| 8 | Bradley Vincent |  Mauritius |
57.30 | Q |
| 9 | Samy Boutouil | Morocco |
57.77 | |
| 10 | Daniel Francisco |  Angola |
58.82 | |
| 11 | South Africa |
59.22 | ||
| 12 | Chase Onorati |  Zimbabwe |
59.59 | |
| 13 |  Madagascar |
1:00.20 | ||
| 14 |  Rwanda |
1:00.53 | ||
| 15 | Adam Moncherry |  Seychelles |
1:01.56 | |
| 16 |  Burundi |
1:01.65 | ||
| 17 |  Cape Verde |
1:02.29 | ||
| 18 | Mauritius |
1:02.51 | ||
| 19 |  Mozambique |
1:03.20 | ||
| 20 |  Eswatini |
1:03.69 | ||
| 21 | Eswatini |
1:05.82 | ||
| 22 | Billy-Scott Irakose | Burundi |
1:06.75 | |
| 23 |  Botswana |
1:09.11 | ||
 Nigeria |
Did not start | |||
| Nigeria
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Final[]
The final was started on 12 September.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Mohamed Samy | Egypt |
53.72 | |
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6 | Yusuf Tibazi | Morocco |
54.20 | |
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2 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia |
54.53 | |
| 4 | 4 | Alaric Basson | South Africa |
54.79 | |
| 5 | 3 | Abeiku Jackson | Ghana |
55.18 | |
| 6 | 7 | Abdelrahman Sameh | Egypt |
56.53 | |
| 7 | 1 | Tunisia |
56.59 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Bradley Vincent | Mauritius |
56.66 |
References[]
Categories:
- 2018 African Swimming Championships