2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly
Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2018 African Swimming Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex | |||||||||
Dates | 14 September (heats and final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 12 from 9 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:00.96 | |||||||||
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 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 14 September 2018.[1][2]
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record | Michael Phelps | United States | 1:51.51 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
African record | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:52.96 | London | 31 July 2012 |
Championship record | South Africa | 2:00.72 | Casablanca | 18 September 2010 |
Results[]
Heats[]
The heats were started on 14 September at 09:30.[3] The first 8 finishers would qualify for the final.
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | South Africa | 2:03.37 | Q | |
2 | Marwan Elkamash | Egypt | 2:05.56 | Q |
3 | Morocco | 2:05.80 | Q | |
4 | Egypt | 2:05.85 | Q | |
5 | Algeria | 2:06.03 | Q | |
6 | Tunisia | 2:07.17 | Q | |
7 | Alaric Basson | South Africa | 2:08.11 | Q |
8 | Ramzi Chouchar | Algeria | 2:08.48 | Q |
9 | Mathieu Marquet | Mauritius | 2:13.12 | |
10 | Madagascar | 2:15.88 | ||
11 | Mozambique | 2:37.00 | ||
Nigeria | Did not start |
Final[]
The final was started on 14 September.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Marwan Elkamash | Egypt | 2:00.96 | ||
4 | South Africa | 2:01.20 | |||
3 | Morocco | 2:02.49 | NR | ||
4 | 6 | Egypt | 2:02.79 | ||
5 | 2 | Algeria | 2:02.98 | ||
6 | 1 | Alaric Basson | South Africa | 2:05.60 | |
7 | 7 | Tunisia | 2:05.95 | ||
8 | 8 | Ramzi Chouchar | Algeria | 2:07.21 |
References[]
Categories:
- 2018 African Swimming Championships