2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly
| Men's 50 metre butterfly at the 2018 African Swimming Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex | |||||||||
| Dates | 12 September (heats and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 26 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 23.71 | |||||||||
| 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 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 15 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 | Andriy Govorov |  Ukraine |
22.27 | Rome | 1 July 2018 |
| African record | Roland Schoeman |  South Africa |
22.90 | Rome | 26 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Jason Dunford |  Kenya |
23.50 | Johannesburg | 3 December 2008 |
Results[]
Heats[]
The heats were started on 12 September at 10:25.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yusuf Tibazi |  Morocco |
24.28 | Q |
| 2 | Ali Khalafalla |  Egypt |
24.57 | Q |
| 3 | Abeiku Jackson |  Ghana |
24.63 | Q |
| 4 | Ralph Goveia |  Zambia |
24.71 | Q |
| 5 | Abdelrahman Sameh | Egypt |
24.83 | Q |
| 6 | Alaric Basson | South Africa |
25.09 | Q |
| 7 | Bradley Vincent |  Mauritius |
25.46 | Q |
| 8 | Daniel Francisco |  Angola |
26.05 | Q |
| 9 | Souhail Hamouchane | Morocco |
26.06 | |
| 10 |  Algeria |
26.17 | ||
| 11 | Filipe Gomes |  Malawi |
26.44 | |
| 12 |  Senegal |
26.63 | ||
| 13 | Adam Moncherry |  Seychelles |
26.71 | |
| 14 | South Africa |
26.75 | ||
| 15 |  Rwanda |
27.15 | ||
| 16 |  Madagascar |
27.25 | ||
| 17 |  Burundi |
27.48 | ||
| 18 | Mathieu Marquet | Mauritius |
27.55 | |
| 19 | Chase Onorati |  Zimbabwe |
27.58 | |
| 19 | Kenya |
27.58 | ||
| 21 |  Cape Verde |
27.84 | ||
| 22 | Billy-Scott Irakose | Burundi |
28.00 | |
| 23 |  Mozambique |
28.29 | ||
| 23 | Kenya |
28.29 | ||
| 25 |  Libya |
28.39 | ||
| 26 |  Eswatini |
28.68 | ||
| 27 | Eswatini |
28.86 | ||
| 28 |  Uganda |
29.24 | ||
| 29 |  Sudan |
29.37 | ||
| 30 |  Botswana |
29.50 | ||
| 31 | Botswana |
30.51 | ||
| 32 | Botswana |
30.90 | ||
| 33 |  Benin |
33.40 | ||
 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Did not start | |||
 Nigeria
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| Nigeria
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Final[]
The final was started on 12 September.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 | Abdelrahman Sameh | Egypt |
23.71 | |
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5 | Ali Khalafalla | Egypt |
24.10 | |
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4 | Yusuf Tibazi | Morocco |
24.11 | NR |
| 4 | 6 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia |
24.67 | |
| 5 | 3 | Abeiku Jackson | Ghana |
24.68 | |
| 6 | 7 | Alaric Basson | South Africa |
24.85 | |
| 7 | 1 | Bradley Vincent | Mauritius |
25.46 | |
| 8 | 8 | Daniel Francisco | Angola |
26.00 |
References[]
Categories:
- 2018 African Swimming Championships