2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates	15 September (heats and final)
Competitors	47 from 28 nations
Winning time	22.51
Medalists
Ali Khalafalla    Egypt   Bradley Vincent    Mauritius   Abdelrahman Sameh    Egypt
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2018 African Swimming Championships
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
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The Men's 50 metre freestyle 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	César Cielo	Brazil	20.91	São Paulo	18 December 2009
African record	Roland Schoeman	South Africa	21.67	Beijing	16 August 2008
Championship record	Oussama Sahnoune	Algeria	22.39	Bloemfontein	21 October 2016

Results[]

Heats[]

The heats were started on 15 September at 09:40.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bradley Vincent	Mauritius	23.04	Q
2	Ali Khalafalla	Egypt	23.05	Q
3	Abdelrahman Sameh	Egypt	23.12	Q
4	Yusuf Tibazi	Morocco	23.70	Q
5		South Africa	23.71	Q
6	Souhail Hamouchane	Morocco	23.77	Q
7	Alaric Basson	South Africa	23.81	Q
8	Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	23.84	Q
9		Senegal	23.86
10	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	24.19	NR
11		Tunisia	24.32
12	Filipe Gomes	Malawi	24.47
12		Kenya	24.47
14	Daniel Francisco	Angola	24.49
15	Mario Ervedosa	Angola	24.55
16		Seychelles	24.95
17	Atuhaire Ambala	Uganda	25.04
18	Adam Moncherry	Seychelles	25.05
19		Mauritius	25.38
20		Libya	25.41
21		Kenya	25.50
22	Chase Onorati	Zimbabwe	25.98
23		Madagascar	26.25
24		Sudan	26.33
25		Cape Verde	26.36
26		Uganda	26.51
27		Mozambique	26.63
28		Eswatini	26.78
29		Botswana	27.12
30		Tunisia	27.37
31		Eswatini	27.42
32		Botswana	27.87
33		Botswana	27.88
34		Benin	28.35
35		Sudan	28.47
36		Djibouti	29.02
37		Gambia	29.12
38		Burkina Faso	29.38
39		Togo	30.86
40		Gambia	30.97
41		Togo	32.23
42		Malawi	32.76
43		Benin	33.13
	Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo	Madagascar	Did not start
		Nigeria
		Nigeria
		Niger

Final[]

The final was started on 15 September.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Ali Khalafalla	Egypt	22.51
	4	Bradley Vincent	Mauritius	22.86
	3	Abdelrahman Sameh	Egypt	23.03
4	7	Souhail Hamouchane	Morocco	23.40
5	2		South Africa	23.72
6	6	Yusuf Tibazi	Morocco	23.75
7	1	Alaric Basson	South Africa	23.82
8	8	Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	23.97

References[]