2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue:	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates:	12 September (heats and final)
Competitors:	37
Nations:	24
Win Value:	49.39
Gold:	Mohamed Samy
Gold Nation:	EGY
Silver:	Ali Khalafalla
Silver Nation:	EGY
Bronze:	Bradley Vincent
Bronze Nation:	MRI
Prev:	2016
Next:	2020

The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 12 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		46.91	Rome	30 July 2009
African record	Lyndon Ferns		47.79	Rome	29 July 2009
Championship record	Oussama Sahnoune		49.60	Bloemfontein	18 October 2016

The following new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 12 September at 09:50.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari		52.04	Q
2	Mohamed Samy		52.12	Q
3	Bradley Vincent		52.25	Q
4	Ali Khalafalla		52.45	Q
5	Jacques van Wyk		52.47	Q
6	Matthew Bowers		52.58	Q
7	El Hadji Adama Niane		53.02	Q
8	Abeiku Jackson		53.45	Q NR
9	Mohamed Ali Chaouchi		53.83
10	Samy Boutouil		53.84
11	Filipe Gomes		54.06
12	Ovesh Purahoo		54.49
13	Dean Hoffman		54.50
14	Swaleh Talib		54.62
15	Ahllan Bique		55.30
16	Mohammed Yousuf Bin Mousa		55.81
17	Daniel Francisco		56.29
18	Mario Ervedosa		56.31
19	Atuhaire Ambala		56.55
20	Belly-Cresus Ganira		56.73
21	Billy-Scott Irakose		56.96
22	Chase Onorati		57.05
23	Herinirina John Rakotomavo		57.56
24	Adnan Kabuye		58.07
25	Isihaka Irankunda		58.16
26	Adam Moncherry		59.46
27	Sithembiso Mamba
28	Ayaan Chand
29	Liam Emmett
30	Zinhle Bekker
31	Maemo Sebikiri
32	Houssein Gaber Ibrahim
33	Omar Darboe
34	Jegan Jobe
	Sokomayi Mubikayi
	Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo
	Isobo Confidence

Final

The final was started on 12 September.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Mohamed Samy		49.39	CR
	6	Ali Khalafalla		49.89
	3	Bradley Vincent		50.24
4	2	Jacques van Wyk		51.21
5	4			51.34
6	7	Matthew Bowers		52.48
7	1	El Hadji Adama Niane		53.25
8	8	Abeiku Jackson		53.44	NR

Notes and References

1. Web site: Championnat D'afrique Open 2018 - Messieurs, 100m Libre. https://web.archive.org/web/20180915192937/http://13canalger2018.com/rslt/resultat%20global.htm#ref29. 15 September 2018.
2. Web site: Championnat D'afrique Open 2018 - Messieurs, 100m Libre. https://web.archive.org/web/20180915192937/http://13canalger2018.com/rslt/resultat%20global.htm#ref30. 15 September 2018.