2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre butterfly
Competition:	2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue:	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates:	12 September (heats and final)
Competitors:	36
Nations:	26
Win Value:	23.71
Gold:	Abdelrahman Sameh
Gold Nation:	EGY
Silver:	Ali Khalafalla
Silver Nation:	EGY
Bronze:	Yusuf Tibazi
Bronze Nation:	MAR
Prev:	2016
Next:	2020

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		22.27	Rome	1 July 2018
African record	Roland Schoeman		22.90	Rome	26 July 2009
Championship record	Jason Dunford		23.50	Johannesburg	3 December 2008

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 12 September at 10:25.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yusuf Tibazi		24.28	Q
2	Ali Khalafalla		24.57	Q
3	Abeiku Jackson		24.63	Q
4	Ralph Goveia		24.71	Q
5	Abdelrahman Sameh		24.83	Q
6	Alaric Basson		25.09	Q
7	Bradley Vincent		25.46	Q
8	Daniel Francisco		26.05	Q
9	Souhail Hamouchane		26.06
10	Aimen Benabid		26.17
11	Filipe Gomes		26.44
12	El Hadji Adama Niane		26.63
13	Adam Moncherry		26.71
14	Kobe Ndebele		26.75
15	Isihaka Irankunda		27.15
16	Herinirina John Rakotomavo		27.25
17	Ganira Belly-Cresus		27.48
18	Mathieu Marquet		27.55
19	Chase Onorati		27.58
19	Swaleh Talib		27.58
21	Troy Nestor Pina		27.84
22	Billy-Scott Irakose		28.00
23	Edilson Paco		28.29
23	Alvin Omondi		28.29
25	Mohammed Yousuf Bin Mousa		28.39
26	Sithembiso Mamba		28.68
27	Simonga Dlamini		28.86
28	Adnan Kabuye		29.24
29	Ahmed Izzeldin Salih		29.37
30	Ayaan Chand		29.50
31	Maemo Sebikiri		30.51
32	Zinhle Bekker		30.90
33	Jefferson Kpanou		33.40
	Sokomayi Mubikayi
	Onyemeehi Opute
	Isobo Confidence

Final

The final was started on 12 September.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Abdelrahman Sameh		23.71
	5	Ali Khalafalla		24.10
	4	Yusuf Tibazi		24.11	NR
4	6	Ralph Goveia		24.67
5	3			24.68
6	7	Alaric Basson		24.85
7	1	Bradley Vincent		25.46
8	8	Daniel Francisco		26.00

Notes and References

1. Web site: Championnat D'afrique Open 2018 - Messieurs, 50m Papillon. https://web.archive.org/web/20180915192937/http://13canalger2018.com/rslt/resultat%20global.htm#ref37. 15 September 2018.
2. Web site: Championnat D'afrique Open 2018 - Messieurs, 50m Papillon. https://web.archive.org/web/20180915192937/http://13canalger2018.com/rslt/resultat%20global.htm#ref38. 15 September 2018.