| Event: | Women's 50 metre butterfly |
| Games: | 2015 African Games |
| Venue: | Kintele Aquatic Complex |
| Competitors: | 16 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Gold: | Farida Osman |
| Goldnoc: | EGY |
| Silver: | Vanessa Mohr |
| Silvernoc: | RSA |
| Bronze: | Jessica Ashley Cooper |
| Bronzenoc: | RSA |
See main article: article and Swimming at the 2015 African Games.
The women's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2015 African Games took place on 7 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex.
All times are Congo Standard Time
| width=220 | Date | width=50 | Time | width=100 | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, 7 September 2015 | 10:33 | Heat 1 | |||
| 10:35 | Heat 2 | ||||
| 18:00 | Final |
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Sarah Sjöström | 24.43 | Borås | 5 July 2014 | ||
| African record | Farida Osman | 25.78 | Kazan | 8 August 2015 | ||
| Games record | Farida Osman | 27.08 | Maputo | 6 September 2011 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| width=40 | Rank | width=40 | Heat | width=250 | Athlete | width=80 | Time | width=50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 26.27 | Q, GR | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 26.62 | Q | ||||||
| 3 | 1 | 27.36 | Q | ||||||
| 4 | 1 | 28.31 | Q | ||||||
| 5 | 1 | 28.61 | Q | ||||||
| 6 | 1 | 28.79 | Q | ||||||
| 7 | 2 | 28.98 | Q | ||||||
| 8 | 1 | 29.08 | Q | ||||||
| 9 | 2 | 29.25 | |||||||
| 10 | 2 | 29.65 | |||||||
| 11 | 1 | 30.28 | |||||||
| 12 | 2 | 33.63 | |||||||
| 13 | 1 | 33.97 | |||||||
| 14 | 2 | 40.84 | |||||||
| 15 | 2 | NS | |||||||
| 16 | 1 | ABA |
| width=40 | Rank | width=250 | Athlete | width=80 | Time | width=50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.31 | |||||||
| 26.39 | |||||||
| 27.02 | |||||||
| 4 | 28.53 | ||||||
| 5 | 28.60 | ||||||
| 6 | 28.62 | ||||||
| 7 | 28.73 | ||||||
| 8 | 28.81 |