| Event: | Men's 50 metre butterfly |
| Competition: | 2019 African Games |
| Venue: | Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool |
| Dates: | 22 August (heats and final) |
| Competitors: | 34 |
| Nations: | 14 |
| Win Value: | 23.81 |
| Gold: | Abdelrahman Elaraby |
| Gold Nation: | EGY |
| Silver: | Ali Khalafalla |
| Silver Nation: | EGY |
| Bronze: | Ryan Coetzee |
| Bronze Nation: | RSA |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 22 August 2019.[1]
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 | ||
| Games record | Chad le Clos | 23.51 | Brazzaville | 8 September 2015 |
The heats were started on 22 August at 10:55.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Abdelrahman Elaraby | 24.03 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Yusuf Tibazi | 24.22 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Ali Khalafalla | 24.25 | Q | ||
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Douglas Erasmus | 24.26 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Ryan Coetzee | 24.54 | Q | ||
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Abeiku Jackson | 24.62 | Q | ||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Ralph Goveia | 24.79 | Q | ||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Peter Wetzlar | 24.87 | Q, NR | ||
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Phillip Adejumo | 25.13 | |||
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Yellow Yeiyah | 25.24 | |||
| 11 | 5 | 7 | Issa Mohamed | 25.31 | |||
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Steven Aimable | 25.33 | NR | ||
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Niklas Yeboah | 25.41 | |||
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Daniel Francisco | 25.52 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Souhail Hamouchane | 25.58 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 7 | El Hadji Adama Niane | 25.63 | |||
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Mathieu Bachmann | 25.99 | |||
| 18 | 5 | 8 | Xander Skinner | 26.10 | |||
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Efrem Ghimai | 26.22 | |||
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Ridhwan Mohamed | 26.53 | |||
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Filipe Gomes | 26.53 | |||
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Andisiwe Tayali | 26.83 | |||
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Simon Bachmann | 26.98 | |||
| 24 | 5 | 1 | Adama Ouedraogo | 27.17 | |||
| 25 | 2 | 4 | Belly-Crésus Ganira | 27.24 | |||
| 26 | 2 | 2 | Kumaren Naidu | 27.75 | |||
| 27 | 2 | 3 | Kitso Matija | 27.77 | |||
| 28 | 2 | 6 | Ousmane Touré | 27.88 | |||
| 29 | 2 | 5 | Billy-Scott Irakose | 28.27 | |||
| 30 | 2 | 7 | Albachir Mouctar | 28.55 | |||
| 31 | 1 | 5 | Shala Gekabel | 28.57 | |||
| 32 | 1 | 3 | Dienov Andres Koka | 29.50 | |||
| 33 | 2 | 1 | Julius Wyse | 30.01 | |||
| 34 | 1 | 4 | Eméric Kpegba | 32.33 |
The final was started on 22 August at 17:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 23.81 | |||||
| 3 | 23.88 | |||||
| 2 | 24.04 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 24.05 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 24.15 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 24.46 | NR | |||
| 7 | 7 | 24.50 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 24.90 |