2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly

Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates	11 September (heats and final)
Competitors	25 from 18 nations
Winning time	53.72
Medalists
Mohamed Samy   Egypt   Yusuf Tibazi   Morocco   Ralph Goveia   Zambia

The Men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 11 September 2018.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Michael Phelps	United States	49.82	Rome	1 August 2009
African record	Chad le Clos	South Africa	50.56	Kazan	8 August 2015
Championship record	Jason Dunford	Kenya	52.49	Johannesburg	7 December 2008

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 11 September at 09:30.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alaric Basson	South Africa	54.69	Q
2	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	55.20	Q
3	Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	55.57	Q
4	Yusuf Tibazi	Morocco	55.64	Q
5	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	55.94	Q
6	Abdelrahman Sameh	Egypt	56.00	Q
7	Mohamed Malek Masmoudi	Tunisia	56.70	Q
8	Bradley Vincent	Mauritius	57.30	Q
9	Samy Boutouil	Morocco	57.77
10	Daniel Francisco	Angola	58.82
11	Kobe Ndebele	South Africa	59.22
12	Chase Onorati	Zimbabwe	59.59
13	Herinirina John Rakotomavo	Madagascar	1:00.20
14	Isihaka Irankunda	Rwanda	1:00.53
15	Adam Moncherry	Seychelles	1:01.56
16	Ganira Belly-Cresus	Burundi	1:01.65
17	Troy Nestor Pina	Cape Verde	1:02.29
18	Ovesh Purahoo	Mauritius	1:02.51
19	Edilson Paco	Mozambique	1:03.20
20	Simonga Dlamini	Eswatini	1:03.69
21	Sithembiso Mamba	Eswatini	1:05.82
22	Billy-Scott Irakose	Burundi	1:06.75
23	Ayaan Chand	Botswana	1:09.11
	Onyemeehi Opute	Nigeria	Did not start
	Isobo Confidence	Nigeria

Final

The final was started on 12 September.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	53.72
	6	Yusuf Tibazi	Morocco	54.20
	2	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	54.53
4	4	Alaric Basson	South Africa	54.79
5	3	Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	55.18
6	7	Abdelrahman Sameh	Egypt	56.53
7	1	Mohamed Malek Masmoudi	Tunisia	56.59
8	8	Bradley Vincent	Mauritius	56.66