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

The heats were started on 11 September at 09:30.^[1]

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	Did not start

The final was started on 12 September.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	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