Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly

Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates23 August (heats and final)
Competitors29 from 20 nations
Winning time53.70
Medalists
gold medal    South Africa
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    Morocco
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The Men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.[1]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Caeleb Dressel  United States 49.50 Gwangju 26 July 2019
African record Chad le Clos  South Africa 50.56 Kazan 8 August 2015
Games record Chad le Clos  South Africa 51.24 Brazzaville 7 September 2015

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 23 August at 10:45.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 3 Jaouad Syoud  Algeria 54.39 Q
2 2 2 Phillip Adejumo  Nigeria 54.56 Q NR
3 4 6 Alard Basson  South Africa 54.57 Q
3 2 4 Mohamed Samy  Egypt 54.57 Q
5 3 4 Ryan Coetzee  South Africa 54.77 Q
6 4 5 Steven Aimable  Senegal 54.96 Q
7 2 3 Ralph Goveia  Zambia 55.10 Q
8 2 5 Yusuf Tibazi  Morocco 55.14 Q
9 3 3 Abeiku Jackson  Ghana 55.20
10 3 5 Khaled Morad  Egypt 55.25
11 2 6 Samy Boutouil  Morocco 55.84
12 4 2 Peter Wetzlar  Zimbabwe 55.88
13 3 6 Igor Mogne  Mozambique 56.68
14 3 2 Mathieu Bachmann  Seychelles 57.34
15 4 7 Niklas Yeboah  Ghana 57.36
16 3 1 Daniel Francisco  Angola 58.55
17 3 7 Simon Bachmann  Seychelles 58.57
18 4 1 Ridhwan Mohamed  Kenya 58.73
19 4 4 Andisiwe Tayali  Zimbabwe 58.91
20 3 8 Maaher Harunani  Kenya 58.96
21 2 1 Xander Skinner  Namibia 59.09
22 1 4 Adrian Robinson  Botswana 59.12
23 1 3 Atuhaire Ambala  Uganda 59.16 NR
24 2 7 Daniel Christian  Eritrea 59.99
25 4 8 Belly-Crésus Ganira  Burundi 1:01.21
26 2 8 Ousmane Touré  Mali 1:02.67
27 1 5 Billy-Scott Irakose  Burundi 1:03.68
28 1 6 Ethan Fischer  Botswana 1:06.23
29 1 2 Shala Gekabel  Ethiopia 1:09.00

Final

The final was started on 23 August at 17:00.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Ryan Coetzee  South Africa 53.70
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Alard Basson  South Africa 53.88
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Yusuf Tibazi  Morocco 53.89 NR
4 4 Jaouad Syoud  Algeria 53.95
5 5 Phillip Adejumo  Nigeria 54.20 NR
6 6 Mohamed Samy  Egypt 54.50
7 7 Steven Aimable  Senegal 55.03
8 1 Ralph Goveia  Zambia 55.50

References

  1. ^ "2019 African Games Swimming Results All Day" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.