The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 15 September 2018.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordCésar Cielo20.91São Paulo18 December 2009African recordRoland Schoeman21.67Beijing16 August 2008Championship recordOussama Sahnoune22.39Bloemfontein21 October 2016
Results Heats The heats were started on 15 September at 09:40.Results13canalger2018.com
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bradley Vincent23.04 Q 2 Ali Khalafalla23.05 Q 3 Abdelrahman Sameh23.12 Q 4 Yusuf Tibazi23.70 Q 5 Matthew Bowers23.71 Q 6 Souhail Hamouchane23.77 Q 7 Alaric Basson23.81 Q 8 Abeiku Jackson23.84 Q 9 El Hadji Adama Niane23.86 10 Ralph Goveia24.19 NR 11 Mohamed Ali Chaouchi24.32 12 Filipe Gomes24.47 12 Swaleh Talib24.47 14 Daniel Francisco24.49 15 Mario Ervedosa24.55 16 Dean Hoffman24.95 17 Atuhaire Ambala25.04 18 Adam Moncherry25.05 19 Ovesh Purahoo25.38 20 Mohammed Yousuf Bin Mousa25.41 21 Samuel Ndonga25.50 22 Chase Onorati25.98 23 Herinirina John Rakotomavo26.25 24 Abobakr Fadlalla Abbas26.33 25 Troy Nestor Pina26.36 26 Adnan Kabuye26.51 27 Edilson Paco26.63 28 Liam Emmett26.78 29 Ayaan Chand27.12 30 Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari27.37 31 Sithembiso Mamba27.42 32 Maemo Sebikiri27.87 33 Zinhle Bekker27.88 34 Jefferson Kpanou28.35 35 Sami Yousif 28.47 36 Houssein Gaber Ibrahim29.02 37 Omar Darboe29.12 38 Abdoul Nignan29.38 39 David Hillah-Ayite30.86 40 Jegan Jobe30.97 41 Elom Dossou32.23 42 Jere Gomegzani32.76 43 Landry Koumondji33.13 Heriniavo RasolonjatovoIsobo ConfidenceOduni ChukwukaMamadou Mouctar
Final The final was started on 15 September.Final13canalger2018.com
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Ali Khalafalla 22.51 4 Bradley Vincent 22.86 3 Abdelrahman Sameh 23.03 4 7 Souhail Hamouchane 23.40 5 2 Matthew Bowers 23.72 6 6 Yusuf Tibazi 23.75 7 1 Alaric Basson 23.82 8 8 Abeiku Jackson 23.97
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