The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 14 September 2018.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordMichael Phelps1:51.51Rome29 July 2009African recordChad le Clos1:52.96London31 July 2012Championship recordWesley Gilchrist2:00.72Casablanca18 September 2010
Results Heats The heats were started on 14 September at 09:30. The first 8 finishers would qualify for the final.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ruan Breytenbach2:03.37 Q 2 Marwan Elkamash2:05.56 Q 3 Said Saber2:05.80 Q 4 Ahmed Hamdy2:05.85 Q 5 Lounis Khendriche2:06.03 Q 6 Mohamed Malek Masmoudi2:07.17 Q 7 Alaric Basson2:08.11 Q 8 Ramzi Chouchar2:08.48 Q 9 Mathieu Marquet2:13.12 10 Herinirina John Rakotomavo2:15.88 11 Edilson Paco2:37.00 Onyemeehi Opute
Final The final was started on 14 September.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Marwan Elkamash 2:00.96 4 Ruan Breytenbach 2:01.20 3 Said Saber 2:02.49 NR 4 6 Ahmed Hamdy 2:02.79 5 2 Lounis Khendriche 2:02.98 6 1 Alaric Basson 2:05.60 7 7 Mohamed Malek Masmoudi 2:05.95 8 8 Ramzi Chouchar 2:07.21
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