The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 22 August 2019.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordSarah Sjöström24.43Borås5 July 2014African recordFarida Osman25.39Budapest29 July 2017Games recordFarida Osman26.27Brazzaville7 September 2015
The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nation Time Record 22 August Final Farida Osman 25.94 GR
Results Heats The heats were started on 22 August at 10:50.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Farida Osman26.68 Q 2 3 5 Felicity Passon27.23 Q 3 2 4 Erin Gallagher27.26 Q 4 1 4 Amel Melih27.59 Q 5 2 5 Emma Chelius27.84 Q 6 2 3 Farida Samra28.72 Q 7 2 2 Timipame-ere Akiayefa28.74 Q 8 3 3 Emily Muteti28.82 Q 9 3 6 Imara-Bella Thorpe29.19 10 1 2 Robyn Lee29.37 11 1 3 Rebecca Ssengonzi29.49 NR 12 1 5 Lia Lima29.65 13 1 6 Nomvulo Mjimba29.91 14 2 6 Sophia Diagne30.22 15 3 2 Kiah Borg30.58 16 3 7 Caitlin Loo31.48 17 2 7 Khema Elizabeth32.03 18 1 7 Rahel Gebresilassie35.85 19 3 1 Lina Selo37.84 20 2 1 Aya Mpali39.64
Final
The final was started on 22 August at 17:00.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Farida Osman 25.94 GR 3 Erin Gallagher 26.24 2 Emma Chelius 27.40 4 6 Amel Melih 27.41 5 5 Felicity Passon 27.43 6 8 Imara-Bella Thorpe 28.82 7 7 Farida Samra 28.83 8 1 Timipame-ere Akiayefa 29.09
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