The Men'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 recordAndriy Govorov22.27Rome1 July 2018African recordRoland Schoeman22.90Rome26 July 2009Games recordChad le Clos23.51Brazzaville8 September 2015
Results Heats The heats were started on 22 August at 10:55.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Abdelrahman Elaraby24.03 Q 2 5 5 Yusuf Tibazi24.22 Q 3 3 4 Ali Khalafalla24.25 Q 4 4 5 Douglas Erasmus24.26 Q 5 5 4 Ryan Coetzee24.54 Q 6 3 5 Abeiku Jackson24.62 Q 7 4 3 Ralph Goveia24.79 Q 8 5 3 Peter Wetzlar24.87 Q, NR 9 3 6 Phillip Adejumo25.13 10 5 2 Yellow Yeiyah25.24 11 5 7 Issa Mohamed25.31 12 5 6 Steven Aimable25.33 NR 13 4 6 Niklas Yeboah25.41 14 4 2 Daniel Francisco25.52 15 3 3 Souhail Hamouchane25.58 16 4 7 El Hadji Adama Niane25.63 17 3 2 Mathieu Bachmann25.99 18 5 8 Xander Skinner26.10 19 3 7 Efrem Ghimai26.22 20 3 1 Ridhwan Mohamed26.53 20 4 1 Filipe Gomes26.53 22 4 8 Andisiwe Tayali26.83 23 3 8 Simon Bachmann26.98 24 5 1 Adama Ouedraogo27.17 25 2 4 Belly-Crésus Ganira27.24 26 2 2 Kumaren Naidu27.75 27 2 3 Kitso Matija27.77 28 2 6 Ousmane Touré27.88 29 2 5 Billy-Scott Irakose28.27 30 2 7 Albachir Mouctar28.55 31 1 5 Shala Gekabel28.57 32 1 3 Dienov Andres Koka29.50 33 2 1 Julius Wyse30.01 34 1 4 Eméric Kpegba32.33
Final
The final was started on 22 August at 17:00.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Abdelrahman Elaraby 23.81 3 Ali Khalafalla 23.88 2 Ryan Coetzee 24.04 4 6 Douglas Erasmus 24.05 5 5 Yusuf Tibazi 24.15 6 8 Peter Wetzlar 24.46 NR 7 7 Abeiku Jackson 24.50 8 1 Ralph Goveia 24.90
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