The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019.
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 2008Barcelona2 August 2013Games recordSalim Iles22.34Algiers18 July 2007Gideon LouwMaputo10 September 2011
The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nation Time Record 21 August Heat Brad Tandy 22.24 GR 21 August Final Ali Khalafalla 22.17 GR
Results Heats The heats were started on 24 August at 10:20.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 4 Brad Tandy22.24 Q GR 2 6 5 Ali Khalafalla22.41 Q 3 4 4 Douglas Erasmus22.66 Q 4 5 4 Oussama Sahnoune22.67 Q 5 5 3 Mehdi Nazim Benbara23.13 Q 6 6 3 Souhail Hamouchane23.18 Q 7 6 6 Xander Skinner23.19 Q 7 4 5 Peter Wetzlar23.19 Q 9 5 5 Abdelrahman Elaraby23.34 10 4 3 Abeiku Jackson23.57 11 5 2 El Hadj Adama Niane23.75 12 4 2 Merwane El Merini23.79 13 5 6 Steven Aimable23.80 14 5 7 Issa Mohamed24.02 15 6 8 Ralph Goveia24.17 16 5 1 Swaleh Talib24.37 17 4 7 Yellow Yeiyah24.39 18 5 8 Daniel Francisco24.41 19 6 7 Gregory Anodin24.48 20 6 1 Efrem Ghimai24.51 21 4 8 Samuele Rossi24.57 22 4 6 Mathieu Bachmann24.64 23 4 1 Filipe Gomes24.65 24 3 5 Ahllan Bique24.85 25 6 2 Mathieu Marquet24.89 26 3 6 Billy-Scott Irakose24.90 27 3 4 Ambala Atuhaire Ogola25.02 28 3 7 Seydoli Alaassan25.20 29 3 3 Belly-Crésus Ganira25.31 30 3 8 Ayman Khatoun25.39 31 3 1 Adama Ouedraogo25.67 32 3 2 Kitso Matija26.03 33 2 4 Solomon Dzingai26.40 34 2 5 Kumaren Naidu26.45 35 2 2 Abdelmalik Muktar26.71 36 2 3 Julius Wyse27.29 37 2 6 Tindwende Sawadogo27.72 38 1 5 Eméric Kpegba27.75 39 2 8 Mamadou Bah27.91 40 2 1 Ebrima Buaro28.36 41 1 4 Houssein Gaber28.37 42 1 3 Adam Mpali28.45 43 2 7 Shala Gekabel28.89 44 1 1 Diosdado Miko30.80 45 1 7 Munyu Kupiata31.45 1 2Jonathan Mubikayi
Final
The final was started on 24 August at 17:00.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Ali Khalafalla 22.17 GR 6 Oussama Sahnoune 22.19 4 Brad Tandy 22.21 4 3 Douglas Erasmus 22.57 5 1 Xander Skinner 23.09 6 7 Souhail Hamouchane 23.10 7 2 Mehdi Nazim Benbara 23.14 8 8 Peter Wetzlar 23.28
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