The Women'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 recordSarah Sjöström23.67Budapest29 July 2017African recordFarida Osman24.62Budapest29 July 2017Games recordFarida Osman25.12Brazzaville10 September 2015
The following new records were set during this competition: Date Event Name Nation Time Record 24 August Final Erin Gallagher 24.95 GR
Results Heats The heats started on 24 August at 10:30.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 4 Farida Osman25.38 Q 2 4 4 Erin Gallagher25.55 Q 3 3 4 Emma Chelius25.77 Q 4 5 5 Amel Melih26.03 Q 5 4 5 Felicity Passon26.05 Q, 6 4 3 Emily Muteti26.68 Q 7 3 5 Naomi Ruele26.74 Q, 8 3 3 Maria Brunlehner26.98 Q, 9 5 3 Amina Elsebelgy27.14 Q 10 3 8 Tilka Paljk27.36 Q 11 4 6 Jeanne Boutbien27.51 Q 12 5 6 Noura Mana27.60 13 5 7 Catarina Sousa27.68 NR 14 5 1 Timipame-ere Akiayefa28.09 15 4 7 Kiah Borg28.15 16 4 2 Sophia Diagne28.29 17 5 2 Nomvulo Mjimba28.45 18 3 7 Abibat Ogunbanwo28.59 19 3 2 Yasmine Dgaimesh28.63 20 4 1 Robyn Lee29.03 21 3 6 Rebecca Ssengonzi29.23 22 3 1 Khema Elizabeth29.36 23 5 8 Angelika Ouedraogo29.52 24 4 8 Caitlin Loo29.63 25 1 7 Nafissath Radji29.86 26 2 4 Lombe Mwape30.03 27 2 7 Rahel Gebresilassie31.96 28 2 3 Aya Mpali32.63 29 2 5 Chloe Sauvourel32.65 30 2 6 Roukaya Mahamane32.76 31 1 4 Berhane Amare32.94 32 2 8 Bellore Sangala33.17 33 2 2 Odrina Kaze35.11 34 1 5 Safia Houssein Barkat35.64 35 1 6 Mariama Touré37.67 36 1 3 Isha Kanu37.80 37 2 1 Aminata Sangafe38.80 Maria Ndogng Mangue
Final
The final heat started on 24 August at 17:00.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Erin Gallagher 24.95 GR 4 Farida Osman 25.06 3 Emma Chelius 25.25 4 6 Amel Melih 25.86 5 2 Emily Muteti 26.72 6 7 Amina Elsebelgy 26.90 7 1 Tilka Paljk 27.39 8 8 Jeanne Boutbien 27.53
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