2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle

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Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
VenueMohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates12 September (heats and final)
Competitors37 from 24 nations
Winning time49.39
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
  2016
2020  

The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 12 September 2018. [1] [2]

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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record César Cielo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 46.91 Rome 30 July 2009
African record Lyndon Ferns Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 47.79 Rome 29 July 2009
Championship record Oussama Sahnoune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 49.60 Bloemfontein 18 October 2016

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
12 September Final Mohamed Samy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 49.39 CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 12 September at 09:50. [1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 52.04Q
2 Mohamed Samy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 52.12Q
3 Bradley Vincent Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 52.25Q
4 Ali Khalafalla Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 52.45Q
5 Jacques van Wyk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 52.47Q
6 Matthew Bowers Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 52.58Q
7 El Hadji Adama Niane Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 53.02Q
8 Abeiku Jackson Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 53.45Q NR
9 Mohamed Ali Chaouchi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 53.83
10 Samy Boutouil Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 53.84
11 Filipe Gomes Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 54.06
12 Ovesh Purahoo Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 54.49
13 Dean Hoffman Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 54.50
14 Swaleh Talib Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 54.62
15 Ahllan Bique Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 55.30
16 Mohammed Yousuf Bin Mousa Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 55.81
17Daniel FranciscoFlag of Angola.svg  Angola 56.29
18 Mario Ervedosa Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 56.31
19 Atuhaire Ambala Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 56.55
20 Belly-Cresus Ganira Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 56.73
21 Billy-Scott Irakose Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 56.96
22 Chase Onorati Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 57.05
23 Herinirina John Rakotomavo Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 57.56
24 Adnan Kabuye Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 58.07
25 Isihaka Irankunda Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 58.16
26Adam MoncherryFlag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 59.46
27 Sithembiso Mamba Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 1:00.91
28 Ayaan Chand Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1:01.05
29 Liam Emmett Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 1:01.06
30 Zinhle Bekker Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1:02.17
31 Maemo Sebikiri Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1:02.92
32 Houssein Gaber Ibrahim Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 1:08.11
33 Omar Darboe Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 1:08.70
34 Jegan Jobe Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 1:11.71
Sokomayi Mubikayi Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo Did not start
Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
Isobo Confidence Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria

Final

The final was started on 12 September. [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Mohamed Samy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 49.39 CR
Silver medal icon.svg6 Ali Khalafalla Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 49.89
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Bradley Vincent Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 50.24
42 Jacques van Wyk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 51.21
54 Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 51.34
67 Matthew Bowers Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 52.48
71 El Hadji Adama Niane Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 53.25
88 Abeiku Jackson Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 53.44 NR

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References

  1. 1 2 "Championnat D'afrique Open 2018 - Messieurs, 100m Libre". Archived from the original on 15 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Championnat D'afrique Open 2018 - Messieurs, 100m Libre". Archived from the original on 15 September 2018.