Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates21 August (final)
Competitors8 from 5 nations
Winning time2:01.01
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
  2015
2023  

The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019. [1]

2019 African Games International multi-sport event between African nations

The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017.

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Kristóf Milák Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:50.73 Gwangju 24 July 2019
African record Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:52.96 London 31 July 2012
Games record Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:56.37 Maputo 9 September 2011

Results

Final

The final was started on 21 August at 17:00.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Jaouad Syoud Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:01.01 NR
Silver medal icon.svg6 Lounis Khendriche Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:02.49
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Ahmed Salem Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2:03.79
43 Khaled Morad Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2:04.83
52 Alard Basson Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:06.92
67 Ayrton Sweeney Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:07.08
78 Abdeljabbar Regragui Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:11.44
81 Maaher Harunani Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:12.52

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References

  1. "2019 African Games Swimming Results All Day" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.