Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates24 August (heats and final)
Competitors46 from 31 nations
Winning time22.17
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  2015
2023  

The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 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 César Cielo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 20.91 São Paulo 18 December 2009
African record Roland Schoeman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 21.67 Beijing 16 August 2008
Barcelona 2 August 2013
Games record Salim Iles Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 22.34 Algiers 18 July 2007
Gideon Louw Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Maputo 10 September 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationTimeRecord
21 August Heat Brad Tandy Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22.24 GR
21 August Final Ali Khalafalla Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 22.17 GR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 24 August at 10:20.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164 Brad Tandy Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22.24Q GR
265 Ali Khalafalla Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 22.41Q
344 Douglas Erasmus Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22.66Q
454 Oussama Sahnoune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 22.67Q
553 Mehdi Nazim Benbara Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 23.13Q
663 Souhail Hamouchane Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 23.18Q
766 Xander Skinner Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 23.19Q
745 Peter Wetzlar Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 23.19Q
955 Abdelrahman Elaraby Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 23.34
1043 Abeiku Jackson Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 23.57
1152 El Hadj Adama Niane Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 23.75
1242 Merwane El Merini Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 23.79
1356 Steven Aimable Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 23.80
1457 Issa Mohamed Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 24.02
1568 Ralph Goveia Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 24.17
1651 Swaleh Talib Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 24.37
1747 Yellow Yeiyah Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 24.39
1858 Daniel Francisco Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 24.41
1967 Gregory Anodin Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 24.48
2061 Efrem Ghimai Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 24.51
2148 Samuele Rossi Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 24.57
2246 Mathieu Bachmann Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 24.64
2341 Filipe Gomes Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 24.65
2435 Ahllan Bique Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 24.85
2562 Mathieu Marquet Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 24.89
2636 Billy-Scott Irakose Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 24.90
2734 Ambala Atuhaire Ogola Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 25.02
2837 Seydoli Alaassan Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 25.20
2933 Belly-Crésus Ganira Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 25.31
3038 Ayman Khatoun Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 25.39
3131 Adama Ouedraogo Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 25.67
3232 Kitso Matija Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 26.03
3324 Solomon Dzingai Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 26.40
3425 Kumaren Naidu Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 26.45
3522 Abdelmalik Muktar Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 26.71
3623 Julius Wyse Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 27.29
3726 Tindwende Sawadogo Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 27.72
3815 Eméric Kpegba Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 27.75
3928 Mamadou Bah Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 27.91
4021 Ebrima Buaro Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia 28.36
4114 Houssein Gaber Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 28.37
4213 Adam Mpali Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 28.45
4327 Shala Gekabel Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 28.89
4411 Diosdado Miko Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 30.80
4517 Munyu Kupiata Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo 31.45
12 Jonathan Mubikayi Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo Disqualified

Final

The final was started on 24 August at 17:00.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Ali Khalafalla Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 22.17 GR
Silver medal icon.svg6 Oussama Sahnoune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 22.19
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Brad Tandy Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22.21
43 Douglas Erasmus Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22.57
51 Xander Skinner Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 23.09
67 Souhail Hamouchane Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 23.10
72 Mehdi Nazim Benbara Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 23.14
88 Peter Wetzlar Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 23.28

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References

  1. "2019 African Games Swimming Full Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.