Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Women's 100 metre butterfly

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Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates23 August (heats and final)
Competitors15 from 10 nations
Winning time58.79
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
  2015
2023  

The Women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019. [1]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 55.48 Rio de Janeiro 7 August 2016
African record Erin Gallagher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 57.67 Durban 10 April 2019
Games record Farida Osman Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 58.83 Brazzaville 9 September 2015

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationTimeRecord
23 August Final Farida Osman Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 58.79 GR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 23 August at 10:35.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
114 Farida Osman Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:01.11Q
224 Erin Gallagher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:01.13Q
325 Felicity Passon Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1:01.79Q
423 Emily Muteti Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:03.16Q
515 Emma Chelius Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:03.46Q
613 Logaine Abdelatif Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:04.23Q
727 Imara-Bella Thorpe Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:05.08Q
826 Lia Lima Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1:05.11Q
916 Rebecca Ssengonzi Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1:05.16 NR
1012 Lina Khiyara Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1:06.22
1122 Robyn Lee Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:06.71
1217 Nomvulo Mjimba Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:08.45
1321 Caitlin Loo Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1:11.04
1411 Rahel Gebresilassie Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1:24.23
1528 Berhane Amare Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1:26.68

Final

The final was started on 23 August at 17:00.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Farida Osman Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 58.79 GR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Erin Gallagher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 59.34
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Felicity Passon Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1:00.61
42 Emma Chelius Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:01.90
56 Emily Muteti Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:03.23
67 Logaine Abdelatif Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:03.72
78 Lia Lima Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1:04.16
81 Imara-Bella Thorpe Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:04.24

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References

  1. "2019 African Games Swimming Results All Day" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.