2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 14 September 2018.[1][2]

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
VenueMohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates14 September (heats and final)
Competitors12 from 9 nations
Winning time2:00.96
Medalists
gold medal    Egypt
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    Morocco
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Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Michael Phelps   United States 1:51.51 Rome 29 July 2009
African record Chad le Clos   South Africa 1:52.96 London 31 July 2012
Championship record Wesley Gilchrist   South Africa 2:00.72 Casablanca 18 September 2010

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 14 September at 09:30.[3] The first 8 finishers would qualify for the final.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ruan Breytenbach   South Africa 2:03.37 Q
2 Marwan Elkamash   Egypt 2:05.56 Q
3 Said Saber   Morocco 2:05.80 Q
4 Ahmed Hamdy   Egypt 2:05.85 Q
5 Lounis Khendriche   Algeria 2:06.03 Q
6 Mohamed Malek Masmoudi   Tunisia 2:07.17 Q
7 Alaric Basson   South Africa 2:08.11 Q
8 Ramzi Chouchar   Algeria 2:08.48 Q
9 Mathieu Marquet   Mauritius 2:13.12
10 Herinirina John Rakotomavo   Madagascar 2:15.88
11 Edilson Paco   Mozambique 2:37.00
Onyemeehi Opute   Nigeria Did not start

Final

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The final was started on 14 September.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Marwan Elkamash   Egypt 2:00.96
  4 Ruan Breytenbach   South Africa 2:01.20
  3 Said Saber   Morocco 2:02.49 NR
4 6 Ahmed Hamdy   Egypt 2:02.79
5 2 Lounis Khendriche   Algeria 2:02.98
6 1 Alaric Basson   South Africa 2:05.60
7 7 Mohamed Malek Masmoudi   Tunisia 2:05.95
8 8 Ramzi Chouchar   Algeria 2:07.21

References

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  1. ^ "Results at 200 Global". Archived from the original on 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  2. ^ "Results at 200 Global". Archived from the original on 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  3. ^ "Global results". Archived from the original on 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  4. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2019-08-02.