2018 African Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly

Women's 500 metre butterfly at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates	11 September (heats and final)
Competitors	16 from 12 nations
Winning time	26.16
Medalists
Farida Osman   Egypt   Erin Gallagher   South Africa   Amel Melih   Algeria

The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 11 September 2018.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	24.43	Borås	5 July 2014
African record	Farida Osman	Egypt	25.39	Budapest	29 July 2017
Championship record	Farida Osman	Egypt	27.28	Casablanca	14 September 2010

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
11 August	Heat	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	27.26	CR
11 August	Heat	Farida Osman	Egypt	26.74	CR
11 August	Final	Farida Osman	Egypt	26.16	CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 11 September at 11:40.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Farida Osman	Egypt	26.74	Q CR
2	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	27.26	Q
3	Amel Melih	Algeria	28.03	Q
4	Samiha Mohsen	Egypt	28.34	Q
5	Imane El Barodi	Morocco	28.69	Q
6	Nesrine Medjahed	Algeria	29.11	Q
7	Khwezi Duma	South Africa	29.40	Q
8	Lia Lima	Angola	29.69	Q
9	Camille Koenig	Mauritius	30.03
10	Imara-Bella Thorpe	Kenya	30.04
11	Avice Meya	Uganda	31.20
12	Ndeye Tabara Diagne	Senegal	31.29
13	Jannat Bique	Mozambique	31.34
14	Domingas Munhemeze	Mozambique	32.16
15	Samantha Rakotovelo	Madagascar	32.40
	Mappy Kegbe	Nigeria	Did not start

Final

The final was started on 11 September.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Farida Osman	Egypt	26.16	CR
	5	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	26.64
	3	Amel Melih	Algeria	27.52
4	6	Samiha Mohsen	Egypt	28.19
5	7	Nesrine Medjahed	Algeria	28.49
6	2	Imane El Barodi	Morocco	29.38
7	1	Khwezi Duma	South Africa	29.82
8	8	Lia Lima	Angola	30.01