The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 12 September 2018.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordCésar Cielo46.91Rome30 July 2009African recordLyndon Ferns47.79Rome29 July 2009Championship recordOussama Sahnoune49.60Bloemfontein18 October 2016
The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 12 September Final Mohamed Samy 49.39 CR
Results Heats The heats were started on 12 September at 09:50.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari52.04 Q 2 Mohamed Samy52.12 Q 3 Bradley Vincent52.25 Q 4 Ali Khalafalla52.45 Q 5 Jacques van Wyk52.47 Q 6 Matthew Bowers52.58 Q 7 El Hadji Adama Niane53.02 Q 8 Abeiku Jackson53.45 Q NR 9 Mohamed Ali Chaouchi53.83 10 Samy Boutouil53.84 11 Filipe Gomes54.06 12 Ovesh Purahoo54.49 13 Dean Hoffman54.50 14 Swaleh Talib54.62 15 Ahllan Bique55.30 16 Mohammed Yousuf Bin Mousa55.81 17 Daniel Francisco56.29 18 Mario Ervedosa56.31 19 Atuhaire Ambala56.55 20 Belly-Cresus Ganira56.73 21 Billy-Scott Irakose56.96 22 Chase Onorati57.05 23 Herinirina John Rakotomavo57.56 24 Adnan Kabuye58.07 25 Isihaka Irankunda58.16 26 Adam Moncherry59.46 27 Sithembiso Mamba 28 Ayaan Chand 29 Liam Emmett 30 Zinhle Bekker 31 Maemo Sebikiri 32 Houssein Gaber Ibrahim 33 Omar Darboe 34 Jegan Jobe Sokomayi MubikayiHeriniavo RasolonjatovoIsobo Confidence
Final The final was started on 12 September.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Mohamed Samy 49.39 CR 6 Ali Khalafalla 49.89 3 Bradley Vincent 50.24 4 2 Jacques van Wyk 51.21 5 4 Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari 51.34 6 7 Matthew Bowers 52.48 7 1 El Hadji Adama Niane 53.25 8 8 Abeiku Jackson 53.44 NR
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