The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 10 September 2018.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordSarah Sjöström51.71Budapest23 July 2017African recordErin Gallagher54.23Gold Coast9 April 2018Championship recordKarin Prinsloo56.40Casablanca13 September 2010
The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 10 September Final Erin Gallagher 54.79 CR
Results Heats The heats were started on 10 September at 11:30.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Erin Gallagher58.08 Q 2 Farida Osman58.16 Q 3 Farah Benkhelil59.03 Q 4 Nesrine Medjahed59.47 Q 5 Jeanne Boutbien Q 6 Majda Chebaraka Q 7 Catarina Sousa Q 8 Lesley Blignaut Q 9 Noura Mana 10 Menna Kchouk 11 Yasmeen Boutouil 12 Imara-Bella Thorpe 13 Tessa Ip Hen Cheung 14 Therese Soukup 15 Fatima Jayla 16 Lia Lima 17 Selina Katumba 18 Samantha Rakotovelo 19 Denise Mabasso 20 Domingas Munhemeze 21 Nafissath Radji Antsa RabesahalaChinoye OkolugboNkem Chukwuemeke
Final The final was started on 10 September.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Erin Gallagher 54.79 CR 5 Farida Osman 56.80 6 Nesrine Medjahed 58.09 4 3 Farah Benkhelil 58.86 5 8 Lesley Blignaut 59.65 6 2 Jeanne Boutbien 7 7 Majda Chebaraka 8 1 Catarina Sousa
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