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 DateWorld recordSarah Sjöström24.43Borås5 July 2014African recordFarida Osman25.39Budapest29 July 2017Championship recordFarida Osman27.28Casablanca14 September 2010
The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nation Time Record 11 August Heat Erin Gallagher 27.26 CR 11 August Heat Farida Osman 26.74 CR 11 August Final Farida Osman 26.16 CR
Results Heats The heats were started on 11 September at 11:40.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Farida Osman26.74 Q CR 2 Erin Gallagher27.26 Q 3 Amel Melih28.03 Q 4 Samiha Mohsen28.34 Q 5 Imane El Barodi28.69 Q 6 Nesrine Medjahed29.11 Q 7 Khwezi Duma29.40 Q 8 Lia Lima29.69 Q 9 Camille Koenig30.03 10 Imara-Bella Thorpe30.04 11 Avice Meya31.20 12 Ndeye Tabara Diagne31.29 13 Jannat Bique31.34 14 Domingas Munhemeze32.16 15 Samantha Rakotovelo32.40 Mappy Kegbe
Final The final was started on 11 September.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Farida Osman 26.16 CR 5 Erin Gallagher 26.64 3 Amel Melih 27.52 4 6 Samiha Mohsen 28.19 5 7 Nesrine Medjahed 28.49 6 2 Imane El Barodi 29.38 7 1 Khwezi Duma 29.82 8 8 Lia Lima 30.01
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