2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly
# 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.

## Records

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

### Heats

The heats were started on 14 September at 09:30. 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 | Did not start |

### Final

The final was started on 14 September.

| 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 | |
