2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly
# 2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly

The Men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 15 September 2018.

## Records

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

| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World record | Andriy Govorov | Ukraine | 22.27 | Rome | 1 July 2018 |
| African record | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | 22.90 | Rome | 26 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Jason Dunford | Kenya | 23.50 | Johannesburg | 3 December 2008 |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were started on 12 September at 10:25.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yusuf Tibazi | Morocco | 24.28 | Q |
| 2 | Ali Khalafalla | Egypt | 24.57 | Q |
| 3 | Abeiku Jackson | Ghana | 24.63 | Q |
| 4 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia | 24.71 | Q |
| 5 | Abdelrahman Sameh | Egypt | 24.83 | Q |
| 6 | Alaric Basson | South Africa | 25.09 | Q |
| 7 | Bradley Vincent | Mauritius | 25.46 | Q |
| 8 | Daniel Francisco | Angola | 26.05 | Q |
| 9 | Souhail Hamouchane | Morocco | 26.06 | |
| 10 | Aimen Benabid | Algeria | 26.17 | |
| 11 | Filipe Gomes | Malawi | 26.44 | |
| 12 | El Hadji Adama Niane | Senegal | 26.63 | |
| 13 | Adam Moncherry | Seychelles | 26.71 | |
| 14 | Kobe Ndebele | South Africa | 26.75 | |
| 15 | Isihaka Irankunda | Rwanda | 27.15 | |
| 16 | Herinirina John Rakotomavo | Madagascar | 27.25 | |
| 17 | Ganira Belly-Cresus | Burundi | 27.48 | |
| 18 | Mathieu Marquet | Mauritius | 27.55 | |
| 19 | Chase Onorati | Zimbabwe | 27.58 | |
| 19 | Swaleh Talib | Kenya | 27.58 | |
| 21 | Troy Nestor Pina | Cape Verde | 27.84 | |
| 22 | Billy-Scott Irakose | Burundi | 28.00 | |
| 23 | Edilson Paco | Mozambique | 28.29 | |
| 23 | Alvin Omondi | Kenya | 28.29 | |
| 25 | Mohammed Yousuf Bin Mousa | Libya | 28.39 | |
| 26 | Sithembiso Mamba | Eswatini | 28.68 | |
| 27 | Simonga Dlamini | Eswatini | 28.86 | |
| 28 | Adnan Kabuye | Uganda | 29.24 | |
| 29 | Ahmed Izzeldin Salih | Sudan | 29.37 | |
| 30 | Ayaan Chand | Botswana | 29.50 | |
| 31 | Maemo Sebikiri | Botswana | 30.51 | |
| 32 | Zinhle Bekker | Botswana | 30.90 | |
| 33 | Jefferson Kpanou | Benin | 33.40 | |
| | Sokomayi Mubikayi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Did not start | Did not start |
| | Onyemeehi Opute | Nigeria | Did not start | Did not start |
| | Isobo Confidence | Nigeria | Did not start | Did not start |

### Final

The final was started on 12 September.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 2 | Abdelrahman Sameh | Egypt | 23.71 | |
| | 5 | Ali Khalafalla | Egypt | 24.10 | |
| | 4 | Yusuf Tibazi | Morocco | 24.11 | NR |
| 4 | 6 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia | 24.67 | |
| 5 | 3 | Abeiku Jackson | Ghana | 24.68 | |
| 6 | 7 | Alaric Basson | South Africa | 24.85 | |
| 7 | 1 | Bradley Vincent | Mauritius | 25.46 | |
| 8 | 8 | Daniel Francisco | Angola | 26.00 | |
