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.^[1][2]

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates	14 September (heats and final)
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Winning time	2:00.96
Medalists
Marwan Elkamash    Egypt   Ruan Breytenbach    South Africa   Said Saber    Morocco
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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.^[3] 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

Final

The final was started on 14 September.^[4]

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