Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.^[1]

Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 2019 African Games
Venue	Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates	21 August (heats and final)
Competitors	9 from 7 nations
Winning time	2:18.21
Medalists
Nour Elgendy    Egypt   Hamida Nefsi    Algeria   Lia Lima    Angola
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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	Liu Zige	China	2:01.81	Jinan	21 October 2009
African record	Katheryn Meaklim	South Africa	2:09.41	Beijing	12 August 2008
Games record	Mandy Loots	South Africa	2:12.46	Maputo	10 September 2011

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 21 August at 10:00.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	3	Hamida Nefsi	Algeria	2:21.69	Q
2	2	5	Lia Lima	Angola	2:23.16	Q
3	2	4	Nour Elgendy	Egypt	2:24.04	Q
4	1	5	Rawan Eldamaty	Egypt	2:24.06	Q
5	1	4	Carla Antonopoulos	South Africa	2:24.13	Q
6	2	3	Jessica Whelan	South Africa	2:26.98	Q
7	2	6	Rebecca Ssengonzi	Uganda	2:34.24	Q, WD, NR
8	1	6	Nada Jalal	Morocco	2:35.61	Q
9	2	2	Caitlin Loo	Botswana	2:47.62	Q

Final

The final was started on 21 August at 17:00.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Nour Elgendy	Egypt	2:18.21
	4	Hamida Nefsi	Algeria	2:20.33
	5	Lia Lima	Angola	2:21.51	NR
4	6	Rawan Eldamaty	Egypt	2:22.42
5	2	Carla Antonopoulos	South Africa	2:23.05
6	7	Jessica Whelan	South Africa	2:26.57
7	8	Nada Jalal	Morocco	2:32.15
8	9	Caitlin Loo	Botswana	2:47.51