Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Women's 100 metre butterfly

The Women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.

Women's 100 metre butterfly at the 2019 African Games
Venue	Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates	23 August (heats and final)
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Winning time	58.79
Medalists
Farida Osman   Egypt   Erin Gallagher   South Africa   Felicity Passon   Seychelles

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	55.48	Rio de Janeiro	7 August 2016
African record	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	57.67	Durban	10 April 2019
Games record	Farida Osman	Egypt	58.83	Brazzaville	9 September 2015

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
23 August	Final	Farida Osman	Egypt	58.79	GR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 23 August at 10:35.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Farida Osman	Egypt	1:01.11	Q
2	2	4	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	1:01.13	Q
3	2	5	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	1:01.79	Q
4	2	3	Emily Muteti	Kenya	1:03.16	Q
5	1	5	Emma Chelius	South Africa	1:03.46	Q
6	1	3	Logaine Abdelatif	Egypt	1:04.23	Q
7	2	7	Imara-Bella Thorpe	Kenya	1:05.08	Q
8	2	6	Lia Lima	Angola	1:05.11	Q
9	1	6	Rebecca Ssengonzi	Uganda	1:05.16	NR
10	1	2	Lina Khiyara	Morocco	1:06.22
11	2	2	Robyn Lee	Zimbabwe	1:06.71
12	1	7	Nomvulo Mjimba	Zimbabwe	1:08.45
13	2	1	Caitlin Loo	Botswana	1:11.04
14	1	1	Rahel Gebresilassie	Ethiopia	1:24.23
15	2	8	Berhane Amare	Ethiopia	1:26.68

Final

The final was started on 23 August at 17:00.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Farida Osman	Egypt	58.79	GR
	5	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	59.34
	3	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	1:00.61
4	2	Emma Chelius	South Africa	1:01.90
5	6	Emily Muteti	Kenya	1:03.23
6	7	Logaine Abdelatif	Egypt	1:03.72
7	8	Lia Lima	Angola	1:04.16
8	1	Imara-Bella Thorpe	Kenya	1:04.24