2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates	10 September (heats and final)
Competitors	17 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:49.62
Medalists
Mohamed Samy    Egypt   Marwan Elkamash    Egypt   Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari    Tunisia
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The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 10 September 2018. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Paul Biedermann	Germany	1:42.00	Rome	28 July 2009
African record	Chad le Clos	South Africa	1:45.20	Rio de Janeiro	8 August 2016
Championship record	Ahmed Mathlouthi	Tunisia	1:49.90	Casablanca	13 September 2010

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
10 September	Final	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	1:49.90	CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 10 September at 10:10. ^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	1:52.17	Q
2	Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari	Tunisia	1:52.48	Q
3	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	1:53.40	Q
4	Lounis Khendriche	Algeria	1:54.04	Q
4	Mohamed Agili	Tunisia	1:54.04	Q
6	Mathieu Marquet	Mauritius	1:54.43	Q
7	Ayrton Sweeney	South Africa	1:54.50	Q
8	Mohamed Djaballah	Algeria	1:54.75	Q
9	Dean Hoffman	Seychelles	2:02.36
10	Ma'az Khota	South Africa	2:02.84
11	Atuhaire Ambala	Uganda	2:03.65
12	Alvin Omondi	Kenya	2:07.18
13	Chase Onorati	Zimbabwe	2:08.11
14	Ovesh Purahoo	Mauritius	2:09.49
15	Belly-Cresus Ganira	Burundi	2:12.93
16	Billy-Scott Irakose	Burundi	2:15.81
17	Zinhle Bekker	Botswana	2:18.44

Final

The final was started on 10 September. ^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Mohamed Samy	Egypt	1:49.62	CR
	4	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	1:49.88
	5	Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari	Tunisia	1:50.07
4	6	Mohamed Agili	Tunisia	1:50.28
5	1	Ayrton Sweeney	South Africa	1:53.15
6	8	Mohamed Djaballah	Algeria	1:54.02
7	2	Lounis Khendriche	Algeria	1:54.20
8	7	Mathieu Marquet	Mauritius	1:55.33

References

1. Global results 13canalger2018.com ^{[ dead link ]}
2. Results 13canalger2018.com ^{[ dead link ]}