2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

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Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
VenueMohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates11 September (final)
Competitors10 from 6 nations
Winning time8:02.37
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
  2016
2020  

The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 11 September 2018. [1]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Zhang Lin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:32.12 Rome 29 July 2009
African record Oussama Mellouli Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 7:35.27 Rome 29 July 2009
Championship record Troyden Prinsloo Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8:03.34 Casablanca 4 May 2004

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
11 September Final Marwan Elkamash Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 8:02.37 CR

Results

Final ranking

The races were started on 11 September at 11:45. [1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Marwan Elkamash Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 8:02.37 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Marwan El-Amrawy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 8:07.42
Bronze medal icon.svg Ahmed Hafnaoui Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 8:08.74
4 Mohamed Djaballah Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 8:16.18
5 Ruan Breytenbach Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8:16.53
6 Lounis Khendriche Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 8:17.05
7 Mohamed Agili Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 8:18.06
8 Righardt Muller Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8:37.65
9 Amadou Ndiaye Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 9:08.57
Ovesh Purahoo Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Did not start

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