2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates	13 September (heats and final)
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning time	3:51.12
Medalists
Marwan Elkamash    Egypt   Marwan El-Amrawy    Egypt   Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari    Tunisia
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The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 13 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	3:40.07	Rome	26 July 2009
African record	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	3:41.11	Rome	26 July 2009
Championship record	Jay-Cee Thomson	South Africa	3:53.12	Casablanca	16 September 2010

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
13 September	Final	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	3:51.12	CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 13 September at 09:40. ^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	4:01.31	Q
2	Ruan Breytenbach	South Africa	4:02.71	Q
3	Lounis Khendriche	Algeria	4:02.83	Q
4	Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari	Tunisia	4:03.46	Q
5	Mohamed Djaballah	Algeria	4:03.51	Q
6	Marwan El-Amrawy	Egypt	4:06.59	Q
7	Mohamed Agili	Tunisia	4:06.77	Q
8	Righardt Muller	South Africa	4:11.64	Q
9	Mathieu Marquet	Mauritius	4:14.12
10	Amadou Ndiaye	Senegal	4:15.97
11	Dean Hoffman	Seychelles	4:21.38
12	Ovesh Purahoo	Mauritius	4:45.72
13	Zinhle Bekker	Botswana	4:53.56

Final

The final was started on 10 September. ^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	3:51.12	CR
	7	Marwan El-Amrawy	Egypt	3:55.52
	6	Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari	Tunisia	3:56.68
4	3	Lounis Khendriche	Algeria	3:56.95
5	1	Mohamed Agili	Tunisia	3:57.89
6	2	Mohamed Djaballah	Algeria	3:58.67
7	5	Ruan Breytenbach	South Africa	4:00.42
8	8	Righardt Muller	South Africa	4:09.79

References

1. Resultat 13canalger2018.com ^{[ dead link ]}
2. Resultat 13canalger2018.com^{[ dead link ]}
3. Resultat 13canalger2018.com^{[ dead link ]}