Swimming at the 2015 African Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2015 African Games
Venue Kintele Aquatic Complex
DateSeptember 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)
Competitors5 from 4 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  2011
2019  

The Men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2015 African Games took place on 10 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex. [1]

Contents

Schedule

All times are Congo Standard Time (UTC+01:00)

DateTimeEvent
Thursday, 10 September 201518:22Final

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Sun Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 14:31.02 London 4 August 2012
African record Oussama Mellouli Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 14:37.28 Rome 2 August 2009
Games record Troyden Prinsloo Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 15:24.93 Algiers 18 July 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationTimeRecord
10 September Final Ahmed Akram Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 15:11.68 GR

Results

Final

The final were held on 10 September. [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Ahmed Akram Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 15:11.68 GR
Silver medal icon.svg3 Ahmed Mathlouthi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 15:30.35
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Brent Szurdoki Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 15:35.48
45 Marwan El-Amrawy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 16:12.82
52 Imad Tchouar Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 16:18.80

References

  1. Veiga, Santiago; Rodriguez, Luis; González-Frutos, Pablo; Navandar, Archit (2019-03-21). "Race Strategies of Open Water Swimmers in the 5-km, 10-km, and 25-km Races of the 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships". Frontiers in Psychology. 10 654. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00654 . ISSN   1664-1078. PMID   30949113.
  2. "Men's 1500m Freestyle Final Results". brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2020.