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

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2015 African Games
Venue	Kintele Aquatic Complex
Date	September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)
Competitors	5 from 4 nations
Medalists
Ahmed Akram    Egypt   Ahmed Mathlouthi    Tunisia   Brent Szurdoki    South Africa
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The Men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2015 African Games took place on 10 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex. ^[1]

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Thursday, 10 September 2015	18:22	Final

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Sun Yang	China	14:31.02	London	4 August 2012
African record	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	14:37.28	Rome	2 August 2009
Games record	Troyden Prinsloo	South Africa	15:24.93	Algiers	18 July 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
10 September	Final	Ahmed Akram	Egypt	15:11.68	GR

Results

Final

The final were held on 10 September. ^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ahmed Akram	Egypt	15:11.68	GR
	3	Ahmed Mathlouthi	Tunisia	15:30.35
	6	Brent Szurdoki	South Africa	15:35.48
4	5	Marwan El-Amrawy	Egypt	16:12.82
5	2	Imad Tchouar	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.