Swimming at the 2015 African Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

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Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2015 Asian Games
Venue Kintele Aquatic Complex
DateSeptember 6, 2015 (2015-09-06)
Competitors18 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Devon Brown  Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg   Marwan El Kamash  Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Bronze medal icon.svg   Ahmed Mathlouthi  Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia

The Men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2015 African Games took place on 6 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex.

Contents

Schedule

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

DateTimeEvent
Sunday, 6 September 201510:12Heat 1
10:16Heat 2
10:20Heat 3
17:25Final

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Paul Biedermann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:42.00 Rome 28 July 2009
African record Jean Basson Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:45.67 Rome 28 July 2009
Games record Ahmed Mathlouthi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1:48.95 Maputo 5 September 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationTimeRecord
6 September Final Devon Brown Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:47.77 GR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 6 September. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
114 Calvyn Justus Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:50.77Q
234 Devon Brown Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:50.92Q
335 Marwan El-Amrawy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:51.83Q
424 Marwan Elkamash Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:51.91Q
515 Mohamed Lagili Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1:52.56Q
623 Ahmed Mathlouthi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1:52.64Q
723 Sean Gunn Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:54.41Q
836 Igor Mogne Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1:54.60Q
926 Mathieu Marquet Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1:56.33
1033 Lies Nefsi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:57.06
1113 Imad Tchouar Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:59.40
1216 Ismael Kane Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2:00.61
1332 Jörn Diekmann Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2:01.77
1422 Andre van der Merwe Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 2:05.00
1537 Michael Botha Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 2:14.97
1627 Emmanuel Ndonga Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:21.34
1712 Ahllan Bique Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 2:27.91
1817 Oumar Kaba Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 2:45.39

Final

The final were held on 6 September. [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Devon Brown Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:47.77 GR
Silver medal icon.svg6 Marwan Elkamash Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:48.58
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Ahmed Mathlouthi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1:49.29
44 Calvyn Justus Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:49.58
52 Mohamed Lagili Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1:50.21
63 Marwan El-Amrawy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:53.15
78 Igor Mogne Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1:53.77
81 Sean Gunn Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:54.15

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References

  1. ↑ "Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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