Swimming at the 2015 African Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2015 African Games
Venue Kintele Aquatic Complex
DateSeptember 9, 2015 (2015-09-09)
Competitors13 from 10 nations
Winning time3:48.08
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Ahmed Akram  Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svg   Devon Brown  Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Bronze medal icon.svg   Ahmed Mathlouthi  Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
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The Men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2015 African Games took place on 9 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex.

Contents

Schedule

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

DateTimeEvent
Wednesday, 9 September 201510:07Heat 1
10:13Heat 2
17:20Final

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Paul Biedermann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:40.07 Rome 26 July 2009
African record Oussama Mellouli Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 3:41.11 Rome 26 July 2009
Games record Ahmed Mathlouthi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 3:54.03 Maputo 8 September 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationTimeRecord
9 September Final Ahmed Akram Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3:48.08 GR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 9 September. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
114 Ahmed Akram Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 4:00.04Q
215 Ahmed Mathlouthi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 4:00.55Q
323 Calvyn Justus Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:02.19Q
424 Devon Brown Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:02.48Q
525 Marwan Elkamash Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 4:02.50Q
622 Igor Mogne Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 4:06.00Q
726 Imad Tchouar Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 4:07.44Q
813 Mohamed Lagili Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 4:08.26Q
916 Pedro Pinotes Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 4:08.74
1012 Sean Gunn Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 4:15.04
1127 Ismael Kane Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 4:24.43
1217 Jörn Diekmann Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 4:26.92
1321 Andre van der Merwe Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 4:41.13

Final

The final were held on 9 September. [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Ahmed Akram Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3:48.06 GR NR
Silver medal icon.svg6 Devon Brown Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:48.69
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Ahmed Mathlouthi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 3:51.47
42 Marwan Elkamash Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3:56.27
53 Calvyn Justus Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:59.99
68 Mohamed Lagili Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 4:01.89
71 Imad Tchouar Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 4:03.59
87 Igor Mogne Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 4:04.11 NR

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References

  1. ↑ "Men's 400m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results". brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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