Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates24 August
Competitors7 from 5 nations
Winning time15:19.49
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 Egypt.svg  Egypt
  2015
2023  

The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019. [1]

2019 African Games International multi-sport event between African nations

The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017.

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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 Ahmed Akram Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 15:11.68 Brazzaville 10 September 2015

Results

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Ahmed Akram Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 15:19.49
Silver medal icon.svg5 Mohamed Agili Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 15:26.15
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Marwan El-Amrawy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 15:32.43
41 Mohamed Djaballah Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 15:48.50 NR
56 Roberto Gomes Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 15:48.53
62 Michael McGlynn Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 15:56.97
78 João Duarte Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 17:50.14
7 Lounis Khendriche Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Did not start

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References

  1. "2019 African Games Swimming Full Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.