Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

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Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates22 August (heats and final)
Competitors17 from 14 nations
Winning time1:49.10
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Marwan Elkamash  Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svg   Mohamed Agili  Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Yassin Elshamaa  Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
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The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 22 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 Paul Biedermann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:42.00 Rome 28 July 2009
African record Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:45.20 Rio de Janeiro 8 August 2016
Games record Devon Brown Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:47.77 Brazzaville 6 September 2015

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 22 August at 10:15.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124 Mohamed Agili Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1:51.63Q
214 Yassin Elshamaa Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:52.43Q
333 Martin Binedell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:53.05Q
434 Marwan Elkamash Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:53.19Q
523 Mohamed Djaballah Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:53.62Q
625 Igor Mogne Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1:54.11Q
735 Brent Szurdoki Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:54.15Q
813 Xander Skinner Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 1:54.41Q
915 Audai Hassouna Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 1:54.91
1036 Adil Assouab Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1:59.46
1126 Ambala Atuhaire Ogola Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2:01.19
1237 Damien Otogbe Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 2:09.02
1332 João Duarte Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 2:10.76
1412 Billy-Scott Irakose Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 2:14.43
1522 Belly-Crésus Ganira Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 2:16.22
1627 Solomon Dzingai Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 2:19.05
1717 Abdelmalik Muktar Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:44.62

Final

The final was started on 22 August at 17:15.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6 Marwan Elkamash Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:49.10
Silver medal icon.svg4 Mohamed Agili Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1:49.22
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Yassin Elshamaa Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:49.40
43 Martin Binedell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:51.93
51 Brent Szurdoki Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:52.83
67 Igor Mogne Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1:52.93
72 Mohamed Djaballah Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:53.12
88 Xander Skinner Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 1:55.10

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References

  1. ↑ "2019 African Games Swimming Full Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
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