Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates23 August (final)
Competitors8 from 5 nations
Winning time3:48.94
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
  2015
2023  

The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 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 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 Akram Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3:48.06 Brazzaville 9 September 2015

Results

Final

The final was started on 23 August at 17:00.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Mohamed Agili Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 3:48.94
Silver medal icon.svg5 Marwan Elkamash Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3:50.95
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Ahmed Akram Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3:51.81
41 Mohamed Djaballah Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 3:56.02 NR
56 Brent Szurdoki Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:56.76
67 Roberto Gomes Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3:58.84
72 Lounis Khendriche Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 4:03.20
88 João Duarte Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 4:30.83

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References

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