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2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
VenueMohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates13 September (heats and final)
Competitors13 from 8 nations
Winning time3:51.12
Medalists
gold medal    Egypt
silver medal    Egypt
bronze medal    Tunisia
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The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 13 September 2018.[1][2]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Paul Biedermann  Germany 3:40.07 Rome 26 July 2009
African record Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 3:41.11 Rome 26 July 2009
Championship record Jay-Cee Thomson  South Africa 3:53.12 Casablanca 16 September 2010

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
13 September Final Marwan Elkamash  Egypt 3:51.12 CR

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 13 September at 09:40.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marwan Elkamash  Egypt 4:01.31 Q
2 Ruan Breytenbach  South Africa 4:02.71 Q
3 Lounis Khendriche  Algeria 4:02.83 Q
4 Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari  Tunisia 4:03.46 Q
5 Mohamed Djaballah  Algeria 4:03.51 Q
6 Marwan El-Amrawy  Egypt 4:06.59 Q
7 Mohamed Agili  Tunisia 4:06.77 Q
8 Righardt Muller  South Africa 4:11.64 Q
9 Mathieu Marquet  Mauritius 4:14.12
10 Amadou Ndiaye  Senegal 4:15.97
11 Dean Hoffman  Seychelles 4:21.38
12 Ovesh Purahoo  Mauritius 4:45.72
13 Zinhle Bekker  Botswana 4:53.56

Final

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The final was started on 10 September.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Marwan Elkamash  Egypt 3:51.12 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Marwan El-Amrawy  Egypt 3:55.52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari  Tunisia 3:56.68
4 3 Lounis Khendriche  Algeria 3:56.95
5 1 Mohamed Agili  Tunisia 3:57.89
6 2 Mohamed Djaballah  Algeria 3:58.67
7 5 Ruan Breytenbach  South Africa 4:00.42
8 8 Righardt Muller  South Africa 4:09.79

References

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  1. ^ a b Resultat13canalger2018.com Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Resultat13canalger2018.com Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Resultat13canalger2018.com Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine