Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 800 metre freestyle
Appearance
Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2019 African Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool | |||||||||
Dates | 21 August | |||||||||
Competitors | 10 from 7 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 7:57.21 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2019 African Games | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×100 m | mixed | |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×100 m | mixed | |
The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record | Zhang Lin | China | 7:32.12 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
African record | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 7:35.27 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
Games record | Ahmed Akram | Egypt | 7:55.36 | Brazzaville | 7 September 2015 |
Results
[edit]Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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2 | 5 | Ahmed Akram | Egypt | 7:57.21 | ||
2 | 3 | Mohamed Agili | Tunisia | 7:57.87 | ||
2 | 4 | Marwan Elkamash | Egypt | 8:06.90 | ||
4 | 2 | 7 | Mohamed Djaballah | Algeria | 8:08.88 | NR |
5 | 2 | 6 | Brent Szurdoki | South Africa | 8:12.87 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | Michael McGlynn | South Africa | 8:27.52 | |
7 | 2 | 1 | Damien Otogbe | Togo | 9:20.11 | |
8 | 1 | 4 | João Duarte | Angola | 9:22.57 | |
9 | 1 | 5 | Solomon Beraki | Eritrea | 12:11.63 | |
10 | 1 | 3 | Nejim Tesfay | Eritrea | 13:20.33 |
References
[edit]- ^ "2019 African Games Swimming Full Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.