2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates	11 September (final)
Competitors	8 from 6 nations
Winning time	4:21.69
Medalists
Ayrton Sweeney    South Africa      South Africa      Egypt
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2018 African Swimming Championships
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m	men
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men
200 m	men
Individual medley
200 m	men
400 m	men
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men
4×100 m	mixed
4×200 m
Medley relay
4×100 m
4×100 m
Open water swimming
5 km
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The Men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 11 September 2018.^[1]

Records[]

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Michael Phelps	United States	4:03.84	Beijing	10 August 2008
African record	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	4:10.53	Pescara	29 June 2009
Championship record		South Africa	4:21.06	Casablanca	14 September 2010

Results[]

Final[]

The final was started on 11 September.^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ayrton Sweeney	South Africa	4:21.69
		South Africa	4:25.80
		Egypt	4:26.73
4	Ramzi Chouchar	Algeria	4:29.82
5		Tunisia	4:32.15
6		Tunisia	4:32.28
7		Morocco	4:32.71
8	Mathieu Marquet	Mauritius	4:47.78

References[]