2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates	11 September (final)
Competitors	10 from 6 nations
Winning time	8:02.37
Medalists
Marwan Elkamash    Egypt   Marwan El-Amrawy    Egypt   Ahmed Hafnaoui    Tunisia
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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 800 metre freestyle 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	Zhang Lin	China	7:32.12	Rome	29 July 2009
African record	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	7:35.27	Rome	29 July 2009
Championship record	Troyden Prinsloo	South Africa	8:03.34	Casablanca	4 May 2004

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
11 September	Final	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	8:02.37	CR

Results[]

Final ranking[]

The races were started on 11 September at 11:45.^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	8:02.37	CR
	Marwan El-Amrawy	Egypt	8:07.42
	Ahmed Hafnaoui	Tunisia	8:08.74
4		Algeria	8:16.18
5		South Africa	8:16.53
6		Algeria	8:17.05
7	Mohamed Agili	Tunisia	8:18.06
8		South Africa	8:37.65
9		Senegal	9:08.57
		Mauritius	Did not start

References[]