Swimming at the 2015 African Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2015 African Games
Venue	Kintele Aquatic Complex
Date	September 9, 2015 (2015-09-09)
Competitors	13 from 10 nations
Winning time	3:48.08
Medalists
Ahmed Akram    Egypt   Devon Brown    South Africa   Ahmed Mathlouthi    Tunisia
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Swimming at the 2015 African Games
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		women
4×200 m		women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
Mixed relay
4×100 m	freestyle	medley
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The Men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2015 African Games took place on 9 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex.

Schedule[]

All times are Congo Standard Time (UTC+01:00)

Records[]

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
Games record	Ahmed Mathlouthi	Tunisia	3:54.03	Maputo	8 September 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
9 September	Final	Ahmed Akram	Egypt	3:48.08	GR

Results[]

Heats[]

The heats were held on 9 September.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Ahmed Akram	Egypt	4:00.04	Q
2	1	5	Ahmed Mathlouthi	Tunisia	4:00.55	Q
3	2	3	Calvyn Justus	South Africa	4:02.19	Q
4	2	4	Devon Brown	South Africa	4:02.48	Q
5	2	5	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	4:02.50	Q
6	2	2	Igor Mogne		4:06.00	Q
7	2	6		Algeria	4:07.44	Q
8	1	3	Mohamed Lagili	Tunisia	4:08.26	Q
9	1	6	Pedro Pinotes		4:08.74
10	1	2	Sean Gunn		4:15.04
11	2	7		Senegal	4:24.43
12	1	7			4:26.92
13	2	1			4:41.13

Final[]

The final were held on 9 September.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ahmed Akram	Egypt	3:48.06	GR NR
	6	Devon Brown	South Africa	3:48.69
	5	Ahmed Mathlouthi	Tunisia	3:51.47
4	2	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	3:56.27
5	3	Calvyn Justus	South Africa	3:59.99
6	8	Mohamed Lagili	Tunisia	4:01.89
7	1		Algeria	4:03.59
8	7	Igor Mogne		4:04.11	NR

References[]

External links[]

• Official website^{[dead link]}