Swimming at the 2015 African Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The Men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2015 African Games took place on 10 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex.

Schedule All times are Congo Standard Time (UTC+01:00) DateTimeEvent Thursday, 10 September 2015 18:22 Final

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordSun Yang14:31.02London4 August 2012African recordOussama Mellouli14:37.28Rome2 August 2009Games recordTroyden Prinsloo15:24.93Algiers18 July 2007

The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nation Time Record 10 September Final Ahmed Akram 15:11.68 GR

Results

Final The final were held on 10 September.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Ahmed Akram 15:11.68 GR 3 Ahmed Mathlouthi 15:30.35 6 Brent Szurdoki 15:35.48 4 5 Marwan El-Amrawy 16:12.82 5 2 Imad Tchouar 16:18.80

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