Swimming at the 2015 African Games – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The Men's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2015 African Games took place on 7 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex.

Schedule All times are Congo Standard Time (UTC+01:00) DateTimeEvent Monday, 7 September 2015 18:13 Final

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordZhang Lin7:32.12Rome29 July 2009African recordOussama Mellouli7:35.27Rome29 July 2009Games recordTroyden Prinsloo8:02.84Algiers16 July 2007

The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nation Time Record 7 September Final Ahmed Akram 7:55.36 GR

Results

Final The final were held on 7 September.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Ahmed Akram 7:55.36 GR 5 Marwan Elkamash 7:59.54 3 Devon Brown 7:59.57 4 2 Brent Szurdoki 8:07.18 5 6 Ahmed Mathlouthi 8:17.74 6 7 Imad Tchouar 8:25.75

References

External links Official website