The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 13 September 2018.Resultat13canalger2018.com Resultat13canalger2018.com

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordPaul Biedermann3:40.07Rome26 July 2009African recordOussama Mellouli3:41.11Rome26 July 2009Championship recordJay-Cee Thomson3:53.12Casablanca16 September 2010

The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 13 September Final Marwan Elkamash 3:51.12 CR

Results Heats The heats were started on 13 September at 09:40.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marwan Elkamash4:01.31 Q 2 Ruan Breytenbach4:02.71 Q 3 Lounis Khendriche4:02.83 Q 4 Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari4:03.46 Q 5 Mohamed Djaballah4:03.51 Q 6 Marwan El-Amrawy4:06.59 Q 7 Mohamed Agili4:06.77 Q 8 Righardt Muller4:11.64 Q 9 Mathieu Marquet4:14.12 10 Amadou Ndiaye4:15.97 11 Dean Hoffman4:21.38 12 Ovesh Purahoo4:45.72 13 Zinhle Bekker4:53.56

Final The final was started on 10 September.Resultat13canalger2018.com

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Marwan Elkamash 3:51.12 CR 7 Marwan El-Amrawy 3:55.52 6 Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari 3:56.68 4 3 Lounis Khendriche 3:56.95 5 1 Mohamed Agili 3:57.89 6 2 Mohamed Djaballah 3:58.67 7 5 Ruan Breytenbach 4:00.42 8 8 Righardt Muller 4:09.79

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