Event: | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
Games: | 2015 African Games |
Venue: | Kintele Aquatic Complex |
Competitors: | 13 |
Nations: | 10 |
Win Value: | 3:48.08 |
Gold: | Ahmed Akram |
Goldnoc: | EGY |
Silver: | Devon Brown |
Silvernoc: | RSA |
Bronze: | Ahmed Mathlouthi |
Bronzenoc: | TUN |
Prev: | 2011 |
Next: | 2019 |
See main article: Swimming at the 2015 African Games.
The Men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2015 African Games took place on 9 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex.
All times are Congo Standard Time
width=220 | Date | width=50 | Time | width=100 | Event |
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Wednesday, 9 September 2015 | 10:07 | Heat 1 | |||
10:13 | Heat 2 | ||||
17:20 | Final |
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
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World record | Paul Biedermann | 3:40.07 | Rome | 26 July 2009 | ||
African record | Oussama Mellouli | 3:41.11 | Rome | 26 July 2009 | ||
Games record | Ahmed Mathlouthi | 3:54.03 | Maputo | 8 September 2011 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were held on 9 September.[1]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 4 | Ahmed Akram | 4:00.04 | Q | ||
2 | 1 | 5 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | 4:00.55 | Q | ||
3 | 2 | 3 | Calvyn Justus | 4:02.19 | Q | ||
4 | 2 | 4 | Devon Brown | 4:02.48 | Q | ||
5 | 2 | 5 | Marwan Elkamash | 4:02.50 | Q | ||
6 | 2 | 2 | Igor Mogne | 4:06.00 | Q | ||
7 | 2 | 6 | Imad Tchouar | 4:07.44 | Q | ||
8 | 1 | 3 | Mohamed Lagili | 4:08.26 | Q | ||
9 | 1 | 6 | Pedro Pinotes | 4:08.74 | |||
10 | 1 | 2 | Sean Gunn | 4:15.04 | |||
11 | 2 | 7 | Ismael Kane | 4:24.43 | |||
12 | 1 | 7 | Jörn Diekmann | 4:26.92 | |||
13 | 2 | 1 | Andre van der Merwe | 4:41.13 |
The final were held on 9 September.[2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | 3:48.06 | GR NR | ||||
6 | 3:48.69 | |||||
5 | 3:51.47 | |||||
4 | 2 | 3:56.27 | ||||
5 | 3 | 3:59.99 | ||||
6 | 8 | 4:01.89 | ||||
7 | 1 | 4:03.59 | ||||
8 | 7 | 4:04.11 | NR |