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Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates24 August
Competitors7 from 5 nations
Winning time15:19.49
Medalists
gold medal    Egypt
silver medal    Tunisia
bronze medal    Egypt
← 2015
2023 ⊟

The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019.[1]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Sun Yang  China 14:31.02 London 4 August 2012
African record Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 14:37.28 Rome 2 August 2009
Games record Ahmed Akram  Egypt 15:11.68 Brazzaville 10 September 2015

Results

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Ahmed Akram  Egypt 15:19.49
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Mohamed Agili  Tunisia 15:26.15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Marwan El-Amrawy  Egypt 15:32.43
4 1 Mohamed Djaballah  Algeria 15:48.50 NR
5 6 Roberto Gomes  South Africa 15:48.53
6 2 Michael McGlynn  South Africa 15:56.97
7 8 João Duarte  Angola 17:50.14
7 Lounis Khendriche  Algeria Did not start

References

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  1. ^ "2019 African Games Swimming Full Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.