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Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 800 metre freestyle

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Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates21 August
Competitors10 from 7 nations
Winning time7:57.21
Medalists
gold medal    Egypt
silver medal    Tunisia
bronze medal    Egypt
← 2015
2023 ⊟

The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 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 Zhang Lin  China 7:32.12 Rome 29 July 2009
African record Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 7:35.27 Rome 29 July 2009
Games record Ahmed Akram  Egypt 7:55.36 Brazzaville 7 September 2015

Results

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 5 Ahmed Akram  Egypt 7:57.21
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 3 Mohamed Agili  Tunisia 7:57.87
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 4 Marwan Elkamash  Egypt 8:06.90
4 2 7 Mohamed Djaballah  Algeria 8:08.88 NR
5 2 6 Brent Szurdoki  South Africa 8:12.87
6 2 2 Michael McGlynn  South Africa 8:27.52
7 2 1 Damien Otogbe  Togo 9:20.11
8 1 4 João Duarte  Angola 9:22.57
9 1 5 Solomon Beraki  Eritrea 12:11.63
10 1 3 Nejim Tesfay  Eritrea 13:20.33

References

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  1. ^ "2019 African Games Swimming Full Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.