2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 14 September 2018.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordSun Yang14:31.02London4 August 2012African recordOussama Mellouli14:37.28Rome2 August 2009Championship recordTroyden Prinsloo15:29.93Casablanca7 May 2004

The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 14 September Final Marwan Elkamash 15:26.40 CR

Results Final ranking The races were started on 14 September at 10:00.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Marwan Elkamash15:26.40 CR Marwan El-Amrawy15:32.23 Ahmed Hafnaoui15:45.46 4 Ruan Breytenbach15:56.54 5 Mohamed Djaballah15:57.39 6 Mohamed Agili16:12.46 7 Ali Merouane Betka16:29.04 8 Righardt Muller16:30.89 9 Amadou Ndiaye17:06.71

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