Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2019 African Games
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates22 August (heats and final)
Competitors17 from 14 nations
Winning time1:49.10
Medalists
gold medal    Egypt
silver medal    Tunisia
bronze medal    Egypt
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The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 22 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 Paul Biedermann  Germany 1:42.00 Rome 28 July 2009
African record Chad le Clos  South Africa 1:45.20 Rio de Janeiro 8 August 2016
Games record Devon Brown  South Africa 1:47.77 Brazzaville 6 September 2015

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 22 August at 10:15.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Mohamed Agili  Tunisia 1:51.63 Q
2 1 4 Yassin Elshamaa  Egypt 1:52.43 Q
3 3 3 Martin Binedell  South Africa 1:53.05 Q
4 3 4 Marwan Elkamash  Egypt 1:53.19 Q
5 2 3 Mohamed Djaballah  Algeria 1:53.62 Q
6 2 5 Igor Mogne  Mozambique 1:54.11 Q
7 3 5 Brent Szurdoki  South Africa 1:54.15 Q
8 1 3 Xander Skinner  Namibia 1:54.41 Q
9 1 5 Audai Hassouna  Libya 1:54.91
10 3 6 Adil Assouab  Morocco 1:59.46
11 2 6 Ambala Atuhaire Ogola  Uganda 2:01.19
12 3 7 Damien Otogbe  Togo 2:09.02
13 3 2 João Duarte  Angola 2:10.76
14 1 2 Billy-Scott Irakose  Burundi 2:14.43
15 2 2 Belly-Crésus Ganira  Burundi 2:16.22
16 2 7 Solomon Dzingai  Botswana 2:19.05
17 1 7 Abdelmalik Muktar  Ethiopia 2:44.62

Final

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The final was started on 22 August at 17:15.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Marwan Elkamash  Egypt 1:49.10
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Mohamed Agili  Tunisia 1:49.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Yassin Elshamaa  Egypt 1:49.40
4 3 Martin Binedell  South Africa 1:51.93
5 1 Brent Szurdoki  South Africa 1:52.83
6 7 Igor Mogne  Mozambique 1:52.93
7 2 Mohamed Djaballah  Algeria 1:53.12
8 8 Xander Skinner  Namibia 1:55.10

References

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