2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The Men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 11 September 2018.[1]

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
VenueMohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates11 September (final)
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Winning time4:21.69
Medalists
gold medal    South Africa
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    Egypt
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Records edit

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Michael Phelps   United States 4:03.84 Beijing 10 August 2008
African record Oussama Mellouli   Tunisia 4:10.53 Pescara 29 June 2009
Championship record Jay-Cee Thomson   South Africa 4:21.06 Casablanca 14 September 2010

Results edit

Final edit

The final was started on 11 September.[2]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Ayrton Sweeney   South Africa 4:21.69
  Ruan Breytenbach   South Africa 4:25.80
  Ahmed Hamdy   Egypt 4:26.73
4 Ramzi Chouchar   Algeria 4:29.82
5 Haythem Mbarki   Tunisia 4:32.15
6 Mohamed Malek Masmoudi   Tunisia 4:32.28
7 Said Saber   Morocco 4:32.71
8 Mathieu Marquet   Mauritius 4:47.78

References edit

  1. ^ Results13canalger2018.com Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Results13canalger2018.com Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine