2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 11 September 2018.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordZhang Lin7:32.12Rome29 July 2009African recordOussama Mellouli7:35.27Rome29 July 2009Championship recordTroyden Prinsloo8:03.34Casablanca4 May 2004

The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 11 September Final Marwan Elkamash 8:02.37 CR

Results Final ranking The races were started on 11 September at 11:45.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Marwan Elkamash8:02.37 CR Marwan El-Amrawy8:07.42 Ahmed Hafnaoui8:08.74 4 Mohamed Djaballah8:16.18 5 Ruan Breytenbach8:16.53 6 Lounis Khendriche8:17.05 7 Mohamed Agili8:18.06 8 Righardt Muller8:37.65 9 Amadou Ndiaye9:08.57 Ovesh Purahoo

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