The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.
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 2009Games recordAhmed Akram7:55.36Brazzaville7 September 2015
Results
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 5 Ahmed Akram 7:57.21 2 3 Mohamed Agili 7:57.87 2 4 Marwan Elkamash 8:06.90 4 2 7 Mohamed Djaballah 8:08.88 NR 5 2 6 Brent Szurdoki 8:12.87 6 2 2 Michael McGlynn 8:27.52 7 2 1 Damien Otogbe 9:20.11 8 1 4 João Duarte 9:22.57 9 1 5 Solomon Beraki 12:11.63 10 1 3 Nejim Tesfay 13:20.33
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