| Event: | Men's 200 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 2015 African Games |
| Venue: | Kintele Aquatic Complex |
| Competitors: | 18 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Win Value: | 1:47.77 |
| Gold: | Devon Brown |
| Goldnoc: | RSA |
| Silver: | Marwan Elkamash |
| Silvernoc: | EGY |
| Bronze: | Ahmed Mathlouthi |
| Bronzenoc: | TUN |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2019 |
See main article: article and Swimming at the 2015 African Games.
The Men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2015 African Games took place on 6 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex.
All times are Congo Standard Time
| width=220 | Date | width=50 | Time | width=100 | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 6 September 2015 | 10:12 | Heat 1 | |||
| 10:16 | Heat 2 | ||||
| 10:20 | Heat 3 | ||||
| 17:25 | Final |
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Paul Biedermann | 1:42.00 | Rome | 28 July 2009 | ||
| African record | Jean Basson | 1:45.67 | Rome | 28 July 2009 | ||
| Games record | Ahmed Mathlouthi | 1:48.95 | Maputo | 5 September 2011 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were held on 6 September.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Calvyn Justus | 1:50.77 | Q | ||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Devon Brown | 1:50.92 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Marwan El-Amrawy | 1:51.83 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Marwan Elkamash | 1:51.91 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Mohamed Lagili | 1:52.56 | Q | ||
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | 1:52.64 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Sean Gunn | 1:54.41 | Q | ||
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Igor Mogne | 1:54.60 | Q | ||
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Mathieu Marquet | 1:56.33 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Lies Nefsi | 1:57.06 | |||
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Imad Tchouar | 1:59.40 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Ismael Kane | 2:00.61 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Jörn Diekmann | 2:01.77 | |||
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Andre van der Merwe | 2:05.00 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Michael Botha | 2:14.97 | |||
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Emmanuel Ndonga | 2:21.34 | |||
| 17 | 1 | 2 | Ahllan Bique | 2:27.91 | |||
| 18 | 1 | 7 | Oumar Kaba | 2:45.39 |
The final were held on 6 September.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1:47.77 | GR | ||||
| 6 | 1:48.58 | |||||
| 7 | 1:49.29 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 1:49.58 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 1:50.21 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 1:53.15 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 1:53.77 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1:54.15 |