Event: | Men's 1500 metre freestyle |
Competition: | 2019 African Games |
Venue: | Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool |
Dates: | 24 August |
Competitors: | 7 |
Nations: | 5 |
Win Value: | 15:19.49 |
Gold: | Ahmed Akram |
Gold Nation: | EGY |
Silver: | Mohamed Agili |
Silver Nation: | TUN |
Bronze: | Marwan El-Amrawy |
Bronze Nation: | EGY |
Prev: | 2015 |
Next: | 2023 |
The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
World record | Sun Yang | 14:31.02 | London | 4 August 2012 | ||
African record | Oussama Mellouli | 14:37.28 | Rome | 2 August 2009 | ||
Games record | Ahmed Akram | 15:11.68 | Brazzaville | 10 September 2015 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | 15:19.49 | |||||
5 | 15:26.15 | |||||
3 | 15:32.43 | |||||
4 | 1 | 15:48.50 | NR | |||
5 | 6 | 15:48.53 | ||||
6 | 2 | 15:56.97 | ||||
7 | 8 | 17:50.14 | ||||
7 |