| Event: | Men's 200 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2019 African Games |
| Venue: | Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool |
| Dates: | 22 August (heats and final) |
| Competitors: | 17 |
| Nations: | 14 |
| Win Value: | 1:49.10 |
| Gold: | Marwan Elkamash |
| Gold Nation: | EGY |
| Silver: | Mohamed Agili |
| Silver Nation: | TUN |
| Bronze: | Yassin Elshamaa |
| Bronze Nation: | EGY |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 22 August 2019.[1]
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 | Chad le Clos | 1:45.20 | Rio de Janeiro | 8 August 2016 | ||
| Games record | Devon Brown | 1:47.77 | Brazzaville | 6 September 2015 |
The heats were started on 22 August at 10:15.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Mohamed Agili | 1:51.63 | Q | ||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Yassin Elshamaa | 1:52.43 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Martin Binedell | 1:53.05 | Q | ||
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Marwan Elkamash | 1:53.19 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Mohamed Djaballah | 1:53.62 | Q | ||
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Igor Mogne | 1:54.11 | Q | ||
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Brent Szurdoki | 1:54.15 | Q | ||
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Xander Skinner | 1:54.41 | Q | ||
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Audai Hassouna | 1:54.91 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Adil Assouab | 1:59.46 | |||
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Ambala Atuhaire Ogola | 2:01.19 | |||
| 12 | 3 | 7 | Damien Otogbe | 2:09.02 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 2 | João Duarte | 2:10.76 | |||
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Billy-Scott Irakose | 2:14.43 | |||
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Belly-Crésus Ganira | 2:16.22 | |||
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Solomon Dzingai | 2:19.05 | |||
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Abdelmalik Muktar | 2:44.62 |
The final was started on 22 August at 17:15.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1:49.10 | |||||
| 4 | 1:49.22 | |||||
| 5 | 1:49.40 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 1:51.93 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 1:52.83 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 1:52.93 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 1:53.12 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 1:55.10 |