| Event: | Men's 800 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2019 African Games |
| Venue: | Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool |
| Dates: | 21 August |
| Competitors: | 10 |
| Nations: | 7 |
| Win Value: | 7:57.21 |
| Gold: | Ahmed Akram |
| Gold Nation: | EGY |
| Silver: | Mohamed Agili |
| Silver Nation: | TUN |
| Bronze: | Marwan Elkamash |
| Bronze Nation: | EGY |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Zhang Lin | 7:32.12 | Rome | 29 July 2009 | ||
| African record | Oussama Mellouli | 7:35.27 | Rome | 29 July 2009 | ||
| Games record | Ahmed Akram | 7:55.36 | Brazzaville | 7 September 2015 |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 5 | 7:57.21 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 7:57.87 | |||||
| 2 | 4 | 8:06.90 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 8:08.88 | NR | |||
| 5 | 2 | 6 | 8:12.87 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 8:27.52 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 9:20.11 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 4 | 9:22.57 | ||||
| 9 | 1 | 5 | 12:11.63 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 3 | 13:20.33 |