2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates	13 September (heats and final)
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning time	3:51.12
Medalists
Marwan Elkamash   Egypt   Marwan El-Amrawy   Egypt   Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari   Tunisia

The Men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 13 September 2018.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Paul Biedermann	Germany	3:40.07	Rome	26 July 2009
African record	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	3:41.11	Rome	26 July 2009
Championship record	Jay-Cee Thomson	South Africa	3:53.12	Casablanca	16 September 2010

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
13 September	Final	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	3:51.12	CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 13 September at 09:40.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	4:01.31	Q
2	Ruan Breytenbach	South Africa	4:02.71	Q
3	Lounis Khendriche	Algeria	4:02.83	Q
4	Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari	Tunisia	4:03.46	Q
5	Mohamed Djaballah	Algeria	4:03.51	Q
6	Marwan El-Amrawy	Egypt	4:06.59	Q
7	Mohamed Agili	Tunisia	4:06.77	Q
8	Righardt Muller	South Africa	4:11.64	Q
9	Mathieu Marquet	Mauritius	4:14.12
10	Amadou Ndiaye	Senegal	4:15.97
11	Dean Hoffman	Seychelles	4:21.38
12	Ovesh Purahoo	Mauritius	4:45.72
13	Zinhle Bekker	Botswana	4:53.56

Final

The final was started on 10 September.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	3:51.12	CR
	7	Marwan El-Amrawy	Egypt	3:55.52
	6	Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari	Tunisia	3:56.68
4	3	Lounis Khendriche	Algeria	3:56.95
5	1	Mohamed Agili	Tunisia	3:57.89
6	2	Mohamed Djaballah	Algeria	3:58.67
7	5	Ruan Breytenbach	South Africa	4:00.42
8	8	Righardt Muller	South Africa	4:09.79