Swimming at the 2015 African Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 2015 African Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The Men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2015 African Games took place on 9 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex.

## Schedule

All times are Congo Standard Time (UTC+01:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Wednesday, 9 September 2015 | 10:07 | Heat 1 |
| Wednesday, 9 September 2015 | 10:13 | Heat 2 |
| Wednesday, 9 September 2015 | 17:20 | Final |

## 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 |
| Games record | Ahmed Mathlouthi | Tunisia | 3:54.03 | Maputo | 8 September 2011 |

The following new records were set during this competition.

| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 September | Final | Ahmed Akram | Egypt | 3:48.08 | GR |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were held on 9 September.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Ahmed Akram | Egypt | 4:00.04 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | Tunisia | 4:00.55 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Calvyn Justus | South Africa | 4:02.19 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Devon Brown | South Africa | 4:02.48 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Marwan Elkamash | Egypt | 4:02.50 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Igor Mogne | Mozambique | 4:06.00 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Imad Tchouar | Algeria | 4:07.44 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Mohamed Lagili | Tunisia | 4:08.26 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Pedro Pinotes | Angola | 4:08.74 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Sean Gunn | Zimbabwe | 4:15.04 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Ismael Kane | Senegal | 4:24.43 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Jörn Diekmann | Namibia | 4:26.92 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Andre van der Merwe | Botswana | 4:41.13 | |

### Final

The final were held on 9 September.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Ahmed Akram | Egypt | 3:48.06 | GR NR |
| | 6 | Devon Brown | South Africa | 3:48.69 | |
| | 5 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | Tunisia | 3:51.47 | |
| 4 | 2 | Marwan Elkamash | Egypt | 3:56.27 | |
| 5 | 3 | Calvyn Justus | South Africa | 3:59.99 | |
| 6 | 8 | Mohamed Lagili | Tunisia | 4:01.89 | |
| 7 | 1 | Imad Tchouar | Algeria | 4:03.59 | |
| 8 | 7 | Igor Mogne | Mozambique | 4:04.11 | NR |
