Swimming at the 2015 African Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 2015 African Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The Men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2015 African Games took place on 6 September 2015 at Kintele Aquatic Complex.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday, 6 September 2015 | 10:12 | Heat 1 |
| Sunday, 6 September 2015 | 10:16 | Heat 2 |
| Sunday, 6 September 2015 | 10:20 | Heat 3 |
| Sunday, 6 September 2015 | 17:25 | 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 | 1:42.00 | Rome | 28 July 2009 |
| African record | Jean Basson | South Africa | 1:45.67 | Rome | 28 July 2009 |
| Games record | Ahmed Mathlouthi | Tunisia | 1:48.95 | Maputo | 5 September 2011 |

The following new records were set during this competition.

| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 September | Final | Devon Brown | South Africa | 1:47.77 | GR |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were held on 6 September.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Calvyn Justus | South Africa | 1:50.77 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Devon Brown | South Africa | 1:50.92 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Marwan El-Amrawy | Egypt | 1:51.83 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Marwan Elkamash | Egypt | 1:51.91 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Mohamed Lagili | Tunisia | 1:52.56 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | Tunisia | 1:52.64 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Sean Gunn | Zimbabwe | 1:54.41 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Igor Mogne | Mozambique | 1:54.60 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Mathieu Marquet | Mauritius | 1:56.33 | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Lies Nefsi | Algeria | 1:57.06 | |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Imad Tchouar | Algeria | 1:59.40 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Ismael Kane | Senegal | 2:00.61 | |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Jörn Diekmann | Namibia | 2:01.77 | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Andre van der Merwe | Botswana | 2:05.00 | |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Michael Botha | Botswana | 2:14.97 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Emmanuel Ndonga | Kenya | 2:21.34 | |
| 17 | 1 | 2 | Ahllan Bique | Mozambique | 2:27.91 | |
| 18 | 1 | 7 | Oumar Kaba | Guinea | 2:45.39 | |

### Final

The final were held on 6 September.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Devon Brown | South Africa | 1:47.77 | GR |
| | 6 | Marwan Elkamash | Egypt | 1:48.58 | |
| | 7 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | Tunisia | 1:49.29 | |
| 4 | 4 | Calvyn Justus | South Africa | 1:49.58 | |
| 5 | 2 | Mohamed Lagili | Tunisia | 1:50.21 | |
| 6 | 3 | Marwan El-Amrawy | Egypt | 1:53.15 | |
| 7 | 8 | Igor Mogne | Mozambique | 1:53.77 | |
| 8 | 1 | Sean Gunn | Zimbabwe | 1:54.15 | |
