2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle
# 2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The Men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 10 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 | 1:42.00 | Rome | 28 July 2009 |
| African record | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:45.20 | Rio de Janeiro | 8 August 2016 |
| Championship record | Ahmed Mathlouthi | Tunisia | 1:49.90 | Casablanca | 13 September 2010 |

The following new records were set during this competition.

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 September | Final | Mohamed Samy | Egypt | 1:49.90 | CR |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were started on 10 September at 10:10.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marwan Elkamash | Egypt | 1:52.17 | Q |
| 2 | Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari | Tunisia | 1:52.48 | Q |
| 3 | Mohamed Samy | Egypt | 1:53.40 | Q |
| 4 | Lounis Khendriche | Algeria | 1:54.04 | Q |
| 4 | Mohamed Agili | Tunisia | 1:54.04 | Q |
| 6 | Mathieu Marquet | Mauritius | 1:54.43 | Q |
| 7 | Ayrton Sweeney | South Africa | 1:54.50 | Q |
| 8 | Mohamed Djaballah | Algeria | 1:54.75 | Q |
| 9 | Dean Hoffman | Seychelles | 2:02.36 | |
| 10 | Ma'az Khota | South Africa | 2:02.84 | |
| 11 | Atuhaire Ambala | Uganda | 2:03.65 | |
| 12 | Alvin Omondi | Kenya | 2:07.18 | |
| 13 | Chase Onorati | Zimbabwe | 2:08.11 | |
| 14 | Ovesh Purahoo | Mauritius | 2:09.49 | |
| 15 | Belly-Cresus Ganira | Burundi | 2:12.93 | |
| 16 | Billy-Scott Irakose | Burundi | 2:15.81 | |
| 17 | Zinhle Bekker | Botswana | 2:18.44 | |

### Final

The final was started on 10 September.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Mohamed Samy | Egypt | 1:49.62 | CR |
| | 4 | Marwan Elkamash | Egypt | 1:49.88 | |
| | 5 | Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari | Tunisia | 1:50.07 | |
| 4 | 6 | Mohamed Agili | Tunisia | 1:50.28 | |
| 5 | 1 | Ayrton Sweeney | South Africa | 1:53.15 | |
| 6 | 8 | Mohamed Djaballah | Algeria | 1:54.02 | |
| 7 | 2 | Lounis Khendriche | Algeria | 1:54.20 | |
| 8 | 7 | Mathieu Marquet | Mauritius | 1:55.33 | |
