Swimming at the 2019 African Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the 2019 African Games

Venue

Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool

Dates

23 August (final)

Competitors

7 from 4 nations

Winning time

4:21.36

Medalists

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Swimming at the 2019 African Games

Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×100 m	mixed
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×100 m	mixed
v t e

The Women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Katie Ledecky	United States	3:56.46	Rio de Janeiro	7 August 2016
African record	Karin Prinsloo	South Africa	4:07.92	Perth	31 January 2014
Games record	Melissa Corfe	South Africa	4:15.53	Algiers	18 July 2007

The final was held on 23 August.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Hania Moro	Egypt	4:21.36
	5	Christin Mundell	South Africa	4:22.95
	6	Majda Chebaraka	Algeria	4:24.60
4	3	Jessica Whelan	South Africa	4:26.20
5	7	Sarah Soliman	Egypt	4:35.83
6	2	Lina Khiyara	Morocco	4:40.05
	1	Inass Rachidi	Morocco	Disqualified