2018 African Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 13 September 2018.

Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2018 African Swimming Championships
Venue	Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex
Dates	13 September
Competitors	24 from 6 nations
Teams	6
Winning time	3:21.61
Medalists
Abdelrahman Sameh Mohamed Samy Marwan Elkamash Ali Khalafalla   Egypt   Jacques Van Wyk Alaric Basson Matthew Bowers Ayrton Sweeney   South Africa   Mohamed Agili Mohamed Ali Chaouchi Ahmed Hafnaoui Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari   Tunisia

Records

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

	Team	Time	Location	Date
World record	United States	3:08.24	Beijing	11 August 2008
African record	South Africa	3:11.93	Rome	26 July 2009
Championship record	South Africa	3:22.76	Bloemfontein	19 October 2016

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Nation	Time	Record
13 September	Final	Egypt	3:21.61	CR

Results

Final

The final was started on 13 September.

Rank	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	Egypt	Abdelrahman Sameh (51.42) Mohamed Samy (49.88) Marwan Elkamash (50.91) Ali Khalafalla (49.40)	3:21.61	CR
	South Africa	Jacques Van Wyk (51.60) Alaric Basson (51.71) Matthew Bowers (52.21) Ayrton Sweeney (51.28)	3:26.80
	Tunisia	Mohamed Agili (51.72) Mohamed Ali Chaouchi (53.03) Ahmed Hafnaoui (52.55) Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari (50.62)	3:27.92
4	Algeria	Mehdi Nazim Benbara (51.86) Lounis Khendriche (53.16) Mohamed Djaballah (52.58) Aimen Benabid (52.23)	3:29.83
5	Morocco	Yusuf Tibazi (53.44) Souhail Hamouchane (52.66) Samy Boutouil (53.33) Driss Lahrichi (52.92)	3:32.35
6	Mauritius	Ovesh Purahoo (54.52) Jonathan Chung Yee (59.58) Bradley Vincent (51.16) Mathieu Marquet (52.59)	3:37.85
	Nigeria		Did not start