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

Women's 400 metre medley at the 2019 African Games
Venue	Mohammed V Sports Complex – Olympic Pool
Dates	22 August
Competitors	7 from 4 nations
Winning time	4:55.31
Medalists
Samantha Randle   South Africa   Hamida Rania Nefsi   Algeria   Jessica Whelan   South Africa

The Women's 400 metre medley competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 22 August 2019.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	4:26.36	Rio de Janeiro	6 August 2016
African record	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	4:29.89	Beijing	9 August 2008
Games record	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	4:39.91	Algiers	12 July 2007

Results

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Samantha Randle	South Africa	4:55.31
	5	Hamida Rania Nefsi	Algeria	4:58.55
	3	Jessica Whelan	South Africa	5:01.35
4	6	Rawan Eldamaty	Egypt	5:09.74
5	2	Nour Elgendy	Egypt	5:17.43
6	7	Lina Khiyara	Morocco	5:22.69
7	1	Nada Jalal	Morocco	5:24.44