African Swimming Championships

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African Swimming Championships
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)mid-year
Frequencybiennial
Inaugurated1974 (1974)

African Swimming Championships are the African championships in the sport of swimming. It is organised by the African Swimming Confederation (CANA) and held biennially.

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The most recent edition of the Championships was held in August 2022 in Tunis.

Championships

Source: [1]

NumberYearHost CityHost CountryDatesNationsSwimmersEvents1st Medal Table2nd Medal Table3rd Medal Table
1 1974 Cairo Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 29 September–3 October77119Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
2 1977 Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 23–27 July67429Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
3 1982 Cairo Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 16–22 October784Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
4 1990 Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 20–26 August896
5 1998 Nairobi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 11–17 April87219Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
6 2002 Cairo Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 12–18 August1213112Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
7 2004 Casablanca Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–7 May1611438Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
8 2006 Dakar Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 11–16 September1712140Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
9 2008 Johannesburg Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1–7 December157540Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
10 2010 Casablanca Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 13–19 September2120040Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
11 2012 Nairobi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 10–15 September1640Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
2014 Dakar Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Not held [2]
12 2016 Bloemfontein Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 19–23 October2340Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
13 2018 Algiers Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 10–16 September3323844Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
2020 Johannesburg Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3–5 DecemberCancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic
14 2021 Accra Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 11–17 October43Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
15 2022 Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 20–24 August2942Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
2023 Khartoum Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 6–10 SeptemberNot held
16 [3] 2024 Luanda Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 30 April–4 May4242Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria

All-time medal table (2006-2024)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 19413995428
2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 7510196272
3Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 424665153
4Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 284644118
5Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1511531
6Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 541625
7Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 261220
8Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 2259
9Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 2215
10Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1517
11Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1225
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1225
13Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 01910
14Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 0167
15Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 0112
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 0112
17Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 0022
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0022
Totals (18 entries)3683703651,103

Championships records

See also

References

  1. "InterSportStats".
  2. The "Confédération africaine de natation" decided to postpone the African swimming championships scheduled for Dakar, Senegal. This is due to several countries deciding not to attend and others agreeing to send only a diminished numbers of swimmers, because of the health issues prevailing in some countries in West Africa
  3. "Results Book" (PDF). africaaquatics.org. 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.