African_Swimming_Championships
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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African Swimming Championships | |
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Status | active |
Genre | sporting event |
Date(s) | mid-year |
Frequency | biennial |
Inaugurated | 1974 (1974) |
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The most recent edition of the Championships was held in August 2022 in Tunis.
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Number | Year | Host City | Host Country | Dates | Nations | Swimmers | Events | 1st Medal Table | 2nd Medal Table | 3rd Medal Table |
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1 | 1974 | Cairo | Egypt | 29 September–3 October | 7 | 71 | 19 | Tunisia | Egypt | Morocco |
2 | 1977 | Tunis | Tunisia | 23–27 July | 6 | 74 | 29 | Tunisia | Egypt | Algeria |
3 | 1982 | Cairo | Egypt | 16–22 October | 7 | 84 | Egypt | |||
4 | 1990 | Tunis | Tunisia | 20–26 August | 8 | 96 | ||||
5 | 1998 | Nairobi | Kenya | 11–17 April | 8 | 72 | 19 | South Africa | Algeria | Angola |
6 | 2002 | Cairo | Egypt | 12–18 August | 12 | 131 | 12 | South Africa | Egypt | Tunisia |
7 | 2004 | Casablanca | Morocco | 1–7 May | 16 | 114 | 38 | South Africa | Egypt | Senegal |
8 | 2006 | Dakar | Senegal | 11–16 September | 17 | 121 | 40 | South Africa | Algeria | Tunisia |
9 | 2008 | Johannesburg | South Africa | 1–7 December | 15 | 75 | 40 | South Africa | Tunisia | Kenya |
10 | 2010 | Casablanca | Morocco | 13–19 September | 21 | 200 | 40 | South Africa | Tunisia | Algeria |
11 | 2012 | Nairobi | Kenya | 10–15 September | 16 | 40 | South Africa | Tunisia | Egypt | |
– | 2014 | Dakar | Senegal | Not held[2] | ||||||
12 | 2016 | Bloemfontein | South Africa | 19–23 October | 23 | 40 | South Africa | Algeria | Egypt | |
13 | 2018 | Algiers | Algeria | 10–16 September | 33 | 238 | 44 | Egypt | South Africa | Algeria |
– | 2020 | Johannesburg | South Africa | 3–5 December | Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
14 | 2021 | Accra | Ghana | 11–17 October | 43 | South Africa | Egypt | Algeria | ||
15 | 2022 | Tunis | Tunisia | 20–24 August 2022 | 29 | 42 | South Africa | Algeria | Egypt | |
16 | 2023 | Khartoum | Sudan | 6–10 September 2023 |
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All-time medal table (2006-2022)
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Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Africa | 181 | 125 | 84 | 390 |
2 | Egypt | 60 | 82 | 83 | 225 |
3 | Algeria | 33 | 41 | 54 | 128 |
4 | Tunisia | 28 | 46 | 43 | 117 |
5 | Kenya | 15 | 11 | 5 | 31 |
6 | Senegal | 4 | 3 | 13 | 20 |
7 | Morocco | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 |
8 | Seychelles | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
9 | Ghana | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Mauritius | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
11 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
12 | Namibia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Sudan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Zambia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
15 | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
17 | Cape Verde | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Totals (18 entries) | 326 | 328 | 323 | 977 |
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Main article: List of African Championships records in swimming
- African Junior Swimming Championships
- African Masters Aquatics Championships
- Swimming at the African Games
- 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