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.

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

Championships

Number Year Host City Host Country Dates Nations Swimmers Events 1st Medal Table 2nd Medal Table 3rd Medal Table
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[1]
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


All-time medal table (2006-2022)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Africa18112584390
2 Egypt608283225
3 Algeria334154128
4 Tunisia284643117
5 Kenya1511531
6 Senegal431320
7 Morocco261220
8 Seychelles2259
9 Ghana1214
10 Mauritius0516
11 Zimbabwe0167
12 Namibia0112
 Sudan0112
 Zambia0112
15 Uganda0101
16 Angola0099
17 Cape Verde0022
 Nigeria0022
Totals (18 entries)326328323977

Championships records

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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
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