African Swimming Championships Explained

African Swimming Championships
Status:active
Genre:sporting event
Date:mid-year
Frequency:biennial

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

Source:[1]

NumberYearHost CityHost CountryDatesNationsSwimmersEvents1st Medal Table2nd Medal Table3rd Medal Table
11974Cairo29 September–3 October77119
21977Tunis23–27 July67429
31982Cairo16–22 October784
41990Tunis20–26 August896
51998Nairobi11–17 April87219
62002Cairo12–18 August1213112
72004Casablanca1–7 May1611438
82006Dakar11–16 September1712140
92008Johannesburg1–7 December157540
102010Casablanca13–19 September2120040
112012Nairobi10–15 September1640
2014Dakaralign=center colspan=7Not held[2]
122016Bloemfontein19–23 October2340
132018Algiers10–16 September 3323844
2020Johannesburg3–5 Decemberalign=center colspan=6Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic
142021Accra11–17 October43
152022Tunis20–24 August2942
2023Khartoum6–10 Septemberalign=center colspan=6Not held
16[3] 2024Luanda30 April–4 May

All-time medal table (2006-2022)

Championships records

See main article: List of African Championships records in swimming.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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. https://africaaquatics.org/public/uploads/admin/pages/african-champs-2024-angola-results.pdf