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.

The most recent edition of the Championships was held in September 2018 in Algiers, Algeria.

Editions
Edition Year Host City Host Nation Dates # Nations # Swimmers
I 1974 Cairo  Egypt 7 71
II 1977 Tunis  Tunisia 6 74
III 1982 Cairo  Egypt 7 84
IV 1990 Tunis  Tunisia 8 96
V 1998 Nairobi  Kenya 8 72
VI 2002 Cairo  Egypt 12 131
VII 2004 Casablanca  Morocco 1–7 May 16 114
VIII 2006 Dakar  Senegal 11–16 September 17 121
IX 2008 Johannesburg  South Africa 1–7 December 15 75
X 2010 Casablanca  Morocco 13–19 September 21 200
XI 2012 Nairobi  Kenya 10–15 September 16
2014 Dakar  Senegal Not held[1]
XII 2016 Bloemfontein  South Africa 19–23 October 23
XIII 2018 Algiers  Algeria 10–16 September 33 238

Championships records
Main article: List of African Championships records in swimming

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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