2010 African Swimming Championships

10th African Swimming Championships
10th African Swimming Championships
Host city	Casablanca, Morocco
Date(s)	September 13–19, 2010
Venue(s)	Mohammed V Sport Complex (pool) ; Sidi Abbed beach (open water}
Nations participating	21
Athletes participating	220+
Events	42

The 10th African Swimming Championships were held September 13–19, 2010 in Casablanca, Morocco.^[1] The event was hosted by the Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation. It featured pool competition in a 50m (long course) pool; and Open Water races.

Competition locations were:

pool: Mohammed V Sport Complex (Complexe sportif Mohammed V)
open water: Sidi Abbed beach in Temara.

Participating countries[]

Over 200 swimmers^[2] from 21 countries^[3] participated in the 10th Championships, making it the largest ever (both in terms of number of swimmers and number of countries). Countries which sent teams were:

¹ While swimmers from Cameroon entered the Championships, they did not attend the meet (reportedly because they could not afford the plane tickets to Morocco).^[4]

Schedule[]

Date	Monday 13 September 2010	Tuesday 14 September 2010	Wednesday 15 September 2010	Thursday 16 September 2010
E v e n t s	100 free (w) 100 breast (m) 400 IM (w) 200 free (m) 50 back (w) 50 back (m) 4x200 Free Relay (w)	100 fly (m) 200 free (w) 400 IM (m) 200 breast (w) 50 breast (m) 50 fly (w) 800 free (m)	400 free (w) 100 free (m) 100 back (w) 200 back (m) 50 breast (w) 50 fly (m) 4x100 Free Relay (w) 4x200 Free Relay (m)	100 fly (w) 400 free (m) 100 breast (w) 200 breast (m) 800 free (w) 4x100 Free Relay (m)

Date	Friday 17 September 2010	Saturday 18 September 2010	Sunday 19 September 2010	Pool events at Mohammed V Sports Complex in Casablanca Open Water events at Sidi Abbed beach in Temara
E v e n t s	200 fly (m) 200 IM (w) 100 back (m) 50 free (w) 1500 free (m) 4x100 Medley Relay (w)	200 fly (w) 50 free (m) 200 back (w) 200 IM (m) 1500 free (w) 4x100 Medley Relay (m)	[Open Water] 5K (m) 5K (w)

Preliminary heats began at 10:00 am; finals at 4:00 pm Open Water races began at 10:00 am

Results[]

Men[]

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Free	David Dunford Kenya	22.69	Jason Dunford Kenya	22.83	South Africa	22.99
100m Free	Nabil Kebbab Algeria	49.96	Jason Dunford Kenya	50.39	David Dunford Kenya	50.55
200m Free	Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia	1:49.90 CR	South Africa	1:51.51	Egypt	1:53.14
400m Free	South Africa	3:53.12 CR	Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia	3:56.15	Devon Brown South Africa	3:57.64
800m Free	Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia	8:10.17	Egypt	8:10.43	Devon Brown South Africa	8:12.58
1500m Free

50m Back	Darren Murray South Africa	26.56	South Africa	27.03	Egypt	27.09
100m Back	Darren Murray South Africa	55.67 CR	Egypt	58.09	Taki Mrabet Tunisia	58.53
200m Back	Darren Murray South Africa	2:01.44	Taki Mrabet Tunisia	2:04.93	Egypt	2:05.28

50m Breast	Nabil Kebbab Algeria	28.93	Sofiane Daid Algeria	29.16	William Diering South Africa	29.26
100m Breast	Nabil Kebbab Algeria	1:02.98	William Diering South Africa	1:03.13	Sofiane Daid Algeria	1:03.73
200m Breast	William Diering South Africa	2:15.65 CR	Sofiane Daid Algeria	2:16.53	Egypt	2:19.25

50m Fly	Jason Dunford Kenya	24.09	South Africa	24.40	South Africa	24.41
100m Fly	Jason Dunford Kenya	52.66	South Africa	53.80	South Africa	54.35
200m Fly	South Africa	2:00.72 CR	Egypt	2:04.08	Egypt	2:06.00

200m IM	South Africa	2:02.95 CR	Taki Mrabet Tunisia	2:04.92	South Africa	2:06.73
400m IM	South Africa	4:21.06 CR	Taki Mrabet Tunisia	4:24.80	Devon Brown South Africa	4:32.52

4x100m Free Relay	South Africa , , ,	3:23.99 CR	Algeria Oussama Sahnoun, , , Nabil Kebbab	3:24.04	Egypt , , ,	3:27.40
4x200m Free Relay	South Africa , , Devon Brown,	7:29.21 CR	Tunisia , Taki Mrabet, , Ahmed Mathlouthi	7:33.06	Algeria , Mahrez Mebarek, ,	7:34.65
4x100m Medley Relay	South Africa Darren Murray, William Diering, ,	3:43.53 CR	Algeria , Sofiane Daid, , Nabil Kebbab	3:50.07	Egypt , , ,	3:50.87

5K^[5] Open Water	Egypt	40:50.36	Egypt	40:51.31	South Africa	41:33.12

Women[]

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Free	Karin Prinsloo South Africa	26.31	Farida Osman Egypt	26.72	South Africa	26.76
100m Free	Karin Prinsloo South Africa	56.40	South Africa	57.50	Sara El Bekri Morocco	58.30 NR
200m Free	South Africa	2:02.75	South Africa	2:04.95	Tunisia	2:05.09
400m Free	South Africa	4:18.86	South Africa	4:19.22	Egypt	4:25.88
800m Free	Kathryn Meaklim South Africa	8:55.12	South Africa	8:57.42	Algeria	9:06.94
1500m Free

50m Back	South Africa	29.31	South Africa	29.90	Farida Osman Egypt	31.19
100m Back	South Africa	1:02.32 CR	South Africa	1:04.15	Egypt	1:07.42
200m Back	Mandy Loots South Africa	2:15.66 CR	South Africa	2:17.28	Sarra Lajnef Tunisia	2:25.04

50m Breast	Sara El Bekri Morocco	33.04	Sarra Lajnef Tunisia	33.67	South Africa	33.79
100m Breast	Sara El Bekri Morocco	1:10.82 CR	Sarra Lajnef Tunisia	1:12.05	Kathryn Meaklim South Africa	1:12.11
200m Breast	Sarra Lajnef Tunisia	2:32.16 CR	Sara El Bekri Morocco	2:32.43	Kathryn Meaklim South Africa	2:32.77

50m Fly	Farida Osman Egypt	27.28 CR	South Africa	27.29	South Africa	27.59
100m Fly	South Africa	59.72 CR	Mandy Loots South Africa	59.76	Farida Osman Egypt	1:02.05
200m Fly	Mandy Loots South Africa	2:11.97 CR	South Africa	2:18.25	Tunisia	2:18.69

200m IM	Mandy Loots South Africa	2:16.77 CR	Sarra Lajnef Tunisia	2:20.23	South Africa	2:20.52
400m IM	Kathryn Meaklim South Africa	4:45.76 CR	Sarra Lajnef Tunisia	4:52.53	South Africa	4:52.69

4x100m Free Relay	South Africa Karin Prinsloo, , , Mandy Loots	3:50.15 CR	Egypt Farida Osman, , ,	3:58.02	Tunisia Sarra Lajnef, , ,	3:59.02
4x200m Free Relay	South Africa , Kathryn Meaklim, ,	8:27.61 CR	Tunisia , Sarra Lajnef, Maroua Mathlouthi,	8:31.71	Algeria , , ,	8:41.58
4x100m Medley Relay	South Africa , , Kathryn Meaklim, Karin Prinsloo	4:09.53 CR	Morocco , Sara El Bekri, ,	4:22.88	Egypt , , Farida Osman,	4:23.38

5K^[5] Open Water	Jessica Roux South Africa	45:02.78	Sara El Bekri Morocco	46:28.06	Algeria	46:30.08

Medal standings[]

Final medal standings for the 2010 African Swimming Championships are:^[6]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	27	15	16	58
2	Tunisia (TUN)	3	10	4	17
3	Algeria (ALG)	3	4	6	13
4	Kenya (KEN)	3	2	1	6
5	Egypt (EGY)	2	6	12	20
6	Morocco (MAR)	2	3	1	6
Totals (6 nations)		40	40	40	120

References[]

^ (in French) 10th African Swimming Championships Archived 2010-10-17 at the Wayback Machine (official website).
^ (in French) Championnats d'Afrique Seniors de Natation J-6 release from Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation (FRMN), posted in the General News Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine section of the FRMN website on 2010-09-07; retrieved 2010-09-21.
^ (in French) Championnats d'Afrique Seniors de Natation J-4 release from Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation (FRMN), posted in the General News Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine section of the FRMN website on 2010-09-09; retrieved 2010-09-21.
^ (in French) Natation : Le Cameroun absent des Championnats d'Afrique Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (trans: Cameroon absent from the African Championships). Published by quotidienmutations.info on 2010-09-15, retrieved 2010-09-24.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b The times noted for the 5K race are out of the normal range for the race (they are about 10-20 minutes faster than expected). This could be due to multiple factors (e.g. course length under 5,000 km, current on course, etc.). The times listed are those presented on the Swimming South Africa website's report on the events.
^ Senior African Championships Medal Count posted by Swimming South Africa on 2010-09-20; retrieved 2010-09-21.

[1] (in French) 10th African Swimming Championships Archived 2010-10-17 at the Wayback Machine (official website).

[2] (in French) Championnats d'Afrique Seniors de Natation J-6 release from Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation (FRMN), posted in the General News Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine section of the FRMN website on 2010-09-07; retrieved 2010-09-21.

[3] (in French) Championnats d'Afrique Seniors de Natation J-4 release from Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation (FRMN), posted in the General News Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine section of the FRMN website on 2010-09-09; retrieved 2010-09-21.

[4] (in French) Natation : Le Cameroun absent des Championnats d'Afrique Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (trans: Cameroon absent from the African Championships). Published by quotidienmutations.info on 2010-09-15, retrieved 2010-09-24.

[5K-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b The times noted for the 5K race are out of the normal range for the race (they are about 10-20 minutes faster than expected). This could be due to multiple factors (e.g. course length under 5,000 km, current on course, etc.). The times listed are those presented on the Swimming South Africa website's report on the events.

[6] Senior African Championships Medal Count posted by Swimming South Africa on 2010-09-20; retrieved 2010-09-21.

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