2010 African Swimming Championships
10th African Swimming Championships | |
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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:
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- 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 | |||
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50m Free | David Dunford ![]() |
22.69 | Jason Dunford ![]() |
22.83 | ![]() |
22.99 |
100m Free | Nabil Kebbab ![]() |
49.96 | Jason Dunford ![]() |
50.39 | David Dunford ![]() |
50.55 |
200m Free | Ahmed Mathlouthi ![]() |
1:49.90 CR |
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1:51.51 | ![]() |
1:53.14 |
400m Free | ![]() |
3:53.12 CR |
Ahmed Mathlouthi ![]() |
3:56.15 | Devon Brown ![]() |
3:57.64 |
800m Free | Ahmed Mathlouthi ![]() |
8:10.17 | ![]() |
8:10.43 | Devon Brown ![]() |
8:12.58 |
1500m Free | ||||||
50m Back | Darren Murray ![]() |
26.56 | ![]() |
27.03 | ![]() |
27.09 |
100m Back | Darren Murray ![]() |
55.67 CR |
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58.09 | Taki Mrabet ![]() |
58.53 |
200m Back | Darren Murray ![]() |
2:01.44 | Taki Mrabet ![]() |
2:04.93 | ![]() |
2:05.28 |
50m Breast | Nabil Kebbab ![]() |
28.93 | Sofiane Daid ![]() |
29.16 | William Diering ![]() |
29.26 |
100m Breast | Nabil Kebbab ![]() |
1:02.98 | William Diering ![]() |
1:03.13 | Sofiane Daid ![]() |
1:03.73 |
200m Breast | William Diering ![]() |
2:15.65 CR |
Sofiane Daid ![]() |
2:16.53 | ![]() |
2:19.25 |
50m Fly | Jason Dunford ![]() |
24.09 | ![]() |
24.40 | ![]() |
24.41 |
100m Fly | Jason Dunford ![]() |
52.66 | ![]() |
53.80 | ![]() |
54.35 |
200m Fly | ![]() |
2:00.72 CR |
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2:04.08 | ![]() |
2:06.00 |
200m IM | ![]() |
2:02.95 CR |
Taki Mrabet ![]() |
2:04.92 | ![]() |
2:06.73 |
400m IM | ![]() |
4:21.06 CR |
Taki Mrabet ![]() |
4:24.80 | Devon Brown ![]() |
4:32.52 |
4x100m Free Relay |
![]() , , , |
3:23.99 CR |
![]() Oussama Sahnoun, , , Nabil Kebbab |
3:24.04 | ![]() , , , |
3:27.40 |
4x200m Free Relay |
![]() , , Devon Brown, |
7:29.21 CR |
![]() , Taki Mrabet, , Ahmed Mathlouthi |
7:33.06 | ![]() , Mahrez Mebarek, , |
7:34.65 |
4x100m Medley Relay |
![]() Darren Murray, William Diering, , |
3:43.53 CR |
![]() , Sofiane Daid, , Nabil Kebbab |
3:50.07 | ![]() , , , |
3:50.87 |
5K[5] Open Water |
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40:50.36 | ![]() |
40:51.31 | ![]() |
41:33.12 |
Women[]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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50m Free | Karin Prinsloo ![]() |
26.31 | Farida Osman ![]() |
26.72 | ![]() |
26.76 |
100m Free | Karin Prinsloo ![]() |
56.40 | ![]() |
57.50 | Sara El Bekri ![]() |
58.30 NR |
200m Free | ![]() |
2:02.75 | ![]() |
2:04.95 | ![]() |
2:05.09 |
400m Free | ![]() |
4:18.86 | ![]() |
4:19.22 | ![]() |
4:25.88 |
800m Free | Kathryn Meaklim ![]() |
8:55.12 | ![]() |
8:57.42 | ![]() |
9:06.94 |
1500m Free | ||||||
50m Back | ![]() |
29.31 | ![]() |
29.90 | Farida Osman ![]() |
31.19 |
100m Back | ![]() |
1:02.32 CR |
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1:04.15 | ![]() |
1:07.42 |
200m Back | Mandy Loots ![]() |
2:15.66 CR |
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2:17.28 | Sarra Lajnef ![]() |
2:25.04 |
50m Breast | Sara El Bekri ![]() |
33.04 | Sarra Lajnef ![]() |
33.67 | ![]() |
33.79 |
100m Breast | Sara El Bekri ![]() |
1:10.82 CR |
Sarra Lajnef ![]() |
1:12.05 | Kathryn Meaklim ![]() |
1:12.11 |
200m Breast | Sarra Lajnef ![]() |
2:32.16 CR |
Sara El Bekri ![]() |
2:32.43 | Kathryn Meaklim ![]() |
2:32.77 |
50m Fly | Farida Osman ![]() |
27.28 CR |
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27.29 | ![]() |
27.59 |
100m Fly | ![]() |
59.72 CR |
Mandy Loots ![]() |
59.76 | Farida Osman ![]() |
1:02.05 |
200m Fly | Mandy Loots ![]() |
2:11.97 CR |
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2:18.25 | ![]() |
2:18.69 |
200m IM | Mandy Loots ![]() |
2:16.77 CR |
Sarra Lajnef ![]() |
2:20.23 | ![]() |
2:20.52 |
400m IM | Kathryn Meaklim ![]() |
4:45.76 CR |
Sarra Lajnef ![]() |
4:52.53 | ![]() |
4:52.69 |
4x100m Free Relay |
![]() Karin Prinsloo, , , Mandy Loots |
3:50.15 CR |
![]() Farida Osman, , , |
3:58.02 | ![]() Sarra Lajnef, , , |
3:59.02 |
4x200m Free Relay |
![]() , Kathryn Meaklim, , |
8:27.61 CR |
![]() , Sarra Lajnef, Maroua Mathlouthi, |
8:31.71 | ![]() , , , |
8:41.58 |
4x100m Medley Relay |
![]() , , Kathryn Meaklim, Karin Prinsloo |
4:09.53 CR |
![]() , Sara El Bekri, , |
4:22.88 | ![]() , , Farida Osman, |
4:23.38 |
5K[5] Open Water |
Jessica Roux ![]() |
45:02.78 | Sara El Bekri ![]() |
46:28.06 | ![]() |
46:30.08 |
Medal standings[]
Final medal standings for the 2010 African Swimming Championships are:[6]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 27 | 15 | 16 | 58 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 |
6 | ![]() | 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.
Categories:
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