The 10th African Swimming Championships

African Swimming Championships

African Swimming Championships are the African championships in the sport of Swimming. It is organised by the African Swimming Confederation and held biennially....

were held September 13–19, 2010 in Casablanca, Morroco

Casablanca

Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...

. The event was hosted by the Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation (Fédération Royale Marocaine de Natation

Fédération Royale Marocaine de Natation

Fédération Royale Marocaine de Natation is the national federation which oversees aquatic sports in Morocco. FRMN oversee competition within Morocco in: swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming, open water swimming, and Masters competition...

). 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
  Temara
  Temara is a coastal city in Morocco. It is part of the Wilaya Rabat -Salé, and is located directly south of Rabat on the Atlantic coast, in the suburban area of the capital. The city has 250,000 inhabitants as of 2010. It is twinned with Saint Germain en Laye, France...
  
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Participating countries

Over 200 swimmers from 21 countries participated in the 10th Championships, making it the largest every (both in terms of number of swimmers and number of countries). Countries which sent teams were:¹

• 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).

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

Men

50m Free	David Dunford David Dunford David Harvey Dunford is a swimmer from Kenya who specializes in sprint freestyle. He is an African champion, Commonwealth Games finalist and the second Kenyan swimmer in history to qualify for the Olympics Games...       Kenya	22.69	Jason Dunford Jason Dunford Jason Edward Dunford is a swimmer from Kenya. He is predominantly a butterfly and freestyle sprinter. He has won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, Universiade, All-Africa Games and African Championships, and reached finals at Olympics, World Championships and Short Course World Championships....       Kenya	22.83	Werner Bosman      South Africa	22.99
100m Free	Nabil Kebbab Nabil Kebbab Nabil Kebbab is an Algerian swimmer who competes in the freestyle events. He won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle event at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native African country at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:* *...       Algeria	49.96	Jason Dunford Jason Dunford Jason Edward Dunford is a swimmer from Kenya. He is predominantly a butterfly and freestyle sprinter. He has won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, Universiade, All-Africa Games and African Championships, and reached finals at Olympics, World Championships and Short Course World Championships....       Kenya	50.39	David Dunford David Dunford David Harvey Dunford is a swimmer from Kenya who specializes in sprint freestyle. He is an African champion, Commonwealth Games finalist and the second Kenyan swimmer in history to qualify for the Olympics Games...       Kenya	50.55
200m Free	Ahmed Mathlouthi      Tunisia	1:49.90 CR	Jay-Cee Thomson      South Africa	1:51.51	Mohamed Farhoud      Egypt	1:53.14
400m Free	Jay-Cee Thomson      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	Mohamed Farhoud      Egypt	8:10.43	Devon Brown      South Africa	8:12.58
1500m Free
50m Back	Darren Murray      South Africa	26.56	Garth Tune      South Africa	27.03	Mohamed Khaled Hussein      Egypt	27.09
100m Back	Darren Murray      South Africa	55.67 CR	Mohamed Khaled Hussein      Egypt	58.09	Taki Mrabet      Tunisia	58.53
200m Back	Darren Murray      South Africa	2:01.44	Taki Mrabet      Tunisia	2:04.93	Mohamed Khaled Hussein      Egypt	2:05.28
50m Breast	Nabil Kebbab Nabil Kebbab Nabil Kebbab is an Algerian swimmer who competes in the freestyle events. He won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle event at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native African country at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:* *...       Algeria	28.93	Sofiane Daid Sofiane Daid Sofiane Daid is a two-time Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Algeria. He swam for Algeria at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.He has swum for Algeria at the:*Olympics: 2004, 2008*All-Africa Games: 2003, 2007*Mediterranean Games: 2005...       Algeria	29.16	William Diering      South Africa	29.26
100m Breast	Nabil Kebbab Nabil Kebbab Nabil Kebbab is an Algerian swimmer who competes in the freestyle events. He won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle event at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native African country at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:* *...       Algeria	1:02.98	William Diering      South Africa	1:03.13	Sofiane Daid Sofiane Daid Sofiane Daid is a two-time Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Algeria. He swam for Algeria at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.He has swum for Algeria at the:*Olympics: 2004, 2008*All-Africa Games: 2003, 2007*Mediterranean Games: 2005...       Algeria	1:03.73
200m Breast	William Diering      South Africa	2:15.65 CR	Sofiane Daid Sofiane Daid Sofiane Daid is a two-time Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Algeria. He swam for Algeria at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.He has swum for Algeria at the:*Olympics: 2004, 2008*All-Africa Games: 2003, 2007*Mediterranean Games: 2005...       Algeria	2:16.53	Sherif Madkour      Egypt	2:19.25
50m Fly	Jason Dunford Jason Dunford Jason Edward Dunford is a swimmer from Kenya. He is predominantly a butterfly and freestyle sprinter. He has won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, Universiade, All-Africa Games and African Championships, and reached finals at Olympics, World Championships and Short Course World Championships....       Kenya	24.09	Neil Watson      South Africa	24.40	Garth Tune      South Africa	24.41
100m Fly	Jason Dunford Jason Dunford Jason Edward Dunford is a swimmer from Kenya. He is predominantly a butterfly and freestyle sprinter. He has won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, Universiade, All-Africa Games and African Championships, and reached finals at Olympics, World Championships and Short Course World Championships....       Kenya	52.66	Neil Watson      South Africa	53.80	Garth Tune      South Africa	54.35
200m Fly	Wesley Gilchrist      South Africa	2:00.72 CR	Marwan Osman      Egypt	2:04.08	Mostafa Atef Mostafa      Egypt	2:06.00
200m IM	Jay-Cee Thomson      South Africa	2:02.95 CR	Taki Mrabet      Tunisia	2:04.92	Wesley Gilchrist      South Africa	2:06.73
400m IM	Jay-Cee Thomson      South Africa	4:21.06 CR	Taki Mrabet      Tunisia	4:24.80	Devon Brown      South Africa	4:32.52
4x100m   Free Relay	South Africa  Jay-Cee Thomson,  Wesley Gilchrist,  Neil Watson,  Werner Bosman	3:23.99 CR	Algeria  Oussama Sahnoun,  Ryad Djendouci,  Badis Djendouci,  Nabil Kebbab Nabil Kebbab Nabil Kebbab is an Algerian swimmer who competes in the freestyle events. He won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle event at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native African country at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:* *...	3:24.04	Egypt  Ahmed Saaid Abdelrehim,  Sheheb Younes,  Adham Abdelmegid,  Mohamed Khaled Hussein	3:27.40
4x200m   Free Relay	South Africa  Daniel Marais,  Jay-Cee Thomson,  Devon Brown,  Wesley Gilchrist	7:29.21 CR	Tunisia  Walid Naouar,  Taki Mrabet,  Tallel M'Rabet,  Ahmed Mathlouthi	7:33.06	Algeria  Badis Djendouci,  Mahrez Mebarek,  Naoufel Benabid,  Ryad Djendouci	7:34.65
4x100m   Medley Relay	South Africa  Darren Murray,  William Diering,  Garth Tune,  Neil Watson	3:43.53 CR	Algeria  Naoufel Benabid,  Sofiane Daid Sofiane Daid Sofiane Daid is a two-time Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Algeria. He swam for Algeria at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.He has swum for Algeria at the:*Olympics: 2004, 2008*All-Africa Games: 2003, 2007*Mediterranean Games: 2005... ,  Ryad Djendouci,  Nabil Kebbab Nabil Kebbab Nabil Kebbab is an Algerian swimmer who competes in the freestyle events. He won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle event at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native African country at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:* *...	3:50.07	Egypt  Mohamed Khaled Hussein,  Ahmed Kamal El Din,  Marwan Osman,  Sheheb Younes	3:50.87
5K   Open Water	Hadeil Mohamed      Egypt	40:50.36	Daniel Marais      Egypt	40:51.31	Abdul-Malick Railoun      South Africa	41:33.12

Women

50m Free	Karin Prinsloo      South Africa	26.31	Farida Osman Farida Osman Farida Hisham Osman is an Egyptian swimmer. An Egyptian National and African Champion and record holder, Farida specializes in the sprinting swimming events of 50m, 100m Butterfly, 50m, 100m Freestyle and 50m, 100m Backstroke. She is currently coached by Ukrainian Coach Volodymyr Hotsu at the...       Egypt	26.72	Chanelle van Wyk      South Africa	26.76
100m Free	Karin Prinsloo      South Africa	56.40	Leone Vorster      South Africa	57.50	Sara El Bekri      Morocco	58.30
200m Free	Leone Vorster      South Africa	2:02.75	Rene Warnes      South Africa	2:04.95	Zaineb Khalfallah      Tunisia	2:05.09
400m Free	Leone Vorster      South Africa	4:18.86	Rene Warnes      South Africa	4:19.22	Shahd Mostafa      Egypt	4:25.88
800m Free	Kathryn Meaklim      South Africa	8:55.12	Rene Warnes      South Africa	8:57.42	Malya Mghezzi Bakhouche      Algeria	9:06.94
1500m Free
50m Back	Chanelle van Wyk      South Africa	29.31	Jessica Ashley-Cooper      South Africa	29.90	Farida Osman Farida Osman Farida Hisham Osman is an Egyptian swimmer. An Egyptian National and African Champion and record holder, Farida specializes in the sprinting swimming events of 50m, 100m Butterfly, 50m, 100m Freestyle and 50m, 100m Backstroke. She is currently coached by Ukrainian Coach Volodymyr Hotsu at the...       Egypt	31.19
100m Back	Chanelle van Wyk      South Africa	1:02.32 CR	Jessica Ashley-Cooper      South Africa	1:04.15	Engi El Shazli      Egypt	1:07.42
200m Back	Mandy Loots Mandy Loots Mandy Loots is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics....       South Africa	2:15.66 CR	Jessica Ashley-Cooper      South Africa	2:17.28	Sarra Lajnef      Tunisia	2:25.04
50m Breast	Sara El Bekri      Morocco	33.04	Sarra Lajnef      Tunisia	33.67	Ronwyn Roper      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 Farida Osman Farida Hisham Osman is an Egyptian swimmer. An Egyptian National and African Champion and record holder, Farida specializes in the sprinting swimming events of 50m, 100m Butterfly, 50m, 100m Freestyle and 50m, 100m Backstroke. She is currently coached by Ukrainian Coach Volodymyr Hotsu at the...       Egypt	27.28 CR	Vanessa Mohr      South Africa	27.29	Chanelle van Wyk      South Africa	27.59
100m Fly	Vanessa Mohr      South Africa	59.72 CR	Mandy Loots Mandy Loots Mandy Loots is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics....       South Africa	59.76	Farida Osman Farida Osman Farida Hisham Osman is an Egyptian swimmer. An Egyptian National and African Champion and record holder, Farida specializes in the sprinting swimming events of 50m, 100m Butterfly, 50m, 100m Freestyle and 50m, 100m Backstroke. She is currently coached by Ukrainian Coach Volodymyr Hotsu at the...       Egypt	1:02.05
200m Fly	Mandy Loots Mandy Loots Mandy Loots is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics....       South Africa	2:11.97 CR	Bianca Meyer      South Africa	2:18.25	Nesrine Khelifati      Tunisia	2:18.69
200m IM	Mandy Loots Mandy Loots Mandy Loots is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics....       South Africa	2:16.77 CR	Sarra Lajnef      Tunisia	2:20.23	Bianca Meyer      South Africa	2:20.52
400m IM	Kathryn Meaklim      South Africa	4:45.76 CR	Sarra Lajnef      Tunisia	4:52.53	Bianca Meyer      South Africa	4:52.69
4x100m   Free Relay	South Africa   Karin Prinsloo,   Leone Vorster,   Chanelle van Wyk,   Mandy Loots Mandy Loots Mandy Loots is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics....	3:50.15 CR	Egypt   Farida Osman Farida Osman Farida Hisham Osman is an Egyptian swimmer. An Egyptian National and African Champion and record holder, Farida specializes in the sprinting swimming events of 50m, 100m Butterfly, 50m, 100m Freestyle and 50m, 100m Backstroke. She is currently coached by Ukrainian Coach Volodymyr Hotsu at the... ,   Mei Atef Mostafa,   Rowan Elbadry,   Shahd Mostafa	3:58.02	Tunisia   Sarra Lajnef,   Mariem Meddeb,   Sendo Ayari,   Zaineb Khalfallah	3:59.02
4x200m   Free Relay	South Africa   Leone Vorster,   Kathryn Meaklim,   Jessica Ashley-Cooper,   Rene Warnes	8:27.61 CR	Tunisia   Sendo Ayari,   Sarra Lajnef,   Maroua Mathlouthi,   Zaineb Khalfallah	8:31.71	Algeria   Malya Mghezzi Bakhouche,   Fella Bennaceur,   Lydia Yefsah,   Sarah Hadj Abderrahmane	8:41.58
4x100m   Medley Relay	South Africa   Vanessa Mohr,   Chanelle van Wyk,   Kathryn Meaklim,   Karin Prinsloo	4:09.53 CR	Morocco   Imane Boulaamane,   Sara El Bekri,   Shahrazad Ramond,   Noufissa Chbihi	4:22.88	Egypt   Engi El Shazli,   Mei Atef Mostafa,   Farida Osman Farida Osman Farida Hisham Osman is an Egyptian swimmer. An Egyptian National and African Champion and record holder, Farida specializes in the sprinting swimming events of 50m, 100m Butterfly, 50m, 100m Freestyle and 50m, 100m Backstroke. She is currently coached by Ukrainian Coach Volodymyr Hotsu at the... ,   Rowan Elbadry	4:23.38
5K   Open Water	Jessica Roux      South Africa	45:02.78	Sara El Bekri      Morocco	46:28.06	Malya Mgehezzi Bakhouche     Algeria	46:30.08

Medal standings

Final medal standings for the 2010 African Swimming Championships are:

1	South Africa	27	16	16	59
2	Tunisia	3	10	5	18
3	Algeria	3	4	4	11
4	Kenya	3	2	1	6
5	Egypt	2	4	12	18
6	Morocco	2	3	1	6