Confederación Sudamericana de Natación (CONSANAT) is the name of the South American Swimming Confederation, which oversees international aquatics competitions among South America

South America

South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

n countries. It is affiliated to FINA

International Swimming Federation

Fédération Internationale de Natation is the International Federation recognized by the International Olympic Committee for administering international competition in the aquatic sports...

, the international federation for swimming, via ASUA

Amateur Swimming Union of the Americas

The Amateur Swimming Union of the Americas is the swimming continental association for the Americas...

, the swimming continental association for the Americas.

CONSANAT formed on March 16, 1929 in Santiago, Chile

Santiago, Chile

Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

. Its office is currently located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

CONSANAT organizes South American aquatics championships in diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming, and water polo. It also maintains the South American Records

South American records in swimming

The South American records in swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing a member federation of the South American Swimming Confederation , South America's governing body of swimming.-Men:-Women:...

 and South American Junior Records.

Member National Federations

Note: As French Guiana

French Guiana

French Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west...

 is an overseas department of France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, it is not a CONSANAT member. Rather, it is a department of the French Swimming Federation, la Fédération Française de Natation

Fédération Française de Natation

The Fédération Française de Natation , is the aquatics national federation for France. It oversees competition in the 5 aquatics disciplines in France and its outlying areas/departments.It is affiliated to:*FINA, which oversees...

 (FFN).

Competitions

CONSANAT organizes several South American aquatics championships, including:

• the South American Swimming Championships
  South American Swimming Championships
  The South American Swimming Championships are a biennial aquatics championships for countries from CONSANAT--the South American Swimming Confederation...
  
   (held annually; all 5 disciplines) -- in the even years between Summer Olympics, these are the aquatics competitions at the South American Games
  South American Games
  The South American Games , formerly the Southern Cross Games are a regional multi-sport event held between nations from South America, organized by the South American Sports Organization .The first...
  
  
• the South American Masters Swimming Championships (held in even years)
• the South American Masters Open Water Championships (in even years)
• the South American Junior Swimming Championships (in odd years)

Recent competitions include:

• the South American Junior Aquatics Championships 2009, March 22-April 6 in Mar del Plata
  Mar del Plata
  Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...
  
   and Santa Fe
  Santa Fe, Argentina
  Santa Fe is the capital city of province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It sits in northeastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies opposite the city of Paraná, to which it is linked by the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel. The city is also connected by canal with the...
  
   (open water), Argentina.
• the 2008 South American Championships
  South American Swimming Championships 2008
  The 2008 South American Aquatics Championships, or Campeonato Sudamericano de Primera Fuerza de Deportes Acuáticos , were held March 12–16, 2008, in São Paulo, Brazil...
  
  , March 9-16 in São Paulo, Brazil.
• the 2007 South American Masters Swimming & Open Water Championship, October 30-November 4 in Guatamare and Isla de Margarita, Venezuela.

External links

• CONSANAT
• 2009 South Americans Juniors