The South American Swimming Championships are a biennial aquatics championships (held in even years) for countries from CONSANAT

CONSANAT

Confederación Sudamericana de Natación is the name of the South American Swimming Confederation, which oversees international aquatics competitions among South American countries. It is affiliated to FINA, the international federation for swimming, via ASUA, the swimming continental association...

--the South American Swimming Confederation. These championships include competition in Swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

, Diving

Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...

, Synchronized Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Synchronized swImming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music....

 (synchro), Water Polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

, and Open Water Swimming

Open water swimming

Open water swimming takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, bays, lakes, rivers, canals, and reservoirs.The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when Lord Byron swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to Asia.In...

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The most recent edition of these championships were the aquatics competitions at the 2010 South American Games (Swimming + Open Water

Swimming at the 2010 South American Games

The swimming events at the 2010 South American Games were held from March 23, 25 and 26-29; and were grouped into two disciplines: swimming and open water swimming.Events were contested at:...

, Diving

Diving at the 2010 South American Games

There were ten diving events at the 2010 South American Games. The events were held over March 20–23.-Medal table:-Medalists:...

, Synchro

Synchronized swimming at the 2010 South American Games

Synchronized swimming at the 2010 South American Games in Medellín was held from March 26 to March 29. All games were played at Complejo Acuático.-Medal Summary:-Medalists:...

, and Water Polo

Water polo at the 2010 South American Games

Water polo at the 2010 South American Games in Medellín was held from March 20 to March 25. All games were played at Piscina Olímpica Horacio Martínez de Copacabana.-Medal table:-First Round:----------------------------------------...

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Participating countries

CONSANAT member countries participate in these Championships:

Editions

Year	Edition	Host City	Country	Dates
2006		Medellín Medellín Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million... Cartagena Cartagena, Colombia Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...  (open water)	Colombia	1-5, 8 & 10 March
2008 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...		São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...	Brazil	12–16 March
2010 2010 South American Games The IX South American Games was a multi-sport event held between 19–30 March 2010 in Medellín, Colombia...		Medellín Medellín Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million... (South American Games)	Colombia	20–29 March
2012		Belém Belém Belém is a Brazilian city, the capital and largest city of state of Pará, in the country's north region. It is the entrance gate to the Amazon with a busy port, airport and bus/coach station... (South American Games)	Brazil	16–25 March