2010 African Swimming Championships

10th African Swimming Championships
Host cityCasablanca, Morocco
Date(s)September 13–19, 2010
Venue(s)Mohammed V Sport Complex (pool)
Sidi Abbed beach (open water}
Nations participating21
Athletes participating220+
Events42

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
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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
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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 Kenya
22.69 Jason Dunford
  Kenya Kenya
22.83 Werner Bosman
  South Africa South Africa
22.99
100m Free Nabil Kebbab
  Algeria Algeria
49.96 Jason Dunford
  Kenya Kenya
50.39 David Dunford
  Kenya Kenya
50.55
200m Free Ahmed Mathlouthi
  Tunisia Tunisia
1:49.90
CR
Jay-Cee Thomson
  South Africa South Africa
1:51.51 Mohamed Farhoud
  Egypt Egypt
1:53.14
400m Free Jay-Cee Thomson
  South Africa South Africa
3:53.12
CR
Ahmed Mathlouthi
  Tunisia Tunisia
3:56.15 Devon Brown
  South Africa South Africa
3:57.64
800m Free Ahmed Mathlouthi
  Tunisia Tunisia
8:10.17 Mohamed Farhoud
  Egypt Egypt
8:10.43 Devon Brown
  South Africa South Africa
8:12.58
1500m Free
50m Back Darren Murray
  South Africa South Africa
26.56 Garth Tune
  South Africa South Africa
27.03 Mohamed Khaled Hussein
  Egypt Egypt
27.09
100m Back Darren Murray
  South Africa South Africa
55.67
CR
Mohamed Khaled Hussein
  Egypt Egypt
58.09 Taki Mrabet
  Tunisia Tunisia
58.53
200m Back Darren Murray
  South Africa South Africa
2:01.44 Taki Mrabet
  Tunisia Tunisia
2:04.93 Mohamed Khaled Hussein
  Egypt Egypt
2:05.28
50m Breast Nabil Kebbab
  Algeria Algeria
28.93 Sofiane Daid
  Algeria Algeria
29.16 William Diering
  South Africa South Africa
29.26
100m Breast Nabil Kebbab
  Algeria Algeria
1:02.98 William Diering
  South Africa South Africa
1:03.13 Sofiane Daid
  Algeria Algeria
1:03.73
200m Breast William Diering
  South Africa South Africa
2:15.65
CR
Sofiane Daid
  Algeria Algeria
2:16.53 Sherif Madkour
  Egypt Egypt
2:19.25
50m Fly Jason Dunford
  Kenya Kenya
24.09 Neil Watson
  South Africa South Africa
24.40 Garth Tune
  South Africa South Africa
24.41
100m Fly Jason Dunford
  Kenya Kenya
52.66 Neil Watson
  South Africa South Africa
53.80 Garth Tune
  South Africa South Africa
54.35
200m Fly Wesley Gilchrist
  South Africa South Africa
2:00.72
CR
Marwan Osman
  Egypt Egypt
2:04.08 Mostafa Atef Mostafa
  Egypt Egypt
2:06.00
200m IM Jay-Cee Thomson
  South Africa South Africa
2:02.95
CR
Taki Mrabet
  Tunisia Tunisia
2:04.92 Wesley Gilchrist
  South Africa South Africa
2:06.73
400m IM Jay-Cee Thomson
  South Africa South Africa
4:21.06
CR
Taki Mrabet
  Tunisia Tunisia
4:24.80 Devon Brown
  South Africa South Africa
4:32.52
4x100m
  Free Relay
South Africa South Africa
 Jay-Cee Thomson,
 Wesley Gilchrist,
 Neil Watson,
 Werner Bosman
3:23.99
CR
Algeria Algeria
 Oussama Sahnoun,
 Ryad Djendouci,
 Badis Djendouci,
 Nabil Kebbab
3:24.04 Egypt Egypt
 Ahmed Saaid Abdelrehim,
 Sheheb Younes,
 Adham Abdelmegid,
 Mohamed Khaled Hussein
3:27.40
4x200m
  Free Relay
South Africa South Africa
 Daniel Marais,
 Jay-Cee Thomson,
 Devon Brown,
 Wesley Gilchrist
7:29.21
CR
Tunisia Tunisia
 Walid Naouar,
 Taki Mrabet,
 Tallel M'Rabet,
 Ahmed Mathlouthi
7:33.06 Algeria Algeria
 Badis Djendouci,
 Mahrez Mebarek,
 Naoufel Benabid,
 Ryad Djendouci
7:34.65
4x100m
  Medley Relay
South Africa South Africa
 Darren Murray,
 William Diering,
 Garth Tune,
 Neil Watson
3:43.53
CR
Algeria Algeria
 Naoufel Benabid,
 Sofiane Daid,
 Ryad Djendouci,
 Nabil Kebbab
3:50.07 Egypt Egypt
 Mohamed Khaled Hussein,
 Ahmed Kamal El Din,
 Marwan Osman,
 Sheheb Younes
3:50.87
5K[5]
  Open Water
Hadeil Mohamed
  Egypt Egypt
40:50.36 Daniel Marais
  Egypt Egypt
40:51.31 Abdul-Malick Railoun
  South Africa South Africa
41:33.12

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze
50m Free Karin Prinsloo
  South Africa South Africa
26.31 Farida Osman
  Egypt Egypt
26.72 Chanelle van Wyk
  South Africa South Africa
26.76
100m Free Karin Prinsloo
  South Africa South Africa
56.40 Leone Vorster
  South Africa South Africa
57.50 Sara El Bekri
  Morocco Morocco
58.30
NR
200m Free Leone Vorster
  South Africa South Africa
2:02.75 Rene Warnes
  South Africa South Africa
2:04.95 Zaineb Khalfallah
  Tunisia Tunisia
2:05.09
400m Free Leone Vorster
  South Africa South Africa
4:18.86 Rene Warnes
  South Africa South Africa
4:19.22 Shahd Mostafa
  Egypt Egypt
4:25.88
800m Free Kathryn Meaklim
  South Africa South Africa
8:55.12 Rene Warnes
  South Africa South Africa
8:57.42 Malya Mghezzi Bakhouche
  Algeria Algeria
9:06.94
1500m Free
50m Back Chanelle van Wyk
  South Africa South Africa
29.31 Jessica Ashley-Cooper
  South Africa South Africa
29.90 Farida Osman
  Egypt Egypt
31.19
100m Back Chanelle van Wyk
  South Africa South Africa
1:02.32
CR
Jessica Ashley-Cooper
  South Africa South Africa
1:04.15 Engi El Shazli
  Egypt Egypt
1:07.42
200m Back Mandy Loots
  South Africa South Africa
2:15.66
CR
Jessica Ashley-Cooper
  South Africa South Africa
2:17.28 Sarra Lajnef
  Tunisia Tunisia
2:25.04
50m Breast Sara El Bekri
  Morocco Morocco
33.04 Sarra Lajnef
  Tunisia Tunisia
33.67 Ronwyn Roper
  South Africa South Africa
33.79
100m Breast Sara El Bekri
  Morocco Morocco
1:10.82
CR
Sarra Lajnef
  Tunisia Tunisia
1:12.05 Kathryn Meaklim
  South Africa South Africa
1:12.11
200m Breast Sarra Lajnef
  Tunisia Tunisia
2:32.16
CR
Sara El Bekri
  Morocco Morocco
2:32.43 Kathryn Meaklim
  South Africa South Africa
2:32.77
50m Fly Farida Osman
  Egypt Egypt
27.28
CR
Vanessa Mohr
  South Africa South Africa
27.29 Chanelle van Wyk
  South Africa South Africa
27.59
100m Fly Vanessa Mohr
  South Africa South Africa
59.72
CR
Mandy Loots
  South Africa South Africa
59.76 Farida Osman
  Egypt Egypt
1:02.05
200m Fly Mandy Loots
  South Africa South Africa
2:11.97
CR
Bianca Meyer
  South Africa South Africa
2:18.25 Nesrine Khelifati
  Tunisia Tunisia
2:18.69
200m IM Mandy Loots
  South Africa South Africa
2:16.77
CR
Sarra Lajnef
  Tunisia Tunisia
2:20.23 Bianca Meyer
  South Africa South Africa
2:20.52
400m IM Kathryn Meaklim
  South Africa South Africa
4:45.76
CR
Sarra Lajnef
  Tunisia Tunisia
4:52.53 Bianca Meyer
  South Africa South Africa
4:52.69
4x100m
  Free Relay
South Africa South Africa
  Karin Prinsloo,
  Leone Vorster,
  Chanelle van Wyk,
  Mandy Loots
3:50.15
CR
Egypt Egypt
  Farida Osman,
  Mei Atef Mostafa,
  Rowan Elbadry,
  Shahd Mostafa
3:58.02 Tunisia Tunisia
  Sarra Lajnef,
  Mariem Meddeb,
  Sendo Ayari,
  Zaineb Khalfallah
3:59.02
4x200m
  Free Relay
South Africa South Africa
  Leone Vorster,
  Kathryn Meaklim,
  Jessica Ashley-Cooper,
  Rene Warnes
8:27.61
CR
Tunisia Tunisia
  Sendo Ayari,
  Sarra Lajnef,
  Maroua Mathlouthi,
  Zaineb Khalfallah
8:31.71 Algeria Algeria
  Malya Mghezzi Bakhouche,
  Fella Bennaceur,
  Lydia Yefsah,
  Sarah Hadj Abderrahmane
8:41.58
4x100m
  Medley Relay
South Africa South Africa
  Vanessa Mohr,
  Chanelle van Wyk,
  Kathryn Meaklim,
  Karin Prinsloo
4:09.53
CR
Morocco Morocco
  Imane Boulaamane,
  Sara El Bekri,
  Shahrazad Ramond,
  Noufissa Chbihi
4:22.88 Egypt Egypt
  Engi El Shazli,
  Mei Atef Mostafa,
  Farida Osman,
  Rowan Elbadry
4:23.38
5K[5]
  Open Water
Jessica Roux
  South Africa South Africa
45:02.78 Sara El Bekri
  Morocco Morocco
46:28.06 Malya Mgehezzi Bakhouche
  Algeria Algeria
46:30.08

Medal standings

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Africa (RSA)27151658
2 Tunisia (TUN)310417
3 Algeria (ALG)34613
4 Kenya (KEN)3216
5 Egypt (EGY)261220
6 Morocco (MAR)2316
Totals (6 entries)404040120


References

  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.
  5. ^ 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.