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2010 African Swimming Championships

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Host city
  
Casablanca, Morocco

Nations participating
  
21

Events
  
42

Date(s)
  
September 13–19, 2010

Athletes participating
  
220+

Venue(s)
  
Mohammed V Sport Complex (pool)Sidi Abbed beach (open water}

The 10th African Swimming Championships were held September 13–19, 2010 in Casablanca, Morocco. The event was hosted by the Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation (Fédération Royale Marocaine de Natation). It featured pool competition in a 50m (long course) pool; and Open Water races.

Contents

Competition locations were:

  • pool: Mohammed V Sport Complex (Complexe sportif Mohammed V)
  • open water: Sidi Abbed beach in Temara.

    • 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 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

    Preliminary heats began at 10:00 am; finals at 4:00 pm Open Water races began at 10:00 am

    Medal standings

    Final medal standings for the 2010 African Swimming Championships are:

    References

    2010 African Swimming Championships Wikipedia
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