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African Swimming Championships African Swimming Championships are the African championships in the sport of Swimming. It is organised by the African Swimming Confederation (CANA) and held biennially. The most recent edition of the Championships was held in August 2022 in Tun ...

were held September 13–19, 2010 in

Casablanca, Morocco Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

. The event was hosted by the

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. 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

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Participating countries

Over 200 swimmers from 21 countries 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *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

Results

Men

Women

Medal standings

Final medal standings for the 2010 African Swimming Championships are:Senior African Championships Medal Count
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on 2010-09-20; retrieved 2010-09-21.

References

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