The 9th

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were held at Ellis Park,

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from 1–7 December 2008.

Participants

Swimmers from 18 countriesA list of the countries with swimmers at the championships was included in the articl
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published by Swimming South Africa on 2008-12-2. Retrieved 2008-12-9. competed at the 2008 African Swimming Championships:
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Results

Medal standings

Men's events

, - , 50 m freestyle , - , 100 m freestyle , - , 200 m freestyle , - , 400 m freestyle , - , 800 m freestyle , - , 1500 m freestyle , - , , , , , , , , , , , , - , 50 m backstroke , - , 100 m backstroke , - , 200 m backstroke , - , , , , , , , , , , , , - , 50 m breaststroke , - , 100 m breaststroke , - , 200 m breaststroke , - , , , , , , , , , , , , - , 50 m butterfly , - , 100 m butterfly , - , 200 m butterfly , , , , , , , , , , - , , , , , , , , , , , , - , 200 m individual medley , - , 400 m individual medley , - , , , , , , , , , , , , - , 4 x 100 m freestyle relay , - , 4x200m freestyle relay , , , , , , , , , , - , 4 x 100 m medley relay , - , , , , , , , , , , , , - , 5 km open waterHo, Du Toit clinic it for South Africa
; published 2008-12-07 by Swimming South Africa. Retrieved 2008-12-09. (The link is an article on the Open Water competition of the 2008 African Championships.

Women's events

, - , 50 m freestyle , - , 100 m freestyle , - , 200 m freestyle , - , 400m freestyle , , , , , , , , , , - , 800m freestyle , , , , , , , , , , - , 1500m freestyle , , , , , , , , , , - , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , 50 m backstroke , - , 100 m backstroke , - , 200m backstroke , , , , , , , , , , - , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , 50 m breaststroke , - , 100 m breaststroke , - , 200 m breaststroke , - , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , 50 m butterfly , - , 100 m butterfly , - , 200m butterfly , , , , , , , , , , - , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , 200 m individual medley , - , 400m individual medley , , , , , , , , , , - , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , 4 x 100 m freestyle relay ,
Pina Ercolano
Sylvia Brunlehner
Rachita Shah

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References

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External links

9h African Swimming ChampionshipsSwimming South Africa

Full pool results
from the CANA website. African Swimming Championships African Swimming Championships, 2008

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African Swimming Championships, 2008