# 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 Tunis.

## Championships

Source:
| Number | Year | Host City | Host Country | Dates | Nations | Swimmers | Events | 1st Medal Table | 2nd Medal Table | 3rd Medal Table |
| 1 | 1974 | Cairo | Egypt | 29 September–3 October | 7 | 71 | 19 | Tunisia | Egypt | Morocco |
| 2 | 1977 | Tunis | Tunisia | 23–27 July | 6 | 74 | 29 | Tunisia | Egypt | Algeria |
| 3 | 1982 | Cairo | Egypt | 16–22 October | 7 | 84 | | Egypt | | |
| 4 | 1990 | Tunis | Tunisia | 20–26 August | 8 | 96 | | | | |
| 5 | 1998 | Nairobi | Kenya | 11–17 April | 8 | 72 | 19 | South Africa | Algeria | Angola |
| 6 | 2002 | Cairo | Egypt | 12–18 August | 12 | 131 | 12 | South Africa | Egypt | Tunisia |
| 7 | 2004 | Casablanca | Morocco | 1–7 May | 16 | 114 | 38 | South Africa | Egypt | Senegal |
| 8 | 2006 | Dakar | Senegal | 11–16 September | 17 | 121 | 40 | South Africa | Algeria | Tunisia |
| 9 | 2008 | Johannesburg | South Africa | 1–7 December | 15 | 75 | 40 | South Africa | Tunisia | Kenya |
| 10 | 2010 | Casablanca | Morocco | 13–19 September | 21 | 200 | 40 | South Africa | Tunisia | Algeria |
| 11 | 2012 | Nairobi | Kenya | 10–15 September | 16 | | 40 | South Africa | Tunisia | Egypt |
| – | 2014 | Dakar | Senegal | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 12 | 2016 | Bloemfontein | South Africa | 19–23 October | 23 | | 40 | South Africa | Algeria | Egypt |
| 13 | 2018 | Algiers | Algeria | 10–16 September | 33 | 238 | 44 | Egypt | South Africa | Algeria |
| – | 2020 | Johannesburg | South Africa | 3–5 December | Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 14 | 2021 | Accra | Ghana | 11–17 October | | | 43 | South Africa | Egypt | Algeria |
| 15 | 2022 | Tunis | Tunisia | 20–24 August | 29 | | 42 | South Africa | Algeria | Egypt |
| – | 2023 | Khartoum | Sudan | 6–10 September | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 16 | 2024 | Luanda | Angola | 30 April–4 May | | | | | | |

### All-time medal table (2006-2022)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Africa | 181 | 125 | 84 | 390 |
| 2 | Egypt | 60 | 82 | 83 | 225 |
| 3 | Algeria | 33 | 41 | 54 | 128 |
| 4 | Tunisia | 28 | 46 | 43 | 117 |
| 5 | Kenya | 15 | 11 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Senegal | 4 | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 7 | Morocco | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 |
| 8 | Seychelles | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | Ghana | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Mauritius | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 12 | Namibia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Zambia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 17 | Cape Verde | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 326 | 328 | 323 | 977 |