SWIMMING AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIPS 1974-2018 By Chaker Belhadj Number of Number of African Best Individual Medalists Standing medals Total EVENTS African African African Championships countries swimmers Records Records 1974 7 71 17 / Ali Gharbi (TUN) : 5 Gold, 1Silver ,1 Bronze EGY 11 11 11 33 1st African Meriem Mizouni (TUN) : 4 Gold ,1 Silver TUN 11 9 1 21 Championships Ali Guinaoui (EGY) : 2 Gold,2 Silver and 1 MAR 0 2 1 3 Cairo 27/09- Bronze ALG 0 0 5 5 02/10 Youna Shennaoui (EGY) : 2 Gold,1 Silver NGR 0 0 3 3 Faten Afifi (EGY):1 Gold,2 Silver and 1Bronze 22 22 21 65 1977 6 74 12 15 Meriem Mizouni (TUN) : 10 Gold TUN 26 8 4 38 2nd African Ali Gharbi (TUN) : 9 Gold EGY 0 15 15 30 Championships Hedi Ben Hassen (TUN) : 2 Gold ALG 0 2 6 8 Tunis 16-22/07 Kalthoum Yazidi (TUN) : 1 Gold , 1 Silver NGR 0 1 0 1 CIV 0 0 1 1 26 26 26 78 1982 7 84 12 19 Mohamed Lattaoui (MOR) : 4 Gold ,1 Silver EGY 20 13 5 38 3th African and 1 Bronze ZIM 5 13 14 32 Championships Meriem Farid (EGY) : 4 Gold MAR 4 2 7 13 Cairo 16-22/10 Aymen Nadim (EGY) : 3 Gold , 1 Silver CIV 0 1 2 3 Cherwet Hafez (EGY) : 3 Gold 29 29 28 86 Nivin Hafez (EGY) : 2 Gold, 1 Bronze Imed Chafei (EGY) : 2 Gold ,1 Bronze Ahmed Said (EGY) : 2 Gold 1990 8 96 10 28 Senda Gharbi (TUN) : 6 Gold, 1 Bronze EGY 13 17 7 37 4th African Hatem Seif (EGY) : 3 Gold TUN 11 6 15 32 Championships Storm Moodie (ZIM) : 2 Gold ALG 4 4 6 14 Tunis 20-26/08 Aahd Regragui (MOR) : 2 Gold MAR 2 4 1 7 Mohamed Youssef (EGY) : 2 Gold ZIM 2 1 2 5 Ahmed Ghanem (EGY) : 2 Gold ANG 0 0 1 1 32 32 32 96 1998 8 72 / 19 Candice Crafford (RSA) : 4 Gold RSA 21 17 6 44 5th African Salim Iles (ALG) : 4 Gold ALG 8 7 8 23 Championships Donna Leslie (RSA) : 3 Gold MAD 1 2 0 3 Nairobi 11-17/04 Taryn Ternent (RSA) : 2 Gold , 1 Silver ANG 0 2 1 3 Adrian Bosch (RSA) : 2 Gold KEN 0 0 6 6 Leanne van der Walt ( RSA) : 2 Gold ZAM 0 0 5 5 MRI 0 0 3 3 30 28 29 87 2002 12 131 2 56 Mandy Loots (RSA) : 5 Gold ,2 Silver RSA 26 16 2 44 6th African Oussama Mellouli (TUN) : 6 Gold EGY 6 13 17 36 Championships Maretha Van Wyk (RSA) : 4 Gold TUN 6 3 3 12 Cairo 12-18/08 Rony Altmann (RSA) : 3 Gold ALG 2 7 15 24 Ahmed Hussein (EGY) : 3 Gold SEN 0 1 3 4 Candice Crafford (RSA) : 2 Gold, 3 Silver 40 40 40 120 Selma Zeinhom (EGY) : 2 Gold,2 Silver and 1 bronze Theo Verster (RSA) : 2 Gold, 2 Silver Louis Lotter (RSA) : 2 Gold 2004 16 114 1 20 Melissa Corfe (RSA) : 6 Gold RSA 31 14 8 53 7th African Troyden Prinsloo (RSA) : 4 Gold EGY 6 13 8 27 Championships Lize Mari Retief (RSA) 3 Gold, 2 Silver SEN 2 5 2 9 Casablanca (MAR) Ziada Jardine (RSA) : 3 Gold ALG 1 2 5 8 01-07/05 Malick Fall (SEN) : 2 Gold, 1 Silver .1 Bronze . TUN 0 5 13 18 Stephan Ackermann (RSA) : 2 Gold,1 Silver , NGR 0 1 1 2 1 Bronze MAR 0 0 2 2 Lauren Roets (RSA) : 2 Gold, 1 Silver NAM 0 0 1 1 40 40 40 120 2006 17 121 / 10 Tamaryn Laubscher (RSA) : 4 Gold RSA 20 10 8 38 8th African Leone Vorster (RSA) : 3 Gold ALG 8 9 7 24 Seniors Lehesta Kemp (RSA) : 3 Gold TUN 5 10 5 20 Championships Maroua Mathlouthi (TUN) : 2 Gold, 3 Silver KEN 4 4 1 9 Dakar Jason Dunford (KEN): 2 Gold, 3 Silver , 1 EGY 2 4 9 15 11-16/09 Bronze SEY 1 1 3 5 Salim Iles (ALG): 2 Gold SEN 0 1 2 3 Nabil Kebbab (ALG) : 2 Gold MAR 0 1 2 3 ZIM 0 0 3 3 40 40 40 120 2008 15 75 / 18 Oussama Mellouli (TUN) : 8 Gold,1 Silver ,1 TUN 13 7 10 30 9th African Bronze RSA 11 19 8 38 Seniors Amanda Loots (RSA) : 4 Gold KEN 5 3 2 10 Championships Jason Dunford (KEN) : 3 Gold ,2 Silver SEN 2 0 4 6 Johannesburg Achieng Ajulu-Bushell (KEN) : 2 Gold,1 Silver ZIM 0 1 3 4 1-6 /12 ,1 Bronze NAM 0 1 0 1 Sarra Chahed (TUN) : 2 Gold ,1 Silver NGR 0 0 2 2 George Durand (RSA) : 2 Gold ,1 Bronze ANG 0 0 1 1 Malik Fall (SEN) : 2 Gold MAR 0 0 1 1 31 31 31 93 2010 15 130 / 28 Amanda Loots (RSA) : 3 Gold ,1 Silver RSA 26 15 15 56 10th African Jay Cee Thompson (RSA) : 3 Gold ,1 Silver TUN 3 10 5 18 Seniors Darren Murray (RSA) : 3 Gold ALG 3 4 4 11 Championships Nabil Kebbab (ALG): 3 Gold KEN 3 2 1 6 Casablanca Jason Dunford (KEN): 2 Gold ,2 Silver MAR 2 2 1 5 13-18/09 Sarra El Bekri (MAR): 2 Gold ,1 Silver , 1 EGY 1 5 12 18 Bronze 38 38 38 114 Jason Dunford (KEN): 2 Gold ,2 Silver Leone Vorster (RSA): 2 Gold , 1 Silver Ahmed Mathlouthi (TUN) : 2 Gold , 1 Silver Kathryn Meaklim (RSA): 2 Gold , 2 Bronze 2012 16 100 / 2 Myles Brown (RSA) :5 Gold ,1 Silver ,1 Bronze RSA 29 14 8 51 11th African Amanda Loots (RSA) : 4 Gold ,1 Silver TUN 4 8 5 17 Seniors Lehesta Kemp (RSA) : 4 Gold , 1 Silver EGY 3 13 14 30 Championships Michelle Weber (RSA) : 4 Gold , 1 Silver KEN 3 2 1 6 Nairobi (KEN) Jason Dunford (KEN): 3 Gold ,2 Silver , 1 SEN 1 1 0 2 10-16/09 Bronze ALG 0 2 10 12 Taki Mrabet (TUN) : 3 Gold , 2 Silver ANG 0 0 2 2 Tara Nicholas (RSA) : 2 Gold , 1 Bronze 40 40 40 120 Ricky Ellis (RSA) : 2 Gold , 1 Bronze 2016 18 99 / 7 Kaylen Corbett (RSA) : 3 Gold RSA 32 16 11 59 12th African Amel Mlih (ALG) : 2 Gold , 1 Silver ALG 7 6 6 19 Seniors Rebecca Meder (RSA) : 2 Gold, 1 Silver EGY 2 19 18 39 Championships Nathania Van Niekerk (RSA): 2 Gold, 1 Silver SEY 1 1 2 4 Bloemfontein Mariella Venter (RSA): 2 Gold MOR 0 0 3 3 (RSA) Oussama Sahnoun (ALG) : 2 Gold SEN 0 0 1 1 12-16/10 Myles Brown (RSA) : 2 Gold 42 42 41 125 Ayrton Sweeney (RSA) : 2 gold Caitlin Kat (RSA) 2 Gold 2018 31 154 / 30 Mohamed Samy (EGY) : 6 Gold , 1 Bronze EGY 27 13 4 44 13th African Marwan El Kamash (EGY) : 4 Gold , 1 Silver RSA 11 18 10 39 Seniors Hani Moro (EGY) : 4 Gold ALG 2 5 13 20 Championships Farida Osman (EGY) : 3 Gold ,1 Silver TUN 1 3 7 11 Algiers (ALG) Lara Van Niekerk (RSA): 3 Gold MOR 0 1 4 5 10-15/09 Erin Gallagher (RSA) : 2 Gold , 3 Silver ZAM 0 1 1 2 Ayrton Sweeney (RSA) : 2 Gold , 1 Silver MRI 0 1 1 2 41 42 40 123 Total / / 54 252 / 451 450 446 1347 The most medalilsts (Individual events) / Les nageurs les plus médaillés (Epreuves individuelles) 1974-2018 TOP10 1 Amanda Loots (RSA) 20 medals: 16 Gold, 4 Silver (2002-2008-2010-2012) 2 Ali Gharbi (TUN) 16 medals: 14 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze (1974-1977) 2 Oussama Mellouli (TUN) 16 medals: 14 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze (2002-2008) 4 Myriam Mizouni (TUN) 15 medals: 14 Gold, 1 Silver (1974-1977) 5 Jason Dunford (KEN) 21 medals: 10 Gold, 9 Silver and 2 Bronze (2006-2008-2010-2012) 6 Mohamed Samy (EGY) 13 medals: 7 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze (2016-2018) 7 Myles Brown (RSA) 12 medals: 7 Gold, 1 Silver and 4 Bronze (2010-2012-2016) 8 Melissa Corfe (RSA) 7 medals: 7 Gold (2004-2008) 9 Candice Crafford (RSA) 9 medals: 6 Gold, 3 Silver (1998-2002) 10 Senda Gharbi (TUN) 7 medals: 6 Gold, 1 Bronze (1990) Subdivision of the medals by country / Repartition des medailles par pays 1974-2018 Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 South Africa 207 139 76 422 2 Egypt 91 136 120 347 3 Tunisia 80 69 68 217 4 Algeria 35 48 85 168 5 Kenya 15 11 11 37 6 Morocco 8 12 22 42 7 Zimbabwe 7 15 22 44 8 Sénégal 5 8 12 25 9 Seychelles 2 2 5 9 10 Madagascar 1 2 0 3 11 Nigeria 0 2 6 8 12 Angola 0 2 5 7 13 Zambia 0 1 6 7 14 Mauritius 0 1 4 5 15 Ivory Coast 0 1 3 4 16 Namibia 0 1 1 2 Total 451 450 446 1347 OPEN WATER Subdivision of the medals by country / Repartition des medailles par pays 2002-2018 Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Egypt 7 6 4 17 2 South Africa 6 4 6 16 3 Algeria 1 1 2 4 4 Morocco 0 3 0 3 5 Tunisia 0 0 1 1 6 Seychelles 0 0 1 1 14 14 14 42 The Most Medalists /Les plus medailles 1) Natalie Dutoit (RSA) 2 Gold and 1 Silver medals 2) Marwen El Amrawy (EGY) 1 Gold and 1 Silver medals 2) Chad Ho (RSA) 1Gold and 1 Silver medals DIVING (One edition /1 edition) 1982 Subdivision of the medals by country / Repartition des medailles par pays Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Zimbabwe 2 3 1 6 2 Egypt 2 1 3 6 Total 4 4 4 12 The Most Medalists /Les plus medailles 1) Said Dhaou (EGY) 2 Gold medals 2) Joan Pitt (ZIM) 1 Gold and 1 Silver medals Waterpolo (four editions / 4 editions) 1974-1990 Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Egypt 4 0 0 4 2 Tunisia 0 1 1 2 2 Algeria 0 1 1 2 4 Morocco 0 1 0 1 5 Nigeria 0 1 0 1 6 Sudan 0 0 1 1 Total 4 4 3 11 .