Namibia 2024 Africa Aquatics Zone IV Open Water Swimming Champs
9 December 2024 - The Open Water Swimming Competition took place at Lake Oanob, Rehoboth (8 December 2024). The Africa Aquatics Zone IV Championship open water competition concluded the championship with eighty-nine swimmers from 10 African countries competing in the Open Water Swimming competition in the 5km, 3km and 1km, as well as 4 x 1000LC Meter Freestyle Relay.
Namibia is the new title holders of the XX Africa Aquatics Zone IV Open Water Swimming Championship, followed by South Africa and Angola.
Combined Team Scores for Open Water Swimming:
1. Namibia - 433
2. South Africa - 315
3. Angola - 97
4. Mozambique - 88
5. Zimbabwe - 70
6. Seychelles - 66
7. Eswatini - 30
OPEN WATER SWIMMING MEDAL COUNT (Combined: Men + Women)
| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 10 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| Namibia | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
| Seychelles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Eswatini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Angola | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Botswana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The President of NASFED, Riaan Steyn, stated: “Firstly I am ecstatic in that Namibia did not only defended its title in the Pool Swimming Competition, but is now also champions of the Open Water Swimming Competition and thus overall 2024 Africa Aquatics Zone IV Championship Winners.
Further am I extremely proud of the fact that the Local Organising Committee has been able to organise an event of such a World Class standard, which received not only praises from the Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Services, Namibian National Olympic Committee and the Namibian Sport Commission, but also from the visiting Secretary General of Africa Aquatics
and the Bureau and President of Africa Aquatics Zone IV. We also received only praises form the different delegations of the attending countries as well as from the athletes themselves.”
Carol-Ann Esterhuizen
PRO
Nasfed
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