The 9th African Swimming Championships were held at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa from 1âÂÂ7 December 2008.
Swimmers from 18 countries competed at the 2008 African Swimming Championships:<br>
|- |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 water
|- |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
| <br> Pina Ercolano <br> Sylvia Brunlehner <br> Rachita Shah <br> Achieng Ajulu-Bushell || 4:16.33 <br> NR |- |4x200m freestyle relay | || | || | || |- |4 x 100 m medley relay
|- | || || || || || || |- |5 km open water