South Africa at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa at the
2019 World Aquatics Championships
South Africa at the; 2019 World Aquatics Championships
	Flag of South Africa
World Aquatics code	RSA
National federation	Swimming South Africa
Website	swimsa.org
in Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors	64 in 5 sports
Medals; Ranked 15th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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World Aquatics codeRSA

National federationSwimming South Africa

Websiteswimsa.org

Competitors64 in 5 sports

South Africa competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Zane Waddell	Swimming	Men's 50 metre backstroke	July 28
Silver	Tatjana Schoenmaker	Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	July 26
Bronze	Chad Le Clos	Swimming	Men's 200 metre butterfly	July 24
Bronze	Chad Le Clos	Swimming	Men's 100 metre butterfly	July 27

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Emma Manners-Wood Laura Strugnell	Duet technical routine	65.4588	42	did not advance
Emma Manners-Wood Laura Strugnell	Duet free routine	67.3333	40	did not advance
Faith Adonis Emma Manners-Wood Courtney Musson Nina Smith Laura Strugnell Nadine Vaarland Tayla-Jade van Huyssteen Sarah Williams Giulia Torino (R) Shannon Whyte (R)	Team free routine	67.1333	26	did not advance
Faith Adonis Emma Manners-Wood Courtney Musson Nina Smith Laura Strugnell Giulia Torino Nadine Vaarland Tayla-Jade van Huyssteen Shannon Whyte Sarah Williams Chloe Dundas-Starr (R) Sabrina Otto (R)	Free routine combination	66.7000	14	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Julia Vincent	1 m springboard	241.35	4 Q	N/a		236.40	12
Julia Vincent	3 m springboard	268.30	16 Q	275.85	16	did not advance
Micaela Bouter	3 m springboard	233.15	35	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Chad Ho	Men's 10 km	1:49:37.9	23
Danie Marais	Men's 10 km	1:50:14.2	30
Michael McGlynn	Men's 5 km	53:42.4	22
Christopher McGlynn	Men's 5 km	54:06.2	43

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Robyn Kinghorn	Women's 5 km	1:01:50.0	42
Robyn Kinghorn	Women's 10 km	2:03:05.1	46
Michelle Weber	Women's 5 km	59:54.6	32
Michelle Weber	Women's 10 km	1:56:25.8	31

South Africa at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Artistic swimming

Diving

Open water swimming

Swimming

Water polo

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	60	20	+40	6	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	57	19	+38	4	Playoffs
3	South Africa	3	0	1	2	16	54	−38	1	Playoffs
4	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	15	55	−40	1

15 July 2019 16:30	Report	South Africa	3–23	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–5, 1–4, 0–8
		Rodda 2	Goals	Mallarach 5

17 July 2019 12:30	Report	South Africa	8–8	New Zealand	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–2, 2–4, 2–2
		three players 2	Goals	Small 2

19 July 2019 08:30	Report	South Africa	5–23	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), An Jin-yong (KOR)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–5, 0–8, 2–5
		Badenhorst 2	Goals	Zalánki 5

21 July 2019 18:30	Report	South Africa	5–25	Germany	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Juan Menéndez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–6, 1–9, 2–5
		five players 1	Goals	Gielen 6

23 July 2019 12:30	Report	United States	20–3	South Africa	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SGP), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 8–1, 5–2, 2–0
		three players 4	Goals	three players 1

25 July 2019 09:30	Report	Japan	15–5	South Africa	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Juan Menéndez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–1, 3–2, 3–1
		Shimizu, Inaba 3	Goals	Evezard 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	60	13	+47	6	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	57	18	+39	4	Playoffs
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	26	41	−15	2	Playoffs
4	South Africa	3	0	3	5	76	−71	0

14 July 2019 08:30	Report	South Africa	0–33	Netherlands	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–10, 0–9, 0–7
			Goals	Van de Kraats 7

16 July 2019 20:30	Report	South Africa	4–17	New Zealand	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–2, 2–6, 2–3
		Hallendorff 2	Goals	Doyle, McDowall 4

18 July 2019 16:30	Report	South Africa	1–26	United States	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), An Jin-yong (KOR)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 1–8, 0–6, 0–5
		Meecham 1	Goals	Musselman 5

20 July 2019 10:30	Report	South Africa	26–3	South Korea	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Kunihiro Sato (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 7–1, 4–0, 7–1, 8–1
		three players 4	Goals	three players 1

22 July 2019 09:30	Report	South Africa	2–21	Japan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–4, 1–6, 0–7
		Moir, Hallendorff 1	Goals	Arima 5

v t e Nations at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Comoros Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China East Timor Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
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Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu
Others	Independent FINA Athletes