South Africa at the 2021 Summer World University Games

South Africa at the
2021 Summer World University Games
South Africa at the; 2021 Summer World University Games
	Flag of South Africa
IOC code	RSA
in Chengdu, China; 28 July 2023 – 8 August 2023
Competitors	135 (70 men and 65 women)
Medals; Ranked 19th	Gold 2 Silver 11 Bronze 7 Total 20
Summer World University Games appearances
	1959; 1961; 1963; 1965; 1967; 1970; 1973; 1975; 1977; 1979; 1981; 1983; 1985; 1987; 1989; 1991; 1993; 1995; 1997; 1999; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2021; 2025; 2027;

Competitors135 (70 men and 65 women)

Medals
Ranked 19th

South Africa competed at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China held from 28 July to 8 August 2023.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Day
Gold	Marlie Viljoen	Athletics	Women's 400 metres	3 August
Gold	Tsebo Matsoso	Athletics	Men's 200 metres	4 August
Silver	Christian Beyers de Klerk	Archery	Men's individual compound	31 July
Silver	Shaun Maswanganyi	Athletics	Men's 100 metres	2 August
Silver	Erin Gallagher	Swimming	Women's 50 metre butterfly	2 August
Silver	Kaylene Corbett	Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke	3 August
Silver	Erin Gallagher	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle	3 August
Silver	Yolandi Stander	Athletics	Women's discus throw	5 August
Silver	Kaylene Corbett	Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	5 August
Silver	Erin Gallagher	Swimming	Women's 100 metre butterfly	5 August
Silver	Nadia Gaspari Chloe Cresswell	Rowing	Lightweight women's double sculls	6 August
Silver	Duné Coetzee	Swimming	Women's 800 metre freestyle	6 August
Silver	Erin Gallagher	Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle	7August
Bronze	Charne Swart	Athletics	Women's 800 metres	3 August
Bronze	Jana van Schalkwyk	Athletics	Women's javelin throw	3 August
Bronze	Banele Shabangu	Athletics	Women's 200 metres	4 August
Bronze	Courtney Westley	Rowing	Women's single sculls	6 August
Bronze	Antoinette van der Merwe Banele Shabangu Joviale Mbisha Tamzin Thomas	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	6 August
Bronze	Thembo Monareng Tsebo Matsoso Eckhart Potgieter Shaun Maswanganyi	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay	6 August
Bronze	Nhlanhla Maseko Tjaart van der Walt Wernich van Rensburg Lindukuhle Gora	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	6 August

v t e Nations at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China
Africa	Algeria Angola Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cape Verde Comoros Equatorial Guinea Gambia Ghana Kenya Libya Madagascar Mali Morocco Mozambique Nigeria São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Argentina Barbados Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Panama Peru United States Uruguay
Asia	Bangladesh Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Macau Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe	Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia Northern Mariana Islands

Medal by sports

South Africa at the 2021 Summer World University Games
Flag of South Africa
IOC code	RSA
in Chengdu, China 28 July 2023 (2023-07-28) – 8 August 2023 (2023-08-08)
Competitors	135 (70 men and 65 women)
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 2 Silver 11 Bronze 7 Total 20
Summer World University Games appearances
1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1970 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2025 2027