South Africa at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa entered 11 swimmers.^[7] Chad Le Clos was originally named in the team, however withdrew due to illness.^[8]

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aimee Canny	100 m freestyle	54.60	14 Q	54.87	16	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:59.30	24	Did not advance
Emma Chelius	50 m freestyle	25.34	23	Did not advance
Milla Drakopoulos	50 m backstroke	29.31	37	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:02.77	35	Did not advance
Trinity Hearne	100 m butterfly	1:00.27	29	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:14.78	26	Did not advance
Rebecca Meder	200 m individual medley	2:10.95 NR	11 Q	2:11.16	10	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:45.68	21	—		Did not advance
Tatjana Schoenmaker	50 m breaststroke	30.70	14	Withdraw
	100 m breaststroke	1:05.56	3 Q	1:05.53	3 Q	1:05.84
	200 m breaststroke	2:22.92	2 Q	2:21.31	1 Q	2:20.80
Lara van Niekerk	50 m breaststroke	30.76	17 Q	29.91	3 Q	30.09	4
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.03	18	Did not advance
Aimee Canny Emma Chelius Milla Drakopoulos Trinity Hearne	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:45.54	17	—		Did not advance

Mixed

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
South Africa	Men's tournament	Montenegro L 10–35	Serbia L 5–30	Spain L 6–27	4	—	—	Argentina L 6–15	China L 8–16	16
South Africa	Women's tournament	Greece L 2–24	Italy L 2–24	Argentina W 12–9	3 QP	Canada L 6–21	—	France L 6–20	New Zealand L 6–25	12

Team roster

The following is the South African roster.^[9]

Head coach: Vaughn Marlow

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	54	27	+27	9	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	3	1	1	0	1	57	34	+23	5	Playoffs
3	Montenegro	3	1	0	1	1	55	34	+21	4
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	21	92	−71	0

17 July 2023 17:30	Report	Montenegro	35–10	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 10–0, 9–5, 10–4
		Radović 7	Goals	four players 2

19 July 2023 16:00	Report	South Africa	5–30	Serbia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: David Couper (NZL), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–8, 1–9, 1–7, 2–6
		Laurenson 2	Goals	Jakšić, Rašović 6

21 July 2023 10:30	Report	South Africa	6–27	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–8, 2–7, 2–8, 0–4
		Badenhorst 2	Goals	Valera 5

13–16th place semifinals

23 July 2023 10:30	Report	Argentina	15–6	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–2, 5–1, 3–3
		Camnasio 4	Goals	Wheeler 2

15th place game

25 July 2023 09:00	Report	China	16–8	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 4–1, 5–3
		Chen Z. 7	Goals	Badenhorst, Howard 2

Team roster

The following is the South African roster.^[10]

Head coach: Nicola Barrett

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	0	61	16	+45	9	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	0	0	1	63	19	+44	6	Playoffs
3	South Africa	3	1	0	0	2	16	57	−41	3
4	Argentina	3	0	0	0	3	12	60	−48	0

16 July 2023 17:30	Report	Greece	24–2	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 7–1, 6–1, 6–0, 5–0
		Fountotou, E. Plevritou 4	Goals	Sileno, Zondo 1

18 July 2023 12:00	Report	South Africa	2–24	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–7, 1–7, 0–8
		MacDonell, Meecham 1	Goals	Bettini, Giustini 4

20 July 2023 09:00	Report	Argentina	9–12	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: David Gómez (ESP), Jennifer McCall (USA),
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–5, 2–2, 2–3
		Auliel 4	Goals	Meecham 3

Playoffs

22 July 2023 18:30	Report	South Africa	6–21	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–4, 1–4, 3–7
		Thornton-Dibb 2	Goals	Wright 4

9–12th place semifinals

24 July 2023 13:30	Report	France	20–6	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–0, 5–4, 5–1
		Vernoux 6	Goals	Thornton-Dibb 3

Eleventh place game

26 July 2023 09:00	Report	New Zealand	25–6	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 7–0, 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
		Houghton 7	Goals	Meecham, Versfeld 2