South Africa at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa entered 13 swimmers.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matthew Caldwell	400 m freestyle	4:01.45	39	—		Did not advance
Pieter Coetze	50 m backstroke	24.36	2 Q	24.32 AF	3 Q	24.17
	100 m backstroke	52.80	7 Q	52.29 AF	3 Q	51.85 AF
	200 m backstroke	1:57.11	16 Q	1:54.22 AF	1 Q	1:53.36 AF
Matthew Sates	200 m freestyle	1:48.45	32	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:01.80	28	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	Did not start		—		Did not advance
Chris Smith	50 m breaststroke	26.82	6 Q	26.77	5 Q	26.75	6
	100 m breaststroke	1:00.85	25	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aimee Canny	200 m freestyle	1:57.53	8 Q	1:57.72	12	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:12.70	19	Did not advance
Kaylene Corbett	50 m breaststroke	31.43	27	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:25.10	7 Q	2:23.81	7 Q	2:23.52
Caitlin de Lange	50 m freestyle	24.95	18	Did not advance
Erin Gallagher	100 m freestyle	55.01	27	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	25.77	12 Q	25.39 NR	3 Q	25.66	8
	100 m butterfly	57.48	9 Q	57.68	13	Did not advance
Rebecca Meder	100 m breaststroke	1:07.50	27	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:28.40	24	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:11.68	13 Q	2:11.05	10	Did not advance
Olivia Nel	50 m backstroke	28.23	23	Did not advance
Hannah Robertson	400 m freestyle	4:22.69	27	—		Did not advance
Catherine van Rensburg	800 m freestyle	8:50.60	25	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:59.73	26			Did not advance
Olivia Nel Caitlin de Lange Georgia Nel Hannah Robertson	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:45.33	12	—		Did not advance
Aimee Canny Georgia Nel Hannah Robertson Catherine van Rensburg	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:13.06	10			Did not advance
Olivia Nel Rebecca Meder Erin Gallagher Aimee Canny	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.47 AF	9			Did not advance

Mixed

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
South Africa	Men's tournament	Serbia L 3–27	Romania L 5–24	Italy L 4–28	4	—	—	Australia L 4–2	Singapore L 13–14	16
South Africa	Women's tournament	Spain L 4–23	Great Britain L 3–12	France L 6–13	4	—	—	Croatia L 6–16	Singapore W 8–4	15

Team roster

The following is the South African roster.^[3]

Head coach: Grant MacKenzie

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	0	58	22	+36	8	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	0	59	25	+34	7	Playoffs
3	Romania	3	1	0	0	2	38	41	−3	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	12	79	−67	0	13–16th place semifinals

12 July 2025 09:00	Report	Serbia	27–3	South Africa	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Yasser Mehalhel (EGY), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 8–0, 6–3, 4–0, 9–0
		Mandić 6	Goals	three players 1

14 July 2025 10:35	Report	South Africa	5–24	Romania	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Evan Andrews (CAN), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–3, 3–7, 1–6
		D. Sneddon 2	Goals	Georgescu, Iudean 4

16 July 2025 13:45	Report	Italy	28–4	South Africa	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Evan Andrews (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 9–0, 8–1, 5–2
		Cassia, Ferrero 4	Goals	four players 1

13th–16th place semifinals

18 July 2025 09:00	Report	South Africa	4–27	Australia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Yasser Mehalhel (EGY), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–10, 2–9, 0–3
		four players 1	Goals	three players 4

15th place game

20 July 2025 09:00	Report	South Africa	13–14	Singapore	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), Mihai Balanescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–7, 4–3, 3–3, 4–1
		Sneddon 3	Goals	Goh 3

Team roster

The following is the South African roster.^[4]

Head coach: Dean Whyte

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	62	17	+45	9	Quarterfinals
2	Great Britain	3	2	0	0	1	31	28	+3	6	Playoffs
3	France	3	1	0	0	2	28	41	−13	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	13	48	−35	0	13–16th place semifinals

11 July 2025 09:00	Report	South Africa	4–23	Spain	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Wu Zhekang (SGP), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–9, 0–5, 2–4, 1–5
		four players 1	Goals	González 5

13 July 2025 12:10	Report	Great Britain	12–3	South Africa	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Wu Zhekang (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 2–2, 4–1, 1–0
		Turner 4	Goals	three players 1

15 July 2025 12:10	Report	South Africa	6–13	France	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Megan Perry (NZL), Mihai Balanescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–3, 3–3, 0–3
		Banks 2	Goals	Hardy, Heurtaux 3

13–16th place semifinals

17 July 2025 10:35	Report	Croatia	16–6	South Africa	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 7–2, 2–3, 2–0, 5–1
		Janković 4	Goals	Meecham 2

15th place game

19 July 2025 09:00	Report	Singapore	4–8	South Africa	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–2, 1–2, 0–1
		four players 1	Goals	Williams 2