South Africa at the 2026 Commonwealth Games

South Africa at the
2026 Commonwealth Games
South Africa at the; 2026 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of South Africa
CG code	RSA
CGA	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	teamsa.co.za
in Glasgow, Scotland; 23 July 2026 – 2 August 2026
Competitors	111 in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Bridget Herselman
Baton bearer	Shaun Williams
Flag bearer (closing)	Masala Makatu
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 7 Silver 11 Bronze 10 Total 28
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1930; 1934; 1938; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962–1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026; 2030;

South Africa is scheduled to compete at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.^[1]^[2]^[3] This will mark the country's eighth participation at the games, after making its post-apartheid debut at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Prior to South Africa's temporary exclusion from the Commonwealth Games Federation in 1961, its last appearance was at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

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The South African team consisted of 112 athletes (59 men and 53 women) competing in all ten sports ^[4]^[5]

Bowler Bridget Herselman was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.^[6] Meanwhile, wheelchair basketball athlete Shaun Williams was the baton bearer during the opening ceremony.^[6] Para athlete Masala Makatu served as the country's closing ceremony flagbearer.^[7]

Swimmer Chad le Clos became the most decorated individual athlete in Commonwealth Games history, winning his 21st medal.^[8]

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Nathan Hendricks	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle S13	24 July
Gold	Pieter Coetze	Swimming	Men's 50 m backstroke	25 July
Gold	Pieter Coetze	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke	26 July
Gold	Lara van Niekerk	Swimming	Women's 50 m breaststroke	28 July
Gold	Pieter Coetze	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	29 July
Gold	Christian Sadie	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle S7	29 July
Gold	Sinesipho Dambile	Athletics	Men's 200 metres	31 July
Silver	Erin Gallagher	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly	25 July
Silver	Aimee Canny	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke	26 July
Silver	Michael Houlie	Swimming	Men's 50 m breaststroke	27 July
Silver	Nathan Hendricks	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle S13	28 July
Silver	Danika Vyncke	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle S13	28 July
Silver	Aimee Canny	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley	28 July
Silver	Pieter Coetze Michael Houlie Erin Gallagher Aimee Canny Chad le Clos Georgia Nel Hannah Pearse Chris Smith	Swimming	Mixed 4x100 m medley relay	28 July
Silver	Kaylene Corbett	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	29 July
Silver	Masala Makatu	Athletics	Men's 100 m T12	30 July
Silver	Timothy Meuwsen	Judo	Men's 81 kg	1 August
Silver	Kyle Rademeyer	Athletics	Men's pole vault	1 August
Bronze	Aimee Canny Rebecca Meder Erin Gallagher Olivia Nel Georgia Nel Jessica Thompson Caitlin De Lange	Swimming	Women's 4x100 m freestyle relay	24 July
Bronze	Pieter Coetze Chad le Clos Ruard van Renen Guy Brooks Kris Mihaylov	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay	24 July
Bronze	Ruard van Renen	Swimming	Men's 50 m backstroke	25 July
Bronze	Olivia Nel	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	25 July
Bronze	Erin Gallagher	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly	27 July
Bronze	Ruard van Renen	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	29 July
Bronze	Aimee Canny Rebecca Meder Erin Gallagher Olivia Nel Georgia Nel Jessica Thompson Lara van Niekerk	Swimming	Women's 4x100 m medley relay	29 July
Bronze	Pieter Coetze Chad le Clos Ruard van Renen Guy Brooks Michael Houlie Chris Smith Jarden Eaton	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m medley relay	29 July
Bronze	Donné Breytenbach	Judo	Women's 57 kg	31 July
Bronze	Zakithi Nene	Athletics	Men's 400 metres	1 August

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jaco Smit	100 metres (T12)	11.11	1 Q	—		11.24	4
Masala Makatu	100 metres (T12)	11.05	2 q	—		11.04
Collen Mahlalela	100 metres (T47)	—				11.31	6
Cheswill Johnson	100 metres	10.21	15 q	10.05	4 q	10.13	8
Gift Leotlela		—		10.02	1 Q	9.91	4
Bradley Nkoana		10.16	10 q	DQ		Did not advance
Mvuyo Moss	200 metres	21.02	3	Did not advance
Sinesipho Dambile		—		19.82	1 Q	19.96
Mthi Mthimkulu		20.39	4	Did not advance
Zakithi Nene	400 metres	—		45.70	3 q	45.21
Lythe Pillay	400 metres	—		45.87	4	Did not advance
Tshepo Tshite	800 metres
Tshepo Tshite	Mile	3:59.52	13 Q	—		3:57.43	10
Maxime Chaumeton	5000 metres	—
Franco le Roux	110 metres hurdles	13.64	4 q	—		13.53	4
Sabelo Dhlamini	400 metres hurdles	50.68	14	Did not advance
Gift Leotlela Akani Simbine Bradley Nkoana Mvuyo Moss Sinesipho Dambile	4x100 metres relay	—

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cheswill Johnson	Long jump
Kyle Rademeyer	Pole vault			5.70m
Aiden Smith	Shot put	19.86	7 q	20.31	4
Douw Smit	Javelin throw	80.64	3 q	82.88	5

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sheryl James	100 metres (T38)	13.94	8 q	—		14.08	8
Liezel Gouws	100 metres (T38)	14.24	10	—		Did not advance
Sheryl James	200 metres (T38)
Liezel Gouws	200 metres (T38)
Marlie Viljoen	400 metres	52.99	4	Did not advance
Prudence Sekgodiso	800 metres	2:03.84	4 q	2:01.57	7	Did not advance
Karabo More	Mile	4:37.97	13 Q	—
Tayla Kavanagh	10,000 metres
Marione Fourie	100 metres hurdles	12.50	2 Q	—		12.66	4
Rogail Joseph	400 metres hurdles

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Liezel Gouws	Long jump (T38)
Jo-Ané du Plessis	Javelin throw	—		56.22	6
Yane van der Merwe	Discus throw (F44)

South Africa at the 2026 Commonwealth Games

Medalists

Competitors

Athletics

3x3 basketball

Men's wheelchair tournament

Women's wheelchair tournament

Boxing

Cycling

Gymnastics

Judo

Lawn bowls

Netball

Swimming

Weightlifting

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Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / CM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
South Africa	Men's wheelchair	Scotland –	Wales –	Malaysia –
South Africa	Women's wheelchair	Canada –	Australia –	England –

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	3	0	54	25	+29	Semi-finals
2	South Africa	3	2	1	38	37	+1	Play-ins
3	Wales	3	1	2	36	50	−14	Play-ins
4	Malaysia	3	0	3	29	45	−16

Scotland	15–9	South Africa
Pts: Erskine 11		Pts: Yalezo 4

South Africa	16–12	Wales
Pts: Shelembe 6		Pts: Marshall-Wilson 8

Malaysia	10–13	South Africa
Pts: three players 3		Pts: Williams 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	51	20	+31	Semi-finals
2	Australia	3	2	1	38	30	+8	Quarter-finals
3	Canada	3	1	2	41	30	+11	Quarter-finals
4	South Africa	3	0	3	10	60	−50

Canada	19–3	South Africa
Pts: Tessier 10		Pts: three players 1

Australia	20–5	South Africa
Pts: Munro-Cook 10		Pts: Gilifile 3

South Africa	2–21	England
Pts: Moganedi, Hagu 1		Pts: Robinson 8

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Simamkele Damesi	Men's welterweight
Masibulele Sigwela	Men's bantamweight

Thandolwethu Mathiba	Women's flyweight
Samukelisiwe Ncube	Women's light middleweight

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
S’annara Grove	Women's individual pursuit

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	FL	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Daniel McLean	All-around	13.350 Q	10.700	9.550	12.200	7.850	9.950	63.600	25

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	378	191	+187	10	Semi-finals
2	England	5	4	1	355	224	+131	8	Semi-finals
3	South Africa	5	3	2	340	231	+109	6	Classification matches
4	Malawi	5	2	3	233	303	−70	4
5	Tonga	5	1	4	219	396	−177	2
6	Northern Ireland	5	0	5	191	371	−180	0

25 July 2026 21:00	Report	South Africa	65–44	Malawi	OVO Hydro Umpires: Alison Harrison, Georgina Sulley-Beales Reserve umpire: Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 16–11, 15–9, 16–12
		Elmeré van der Berg 48/52 (92%) Kamogelo Maseko 17/18 (94%)		Tendai Masamba 19/23 (83%) Ethel Ng'ambi 14/14 (100%) Mwai Kumwenda 9/9 (100%) Stellah Matelezi 2/3 (67%)

26 July 2026 16:00	Report	South Africa	96–42	Tonga	OVO Hydro Umpires: Justin Barnes, Gareth Fowler Reserve umpire: Alison Harrison
		Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 25–8, 21–12, 24–7
		Rolene Streutker 51/58 (88%) Owethu Ngubane 34/40 (85%) Kamogelo Maseko 11/12 (92%)		Uneeq Palavi 29/32 (91%) Marie Payn 6/7 (86%) Sovika Pousini 6/8 (75%) Lavinia Lavea 1/2 (50%)

28 July 2026 14:00	Report	South Africa	78–30	Northern Ireland	OVO Hydro Umpires: Georgina Sulley-Beales, Kate Mann Reserve umpire: Ken Metekingi
		Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 18–10, 21–4, 25–8
		Elmeré van der Berg 39/42 (93%) Rolene Streutker 25/28 (89%) Kamogelo Maseko 11/11 (100%) Sammy Ngubane 3/4 (75%)		Lisa Bowman 17/24 (71%) Orlaith Rogers 8/10 (80%) Emma Magee 5/8 (63%)

29 July 2026 21:00	Report	Australia	57–47	South Africa	OVO Hydro Umpires: Tania Fink, Louise Travis Reserve umpire: Gareth Fowler
		Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 18–8, 13–14, 12–12
		Sophie Garbin 33/34 (97%) Kiera Austin 15/23 (65%) Cara Koenen 6/7 (86%) Sophie Dwyer 3/4 (75%)		Elmeré van der Berg 39/44 (89%) Kamogelo Maseko 4/4 (100%) Sammy Ngubane 4/6 (67%)

30 July 2026 21:00	Report	England	58–54	South Africa	OVO Hydro Umpires: Bronwen Adams, Georgina Sulley-Beales Reserve umpire: Kristie Simpson
		Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 17–12, 15–10, 15–15
		Olivia Tchine 41/43 (95%) Lois Pearson 17/17 (100%)		Elmere van der Berg 48/53 (91%) Sammy Ngubane 6/7 (86%)