South Africa at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa at the
2023 World Aquatics Championships
South Africa at the; 2023 World Aquatics Championships
	Flag of South Africa
FINA code	RSA
National federation	Swimming South Africa
Website	swimsa.org
in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors	51 in 5 sports
Medals; Ranked 17th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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South Africa competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Tatjana Schoenmaker	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	July 28
Silver	Tatjana Schoenmaker	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke	July 25

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	3	3
Diving	1	3	4
Open water swimming	3	3	6
Swimming	4	7	11
Water polo	14	13	27
Total	22	29	51

Artistic swimming

South Africa entered 3 artistic swimmers.^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Skye MacDonald	Solo technical routine	158.9600	26	Did not advance
Skye MacDonald	Solo free routine	122.4375	22	Did not advance
Jess Hayes-Hill Laura Strugnell	Duet technical routine	126.7933	38	Did not advance
Jess Hayes-Hill Laura Strugnell	Duet free routine	121.1624	28	Did not advance

Diving

South Africa entered 4 divers.^[2]^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stefan Steenkamp	1 m springboard	219.30	61	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Bailey Heydra	1 m springboard	202.00	36	—		Did not advance
Bailey Heydra	3 m springboard	188.40	49	Did not advance
Julia Vincent	1 m springboard	242.25	6 Q	—		227.05	11
Julia Vincent	3 m springboard	277.70	14 Q	295.95	11 Q	297.30	10
Bailey Heydra Zalika Methula	3 m synchro springboard	220.14	17	—		Did not advance

Open water swimming

South Africa entered 6 open water swimmers.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Joshua Ashley	Men's 10 km	2:04:53.6	52
Connor Buck	Men's 5 km	56:52.4	23
Connor Buck	Men's 10 km	2:01:34.7	43
Matthew Caldwell	Men's 5 km	DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kate Beavon	Women's 5 km	1:02:46.5	42
Amica de Jager	Women's 5 km	1:01:28.9	24
Amica de Jager	Women's 10 km	2:10:31.9	40
Tory Earle	Women's 10 km	2:19:27.7	51

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Amica de Jager Kate Beavon Matthew Caldwell Connor Buck	Team relay	1:16:12.1	14

Swimming

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Houlie	50 m breaststroke	27.31	14 Q	27.57	16	Did not advance
Michael Houlie	100 m breaststroke	1:01.58	30	Did not advance
Clayton Jimmie	100 m freestyle	49.95	43	Did not advance
Clayton Jimmie	50 m backstroke	25.97	37	Did not advance
Righardt Muller	200 m freestyle	1:52.25	44	Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:07.08	31	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:33.82	23	—		Did not advance
Roland Schoeman	50 m freestyle	22.87	50	Did not advance
Roland Schoeman	50 m butterfly	24.02	44	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aimee Canny	100 m freestyle	54.60	14 Q	54.87	16	Did not advance
Aimee Canny	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
Milla Drakopoulos	100 m backstroke	1:02.77	35	Did not advance
Trinity Hearne	100 m butterfly	1:00.27	29	Did not advance
Trinity Hearne	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
Rebecca Meder	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
Lara van Niekerk	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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Clayton Jimmie Aimee Canny Roland Schoeman Rebecca Meder	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:30.16 AF	18	Did not advance

Water polo

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	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

Men's tournament

Team roster

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

Head coach: Vaughn Marlow

1 Lwazi Madi GK
2 Chad Roman FP
3 Niall Wheeler FP
4 Ignardus Badenhorst FP
5 Cameron Laurenson FP
6 Ross Stone FP
7 Dane Tucker FP
8 Manqoba Bungane FP
9 Dylan Cronje FP
10 Joshua Faber FP
11 Todd Howard FP
12 Jonathan Swanepoel FP
13 Gareth May GK
Sven van Zyl FP

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	Playoffs
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	21	92	−71	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

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

Women's tournament

Team roster

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

Head coach: Nicola Barrett

1 Meghan Maartens GK
2 Tumi Macdonell FP
3 Annie Thornton-Dibb FP
4 Boati Motau FP
5 Megan Sileno FP
6 Hanna Muller FP
7 Shakira January FP
8 Esihle Zondo FP
9 Ruby Versfeld FP
10 Nicola Macleod FP
11 Chloe Meecham FP
12 Kelsey White FP
13 Olufunke Gando GK

Group play

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