South Africa at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa at the
2022 World Aquatics Championships
South Africa at the; 2022 World Aquatics Championships
	Flag of South Africa
FINA code	RSA
National federation	Swimming South Africa
in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors	46 in 5 sports
Medals; Ranked 23rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
World Aquatics Championships appearances
	1973; 1975; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1991; 1994; 1998; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2022; 2023; 2024;

South Africa competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 18 June to 3 July.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Lara van Niekerk	Swimming	Women's 50 metre breaststroke	25 June

Artistic swimming

South Africa entered 4 artistic swimmers.^[2]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Laura Strugnell	Solo technical routine	68.1776	22	did not advance
Xera Vegter Maharajh	Solo free routine	66.1667	27	did not advance
Skye MacDonald Xera Vegter Maharajh	Duet technical routine	64.3119	30	did not advance
Skye MacDonald Xera Vegter Maharajh	Duet free routine	65.2333	32	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Laura Strugnell Ayrton Sweeney	Duet free routine	63.6000	13	did not advance

Diving

South Africa entered 4 divers.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Bailey Heydra	Women's 1 m springboard	200.45	34	—		did not advance
Zalika Methula	Women's 1 m springboard	184.20	42	—		did not advance
Grace Brammer Kerry-Leigh Morrison	Women's synchronized 3 m springboard	190.20	13	—		did not advance

Open water swimming

South Africa entered 4 open water swimmers (2 male^[4] and 2 female ^[5])

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ruan Breitenbach	Men's 5 km	57:54.9	29
Ruan Breitenbach	Men's 10 km	1:55:40.1	22
Connor Buck	Men's 5 km	56:39.6	28
Connor Buck	Men's 10 km	1:59:42.6	31
Amica de Jager	Women's 5 km	1:01:03.7	29
Amica de Jager	Women's 10 km	2:06:00.2	22
Catherine van Rensburg	Women's 5 km	1:00:55.6	18
Catherine van Rensburg	Women's 10 km	2:06:54.2	28
Ruan Breitenbach Connor Buck Amica de Jager Catherine van Rensburg	Team	DSQ

Swimming

South Africa entered 9 swimmers.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brendan Crawford	50 m breaststroke	28.21	26	did not advance
Brendan Crawford	100 m breaststroke	1:01.25	23	did not advance
Clayton Jimmie	50 m freestyle	22.74	43	did not advance
Clayton Jimmie	100 m freestyle	50.68	55	did not advance
Chad le Clos	50 m butterfly	23.86	33	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	DNS
	200 m butterfly	DNS
Matthew Sates	200 m freestyle	1:47.28	14 Q	1:46.63	12	did not advance
	400 m freestyle	DNS
	100 m butterfly	54.17	41	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	1:58.61	7 Q	1:57.74	8 Q	1:58.27	8
	400 m individual medle	4:14.81	11	—	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emma Chelius	50 m freestyle	24.87	7 Q	24.87	9	did not advance
Emma Chelius	100 m freestyle	55.39	22	did not advance
Stephanie Houtman	1500 m freestyle	17:08.12	21	—	did not advance
Olivia Nel	50 m backstroke	29.06	23	did not advance
Olivia Nel	100 m backstroke	1:02.95	25	did not advance
Lara van Niekerk	50 m breaststroke	29.77 AF	1 Q	29.99	3 Q	29.90
Lara van Niekerk	100 m breaststroke	1:06.75	10 Q	1:06.75	13	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brendan Crawford Stephanie Houtman Clayton Jimmie Olivia Nel	4 × 100 metre medley relay	4:00.65	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	Italy L 4–22	Spain L 2–28	Canada cancelled	3 P/off	United States L 2–24	—	Georgia L 7–20	Australia L 4–19	12
South Africa	Women's tournament	United States L 2–24	Argentina L 6–7	Netherlands L 1–22	4	—	—	Colombia W 14–11	Brazil W 8–7	13

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is South African roster in the Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament.^[7]

Head coach: Vaughn Marlow

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	2	0	42	14	+28	4	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	2	1	1	34	18	+16	2	Playoffs
3	South Africa	2	0	2	6	50	−44	0	Playoffs
4	Canada^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: Sportresult^{[dead link]}
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.
Notes:

^ On 24 June, the Canadian team withdrew from the tournament after multiple positive COVID-19 cases amongst the team.^[8]^[9]

21 June 2022 18:00	Report^{[dead link]}	South Africa	4–22	Italy	Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: Radu Matache (ROU), Wallop Jirathornwattana (THA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–1, 0–7, 2–11
		four players 1	Goals	Fondelli 4

23 June 2022 18:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Spain	28–2	South Africa	Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: Wallop Jirathornwattana (THA), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 7–1, 7–0, 6–1, 8–0
		Granados 6	Goals	Cronje, Howard 1

Cancelled

Canada

–

South Africa

Playoffs

27 June 2022 18:30	Report^{[dead link]}	South Africa	2–24	United States	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Andrew Carney (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–6, 0–5, 2–7
		Stone, Swanepoel 1	Goals	Dodd 6

9th-12th place semifinal

29 June 2022 18:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Georgia	20–7	South Africa	Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged Referees: Radu Matache (ROU), Anbar Anbar (KUW)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–1, 7–2, 5–3
		three players 3	Goals	Olver 2

Eleventh place game

1 July 2022 17:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Australia	19–4	South Africa	Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 6–0, 4–1, 6–1
		Pavillard 5	Goals	Swanepoel 2

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is South African roster in the Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament.^[10]

Head coach: Delaine Mentoor

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	58	12	+46	6	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	58	18	+40	4	Playoffs
3	Argentina	3	1	2	16	58	−42	2	Playoffs
4	South Africa	3	0	3	9	53	−44	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.

20 June 2022 18:00	Report	South Africa	2–24	United States	Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Megan Perry (NZL), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–10, 1–3, 1–4
		Meecham, Zondo 1	Goals	Haralabidis 5

22 June 2022 18:00	Report	Argentina	7–6	South Africa	Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Edgar Baron (COL)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–2, 3–1, 2–2
		Leonard 3	Goals	Vaughan 2

24 June 2022 19:30	Report	Netherlands	22–1	South Africa	Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Edgar Baron (COL)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–0, 7–0, 6–0
		Moolhuijzen 5	Goals	Versfeld 1

13th-16th place semifinal

26 June 2022 17:00	Report	Colombia	11–14	South Africa	Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Pascal Bouchez (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–5, 3–3, 2–2
		Marín, Vanegas 3	Goals	MacLeod 4

13th place game

28 June 2022 15:30	Report	South Africa	8–7	Brazil	Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Megan Perry (NZL), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 0–1, 3–1
		January 2	Goals	Coutinho 3