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South Africa at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

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South Africa at the
2022 World Aquatics Championships
FINA codeRSA
National federationSwimming South Africa
in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors46 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
World Aquatics Championships appearances

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

Medalists

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

Artistic swimming

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South Africa entered 4 artistic swimmers.[2]

Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
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
Duet free routine 65.2333 32 did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Laura Strugnell
Ayrton Sweeney
Duet free routine 63.6000 13 did not advance

Diving

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South Africa entered 4 divers.[3]

Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
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

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

Swimming

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South Africa entered 9 swimmers.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Brendan Crawford 50 m breaststroke 28.21 26 did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:01.25 23 did not advance
Clayton Jimmie 50 m freestyle 22.74 43 did not advance
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
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Emma Chelius 50 m freestyle 24.87 7 Q 24.87 9 did not advance
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
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100 m breaststroke 1:06.75 10 Q 1:06.75 13 did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
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

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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  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

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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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 2 2 0 0 42 14 +28 4 Quarterfinals
2  Italy 2 1 0 1 34 18 +16 2 Playoffs
3  South Africa 2 0 0 2 6 50 −44 0
4  Canada[a] 0 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:
  1. ^ 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

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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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 58 12 +46 6 Quarterfinals
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 58 18 +40 4 Playoffs
3  Argentina 3 1 0 2 16 58 −42 2
4  South Africa 3 0 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

References

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  1. ^ "19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022 - Hungary|FINA Official". FINA. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  2. ^ "19th FINA World Championships Artistic swimming Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. ^ "19th FINA World Championships Diving Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  4. ^ "19th FINA World Championships Open water Men Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  5. ^ "19th FINA World Championships Open water Women Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Swimming Entry List" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  7. ^ waterpolo.sportresult.com. "South Africa" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Canada Men's Team withdraws from 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022". Water Polo Canada. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Canadian men's water polo team withdraws from worlds due to COVID-19". cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  10. ^ waterpolo.sportresult.com. "South Africa" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.