South Africa at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	RSA
National federation	Swimming South Africa
Website	www.swimsa.co.za
in Barcelona, Spain
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 5
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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South Africa competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain between 19 July and 4 August 2013.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Chad le Clos	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	31 July
Gold	Cameron van der Burgh	Swimming	Men's 50 m breaststroke	31 July
Gold	Chad le Clos	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly	3 August
Silver	Cameron van der Burgh	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	29 July
Bronze	Giulio Zorzi	Swimming	Men's 50 m breaststroke	31 July

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa qualified four quota places for the following diving events. ^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Addy van der Sluys	1 m springboard	239.15	41	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nicole Gillis	1 m springboard	198.70	35	—		Did not advance
Julia Vincent		222.40	20	—		Did not advance
Nicole Gillis	3 m springboard	235.80	25	Did not advance
Julia Vincent		215.75	32	Did not advance
Jaimee Gundry	10 m platform	248.95	27	Did not advance
Nicole Gillis Julia Vincent	3 m synchronized springboard	241.38	16	—		Did not advance

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa qualified six quotas for the following events in open water swimming. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Chad Ho	5 km	53:33.7	4
	10 km	1:49:26.3	8
Daniel Marais	5 km	53:51.0	27
Troyden Prinsloo	10 km	1:51:48.0	51
	25 km	5:03:19.8	28

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Clarice Le Roux	10 km	2:15:35.7	46
Kyna Pereira	5 km	57:30.8	25
Michelle Weber	5 km	DNF
	10 km	DNS

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Chad Ho Daniel Marais Clarice Le Roux	Team	56:34.7	11

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

South African swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard): ^{[3] [4]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Devon Myles Brown	400 m freestyle	3:47.17	5 Q	—		3:48.40	=6
	800 m freestyle	7:57.69	16	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:14.51	17	—		Did not advance
Chad le Clos	50 m butterfly	23.76	23	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	51.88	2 Q	51.52	2 Q	51.06 NR
	200 m butterfly	1:56.21	2 Q	1:55.33	1 Q	1:54.32
Michael Meyer	200 m individual medley	2:01.96	26	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:21.17	17	—		Did not advance
Darren Murray	100 m backstroke	54.64	15 Q	55.02	16	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:59.19	16 Q	2:02.12	16	Did not advance
Roland Mark Schoeman	50 m freestyle	22.04	11 Q	21.67 =AF	7 Q	21.85	7
	50 m butterfly	23.02	1 Q	23.25	10	Did not advance
Leith Shankland	100 m freestyle	50.21	34	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
Cameron van der Burgh	50 m breaststroke	26.78	1 Q	26.81	1 Q	26.77
	100 m breaststroke	1:00.02	7 Q	59.78	=2 Q	58.97
Gerhard Zandberg	50 m backstroke	24.85	4 Q	25.24	13	Did not advance
Giulio Zorzi	50 m breaststroke	27.37	6 Q	27.44	8 Q	27.04
Devon Myles Brown Chad le Clos Leith Shankland Roland Mark Schoeman	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:17.91	11	—		Did not advance
Chad le Clos Darren Murray Leith Shankland Cameron van der Burgh	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:36.22	11	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jessica Ashley-Cooper	50 m backstroke	29.08	=25	Did not advance
Marne Erasmus	100 m butterfly	1:00.73	30	Did not advance
Trudi Maree	50 m freestyle	26.02	33	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	27.40	32	Did not advance
Tara-Lynn Nicholas	50 m breaststroke	33.04	45	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:10.22	31	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:34.41	31	Did not advance
Kyna Pereira	400 m freestyle	4:19.66	25	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:54.10	28	—		Did not advance
Karin Prinsloo	100 m freestyle	55.05	16 Q	55.00	14	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:59.15	19	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:01.25	16 Q	1:01.05	13	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:10.71	11 Q	2:10.04	10	Did not advance
Marlies Ross	200 m individual medley	2:16.94	28	Did not advance
Rene Warnes	400 m individual medley	4:48.11	22	—		Did not advance
Jessica Ashley-Cooper Marne Erasmus Tara-Lynn Nicholas Karin Prinsloo	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:06.46	11	—		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa has qualified the following synchronized swimmers. ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Emma Manners-Wood	Solo free routine	61.140	33	Did not advance
Kerry Beth Norden	Solo technical routine	62.600	32	Did not advance
Emma Manners-Wood Laura Strugnell	Duet free routine	62.550	36	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster ^[6]

• Dwayne Flatscher
• Etienne Le Roux
• Devon Card
• Ignardus Badenhorst
• Nicholas Rodda
• Jason Kyte
• Richard Downes
• Ryan Bell
• Dean Whyte
• Pierre Le Roux
• Nicholas Molyneux
• Adam Kajee
• Donn Stewart

Group play

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	3	3	0	0	41	15	+26	6
United States	3	2	0	1	31	19	+12	4
Canada	3	1	0	2	32	32	0	2
South Africa	3	0	0	3	14	52	−38	0

22 July 2013 12:10	Report	Canada	17–11	South Africa	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 335 Referees: Golijanin (SRB), Rezvani (IRN)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 2–3, 7–4, 4–2
		Constantin-Bicari 4	Goals	Card, Bell 3

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24 July 2013 09:30	Report	South Africa	3–16	United States	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 600 Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–5, 2–5, 0–2
		Bell 2	Goals	Mann 5

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26 July 2013 18:50	Report	Croatia	19–0	South Africa	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 800 Referees: Ni (CHN), Rezvani (IRN)
		Score by quarters:3–0, 4–0, 7–0, 5–0
		Sukno 5	Goals

Round of 16

28 July 2013 09:30	Report	Greece	13–5	South Africa	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Abramović (MNE), Cardenuto (BRA)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–2, 4–0, 3–1
		Gounas 3	Goals	five players 1

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster ^[7]

• Anke Jacobs
• Kimberly Schmidt
• Kieran Paley
• Christy Rawstron
• Megan Schooling
• Tarryn Schooling
• Kimberly Kay
• Lee-Anne Keet
• Delaine Christian
• Marcelle Keet
• Lindsay Killeen
• Kelsey White
• Thembelihle Mkize

Group play

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	45	10	+35	6
China	3	2	0	1	35	21	+14	4
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	22	35	−13	2
South Africa	3	0	0	3	10	46	−36	0

21 July 2013 12:10	Report	China	17–2	South Africa	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 150 Referees: Drury, Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters:4–0, 4–0, 5–0, 4–2
		Ma Huanhuan 5	Goals	L. Keet, M. Keet 1

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23 July 2013 09:30	Report	South Africa	7–13	New Zealand	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Abramović (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 1–3, 3–4
		White 3	Goals	Hudson, Myles 4

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25 July 2013 18:50	Report	Australia	16–1	South Africa	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Makita (JPN), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters:4–0, 5–1, 5–0, 2–0
		Lincoln-Smith, Webster 3	Goals	White 1

Round of 16

27 July 2013 09:30	Report	Russia	22–3	South Africa	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Ni (CHN), Vogel (HUN)
		Score by quarters:5–0, 7–2, 6–1, 4–0
		Beliaeva 5	Goals	three players 1

References

1. "BCN 2013 South Africa's Diving Team". Barcelona 2013. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
2. "BCN 2013 South Africa's Open Water Swimming Team". Barcelona 2013. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
3. "BCN 2013 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
4. "BCN 2013 South Africa's Swimming Team". Barcelona 2013. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
5. "BCN 2013 South Africa's Synchronized Swimming Team". Barcelona 2013. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
6. "BCN 2013 South Africa Men's Water Polo Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
7. "BCN 2013 South Africa Women's Water Polo Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

External links

• Barcelona 2013 Official Site
• Swimming South Africa