South Africa at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
in Nanjing
Competitors	54 in 14 sports
Medals Ranked 49th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

South Africa competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics , in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified seven athletes. ^[1]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ronald Rakaku	100 m	11.72	25 qC	Did not start

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Jason van Rooyen	Shot put	19.73	4 Q	19.82	4

Girls

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Taylon Bieldt	100 m hurdles	14.18	13 qB	Did not start
Gezelle Magerman	400 m hurdles	58.57	1 Q	57.91

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Yolandi Stander	Shot put	14.62	14 qB	14.45	12
Leandri Geel	Discus throw	46.29	7 Q	46.05	6
Jo-Ane van Dyk	Javelin throw	52.60	3 Q	48.93	7

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships. ^[2]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Round of 16		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Donna Hutton	K1 slalom	1:38.749	15 R	1:34.219	5 Q	1:33.727	13	Did not advance
	K1 sprint	1:54.376	6 Q	—		1:54.976	7 Q	Kaltenberger  (KAZ) L 1:50.743	Did not advance		5

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its ranking issued by the UCI. ^{[3] [4]}

Team

Athletes	Event	Cross-Country Eliminator		Time Trial			BMX		Cross-Country Race			Road Race			Total Pts	Rank
		Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points
Alex Limberg Ivan Venter	Boys' Team	18	0	5:20.24	12	6	4	100	1:01:05	13	4	DNF 1:37:18	1	100	210	6
Relebohile Pebane Maia Rawlins	Girls' Team	16	1	7:42.32	29	0	4	100	−2 laps	27	0	DNF 1:28:19	54	0	101	13

Mixed Relay

Athletes	Event	Cross-Country Girls' Race	Cross-Country Boys' Race	Boys' Road Race	Girls' Road Race	Total Time	Rank
Relebohile Pebane Alex Limberg Ivan Venter Maia Rawlins	Mixed Team Relay	4:11	3:40	5:37	7:30	20:58	28

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified a rider. ^[5]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Alexa Stais	Dominand	Individual Jumping	16	26	8	24	12	24	21
Africa   Mohamed Hayab  (EGY)   Lilia Maamar  (MAR)   Maeva Boyer  (SEN)   Alexa Stais  (RSA)   Sophie Teede  (ZIM)	White Lady Figaro Cornetta Dominand Carsar	Team Jumping	12	4	4	16	4	16	4

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its performance at the African Qualification Tournament. ^[6]

Boys' tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament

Roster

• Jacques Bleeker
• Ryan Crowe
• Tyson Dlungwana
• Tevin Kok
• Matthew Martins
• Nqobile Ntuli
• Luke Schooling
• Garth Turner
• Cody van Wyk

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	4	4	0	0	28	10	+18	12	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	4	2	0	2	21	17	+4	6
3	Canada	4	2	0	2	14	13	+1	6
4	South Africa	4	2	0	2	11	19	−8	6
5	Bangladesh	4	0	0	4	7	22	−15	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^{[ citation needed ]}

17 August 2014 19:00 South Africa 1 – 5   Canada Ntuli  3' Report Panesar  7', 10' Pereira  29' Sidhu  31' Sandhu  36' Umpires: Paul Walker (GBR) Scott Embry (AUS)

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19 August 2014 16:00 South Africa 6 – 5   Australia Schooling  24', 34' Kok  27', 30' Crowe  27', 29' Report Weyer  2', 17' Rasmussen  4' Warne  7', 9' Umpires: Donovan Simmons (BER) Epeli Tukuca (FIJ)

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20 August 2014 19:30 Bangladesh 3 – 4   South Africa Uddin  14' Rabby  18' Emon  28' Report Dlungwana  7' Ntuli  18', 22', 31' Umpires: Sompop Boonsong (THA) Donovan Simmons (BER)

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21 August 2014 19:30 South Africa 0 – 6   Spain Report Gonzalez  3', 30' Lara  7', 18' Tarres  17', 24'

Quarterfinal

23 August 2014 21:00 New Zealand 0 – 3   South Africa Report Ntuli  4', 18', 26' Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Duvaughn Henlon (JAM)

Semifinal

25 August 2014 19:30 South Africa 3 – 4   Australia Crowe  12' Turner  28' Schooling  36' Report Stewart  18' Howard  21', 34' Corey Weyer  31' Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Duvaughn Henlon (JAM)

Bronze Medal Match

27 August 2014 19:00 Spain 7 – 4   South Africa 4th Farres  7', 15' Parrilla  9' Garcia  19' Lara  20' Bordas  34' Tarres  36' Report Kok  18', 23' Ntuli  24' Bleeker  34' Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Donovan Simmons (BER)

Girls' tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament

Roster

• Natalie Esteves
• Demi Harmse
• Chrissie Haupt
• Marizen Marais
• Kaydee Miller
• Kristen Paton
• Cheneal Raubenheimer
• Simone Strydom
• Buhle Zondi

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	0	46	1	+45	12	Quarterfinals
2	Japan	4	2	1	1	42	16	+26	7
3	Argentina	4	2	1	1	34	9	+25	7
4	South Africa	4	1	0	3	8	34	−26	3
5	Fiji	4	0	0	4	3	73	−70	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

17 August 2014 20:30 Japan 12 – 0   South Africa Kawamura  2', 9', 9' Mori  7', 17' Kozuka  11', 12', 24' Asai  24', 36' Karino  28' Hoshi  31' Report Umpires: Liu Lijie (CHN) Ana Escalante (MEX)

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18 August 2014 19:00 Argentina 9 – 0   South Africa Jankunas  3', 22' Toccalino  4', 27' Thome  8', 15' Trinchinetti  20' Retegui  24', 26' Report Umpires: Ana Faias (POR) Lucy Townend (NZL)

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19 August 2014 19:30 South Africa 8 – 2   Fiji Harmse  1', 13' Marais  2', 18' Paton  11', 22' Raubenheimer  19' Haupt  33' Report Bennion  20' Ravatu  29' Umpires: Lucy Townend (NZL) Ana Faias (POR)

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21 August 2014 18:00 Netherlands 11 – 0   South Africa Veen  8', 35' Zerbo  9', 11' Kerstholt  12', 26', 28', 35' van Erk  18' Fortuin  22' Wijsman  25' Report Umpires: Emily Carroll (AUS) Ana Escalante (MEX)

Quarterfinal

23 August 2014 17:30 China 7 – 1   South Africa Zhang L.  1', 3' Zhang X.  2', 13', 24' Li  18' Chen  20' Report [ permanent dead link ] Esteves  6' Umpires: Denise Pelletier (CAN) Toh Li Min (SIN)

Classification Match 5th-8th Place

24 August 2014 17:30 South Africa 3 – 4   New Zealand Esteves  26', 36' Haupt  27' Report Hyatt Brown  4' Robinson  6' Waddell  18' Davies  25' Umpires: Liu Lijie (CHN) Ana Escalante (MEX)

7th Place Match

26 August 2014 16:00 Germany 6 – 1   South Africa Scheidl  5' Angerer  12', 14' Jeltsch  18', 30' Hohenhövel  24' Report Marais  9' Umpires: Lucy Townenda (NZL) Ana Escalante (MEX)

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings. ^[7]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Kyle McClatchie	Boys	81	29	73	154	12	72	226	12	226	25
Kaleigh Telfer	Girls	82	29	Disqualified

Team

Athletes	Event	Round 1 (Foursome)		Round 2 (Fourball)			Round 3 (Individual Stroke)				Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Boy	Girl	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Kyle McClatchie Kaleigh Telfer	Mixed	65	6	78	143	28	74	73	147	17	290	17

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic Gymnastics

South Africa qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2014 African Artistic Gymnastics Championships. ^[8]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Muhammad Mia	Qualification	12.150	12.150	10.800	12.150	9.750	11.300	68.300	36

Girls

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB
Mammule Rankoe	Qualification	10.400	12.350	11.250	10.600	44.600	33

Rhythmic Gymnastics

South Africa qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 African Rhythmic Championships. ^[8]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Shannon Gardiner	Individual	11.350	11.400	11.750	11.150	45.650	15	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships. ^[9]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Rep 1	Rep 2	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Unelle Snyman	Girls' -78 kg	—	Berger  (BEL) W 010-0001	Matic  (CRO) L 000-100	—		Rodriguez  (ESP) L 0002-0001	5

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Team Van De Walle   Paola Acevedo  (PUR)   Leyla Aliyeva  (AZE)   Nokutula Banda  (ZAM)   Marco Montoya  (COL)   Ivan Silva Morales  (CUB)   Unelle Snyman  (RSA)   Peta Zadro  (BIH)	Mixed Team	Bye	Team Geesink L 3–4	Did not advance		5

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified two boats based on its performance at the Byte CII African Continental Qualifiers. ^[10]

Athlete	Event	Race											Net Points	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Calvin Gibbs	Boys' Byte CII	15	20	15	23	16	25	22	CAN	CAN	CAN	26	137	25
Megan Robertson	Girls' Byte CII	25	20	30	30	28	28	25	CAN	CAN	CAN	22	178	30

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified one shooter based on its performance at the 2014 African Shooting Championships. ^[11]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sybrand Laurens	Boys' 10m Air Rifle	602.6	16	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ivana Babic  (CRO)   Sybrand Laurens  (RSA)	Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle	811.9	14 Q	Borgo  (MEX)   Alvian  (INA) W 10–6	Riccardi  (SMR)   Milovanovic  (SRB) L 6–10	Did not advance		5

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified eight swimmers. ^[12]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joshua Steyn	100 m freestyle	52.19	27	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:50.79	5 Q	—		1:50.06	5
	50 m butterfly	24.87	10 Q	24.74	11	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	53.74	3 Q	54.25	8 Q	53.63	4
Brent Szurdoki	200 m freestyle	1:52.59	18	—		Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:56.84	14	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	—				8:15.51	14
Christopher Reid	50 m backstroke	26.71	14 Q	26.75	16	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	56.25	7 Q	55.55	9	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:00.93	3 Q	—		1:59.77	5
	200 m individual medley	2:04.19	6 Q	—		2:04.43	7
Jarred Crous	50 m breaststroke	28.66	4 Q	28.79	7 Q	28.46	4
	100 m breaststroke	1:02.53	5 Q	1:02.30	4 Q	1:02.17	6
	200 m breaststroke	2:16.65	8 Q	—		2:15.52	6
Jarred Crous Christopher Reid Joshua Steyn Brent Szurdoki	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:29.24	7 Q	—		3:28.86	8
Jarred Crous Christopher Reid Joshua Steyn Brent Szurdoki	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:45.97	3 Q	—		3:42.39	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marlies Ross	100 m freestyle	57.30	17	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:03.73	19	—		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:15.45	2 Q	—		2:15.25	7
Michelle Weber	400 m freestyle	4:26.87	23	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	—				9:00.16	16
Nathania van Niekerk	100 m backstroke	1:03.94	18	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:17.02	11	—		Did not advance
Justine MacFarlane	50 m breaststroke	32.85	18	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:11.37	14 Q	1:10.55	12	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:33.14	8 Q	—		2:32.57	7
Justine MacFarlane Marlies Ross Nathania van Niekerk Michelle Weber	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:59.05	10	—		Did not advance
Justine MacFarlane Marlies Ross Nathania van Niekerk Michelle Weber	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:15.13	6 Q	—		4:15.44	7

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Christopher Reid Marlies Ross Joshua Steyn Nathania van Niekerk	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:40.81	12	Did not advance
Jarred Crous Marlies Ross Joshua Steyn Nathania van Niekerk	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:57.44	4 Q	3:54.86	5

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified one athlete based on the 9 June 2014 ITF World Junior Rankings. ^[13]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Lloyd Harris	Boys' Singles	Rybakov  (USA) W 7–6, 6–4	Majchrzak  (POL) L 2–6, 0–6	Did not advance			9

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Lloyd Harris  (RSA)   Guy Orly Iradukunda  (BDI)	Boys' Doubles	—	Majchrzak  (POL)   Zielinski  (POL) L 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance			9
Sandra Samir  (EGY)   Lloyd Harris  (RSA)	Mixed Doubles	Kalinina  (UKR)   Rogan  (MNE) W 6–2, 6–4	Giangreco  (PAR)   Zormann  (BRA) L 7–5, 3–6, [5–10]	Did not advance			9

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2014 African Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. ^[14]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Nathan le Roux	Boys	10:32	0:44	31:00	0:25	18:50	1:01:31	27
Jayme-Sue Vermaas	Girls	10:31	0:45	33:24	0:25	19:34	1:04:39	18

Relay

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Africa 1   Rehab Hamdy  (EGY)   Khaled Essam  (EGY)   Jayme-Sue Vermaas  (RSA)   Nathan Le Roux  (RSA)	Mixed Relay	25:13 22:25 23:47 21:05	1:32:30	14

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified three athletes based on its performance at the 2014 African Cadet Championships. ^[15]

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Reynardt Louw	Freestyle -54kg	Al-Shebami  (YEM) L 1–3 PP	Fix  (USA) L 0–4 VT	Sejfulau  (MKD) W 4–0 VT	3	5th Place Match   Guvazhokov  (RUS) L 1–4 ST	6
Elbert Steyn	Freestyle -63kg	Dydasco  (PLW) W 4–0 VT	Mammadov  (AZE) L 0–4 ST	Julakidze  (GEO) L 0–3 PO	3	5th Place Match   Moore  (CAN) W 4–0 VT	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Leanco Stans	Freestyle -60kg	Parra  (COL) L 0–3	Aquino  (GUM) W 4–1	Pei  (CHN) L 0–4	3	5th Place Match   Mane  (IND) L 0–3 PO	6

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