South Africa at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | |
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FINA code | RSA |
National federation | Swimming South Africa |
Website | www |
in Kazan, Russia | |
Competitors | 43 in 5 sports |
Medals Ranked 11th |
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World Aquatics Championships appearances | |
South Africa competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho. South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 25th-largest country in the world by land area and, with over 57 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European (White), Asian (Indian), and multiracial (Coloured) ancestry.
The 16th FINA World Championships, also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), athletes (2,400) and the number of medals (75) were the most ever amongst these championships. This was the first time the World Aquatics Championships partially overlaps with the FINA World Masters Championships that have a number of athletes, countries (110) and medals (635) which are the most ever also.
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,243,500, it is the sixth most populous city in Russia. Kazan is one of the largest religious, economic, political, scientific, educational, cultural and sports centers in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia, about 715 kilometres (444 mi) east from Moscow. The Kazan Kremlin is a World Heritage Site.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Ho, Chad Chad Ho | Open water swimming | Men's 5 km | July 25 | |
le Clos, Chad Chad le Clos | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly | August 8 | |
van der Burgh, Cameron Cameron van der Burgh | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke | August 3 | |
van der Burgh, Cameron Cameron van der Burgh | Swimming | Men's 50 m breaststroke | August 5 | |
le Clos, Chad Chad le Clos | Swimming | Men's 200 m butterfly | August 5 |
South African divers qualified for the individual spots and the synchronized teams at the World Championships. [1]
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Micaela Bouter | 1 m springboard | 227.50 | 22 | N/A | Did not advance | ||
Julia Vincent | 229.15 | 21 | N/A | Did not advance | |||
Micaela Bouter | 3 m springboard | 258.30 | 27 | Did not advance | |||
Julia Vincent | 238.95 | 33 | Did not advance | ||||
Jaimee Gundry | 10 m platform | 245.60 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
Nicola Gillis Julia Vincent | 3 m synchronized springboard | 237.93 | 15 | N/A | Did not advance |
South Africa has fielded a team of six swimmers to compete in the open water marathon. [2]
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Chad Ho | 5 km | 55:17.6 | |
10 km | 1:50:47.9 | 19 | |
Daniel Marais | 10 km | Did not finish | |
Nicolaos Manoussakis | 5 km | 55:26.5 | 16 |
25 km | 5:20:47.2 | 23 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Carmen Le Roux | 5 km | 1:04:06.3 | 27 |
10 km | 2:06:37.5 | 41 | |
Clarice Le Roux | 5 km | 1:05:50.8 | 32 |
Michelle Weber | 10 km | 1:59:28.7 | 19 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Chad Ho Daniel Marais Michelle Weber | Team | 1:00:31.2 | 18 |
South African swimmers have 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]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Myles Brown | 200 m freestyle | 1:47.48 | 15 Q | 1:47.55 | 12 | Did not advance | |
400 m freestyle | 3:48.86 | 18 | N/A | Did not advance | |||
800 m freestyle | 8:04.47 | 28 | N/A | Did not advance | |||
Chad le Clos | 200 m freestyle | 1:47.17 | 12 Q | 1:46.10 | 4 Q | 1:46.53 | 6 |
50 m butterfly | 23.45 | 8 Q | 23.49 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
100 m butterfly | 51.83 | 8 Q | 51.11 | 3 Q | 50.56 AF | ||
200 m butterfly | 1:56.92 | =14 Q | 1:54.50 | 2 Q | 1:53.68 | ||
Sebastien Rousseau | 200 m butterfly | 1:56.29 | 11 Q | 1:56.96 | 13 | Did not advance | |
400 m individual medley | 4:20.16 | 21 | N/A | Did not advance | |||
Ayrton Sweeney | 200 m breaststroke | 2:14.98 | 33 | Did not advance | |||
Cameron van der Burgh | 50 m breaststroke | 26.62 WR | 1 Q | 26.74 | 2 Q | 26.66 | |
100 m breaststroke | 58.59 | 2 Q | 58.49 | 2 Q | 58.59 | ||
200 m breaststroke | 2:12.37 | 21 | Did not advance |
South Africa has qualified three synchronized swimmers in the following events. [1]
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Kerry Norden | Solo technical routine | 61.7306 | 34 | Did not advance | |
Solo free routine | 65.6667 | 27 | Did not advance | ||
Emma Manners-Wood Laura Strugnell | Duet technical routine | 65.3539 | 37 | Did not advance | |
Duet free routine | 66.0000 | =35 | Did not advance |
Devon Card is a water polo player of South Africa. He was part of the South African team at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 13 | +39 | 6 | Advanced to quarterfinals | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 4 | Advanced to playoffs | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 37 | −20 | 2 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 46 | −29 | 0 |
27 July 2015 13:30 | Report | South Africa | 10–6 | Kazan Attendance: 913 Referees: Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Sergey Naumov (RUS) | |
Score by quarters:6–2, 1–2, 1–1, 2–1 | |||||
E. Le Roux, P. Le Roux 3 | Goals | Yañez 3 |
29 July 2015 12:10 | Report | South Africa | 4–17 | Kazan Attendance: 1,127 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Peter de Jong (NED) | |
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–3, 2–4, 1–5 | |||||
Molyneux 2 | Goals | Dén. Varga 5 |
31 July 2015 09:30 | Report | South Africa | 3–14 | Kazan Attendance: 884 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Hatem Gaber (EGY) | |
Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–3, 1–5, 1–2 | |||||
three players 1 | Goals | Axenov 5 |
2 August 2015 20:10 | Report | South Africa | 1–17 | Kazan Attendance: 213 Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), German Moller (ARG) | |
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–6, 0–2, 0–4 | |||||
E. Le Roux 1 | Goals | Younger 4 |
4 August 2015 13:30 | Report | Brazil | 16–5 | Kazan Attendance: 213 Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), Hatem Gaber (EGY) | |
Score by quarters:7–3, 2–2, 3–0, 4–0 | |||||
Vrlic 5 | Goals | five players 1 |
6 August 2015 10:50 | Report | Kazakhstan | 11–7 | Kazan Attendance: 450 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) | |
Score by quarters:4–2, 1–2, 2–1, 4–2 | |||||
Axenov 7 | Goals | P. Le Roux 3 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14 | +21 | 6 | Advanced to quarterfinals | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 4 | Advanced to playoffs | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 2 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 61 | −55 | 0 |
26 July 2015 13:30 | Report | South Africa | 1–22 | Kazan Attendance: 1,049 Referees: German Moller (ARG), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) | |
Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–5, 0–3, 0–8 | |||||
Versfeld 1 | Goals | Klaassen 6 |
28 July 2015 10:50 | Report | Australia | 19–1 | Kazan Attendance: 456 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) | |
Score by quarters:6–0, 3–1, 7–0, 3–0 | |||||
Southern 5 | Goals | Versfeld 1 |
30 July 2015 21:30 | Report | South Africa | 4–20 | Kazan Attendance: 130 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) | |
Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–6, 1–4, 1–5 | |||||
Versfeld, White 2 | Goals | Asimaki 5 |
1 August 2015 10:50 | Report | New Zealand | 11–3 | Kazan Attendance: 1,357 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) | |
Score by quarters:2–0, 2–0, 4–3, 3–0 | |||||
Myles 3 | Goals | three players 1 |
3 August 2015 09:30 | Report | South Africa | 7–15 | Kazan Attendance: 329 Referees: Peter de Jong (NED), German Moller (ARG) | |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–2, 3–8, 4–3 | |||||
White 2 | Goals | Nakano 4 |
Australia competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Canada competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
United States competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
The People's Republic of China competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Hungary competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia between 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Brazil competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Japan competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
France competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Italy competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. It won at least one medal in all disciplines except high diving.
Russia competed as the host nation at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Spain competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Greece competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Netherlands competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Argentina competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August.
New Zealand competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Kazakhstan competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Croatia competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Montenegro competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Italy is scheduled to compete at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 July to 30 July. Like previous year, it won at least one medal in all but one discipline, in this case Italy missed medal in waterpolo with both teams eliminated in quarterfinals.
South Africa is scheduled to compete at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 July to 30 July.