South Africa at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	75 in 20 sports
Medals Ranked 25th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 5
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

South Africa participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Wian Roux	Boys' Individual	609	30	Feng  (CHN) L0–6	did not advance				17

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Wian Roux  (RSA)   Himani Himani  (IND)	Mixed team	1274	29	Tromans-Ansell  (GBR) /   Shabani  (IRI) L1–5	did not advance				17

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event. ^[1]

• Boys' K1 - 1 boat
• Girls' K1 - 1 boat

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Pierre Thomas van der Westhuyzen	K1 sprint	1:45.58	8	1:45.78	3	Valentin Rossi  (ARG) L 1:46.22	did not advance
	K1 slalom	DNF		—		did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lizanne Conradie	K1 sprint	2:05.30	14	2:05.64	5	Adela Házová  (CZE) L 2:07.95	did not advance
	K1 slalom	1:27.57	13	1:32.01	8	Pornnapphan Phuangmaiming  (THA) L 1:26.06	did not advance

Dancesport

Main article: Dancesport at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified one dancer based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship. ^[2]

• B-Boys - Jordan

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified a rider based on its ranking in the FEI World Jumping Challenge Rankings. ^[3]

• Individual Jumping - 1 athlete

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Hannah Ivy Garton	Jos Cassius	Individual Jumping	16	25	4	4	10	20	25
Africa   Margaux Koenig  (MRI)   Anna Bunty Howard  (ZAM)   Brianagh Lindsay Clark  (ZIM)   Ahmed Nasser Elnaggar  (EGY)   Hannah Ivy Garton  (RSA)	BM Urlefe Call Girl Z El Roblecito Malaika Jos Africa de Parco Jos Cassius	Team Jumping	(4) 1 0 (8) 0	4	(4) 0 0 (4) 0	1	1	1

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Kaiyuree Moodley	Girls' Individual	77 (+7)	15	81 (+11)	158	27	76 (+6)	234	19	234	+24	22
Cole Stevens	Boys' Individual	75 (+5)	20	72 (+2)	147	10	80 (+10)	227	25	227	+17	21

Team

Athletes	Event	Round 1 (Fourball)		Round 2 (Foursome)		Round 3 (Individual Stroke)				Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Girl	Boy	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Kaiyuree Moodley Cole Stevens	Mixed team	69 (-1)	27	75 (+5)	18	76	75	151 (+11)	24	295	+15	23

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Acrobatic

South Africa qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship. ^[4]

• Mixed pair - 1 team of 2 athletes
• Rachel Nell and Sidwell Madibeng

Artistic

South Africa qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship. ^[4]

• Boys' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota
• Ruan Lange
• Girls' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota
• Lisa Conradie

Rhythmic

South Africa qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship. ^[4]

• Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Roster

1. Mishka Ellis
2. Nepo Serage
3. Kayla de Waal
4. Amaarah Hendricks
5. Jacolene McLaren
6. Smuts Samantha
7. Zimkhitha Weston
8. Angel Nkosi
9. Angela Welham

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina (H)	5	5	0	0	41	2	+39	15	Quarterfinals
2	India	5	4	0	1	29	10	+19	12
3	South Africa	5	3	0	2	19	13	+6	9
4	Austria	5	2	0	3	19	13	+6	6
5	Uruguay	5	1	0	4	23	8	+15	3	9th place game
6	Vanuatu	5	0	0	5	0	80	−80	0	11th place game

Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
(H) Host

7 October 2018 14:45 South Africa   4–3   Uruguay de Waal  4', 6', 14' Weston  20' Report Oliveros  1', 19' Arias  10' Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Chen Jianjun (CHN)

8 October 2018 10:15 Vanuatu   0–11   South Africa Report Weston  4', 7', 20' de Waal  8', 11', 13' McLaren  9' Welham  16' Nkosi  18', 18', 19' Umpires: Chen Jianjun (CHN) Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)

9 October 2018 17:45 South Africa   0–4   Argentina Report Cerundolo  3' Bruggesser  4' Palet  5', 12' Umpires: Sophie Bockelmann (GER) Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)

10 October 2018 13:15 Austria   1–2   South Africa Herzog  16' Report de Waal  3', 14' Umpires: Margaux Brand (CAN) Ayu Zainuddin (MAS)

11 October 2018 14:00 South Africa   2–5   India de Waal  10' Welham  19' Report Khan  2', 17' Reet  10' Lalremsiami  12' Chaudhary  13' Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie (AUS) Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)

Final round

Quarterfinal

12 October 2018 15:00 Australia   3–3   South Africa Lawton  4', 16' Young  14' Report de Waal  6', 11' McLaren  19' Penalties Sertorio Schonell Lawton Schonell 2–3 de Waal Welham Weston de Waal Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)

Semifinal

13 October 2018 17:00 Argentina   11–0   South Africa Cerundolo  7', 20' di Santo  9', 18' Rubenacker  10', 10', 19' Palet  13', 15' Bruggesser  14', 17' Report Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie (AUS) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

Bronze-medal match

14 October 2018 14:00 South Africa   0–6   China Report Gu  2' Zou  7', 20' Yu  13' Ma  14' Cai  15' Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the Asian/Oceanian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. ^[5]

• Boys' Individual - Rhys Poovan
• Girls' Individual - Alida van der Merwe

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships. ^[6]

• Boys' single sculls - 1 athlete
• Girls' single sculls - 1 athlete

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

• Boys' tournament - 1 team of 12 athletes

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Argentina	5	5	0	0	180	38	+142	15
2	France	5	4	0	1	111	65	+46	13
3	Japan	5	2	1	2	74	103	−29	10
4	South Africa	5	2	0	3	79	84	−5	9
5	United States	5	0	2	3	67	120	−53	7
6	Samoa	5	0	1	4	48	149	−101	6

Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

13 October 2018 13:15

South Africa	12–14	Japan
Try: Maubane 3'c Kellerman 7'm Con: Hattingh (1/2) 3'	Report	Try: Nakanishi 6'c Konishi 11'c Con: Yamada (2/2) 7', 12'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

13 October 2018 16:20

South Africa	12–17	France
Try: Manyike 6'c Zwelendaba 11'm Con: Manyike (1/1) 6' Rose (0/1)	Report	Try: Trouabal (2) 1'm, 7'c Dridi 3'm Con: Germain (1/3) 7'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

14 October 2018 9:15

South Africa	19–12	United States
Try: Grobbelaar 4'c Pretorius 7'c Manyike 14'm Con: Hattingh (1/1) 4' Rose (1/2) 8'	Report	Try: Mahe 1'c Kruse 11'm Con: Mahe (1/1) 2' Rodriguez (0/1)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

14 October 2018 12:20

South Africa	5–34	Argentina
Try: Gumede 12'm Con: Rose (0/1)	Report	Try: Mendy (2) 3'm, 5'm Moneta 6'c Costa 8'm Elicagaray 10'c González 14'm Con: Elicagaray (2/4) 7', 10' Roger (0/2)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

15 October 2018 11:05

South Africa	31–7	Samoa
Try: Hattingh 1'c Rose 7' Pretorius 7'm Kellerman 9'c Manyike 11'm Con: Hattingh (1/1) 2' Rose (2/4) 7', 10'	Report	Try: Lonetona Tautala 5' Con: Sepulona (1/1) 5'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

Bronze Medal Game

15 October 2018 15:10

Japan	28–5	South Africa
Try: Fujii 2'c Nakanishi 3'c Konishi (2) 8'c, 12'c Con: Konishi (4/4) 2', 3', 9', 12'	Report	Try: Maubane 13'm Con: Braude (0/1)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified one boat based on its performance at the African and European IKA Twin Tip Racing Qualifiers. ^{[7] [8]}

• Girls' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 African Championships. ^[9]

• Boys' 10m Air Rifle - 1 quota

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Adriaan de Beer	Boys' 10m air rifle	583.4	20	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stephanie Grundsøe  (DEN)   Adriaan de Beer  (RSA)	Mixed 10m air rifle	811.7	18	did not advance

Sport climbing

Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified two sport climbers based on its performance at the 2017 World African Sport Climbing Championships. ^[10]

• Boys' combined - 1 quota (David Naude)
• Girls' combined - 1 quota (Angela Eckhardt)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
P Henning	Boys' singles	F Díaz Acosta  (ARG) L 0-6, 3–6	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
P Henning  (RSA)   D N'tcha  (BEN)	Boys' doubles	A Andreev  (BUL)   R Hijikata  (AUS) L 2-6, 6–7	did not advance
S Nahimana  (BDI)   P Henning  (RSA)	Mixed doubles	T Naklo  (THA)   A Dawani  (BHR) W 6-0, 6–1	K Juvan  (SLO)   M Miladinović  (SRB) L 2-6, 6–4, 8–10	did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 African Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. ^[11]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Christiaan Stroebel	Boys	9:39	0:32	27:31	0:28	19:24	57:34	21
Amber Schlebusch	Girls	9:59	0:46	30:17	0:28	17:15	58:45

Relay

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Africa 1   Amber Schlebusch  (RSA)   Christiaan Stroebel  (RSA)   Syrine Fattoum  (TUN)   Mohamed Aziz Sebai  (TUN)	Mixed Relay	22:01 (2) 21:17 (5) 25:27 (12) 23:09 (9)	1:31:54 1P	9

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 African Youth Championships. ^[12]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jayden Dylon Pretorius	Boys' −77 kg	112	6	133	6	245	6

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified one wrestler based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships. ^[13]

Key:

• VSU – Without any points scored by the opponent

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Fernando Booysen	Boys' freestyle −48kg	Jalolov  (UZB) L0 – 10 VSU	Gökdeniz  (TUR) L0 – 10 VSU	3 Q	Detudamo  (NRU) W10 – 0 VSU	5

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