South Africa at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of South Africa
FINA code	RSA
National federation	Swimming South Africa
Website	swimsa.org
in Doha, Qatar
Competitors	60 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 34th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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South Africa competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar from 2 to 18 February.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Pieter Coetze	Swimming	Men's 200 metre backstroke	16 February 2024

Competitors

The following is the list of competitors in the Championships. ^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	6	6
Diving	1	3	4
Open water swimming	4	3	7
Swimming	5	8	13
Water polo	15	15	30
Total	25	35	60

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jessica Hayes-Hill Laura Strugnell	Duet technical routine	Did not start		Did not advance
	Duet free routine	Did not start		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Holly de Bruyn Ella Huang Phindy Makhaye Tayla-Jade van Huyssteen Casey Williams Sarah Williams	Team technical routine	118.8650	17	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anathi Shozi	1 m springboard	128.45	45	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Bailey Heydra	1 m springboard	201.35	29	—		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	206.40	42	Did not advance
Zalika Methula	1 m springboard	181.05	35	—		Did not advance
Julia Vincent	3 m springboard	247.80	16 Q	280.90	10 Q	279.40	9

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Connor Albertyn	Men's 5 km	55:19.7	47
Ruan Breytenbach	Men's 10 km	1:54:41.2	58
Henre Louw	Men's 10 km	1:54:33.1	53
Rossouw Venter	Men's 5 km	57:40.8	63

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Amica de Jager	Women's 5 km	59:04.0	22
	Women's 10 km	1:58:38.6	27
Tory Earle	Women's 5 km	59:06.3	25
Callan Lotter	Women's 10 km	2:00:07.9	29

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ruan Breytenbach Amica de Jager Callan Lotter Rossouw Venter	Team relay	1:08:42.0	15

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa entered 13 swimmers. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pieter Coetze	50 metre backstroke	24.75	4 Q	24.46	3 Q	24.59	4
	100 metre backstroke	53.32	1 Q	53.07	2 Q	53.51	5
	200 metre backstroke	1:57.90	3 Q	1:57.07	8 Q	1:55.99
Clayton Jimmie	50 metre freestyle	22.33	31	Did not advance
Chad le Clos	100 metre freestyle	49.04	18	Did not advance
	50 metre butterfly	23.47	13 Q	23.68	16	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	52.04	8 Q	51.70	5 Q	51.48	5
	200 metre butterfly	Did not start		Did not advance
Matthew Randle	100 metre breaststroke	1:01.80	28	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:16.10	22
Matthew Sates	200 metre freestyle	1:47.98	27	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	52.52 51.80	16 S/off 1 q	51.99	10	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	1:56.40	6 Q	1:55.88	7 Q	1:57.23	8
	200 metre individual medley	2:00.28	10 Q	2:01.21	16	Did not advance
	400 metre individual medley	4:25.04	17	—
Pieter Coetze Matthew Randle Chad le Clos Clayton Jimmie	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:37.29	16	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emma Chelius	50 metre freestyle	25.50	23	Did not advance
Duné Coetzee	200 metre freestyle	2:01.02	28	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:12.03	14	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	Did not start
Milla Drakopoulos	100 metre backstroke	1:02.80	26	Did not advance
Erin Gallagher	50 metre freestyle	25.37	17	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	55.36	18 Q	54.53	11	Did not advance
	50 metre butterfly	25.69	3 Q	25.86	6 Q	25.69	4
	100 metre butterfly	57.59 AF	3 Q	57.92	6 Q	57.83	7
Stephanie Houtman	1500 metre freestyle	16:35.39	18	—		Did not advance
Tayla Jonker	50 metre backstroke	28.37 NR	12 Q	28.48	15	Did not advance
Hannah Pearse	200 metre backstroke	2:13.26	16 Q	2:13.29	15	Did not advance
Lara van Niekerk	50 metre breaststroke	30.28	4 Q	30.56	5 Q	30.47	4
	100 metre breaststroke	1:07.61	14 Q	1:07.25	13	Did not advance
Milla Drakopoulos Lara van Niekerk Erin Gallagher Emma Chelius	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:03.54	10	—		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pieter Coetze Lara van Niekerk Erin Gallagher Clayton Jimmie	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:48.03	10	—		Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

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	Spain L 5–21	Australia L 7–29	Croatia L 6-29	4	—	—	Brazil L 5–18	Kazakhstan W 11–10	15
South Africa	Women's tournament	Canada L 2–24	Italy L 3–25	Great Britain L 5–14	4	—	—	Singapore W 20–6	France L 8-19	14

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the South African roster. ^[3]

Head coach: Jon Marc De Carvalho

• 1 Lwazi Madi GK
• 2 Farouk Mayman FP
• 3 Niall Wheeler FP
• 4 Cameron Laurenson FP
• 5 Todd Howard FP
• 6 Ross Stone FP
• 7 Sven van Zyl FP
• 8 Manqoba Bungane FP
• 9 Dane Tucker FP
• 10 Joshua Faber FP
• 11 Matthew Neser FP
• 12 Jonathan Swanepoel FP
• 13 Gareth May GK
• 14 Liam Neill FP
• 15 Janco Rademeyer FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	46	20	+26	9	Quarterfinals
2	Croatia	3	2	0	0	1	48	24	+24	6	Playoffs
3	Australia	3	1	0	0	2	46	35	+11	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	18	79	−61	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: World Aquatics
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.

5 February 2024 09:00	Report	South Africa	5–21	Spain	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–7, 0–4, 4–4
		Van Zyl 3	Goals	Biel, Granados 4

7 February 2024 13:30	Report [ dead link ‍]	Australia	29–7	South Africa	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: David Couper (NZL), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP)
		Score by quarters:6–2, 8–1, 7–1, 8–3
		Edwards 6	Goals	Stone 2

9 February 2024 16:00	Report [ dead link ‍]	South Africa	6–29	Croatia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Ashleigh Kaeshler (AUS), Yuri Maciel (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–7, 1–7, 3–7, 0–8
		Tucker 2	Goals	Marinić Kragić 5

13–16th place semifinals

11 February 2024 09:00	Report	South Africa	5–18	Brazil	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 0–4, 0–3, 1–6
		Howard 2	Goals	Freitas, R. Real 4

15th place game

13 February 2024 09:00	Report [ dead link ‍]	South Africa	11–10	Kazakhstan	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: David Couper (NZL), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters:3–0, 4–3, 1–4, 3–3
		Swanepoel 4	Goals	Akhmetov 3

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the South African roster. ^[4]

Head coach: Nicola Barrett

• 1 Meghan Maartens GK
• 2 Amber Penney FP
• 3 Annie Thornton-Dibb FP
• 4 Boati Motau FP
• 5 Megan Sileno FP
• 6 Amica Hallendorff FP
• 7 Shakira January FP
• 8 Esihle Zondo FP
• 9 Ruby Versfeld FP
• 10 Nicola Macleod FP
• 11 Chloe Meecham FP
• 12 Kelsey White FP
• 13 Daniela Passoni GK
• 14 Tumaini Macdonell FP
• 15 Yanah Geber FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	0	59	21	+38	9	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	52	19	+33	6	Playoffs
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	0	2	29	47	−18	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	10	63	−53	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: World Aquatics
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.

4 February 2024 20:30	Report [ dead link ‍]	South Africa	2–24	Canada	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Yuri Maciel (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–3, 2–8, 0–7
		Meecham, Zondo 1	Goals	three players 5

6 February 2024 16:00	Report	Italy	25–3	South Africa	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Andreia Stanojević (SRB), Yuri Maciel (BRA)
		Score by quarters:6–1, 5–1, 6–1, 8–0
		Giustini 5	Goals	Versfeld 2

8 February 2024 10:30	Report [ dead link ‍]	South Africa	5–14	Great Britain	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–4, 1–5, 2–0
		Penney 2	Goals	Falvey 3

13–16th place semifinals

10 February 2024 10:30	Report	Singapore	6–20	South Africa	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–5, 0–5, 2–6
		Yap 2	Goals	Versfeld 4

13th place game

12 February 2024 10:30	Report	France	19–8	South Africa	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Yuri Maciel (BRA), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP)
		Score by quarters:5–0, 5–3, 6–3, 3–2
		Vernoux 5	Goals	Geber, Versfeld 2

References

1. "Competition athletes". World Aquatics . Retrieved 30 August 2024.
2. "Entries Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
3. "21st World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster RSA" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
4. "21st World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster RSA" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.