South Africa at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore from 14 August to 26 August 2010. The nation was represented by the South Africa Olympic Committee, which sent a total of sixty-two athletes to compete in thirteen sports. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony for the nation was fencer Wanda Matshaya.^[1]

South Africa at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
in Singapore
Competitors	62 (28 men, 34 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Wanda Matshaya
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 9
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Medalists

The following South African athletes won medals at the Games, all dates shown are August 2010. In the results sections below, medallists' names are emboldened. Names that italicised were a part of a Mixed NOC Event and do not count towards overall medal count.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Chad le Clos	Swimming	Youth men's 200 m medley	16th
Gold	Jacques Du Plessis	Athletics	Boys' discus throw	21st
Silver	Chad le Clos	Swimming	Youth men's 400 m freestyle	15th
Silver	Chad le Clos	Swimming	Youth men's 100 m butterfly	16th
Silver	Chad le Clos	Swimming	Youth men's 200 m butterfly	20th
Silver	Ruan Greyling	Athletics	Boys' 400 m	21st
Silver	Izelle Neuhoff	Athletics	Girls' Medley Relay	23rd
Bronze	Dylan Bosch	Swimming	Youth men's 200 m medley	16th
Bronze	Chad le Clos Murray McDougall Dylan Bosch Peter Keune	Swimming	Youth men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	16th
Bronze	Samantha McIntosh	Equestrian	Team Jumping	20th
Bronze	Rudolph Pienaar	Athletics	Boys' long jump	22nd

Athletics

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Boys

Track and Road Events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Siphelo Ngquboza	Boys’ 200m	22.75	17 qC	DNS
Ruan Greyling	Boys’ 400m	47.60	5 Q	47.22
Schalk Burger	Boys’ 400m Hurdles	53.22	9 qB	52.39	7
Tinashe Samuel Mutanga (ZIM)  Okeudo Jonathan Nmaju (NGR)  Alphas Kishoyian (KEN)  Ruan Greyling (RSA)	Boys’ Medley Relay			1:53.45	4

Field Events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Frans Schutte	Boys’ Shot Put	20.24	4 Q	NM
Jacques Du Plessis	Boys’ Discus Throw	63.17	2 Q	63.94
Dylan Jacobs	Boys’ Javelin Throw	71.92	6 Q	72.33	4
Stiaan Minnie	Boys’ Hammer Throw	62.31	13 qB	63.30	14
Rudolph Pienaar	Boys’ Long Jump	7.28	6 Q	7.53
Migael Celliers	Boys’ Pole Vault	4.45	13 qB	4.60	9

Girls

Track and Road Events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Izelle Neuhoff	Girls’ 400m	55.01	7 Q	56.27	8
Thato Makhafola	Girls’ 1000m	2:52.92	11 Q	2:52.65	8
Kayla Gilbert	Girls’ 100m Hurdles	14.19	10 qB	14.03	10
Josephine Omaka (NGR)  Nkiruka Florence Nwakwe (NGR)  Izelle Neuhoff (RSA)  Bukola Abogunloko (NGR)	Girls’ Medley Relay			2:06.19

Field Events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Simone Meyer	Girls’ Discus Throw	48.03	2 Q	46.62	4
Maryke Brits	Girls’ Long Jump	5.88	7 Q	5.71	8
Valentina Da Rocha	Girls’ Triple Jump	DNS qB		DNS

Basketball

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Boys

Squad List	Event	Group Stage		Placement Stage			Rank
		Group D	Rank	17th-20th
Nkosinathi Festile Justin Paton (C) Duke Lazarus Siyabonga Mahlinza	Boys' Basketball	Virgin Islands L 12-28	5	Singapore L 12-21	India L 11-27	Panama W 21-13	19
		Spain L 5-33
		Croatia L 4-33
		Philippines L 12-26

Qualifying Round – Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Croatia	4	4	0	111	67	+44	8
Spain	4	3	1	104	70	+34	7
Virgin Islands	4	2	2	90	84	+6	6
Philippines	4	1	3	98	95	+3	5
South Africa	4	0	4	33	120	−87	4

  Qualified for quarterfinals

  9th–16th placement games

  17th–20th placement games

15 August 12:30

Game 15

South Africa	12–28	Virgin Islands
Scoring by quarter: 18–2, 28-12
Pts: Mahlinza 6 Rebs: Mahlinza 5		Pts: Jones, Swanston 10 Rebs: Swanston 7 Asts: Jones, Swanston 2

*scape Youth Space Referees: Naftal Chongo (Mozambique), Elif Inci (Turkey)

16 August 12:30

Game 31

South Africa	5–33	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 4–15, 5–33
Pts: Mahlinza 3 Rebs: Mahlinza 3		Pts: Costa 12 Rebs: Motos 9 Asts: Costa 5

*scape Youth Space Referees: Gabriel White (MNP?), Yoko Tomita (Japan)

17 August 10:30

Game 39

Croatia	33–4	South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 15–2, 33–4
Pts: Krstanovic 12 Rebs: Krstanovic 9 Asts: Buovac 2		Pts: Festile, Mahlinza 2 Rebs: Lazarus 3

*scape Youth Space Referees: David Musard (Switzerland), Kim Bohui (South Korea)

19 August 10:30

Game 71

South Africa	12–26	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 2–18, 12–26
Pts: Mahlinza 6 Rebs: Mahlinza 10 Asts: Paton 1		Pts: Teng 11 Rebs: Pate 5 Asts: Tolomia 2

*scape Youth Space Referees: Joseph Bissang (France), Robert Lottermoser (Germany)

17th–20th placement matches

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Singapore	3	3	0	85	52	+33	6
India	3	2	1	75	64	+11	5
South Africa	3	1	2	44	61	–25	4
Panama	3	0	3	55	82	–27	3

21 August 9:30

Game 83

Singapore	21–12	South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 15–8, 21–12
Pts: Su 7 Rebs: Liew 7 Asts: Su, Liew, Low 1		Pts: Festile 5 Rebs: Mahlinza 13 Asts: Festile 2

*scape Youth Space Referees: Alexy Davydov (Russia), Alejandro Sanchez Varela (Uruguay)

22 August 9:00

Game 101

South Africa	11–27	India
Scoring by quarter: 3–11, 11–27
Pts: Paton 5 Rebs: Mahlinza 9 Asts: Festile 1		Pts: Gowasni 9 Rebs: Kanarjee 7 Asts: Sunder 1

*scape Youth Space Referees: Flavia Almeida (Brazil), Kim Bohui (South Korea)

23 August 9:30

Game 123

South Africa	21–13	Panama
Scoring by quarter: 11–6, 21–13, Third quarter score
Pts: Festile 11 Rebs: Lazarus 4 Asts: Lazarus, Festile, Mahlinza 1		Pts: Grenald 8 Rebs: Grant 10 Asts: Grenald, Grant 1

*scape Youth Space Referees: Robert Lottermoser (Germany), Joseph Bissang (France)

Canoeing

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Boys

Athlete	Event	Time Trial		Round 1	Round 2 (Rep)	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final
		Time	Rank
Luke Stowman	Boys’ K1 Slalom	1:44.58	14	Garcia (ESP) L 1:54.67-1:38.08	Tsarykovich (BLR) W 1:42.91-1:48.48	Smith (AUS) L 1:46.22-1:31.65	Did not advance
	Boys’ K1 Sprint	1:40.34	18	Zelnychenko (UKR) L 1:39.46-1:32.91	Silva (STP) W 1:40.35-1:44.31	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Time Trial		Round 1	Round 2 (Rep)	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final
		Time	Rank
Kerry Segal	Girls’ K1 Slalom	2:03.42	20	Denhollander (CAN) L 2:01.86-1:43.47	Huang (CHN) L 1:59.67-1:58.94	Did not advance
	Girls’ K1 Sprint	1:47.11	11	Pedroso (POR) W 1:45.66-1:47.64		Pedroso (POR) W 1:46.38-1:48.35	Farkasdi (HUN) L 1:52.97-1:44.14	Did not advance

Cycling

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Cross Country

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points
Luke Roberts	Boys’ Cross Country	1:04:30	17	72
Teagan O'Keeffe	Girls’ Cross Country	-2LAP	23	40

Time Trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points
Jayde Julius	Boys’ Time Trial	4:19.85	21	30
Teagan O'Keeffe	Girls’ Time Trial	3:42.09	19	40

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding Round		Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
				Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Rank	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank		Time	Rank	Points
Lunga Mkhize	Boys’ BMX	35.189	20	34.749	5	35.075	5	37.670	4	5	Did not advance									72
Teagan O'Keeffe	Girls’ BMX	37.360	4	37.453	1	37.943	1	37.477	1	1 Q	38.019	2	39.182	3	38.039	1	2 Q	36.982	4	12

Road Race

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points
Jayde Julius	Boys’ Road Race	1:05:44	5	30
Luke Roberts	Boys’ Road Race	1:05:44	42
Lunga Mkhize	Boys’ Road Race	DNF

Overall

Team	Event	Cross Country Pts		Time Trial Pts		BMX Pts		Road Race Pts	Total	Rank
		Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
Teagan O'Keeffe Luke Roberts Jayde Julius Lunga Mkhize	Mixed Team	72	40	30	40	72	12	30	296	14

Equestrian

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Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Total	Jump-Off		Rank
			Penalties		Rank	Penalties		Rank		Penalties	Time
			Jump	Time		Jump	Time
Samantha McIntosh	Little Miss Sunshine	Individual Jumping	0	0	1	4	0	8	4	0	40.32	4
Yara Hanssen (ZIM)  Zakaria Hamici (ALG)  Abduladim Mlitan (LBA)  Mohamed Abdalla (EGY)  Samantha McIntosh (RSA)	AP Akermanis APH Mr Sheen Belcam Hinnerk Buzzword Little Miss Sunshine	Team Jumping	12 12 4 0 0	0 0 0 0 0	1	16 8 0 4 0	0 1 0 0 0	2	8	9 8 8 8 DNS	1:03.57 47.48 55.59 54.39 DNS

Fencing

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Group Stage

Athlete	Event	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5	Seed
Wanda Matshaya	Girls’ Épée	Tataran (ROU) L 3-5	Bakhareva (RUS) L 1-5	Lee (KOR) L 2-5	Radford (GBR) W 5-4	Tella (ARG) L 3-5	11

Knock-Out Stage

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Wanda Matshaya	Girls’ Épée	Tataran (ROU) L 10-15	Did not advance			11
Africa  Mennatalla Yasser Ahmed (EGY)  Saleh Saleh (EGY)  Menatalla Daw (EGY)  Ziad Elsissy (EGY)  Wanda Matshaya (RSA)  Mostafa Mahmoud (EGY)	Mixed Team	Americas 2 L 25-28	Did not advance			9

Gymnastics

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Artistic Gymnastics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Floor		Pommel Horse		Rings		Vault		Parallel Bars		Horizontal Bar		Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Ryan Patterson	Boys' Qualification	12.800	31	11.350	35	12.850	29	14.700	32	13.050	23	12.950	26	77.700	33

Girls

Athlete	Event	Vault		Uneven Bars		Beam		Floor		Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Claudia Cummins	Girls' Qualification	13.100	27	11.200	28	11.900	34	12.800	12	49.000	27

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Total	Rank
Aimee van Rooyen	Girls' Individual All-Around	20.450	20.850	20.350	21.250	82.900	14	Did not advance

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Routine 1	Routine 2	Total	Rank	Routine 1	Rank
Reinhard Huisamen	Boys' Trampoline	24.500	3.600	28.100	12	Did not advance
Iolanthea Louw	Girls' Trampoline	21.900	18.800	40.700	11	Did not advance

Field hockey

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Squad List	Event	Group Stage		5th Place Match
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Phumelela Mbande Sinethemba Zungu Toni-Leigh van Niekerk Kirsty Ann Gibbings Keisha Arnolds Charne van Biljon Jenna-Leigh du Preez (C) Bronwyn Kretzmann Tiffany Jones Sarah Ive Jacinta Jubb Stephanie Baxter Hlubikazi Sipamla Quanita Bobbs Elan-Margo van Vught Zimisele Shange	Girls' Hockey	Argentina L 0-7	6	Ireland L 1-3	6
		Netherlands L 0-13
		South Korea L 1-3
		New Zealand L 0-4
		Ireland L 0-1

Rowing

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Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final		Overall Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Akane Makamu Juliet Donaldson	Girls' Pair	3:49.14	4 QR	4:03.86	3 QA/B	4:00.80	6 QB	3:51.35	6	12

Swimming

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Boys

Athletes	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Pierre Keune	Boys’ 100m Freestyle	52.94	32	Did not advance
Chad le Clos	Boys’ 200m Freestyle	1:52.10	9			Did not advance
	Boys’ 400m Freestyle	3:58.08	6 Q			3:51.37
	Boys’ 100m Butterfly	54.93	10 Q	53.67	2 Q	53.31
	Boys’ 200m Butterfly	2:02.07	6 Q			1:56.85
	Boys’ 200m Individual Medley	2:03.12	2 Q			2:00.68
Murray McDougall	Boys’ 100m Backstroke	57.43	6 Q	56.67	4 Q	56.68	5
	Boys’ 50m Butterfly	25.55	8 Q	25.24	8 Q	25.22	7
Dylan Bosch	Boys’ 200m Individual Medley	2:03.20	3 Q			2:02.59
Murray McDougall Dylan Bosch Pierre Keune Chad le Clos	Boys’ 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	3:26.98	2 Q			3:24.66
Murray McDougall Dylan Bosch Pierre Keune Chad le Clos	Boys’ 4 × 100 m Medley Relay	3:48.89	6 Q			3:45.80	6

Girls

Athletes	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Kyla Ferreira	Girls’ 100m Freestyle	59.20	27	Did not advance
	Girls’ 200m Freestyle	2:11.21	34			Did not advance
Natasha de Vos	Girls’ 400m Freestyle	4:33.68	21			Did not advance
	Girls’ 200m Backstroke	2:19.03	16			Did not advance
Oneida Cooper	Girls’ 100m Backstroke	1:06.05	21	Did not advance
	Girls’ 200m Individual Medley	2:27.82	19			Did not advance
Taryn Mackenzie	Girls’ 50m Breaststroke	33.51	14 Q	33.47	12	Did not advance
	Girls’ 100m Breaststroke	1:13.46	16 Q	1:13.46	16	Did not advance
	Girls’ 200m Breaststroke	2:39.33	13			Did not advance
Kyla Ferreira Oneida Cooper Natasha de Vos Taryn Mackenzie	Girls’ 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	4:02.12	9			Did not advance
Kyla Ferreira Oneida Cooper Natasha de Vos Taryn Mackenzie	Girls’ 4 × 100 m Medley Relay	4:24.41	7 Q			4:23.52	6

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Pierre Keune Kyla Ferreira Murray McDougall Natasha de Vos	Mixed 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	3:43.85	13			Did not advance
Oneida Cooper Kyla Ferreira Dylan Bosch Chad le Clos	Mixed 4 × 100 m Medley Relay	4:06.14	9			Did not advance

Triathlon

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Men's

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Wian Sullwald	Individual	9:19	0:31	29:22	0:26	16:48	56:26.68	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250 m, Bike 7 km, Run 1.7 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Sara Vilic (CRO)  Abrahm Louw (NAM)  Andrea Brown (ZIM)  Wian Sullwald (RSA)	Mixed Team Relay World Team 1	21:23 19:07 23:11 19:56	1:23:37.79	9

Weightlifting

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Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Phello John Ramela	Boys' 56kg	85	100	185	10

Wrestling

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Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Pools		Final	Rank
		Groups	Rank
Andries Schutte	Boys' 100kg	Dhesi (CAN) L 0–2 (0–2, 0–1)	4	7th Place Match  Sualevai (ASA) W 2–0 (2–0, 4–0)	7
		Ruano (CUB) L 0–2 (3–4, 0–1)
		Kadian (IND) L 1–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0-1)

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Pools		Final	Rank
		Groups	Rank
Leonard Gregory	Boys' 58kg	Lytvynov (UKR) L 1–2 (0–2, 4–3, 1-2)	4	7th Place Match BYE	7
		Camarillo (MEX) L 1–2 (0–6, 3–1, 0-3)
		Suleymanov (RUS) L Fall (0–6, 0–5)