South Africa at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa competed at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

South Africa at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of South Africa
World Aquatics code	RSA
National federation	Swimming South Africa
Website	www.swimsa.co.za
in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors	60 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Chad le Clos	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	July 26
Bronze	Cameron van der Burgh	Swimming	Men's 50 m breaststroke	July 26

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa has entered 4 divers (four female).^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nicole Gillis	1 m springboard	241.70	18	—		did not advance
Julia Vincent		221.80	28	—		did not advance
Micaela Bouter	3 m springboard	231.40	30	did not advance
Julia Vincent		270.20	17 Q	289.65	12 Q	265.90	12
Jaimee Gundry	10 m platform	230.60	35	did not advance
Micaela Bouter Nicole Gillis	3 m synchronized springboard	249.66	14	—		did not advance

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa has entered six open water swimmers^[2][3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Chad Ho	Men's 5 km	54:48.6	11
	Men's 10 km	1:52:29.9	13
Danie Marais	Men's 5 km	55:01.0	21
Nico Manoussakis	Men's 10 km	1:56:30.0	45
Robyn Kinghorn	Women's 5 km	1:03:41.5	41
	Women's 10 km	2:11:25.8	43
Sasha-Lee Nordengen-Corris	Women's 10 km	2:14:43.4	50
Michelle Weber	Women's 5 km	59:27.5	=7
Chad Ho Nico Manoussakis Danie Marais Robyn Kinghorn	Mixed team	56:05.3	12

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

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):^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Binedell	200 m backstroke	1:59.15	22	did not advance
Myles Brown	200 m freestyle	1:47.09	13 Q	1:47.19	14	did not advance
Douglas Erasmus	50 m freestyle	22.56	31	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	24.17	32	did not advance
Chad le Clos	200 m freestyle	DNS		did not advance
	100 m butterfly	51.28	6 Q	51.48	12	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:55.90	5 Q	1:55.09	4 Q	1:53.33
Ayrton Sweeney	200 m breaststroke	DNS		did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:04.18	32	did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:20.10	20	—		did not advance
Brent Szurdoki	400 m freestyle	3:54.34	33	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:18.84	23	—		did not advance
Cameron van der Burgh	50 m breaststroke	26.54 AF	2 Q	26.74	3 Q	26.60
	100 m breaststroke	DNS		did not advance
Zane Waddell	50 m freestyle	22.86	45	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	49.99	46	did not advance
Myles Brown Douglas Erasmus Clayton Jimmie Zane Waddell	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:17.41	12	—		did not advance
Martin Binedell Myles Brown Chad le Clos Cameron van der Burgh	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:36.31	15	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kate Beavon	400 m freestyle	4:20.82	27	—		did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:58.31	29	—		did not advance
Emma Chellius	50 m freestyle	25.73	34	did not advance
Kaylene Corbett	50 m breaststroke	31.91	25	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:10.16	31	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:31.36	23	did not advance
Erin Gallagher	100 m freestyle	55.46	24	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	27.36	34	did not advance
Samantha Randle	1500 m freestyle	17:22.42	21	—		did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:17.14	27	did not advance
Kate Beavon Kaylene Corbett Erin Gallagher Samantha Randle	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:57.83	13	—		did not advance
Emma Chellius Kaylene Corbett Erin Gallagher Samantha Randle	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:15.47	17	—		did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Douglas Erasmus Zane Waddell Emma Chellius Erin Gallagher	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:31.38 AF	12	did not advance
Martin Binedell Clayton Jimmie Kaylene Corbett Erin Gallagher	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:57.02 AF	14	did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa's synchronized swimming team consisted of 10 athletes (10 female).^[5]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Emma Manners-Wood Laura Strugnell Lisa Wimmer (R)	Duet technical routine	67.3661	36	did not advance
Emma Manners-Wood Laura Strugnell Faith Adonis (R)	Duet free routine	67.4667	39	did not advance
Faith Adonis Ceri Bezuidenhout Phindy Makhaye Sonal Reddi Nina Smith Giulia Torino Tayla-Jade van Huyssteen Lisa Wimmer	Team free routine	62.1333	25	did not advance

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa qualified both a men's and women's teams.^[6][7]

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

• Julian Lewis
• Etienne le Roux
• Devon Card
• Nardus Badenhorst
• Chris Brown
• Jon de Carvalho
• Lood Radie
• Nicholas Rodda
• Dean Whyte
• Pierre le Roux (C)
• Nicholas Molyneux
• Roarke Olver
• Themba Mthembu

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	43	16	+27	6	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	0	1	32	20	+12	4	Playoffs
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	28	23	+5	2
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	11	55	−44	0

Source: Sportresult
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) better result against higher placed team.

17 July 2017 17:30	Report	Serbia	21–5	South Africa	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Michael Brooks (NZL), Nader Ghafouri (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 7–1, 5–1, 3–2
		three players 3	Goals	Le Roux 2

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19 July 2017 10:50	Report	South Africa	2–18	Greece	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Péter Molnár (HUN), Maged El Shamy (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 2–3, 0–5, 0–5
		Le Roux, Molyneux 1	Goals	Fountoulis 6

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21 July 2017 09:30	Report	Spain	16–4	South Africa	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Ni Shiwei (CHN), Michael Brooks (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–0, 6–1, 6–1
		three players 3	Goals	four players 1

13th–16th place semifinals

23 July 2017 12:00	Report	South Africa	4–13	United States	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Maged El-Shamy (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 3–6, 1–3, 0–3
		four players 1	Goals	Irving, Obert 3

15th place game

25 July 2017 09:30	Report	Canada	9–6	South Africa	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Michael Brooks (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–1, 2–1, 2–2
		Constantin-Bicari 5	Goals	Le Roux 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

• Rebecca Thomas
• Amber Penney
• Kieren Paley
• Shelley Faulmann
• Megan Schooling (C)
• Amica Hallendorff
• Carly Wessels
• Amy Keevy
• Zandre Smit
• Marcelle Manson
• Nicola Barrett
• Kelsey White (C)
• Lauren Nixon

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	58	17	+41	6	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	35	17	+18	4	Playoffs
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	17	38	−21	2
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	11	49	−38	0

Updated to match(es) played on 20 July 2017. Source: Sportresult
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.

16 July 2017 13:30	Report	South Africa	2–24	United States	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diego Caribaldi (ARG), Daniel Daners (URU)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–7, 2–5, 0–6
		Barrett, Penney 1	Goals	Neushul 6

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18 July 2017 10:50	Report	New Zealand	8–6	South Africa	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 1–1, 4–2
		Hudson, Mason 3	Goals	Schooling 2

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20 July 2017 21:30	Report	South Africa	3–17	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–6, 1–2, 1–5
		three players 1	Goals	Forca 5

13th–16th place semifinals

22 July 2017 10:30	Report	Brazil	10–5	South Africa	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Ni Shiwei (CHN), Daniel Daners (URU)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 3–1, 2–2
		Abla 5	Goals	Hallendorff 2

15th place game

24 July 2017 09:30	Report	South Africa	4–6	Kazakhstan	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Ni Shiwei (CHN), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 1–0, 0–2
		Smit 2	Goals	Akilbayeva 2