South Africa at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

South Africa at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of South Africa
FINA code	RSA
National federation	Swimming South Africa
Website	www.swimsa.co.za
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors	43 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 0 Total 5
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Chad Ho	Open water swimming	Men's 5 km	July 25
Gold	Chad le Clos	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly	August 8
Silver	Cameron van der Burgh	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	August 3
Silver	Cameron van der Burgh	Swimming	Men's 50 m breaststroke	August 5
Silver	Chad le Clos	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	August 5

Diving

South African divers qualified for the individual spots and the synchronized teams at the World Championships.[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		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

Open water swimming

South Africa has fielded a team of six swimmers to compete in the open water marathon.[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
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

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
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

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Chad Ho Daniel Marais Michelle Weber	Team	1:00:31.2	18

Swimming

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]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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

Synchronized swimming

South Africa has qualified three synchronized swimmers in the following events.[1]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		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

Water polo

Men's tournament

Team roster

• Dwayne Flatscher
• Etienne Le Roux
• Devon Card
• Ignardus Badenhorst
• Nicholas Hock
• Joao Marco de Carvalho
• Dayne Jagga
• Jared Wingate-Pearse
• Dean Whyte
• Pierre Le Roux
• Nicholas Molyneux
• Wesley Bohata
• Julian Lewis

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	52	13	+39	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	34	24	+10	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	South Africa	3	1	0	2	17	37	−20	2
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	17	46	−29	0

Source: SportResult.com
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.

27 July 2015 13:30	Report	South Africa	10–6	Argentina	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

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29 July 2015 12:10	Report	South Africa	4–17	Hungary	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

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31 July 2015 09:30	Report	South Africa	3–14	Kazakhstan	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

Playoffs

2 August 2015 20:10	Report	South Africa	1–17	Australia	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

9th–12th place semifinals

4 August 2015 13:30	Report	Brazil	16–5	South Africa	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

Eleventh place game

6 August 2015 10:50	Report	Kazakhstan	11–7	South Africa	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

Women's tournament

Team roster

• Rebecca Thomas
• Megan Parkes
• Kieren Paley
• Ruby Versfeld
• Megan Schooling
• Amica Hallendorff
• Kimberly Kay
• Delaine Christien
• Lindsay Killeen
• Deborah O'Hanlon
• Kelsey White
• Alexandre Gaiscoigne

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	35	14	+21	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	38	18	+20	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	36	22	+14	2
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	6	61	−55	0

Source: SportResult.com
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.

26 July 2015 13:30	Report	South Africa	1–22	Netherlands	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

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28 July 2015 10:50	Report	Australia	19–1	South Africa	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

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30 July 2015 21:30	Report	South Africa	4–20	Greece	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

13th–16th place semifinals

1 August 2015 10:50	Report	New Zealand	11–3	South Africa	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

15th place game

3 August 2015 09:30	Report	South Africa	7–15	Japan	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

References

1. "South African team to Kazan announced". ZwemZa. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
2. Race, Loretta (21 July 2015). "South Africa Sending Just Five Swimmers to 2015 Worlds". SwimSwam.com. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
3. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

External links

• Swimming South Africa