South Africa at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships (original) (raw)

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South Africa at the2015 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
MedalsRanked 11th Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 0 Total 5
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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South Africa competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

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

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 — did not advance
Julia Vincent 229.15 21 — 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 GillisJulia Vincent 3 m synchronized springboard 237.93 15 — did not advance

Open water swimming

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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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 HoDaniel MaraisMichelle Weber Team 1:00:31.2 18

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 — did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:04.47 28 — 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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m butterfly 1:56.92 =14 Q 1:54.50 2 Q 1:53.68 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 — 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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100 m breaststroke 58.59 2 Q 58.49 2 Q 58.59 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m breaststroke 2:12.37 21 did not advance

Synchronized swimming

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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-WoodLaura Strugnell Duet technical routine 65.3539 37 did not advance
Duet free routine 66.0000 =35 did not advance

Team roster

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
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
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

Team roster

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
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
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
  1. ^ a b "South African team to Kazan announced". ZwemZa. 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 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.