South Africa at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa at the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
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
	; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019;

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

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
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Micaela Bouter	1 m springboard	227.50	22	N/A		Did not advance
Julia Vincent	1 m springboard	229.15	21	N/A		Did not advance
Micaela Bouter	3 m springboard	258.30	27	Did not advance
Julia Vincent	3 m springboard	238.95	33	Did not advance
	10 m platform	245.60	34	Did not advance
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
Chad Ho	10 km	1:50:47.9	19
	10 km	Did not finish
	5 km	55:26.5	16
	25 km	5:20:47.2	23

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	5 km	1:04:06.3	27
	10 km	2:06:37.5	41
	5 km	1:05:50.8	32
Michelle Weber	10 km	1:59:28.7	19

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Chad Ho 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
Athlete	Event	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
Sebastien Rousseau	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
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Solo technical routine	61.7306	34	Did not advance
	Solo free routine	65.6667	27	Did not advance
Laura Strugnell	Duet technical routine	65.3539	37	Did not advance
Laura Strugnell	Duet free routine	66.0000	=35	Did not advance

Water polo[]

Men's tournament[]

Team roster

Group play

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

Women's tournament[]

Team roster

Group play

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

References[]

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

External links[]

Swimming South Africa

[RSA-Kazan-1] "South African team to Kazan announced". ZwemZa. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[southafrica-worlds-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.

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