South Africa at the 2019 African Games

South Africa at the
2019 African Games
South Africa at the; 2019 African Games
	Flag of South Africa
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
in Rabat, Morocco; 19 August 2019 – 31 August 2019
Competitors	153 in 11 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Geronay Whitebooi
Flag bearer (closing)	Bridgitte Hartley
Medals; Ranked 3rd	Gold 36 Silver 26 Bronze 25 Total 87
African Games appearances (overview)
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South Africa competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, 153 athletes represented South Africa in 11 sports.^[1] Athletes representing South Africa won 36 gold medals, 26 silver medals and 25 bronze medals and the country finished in 3rd place in the medal table.

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Michael Houlie	Swimming	Men's 50m Breaststroke	21 August
Gold	Kaylene Corbett	Swimming	Women's 50m Breaststroke	21 August
Gold	Erin Gallagher	Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle	21 August
Gold	Martin Binedell	Swimming	Men's 200m Backstroke	21 August
Gold	South Africa	Swimming	Men's 4x100m Freestyle	21 August
Gold	South Africa	Swimming	Women's 4x100m Freestyle	21 August
Gold	Tiffany Keep	Cycling	Women’s Cross-Country	21 August
Gold	Alaric Basson	Swimming	Men's 100m Breaststroke	22 August
Gold	Kaylene Corbett	Swimming	Women's 100m Breaststroke	22 August
Gold	Samantha Randle	Swimming	Women's 400m Individual Medley	22 August
Gold	South Africa	Swimming	Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay	22 August
Gold	South Africa	Swimming	4x100m Medley Relay Mixed	22 August
Gold	Johanita Scholtz	Badminton		29 August
Gold	Mpho Links	Athletics	Men's high jump	30 August
Gold		Canoeing	Men's K-1 200 metres	30 August
Silver	Geronay Whitebooi	Judo	Women's -48 kg	17 August
Silver	Unelle Snyman	Judo	Women's -78 kg	18 August
Silver		Swimming	Women's 50m Breaststroke	21 August
Silver	Samantha Randle	Swimming	Women's 1500m freestyle	21 August
Silver	Samantha Randle	Swimming	Women's 200m backstroke	21 August
Silver	Erin Gallagher	Swimming	Women's 50m Butterfly	22 August
Silver		Swimming	Women's 200m Freestyle	22 August
Silver		Swimming	Women's 100m Breaststroke	22 August
Silver	Ayrton Sweeney	Swimming	Men's 400m Individual Medley	22 August
Silver		Athletics	Women's discus throw	26 August
Silver	Jo-Ane van Dyk	Athletics	Women's javelin throw	28 August
Silver		Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 metres	28 August
Silver	Thapelo Phora	Athletics	Men's 400 metres	28 August
Silver	South Africa	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	28 August
Silver	Chanel Simmonds	Tennis	Women's singles	29 August
Silver	South Africa	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	30 August
Silver	Ischke Senekal	Athletics	Women's shot put	30 August
Bronze	Emma Chelius	Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle	21 August
Bronze		Swimming	Women's 1500m freestyle	21 August
Bronze	Ryan Coetzee	Swimming	Men's 50m Butterfly	22 August
Bronze	Emma Chelius	Swimming	Women's 50m Butterfly	22 August
Bronze	Michael Houlie	Swimming	Men's 100m Breaststroke	22 August
Bronze		Swimming	Women's 400m Individual Medley	22 August
Bronze	Johanita Scholtz	Badminton	Women's doubles	29 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	6	10	17
Badminton	1	0	2	3
Canoeing	8	1	1	10
Cycling	6	3	0	9
Judo	0	2	0	2
Swimming	20	13	12	45
Tennis	0	1	0	1
Total	36	26	25	87

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
1	16 August	0	0	0	0
2	17 August	0	1	0	1
3	18 August	0	1	0	1
5	21 August	7	3	2	12
6	22 August	5	4	4	13
13	29 August	0	1	0	1
Total		12	10	6	28

Archery[]

South Africa competed in archery.^[2] , , and represented South Africa in archery. ^[3]

Blewett, De Klerk and Potgieter competed in the and events.^[3] Whitehead competed in the event.^[3] Whitehead and De Klerk also competed in the event.^[3]

Athletics[]

38 athletes were scheduled to compete in athletes.^[1] Antonio Alkana, , and Sunette Viljoen were among the athletes to compete in the 2019 African Games.^[2]

In total, athletes representing South Africa won one gold medal, six silver medals and ten bronze medals and the country finished in 10th place in the athletics medal table.^[4]

Badminton[]

South Africa competed in badminton with 8 athletes (4 men's and 4 women's).^[2]^[5]

Johanita Scholtz won the gold medal in the women's singles event.

and Johanita Scholtz won the bronze medal in the women's doubles event.

In the team event South Africa also won a bronze medal.

Beach volleyball[]

Grant Goldschmidt and competed in the .^[2] They finished in 4th place.

Canoeing[]

Bridgitte Hartley is part of the team to represent South Africa in canoeing at the 2019 African Games.^[2]

Cycling[]

South Africa competed in cycling.^[2]^[6]^[7]^[8]

The following athletes represented South Africa in cycling:

Men: Ryan Gibbons, Stefan de Bod, Jayde Julius, Clint Hendricks, Kent Main, Jason Oosthuizen
Women: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, Maroesjka Matthee, Joanna van de Winkel, , Carla Oberholzer, Tiffany Keep

In total, cyclists representing South Africa won six gold medals and three silver medals and the country finished 1st in the cycling medal table.

Football[]

South Africa competed in football at the 2019 African Games, both in the men's tournament and the women's tournament.

In both tournaments the teams did not advance from the group stage to the semi-finals. Both the men's team and women's team lost all their matches.

Judo[]

South Africa competed in judo.^[2] In total five athletes represented South Africa in judo.

Two medals were won:^[9]

Women -48kg: Geronay Whitebooi^[10]
Women -78kg: Unelle Snyman

Karate[]

South Africa competed in karate.^[11]

Swimming[]

24 swimmers were scheduled to compete in the 2019 African Games.^[1] Michael Houlie represented South Africa at the 2019 African Games.^[2]

South Africa finished in 1st place in the swimming medal table with 20 gold medals, 13 silver medals and 12 bronze medals.^[12]

Table tennis[]

South Africa competed in table tennis.^[2]

Tennis[]

Chanel Simmonds was the only player to represent South Africa in tennis at the 2019 African Games.^[2] She won the silver medal in the women's singles event.^[13]

Weightlifting[]

Mona Pretorius was one of the weightlifters to represent South Africa at the 2019 African Games.^[2]^[14]

References[]

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