# 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.

## 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.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Micaela Bouter | 1 m springboard | 227.50 | 22 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Julia Vincent | 1 m springboard | 229.15 | 21 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Micaela Bouter | 3 m springboard | 258.30 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Julia Vincent | 3 m springboard | 238.95 | 33 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jaimee Gundry | 10 m platform | 245.60 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nicola Gillis Julia Vincent | 3 m synchronized springboard | 237.93 | 15 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

## Open water swimming

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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Chad Ho | 5 km | 55:17.6 | |
| Chad Ho | 10 km | 1:50:47.9 | 19 |
| Daniel Marais | 10 km | did not finish | did not finish |
| Nicolaos Manoussakis | 5 km | 55:26.5 | 16 |
| Nicolaos Manoussakis | 25 km | 5:20:47.2 | 23 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Carmen Le Roux | 5 km | 1:04:06.3 | 27 |
| Carmen Le Roux | 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):

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | 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 | did not advance |
| Myles Brown | 400 m freestyle | 3:48.86 | 18 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Myles Brown | 800 m freestyle | 8:04.47 | 28 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chad le Clos | 200 m freestyle | 1:47.17 | 12 Q | 1:46.10 | 4 Q | 1:46.53 | 6 |
| Chad le Clos | 50 m butterfly | 23.45 | 8 Q | 23.49 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chad le Clos | 100 m butterfly | 51.83 | 8 Q | 51.11 | 3 Q | 50.56 AF | |
| Chad le Clos | 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 | did not advance |
| Sebastien Rousseau | 400 m individual medley | 4:20.16 | 21 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ayrton Sweeney | 200 m breaststroke | 2:14.98 | 33 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Cameron van der Burgh | 50 m breaststroke | 26.62 WR | 1 Q | 26.74 | 2 Q | 26.66 | |
| Cameron van der Burgh | 100 m breaststroke | 58.59 | 2 Q | 58.49 | 2 Q | 58.59 | |
| Cameron van der Burgh | 200 m breaststroke | 2:12.37 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Synchronized swimming

South Africa has qualified three synchronized swimmers in the following events.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Kerry Norden | Solo technical routine | 61.7306 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kerry Norden | Solo free routine | 65.6667 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Emma Manners-Wood Laura Strugnell | Duet technical routine | 65.3539 | 37 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Emma Manners-Wood Laura Strugnell | Duet free routine | 66.0000 | =35 | did not advance | 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 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 4 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 46 | −29 | 0 | |
| 27 July 2015 13:30 | Report | South Africa | 10–6 | Argentina | Kazan Attendance: 913 Referees: Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
| Kazan Attendance: 913 Referees: Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |||
| 27 July 2015 13:30 | Report | E. Le Roux, P. Le Roux 3 | Goals | Yañez 3 | Kazan Attendance: 913 Referees: Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
| 29 July 2015 12:10 | Report | South Africa | 4–17 | Hungary | Kazan Attendance: 1,127 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Peter de Jong (NED) |
| Kazan Attendance: 1,127 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Peter de Jong (NED) |||
| 29 July 2015 12:10 | Report | Molyneux 2 | Goals | Dén. Varga 5 | Kazan Attendance: 1,127 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Peter de Jong (NED) |
| 31 July 2015 09:30 | Report | South Africa | 3–14 | Kazakhstan | Kazan Attendance: 884 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Hatem Gaber (EGY) |
| Kazan Attendance: 884 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Hatem Gaber (EGY) |||
| 31 July 2015 09:30 | Report | three players 1 | Goals | Axenov 5 | Kazan Attendance: 884 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Hatem Gaber (EGY) |

#### Playoffs

| 2 August 2015 20:10 | Report | South Africa | 1–17 | Australia | Kazan Attendance: 213 Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), German Moller (ARG) |
| Kazan Attendance: 213 Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), German Moller (ARG) |||
| 2 August 2015 20:10 | Report | E. Le Roux 1 | Goals | Younger 4 | Kazan Attendance: 213 Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), German Moller (ARG) |

#### 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) |
| Kazan Attendance: 213 Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), Hatem Gaber (EGY) |||
| 4 August 2015 13:30 | Report | Vrlic 5 | Goals | five players 1 | Kazan Attendance: 213 Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), Hatem Gaber (EGY) |

#### Eleventh place game

| 6 August 2015 10:50 | Report | Kazakhstan | 11–7 | South Africa | Kazan Attendance: 450 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |
| Kazan Attendance: 450 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |||
| 6 August 2015 10:50 | Report | Axenov 7 | Goals | P. Le Roux 3 | Kazan Attendance: 450 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |

### 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 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 61 | −55 | 0 | |
| 26 July 2015 13:30 | Report | South Africa | 1–22 | Netherlands | Kazan Attendance: 1,049 Referees: German Moller (ARG), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) |
| Kazan Attendance: 1,049 Referees: German Moller (ARG), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) |||
| 26 July 2015 13:30 | Report | Versfeld 1 | Goals | Klaassen 6 | Kazan Attendance: 1,049 Referees: German Moller (ARG), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) |
| 28 July 2015 10:50 | Report | Australia | 19–1 | South Africa | Kazan Attendance: 456 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |
| Kazan Attendance: 456 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |||
| 28 July 2015 10:50 | Report | Southern 5 | Goals | Versfeld 1 | Kazan Attendance: 456 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |
| 30 July 2015 21:30 | Report | South Africa | 4–20 | Greece | Kazan Attendance: 130 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) |
| Kazan Attendance: 130 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) |||
| 30 July 2015 21:30 | Report | Versfeld, White 2 | Goals | Asimaki 5 | Kazan Attendance: 130 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) |

#### 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) |
| Kazan Attendance: 1,357 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |||
| 1 August 2015 10:50 | Report | Myles 3 | Goals | three players 1 | Kazan Attendance: 1,357 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |

#### 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) |
| Kazan Attendance: 329 Referees: Peter de Jong (NED), German Moller (ARG) |||
| 3 August 2015 09:30 | Report | White 2 | Goals | Nakano 4 | Kazan Attendance: 329 Referees: Peter de Jong (NED), German Moller (ARG) |