# South Africa at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar from 2 to 18 February.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| | Pieter Coetze | Swimming | Men's 200 metre backstroke | 16 February 2024 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of competitors in the Championships.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Artistic swimming | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Diving | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Open water swimming | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Swimming | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Water polo | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Total | 25 | 35 | 60 |

## Artistic swimming
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jessica Hayes-Hill Laura Strugnell | Duet technical routine | Did not start | Did not start | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jessica Hayes-Hill Laura Strugnell | Duet free routine | Did not start | Did not start | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Holly de Bruyn Ella Huang Phindy Makhaye Tayla-Jade van Huyssteen Casey Williams Sarah Williams | Team technical routine | 118.8650 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Anathi Shozi | 1 m springboard | 128.45 | 45 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Bailey Heydra | 1 m springboard | 201.35 | 29 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bailey Heydra | 3 m springboard | 206.40 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zalika Methula | 1 m springboard | 181.05 | 35 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Julia Vincent | 3 m springboard | 247.80 | 16 Q | 280.90 | 10 Q | 279.40 | 9 |

## Open water swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Connor Albertyn | Men's 5 km | 55:19.7 | 47 |
| Ruan Breytenbach | Men's 10 km | 1:54:41.2 | 58 |
| Henre Louw | Men's 10 km | 1:54:33.1 | 53 |
| Rossouw Venter | Men's 5 km | 57:40.8 | 63 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Amica de Jager | Women's 5 km | 59:04.0 | 22 |
| Amica de Jager | Women's 10 km | 1:58:38.6 | 27 |
| Tory Earle | Women's 5 km | 59:06.3 | 25 |
| Callan Lotter | Women's 10 km | 2:00:07.9 | 29 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Ruan Breytenbach Amica de Jager Callan Lotter Rossouw Venter | Team relay | 1:08:42.0 | 15 |

## Swimming

South Africa entered 13 swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Pieter Coetze | 50 metre backstroke | 24.75 | 4 Q | 24.46 | 3 Q | 24.59 | 4 |
| Pieter Coetze | 100 metre backstroke | 53.32 | 1 Q | 53.07 | 2 Q | 53.51 | 5 |
| Pieter Coetze | 200 metre backstroke | 1:57.90 | 3 Q | 1:57.07 | 8 Q | 1:55.99 | |
| Clayton Jimmie | 50 metre freestyle | 22.33 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chad le Clos | 100 metre freestyle | 49.04 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chad le Clos | 50 metre butterfly | 23.47 | 13 Q | 23.68 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chad le Clos | 100 metre butterfly | 52.04 | 8 Q | 51.70 | 5 Q | 51.48 | 5 |
| Chad le Clos | 200 metre butterfly | Did not start | Did not start | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matthew Randle | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:01.80 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matthew Randle | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:16.10 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matthew Sates | 200 metre freestyle | 1:47.98 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matthew Sates | 100 metre butterfly | 52.52 51.80 | 16 S/off 1 q | 51.99 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matthew Sates | 200 metre butterfly | 1:56.40 | 6 Q | 1:55.88 | 7 Q | 1:57.23 | 8 |
| Matthew Sates | 200 metre individual medley | 2:00.28 | 10 Q | 2:01.21 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matthew Sates | 400 metre individual medley | 4:25.04 | 17 | — | — | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pieter Coetze Matthew Randle Chad le Clos Clayton Jimmie | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:37.29 | 16 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Emma Chelius | 50 metre freestyle | 25.50 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Duné Coetzee | 200 metre freestyle | 2:01.02 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Duné Coetzee | 400 metre freestyle | 4:12.03 | 14 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Duné Coetzee | 800 metre freestyle | Did not start | Did not start | | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Milla Drakopoulos | 100 metre backstroke | 1:02.80 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Erin Gallagher | 50 metre freestyle | 25.37 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Erin Gallagher | 100 metre freestyle | 55.36 | 18 Q | 54.53 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Erin Gallagher | 50 metre butterfly | 25.69 | 3 Q | 25.86 | 6 Q | 25.69 | 4 |
| Erin Gallagher | 100 metre butterfly | 57.59 AF | 3 Q | 57.92 | 6 Q | 57.83 | 7 |
| Stephanie Houtman | 1500 metre freestyle | 16:35.39 | 18 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tayla Jonker | 50 metre backstroke | 28.37 NR | 12 Q | 28.48 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hannah Pearse | 200 metre backstroke | 2:13.26 | 16 Q | 2:13.29 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lara van Niekerk | 50 metre breaststroke | 30.28 | 4 Q | 30.56 | 5 Q | 30.47 | 4 |
| Lara van Niekerk | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:07.61 | 14 Q | 1:07.25 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Milla Drakopoulos Lara van Niekerk Erin Gallagher Emma Chelius | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:03.54 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Pieter Coetze Lara van Niekerk Erin Gallagher Clayton Jimmie | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:48.03 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Water polo
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Playoff | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| South Africa | Men's tournament | Spain L 5–21 | Australia L 7–29 | Croatia L 6-29 | 4 | — | — | Brazil L 5–18 | Kazakhstan W 11–10 | 15 |
| South Africa | Women's tournament | Canada L 2–24 | Italy L 3–25 | Great Britain L 5–14 | 4 | — | — | Singapore W 20–6 | France L 8-19 | 14 |

### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the South African roster.
Head coach: Jon Marc De Carvalho
* 1 Lwazi Madi GK
* 2 Farouk Mayman FP
* 3 Niall Wheeler FP
* 4 Cameron Laurenson FP
* 5 Todd Howard FP
* 6 Ross Stone FP
* 7 Sven van Zyl FP
* 8 Manqoba Bungane FP
* 9 Dane Tucker FP
* 10 Joshua Faber FP
* 11 Matthew Neser FP
* 12 Jonathan Swanepoel FP
* 13 Gareth May GK
* 14 Liam Neill FP
* 15 Janco Rademeyer FP

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 79 | −61 | 0 | 13–16th place semifinals |
| 5 February 2024 09:00 | Report | South Africa | 5–21 | Spain | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP) |||
| 5 February 2024 09:00 | Report | Van Zyl 3 | Goals | Biel, Granados 4 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP) |
| 7 February 2024 13:30 | Report | Australia | 29–7 | South Africa | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: David Couper (NZL), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: David Couper (NZL), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP) |||
| 7 February 2024 13:30 | Report | Edwards 6 | Goals | Stone 2 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: David Couper (NZL), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP) |
| 9 February 2024 16:00 | Report | South Africa | 6–29 | Croatia | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Ashleigh Kaeshler (AUS), Yuri Maciel (BRA) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Ashleigh Kaeshler (AUS), Yuri Maciel (BRA) |||
| 9 February 2024 16:00 | Report | Tucker 2 | Goals | Marinić Kragić 5 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Ashleigh Kaeshler (AUS), Yuri Maciel (BRA) |

#### 13–16th place semifinals

| 11 February 2024 09:00 | Report | South Africa | 5–18 | Brazil | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA) |||
| 11 February 2024 09:00 | Report | Howard 2 | Goals | Freitas, R. Real 4 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA) |

#### 15th place game

| 13 February 2024 09:00 | Report | South Africa | 11–10 | Kazakhstan | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: David Couper (NZL), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: David Couper (NZL), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN) |||
| 13 February 2024 09:00 | Report | Swanepoel 4 | Goals | Akhmetov 3 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: David Couper (NZL), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN) |

### Women's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the South African roster.
Head coach: Nicola Barrett
* 1 Meghan Maartens GK
* 2 Amber Penney FP
* 3 Annie Thornton-Dibb FP
* 4 Boati Motau FP
* 5 Megan Sileno FP
* 6 Amica Hallendorff FP
* 7 Shakira January FP
* 8 Esihle Zondo FP
* 9 Ruby Versfeld FP
* 10 Nicola Macleod FP
* 11 Chloe Meecham FP
* 12 Kelsey White FP
* 13 Daniela Passoni GK
* 14 Tumaini Macdonell FP
* 15 Yanah Geber FP

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 19 | +33 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 63 | −53 | 0 | 13–16th place semifinals |
| 4 February 2024 20:30 | Report | South Africa | 2–24 | Canada | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Yuri Maciel (BRA) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Yuri Maciel (BRA) |||
| 4 February 2024 20:30 | Report | Meecham, Zondo 1 | Goals | three players 5 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Yuri Maciel (BRA) |
| 6 February 2024 16:00 | Report | Italy | 25–3 | South Africa | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Andreia Stanojević (SRB), Yuri Maciel (BRA) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Andreia Stanojević (SRB), Yuri Maciel (BRA) |||
| 6 February 2024 16:00 | Report | Giustini 5 | Goals | Versfeld 2 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Andreia Stanojević (SRB), Yuri Maciel (BRA) |
| 8 February 2024 10:30 | Report | South Africa | 5–14 | Great Britain | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN) |||
| 8 February 2024 10:30 | Report | Penney 2 | Goals | Falvey 3 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN) |

#### 13–16th place semifinals

| 10 February 2024 10:30 | Report | Singapore | 6–20 | South Africa | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), David Couper (NZL) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), David Couper (NZL) |||
| 10 February 2024 10:30 | Report | Yap 2 | Goals | Versfeld 4 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), David Couper (NZL) |

#### 13th place game

| 12 February 2024 10:30 | Report | France | 19–8 | South Africa | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Yuri Maciel (BRA), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Yuri Maciel (BRA), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP) |||
| 12 February 2024 10:30 | Report | Vernoux 5 | Goals | Geber, Versfeld 2 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Yuri Maciel (BRA), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP) |