# South Africa at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

## Archery
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Wian Roux | Boys' Individual | 609 | 30 | Feng (CHN) L 0–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Wian Roux (RSA) Himani Himani (IND) | Mixed team | 1274 | 29 | Tromans-Ansell (GBR) / Shabani (IRI) L 1–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |

## Canoeing

South Africa qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.
* Boys' K1 - 1 boat
* Girls' K1 - 1 boat

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Pierre Thomas van der Westhuyzen | K1 sprint | 1:45.58 | 8 | 1:45.78 | 3 | Valentin Rossi (ARG) L 1:46.22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pierre Thomas van der Westhuyzen | K1 slalom | DNF | DNF | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Lizanne Conradie | K1 sprint | 2:05.30 | 14 | 2:05.64 | 5 | Adela Házová (CZE) L 2:07.95 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lizanne Conradie | K1 slalom | 1:27.57 | 13 | 1:32.01 | 8 | Pornnapphan Phuangmaiming (THA) L 1:26.06 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Dancesport

South Africa qualified one dancer based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.
* B-Boys - Jordan Smith

## Equestrian

South Africa qualified a rider based on its ranking in the FEI World Jumping Challenge Rankings.
* Individual Jumping - 1 athlete
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Hannah Ivy Garton | Jos Cassius | Individual Jumping | 16 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 25 |
| Africa Margaux Koenig (MRI) Anna Bunty Howard (ZAM) Brianagh Lindsay Clark (ZIM) Ahmed Nasser Elnaggar (EGY) Hannah Ivy Garton (RSA) | BM Urlefe Call Girl Z El Roblecito Malaika Jos Africa de Parco Jos Cassius | Team Jumping | (4) 1 0 (8) 0 | 4 | (4) 0 0 (4) 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |

## Golf
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | Score | Par | Rank |
| Kaiyuree Moodley | Girls' Individual | 77 (+7) | 15 | 81 (+11) | 158 | 27 | 76 (+6) | 234 | 19 | 234 | +24 | 22 |
| Cole Stevens | Boys' Individual | 75 (+5) | 20 | 72 (+2) | 147 | 10 | 80 (+10) | 227 | 25 | 227 | +17 | 21 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Round 1 (Fourball) | Round 1 (Fourball) | Round 2 (Foursome) | Round 2 (Foursome) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Total | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Girl | Boy | Total | Rank | Score | Par | Rank |
| Kaiyuree Moodley Cole Stevens | Mixed team | 69 (-1) | 27 | 75 (+5) | 18 | 76 | 75 | 151 (+11) | 24 | 295 | +15 | 23 |

## Gymnastics
### Acrobatic

South Africa qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship.
* Mixed pair - 1 team of 2 athletes
* Rachel Nell and Sidwell Madibeng

### Artistic

South Africa qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship.
* Boys' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota
* Ruan Lange
* Girls' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota
* Lisa Conradie

### Rhythmic

South Africa qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship.
* Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

## Field hockey
### Roster

* Mishka Ellis (GK)
* Nepo Serage (GK)
* Kayla de Waal
* Amaarah Hendricks (C)
* Jacolene McLaren
* Smuts Samantha
* Zimkhitha Weston
* Angel Nkosi
* Angela Welham

### Preliminary round

Pool A
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | +39 | 15 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | India | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | South Africa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Austria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Uruguay | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 3 | 9th place game |
| 6 | Vanuatu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 80 | −80 | 0 | 11th place game |
* 7 October 2018 14:45
| South Africa | 4–3 | Uruguay |
| de Waal 4', 6', 14' Weston 20' | Report | Oliveros 1', 19' Arias 10' |
* Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Chen Jianjun (CHN)
* 8 October 2018 10:15
| Vanuatu | 0–11 | South Africa |
| | Report | Weston 4', 7', 20' de Waal 8', 11', 13' McLaren 9' Welham 16' Nkosi 18', 18', 19' |
* Umpires: Chen Jianjun (CHN) Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)
* 9 October 2018 17:45
| South Africa | 0–4 | Argentina |
| | Report | Cerundolo 3' Bruggesser 4' Palet 5', 12' |
* Umpires: Sophie Bockelmann (GER) Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
* 10 October 2018 13:15
| Austria | 1–2 | South Africa |
| Herzog 16' | Report | de Waal 3', 14' |
* Umpires: Margaux Brand (CAN) Ayu Zainuddin (MAS)
* 11 October 2018 14:00
| South Africa | 2–5 | India |
| de Waal 10' Welham 19' | Report | Khan 2', 17' Reet 10' Lalremsiami 12' Chaudhary 13' |
* Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie (AUS) Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)

### Final round
#### Quarterfinal

* 12 October 2018 15:00
| Australia | 3–3 | South Africa |
| Lawton 4', 16' Young 14' | Report | de Waal 6', 11' McLaren 19' |
| Penalties |||
| Sertorio Schonell Lawton Schonell | 2–3 | de Waal Welham Weston de Waal |
* Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)

#### Semifinal

* 13 October 2018 17:00
| Argentina | 11–0 | South Africa |
| Cerundolo 7', 20' di Santo 9', 18' Rubenacker 10', 10', 19' Palet 13', 15' Bruggesser 14', 17' | Report | |
* Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie (AUS) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

#### Bronze-medal match

* 14 October 2018 14:00
| South Africa | 0–6 | China |
| | Report | Gu 2' Zou 7', 20' Yu 13' Ma 14' Cai 15' |
* Umpires: Victoria Pazos (PAR) Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)

## Modern pentathlon

South Africa qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the Asian/Oceanian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.
* Boys' Individual - Rhys Poovan
* Girls' Individual - Alida van der Merwe

## Rowing

South Africa qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships.
* Boys' single sculls - 1 athlete
* Girls' single sculls - 1 athlete

## Rugby sevens

* Boys' tournament - 1 team of 12 athletes

### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Argentina | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 38 | +142 | 15 |
| 2 | France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 65 | +46 | 13 |
| 3 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 74 | 103 | −29 | 10 |
| 4 | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 84 | −5 | 9 |
| 5 | United States | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 120 | −53 | 7 |
| 6 | Samoa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 149 | −101 | 6 |
* 13 October 2018 13:15
| South Africa | 12–14 | Japan |
| Try: Maubane 3'c Kellerman 7'm Con: Hattingh (1/2) 3' | Report | Try: Nakanishi 6'c Konishi 11'c Con: Yamada (2/2) 7', 12' |
* Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)
* 13 October 2018 16:20
| South Africa | 12–17 | France |
| Try: Manyike 6'c Zwelendaba 11'm Con: Manyike (1/1) 6' Rose (0/1) | Report | Try: Trouabal (2) 1'm, 7'c Dridi 3'm Con: Germain (1/3) 7' |
* Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
* 14 October 2018 9:15
| South Africa | 19–12 | United States |
| Try: Grobbelaar 4'c Pretorius 7'c Manyike 14'm Con: Hattingh (1/1) 4' Rose (1/2) 8' | Report | Try: Mahe 1'c Kruse 11'm Con: Mahe (1/1) 2' Rodriguez (0/1) |
* Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
* 14 October 2018 12:20
| South Africa | 5–34 | Argentina |
| Try: Gumede 12'm Con: Rose (0/1) | Report | Try: Mendy (2) 3'm, 5'm Moneta 6'c Costa 8'm Elicagaray 10'c González 14'm Con: Elicagaray (2/4) 7', 10' Roger (0/2) |
* Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
* 15 October 2018 11:05
| South Africa | 31–7 | Samoa |
| Try: Hattingh 1'c Rose 7' Pretorius 7'm Kellerman 9'c Manyike 11'm Con: Hattingh (1/1) 2' Rose (2/4) 7', 10' | Report | Try: Lonetona Tautala 5' Con: Sepulona (1/1) 5' |
* Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

### Bronze Medal Game

* 15 October 2018 15:10
| Japan | 28–5 | South Africa |
| Try: Fujii 2'c Nakanishi 3'c Konishi (2) 8'c, 12'c Con: Konishi (4/4) 2', 3', 9', 12' | Report | Try: Maubane 13'm Con: Braude (0/1) |
* Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

## Sailing

South Africa qualified one boat based on its performance at the African and European IKA Twin Tip Racing Qualifiers.
* Girls' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat

## Shooting

South Africa qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 African Championships.
* Boys' 10m Air Rifle - 1 quota

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Adriaan de Beer | Boys' 10m air rifle | 583.4 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athletes | Event | Points | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Stephanie Grundsøe (DEN) Adriaan de Beer (RSA) | Mixed 10m air rifle | 811.7 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Sport climbing

South Africa qualified two sport climbers based on its performance at the 2017 World African Sport Climbing Championships.
* Boys' combined - 1 quota (David Naude)
* Girls' combined - 1 quota (Angela Eckhardt)

## Tennis
### Singles

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| P Henning | Boys' singles | F Díaz Acosta (ARG) L 0-6, 3–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Doubles

| Athletes | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| P Henning (RSA) D N'tcha (BEN) | Boys' doubles | A Andreev (BUL) R Hijikata (AUS) L 2-6, 6–7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| S Nahimana (BDI) P Henning (RSA) | Mixed doubles | T Naklo (THA) A Dawani (BHR) W 6-0, 6–1 | K Juvan (SLO) M Miladinović (SRB) L 2-6, 6–4, 8–10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Triathlon

South Africa qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 African Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Swim (750m) | Trans 1 | Bike (20 km) | Trans 2 | Run (5 km) | Total Time | Rank |
| Christiaan Stroebel | Boys | 9:39 | 0:32 | 27:31 | 0:28 | 19:24 | 57:34 | 21 |
| Amber Schlebusch | Girls | 9:59 | 0:46 | 30:17 | 0:28 | 17:15 | 58:45 | |

### Relay

| Athlete | Event | Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km) | Total Group Time | Rank |
| Africa 1 Amber Schlebusch (RSA) Christiaan Stroebel (RSA) Syrine Fattoum (TUN) Mohamed Aziz Sebai (TUN) | Mixed Relay | 22:01 (2) 21:17 (5) 25:27 (12) 23:09 (9) | 1:31:54 1P | 9 |

## Weightlifting

South Africa qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 African Youth Championships.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Jayden Dylon Pretorius | Boys' −77 kg | 112 | 6 | 133 | 6 | 245 | 6 |

## Wrestling

South Africa qualified one wrestler based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships.
* VSU – Without any points scored by the opponent
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Final / RM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Fernando Booysen | Boys' freestyle −48kg | Jalolov (UZB) L 0 – 10 $^{VSU}$ | Gökdeniz (TUR) L 0 – 10 $^{VSU}$ | 3 Q | Detudamo (NRU) W 10 – 0 $^{VSU}$ | 5 |