South Africa at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China between July 16 and 31, 2011.

South Africa at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of South Africa
FINA code	RSA
National federation	Swimming South Africa
Website	www.swimsa.co.za
in Shanghai, China
Competitors	67 in 4 sports
Medals Ranked 25th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total 3
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Cameron van der Burgh	Swimming	Men's 100m Breaststroke	25 July
Bronze	Cameron van der Burgh	Swimming	Men's 50m Breaststroke	27 July
Bronze	Gerhard Zandberg	Swimming	Men's 50m Backstroke	31 July

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

Men^[1]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Position
Danie Marais	Men's 5km	59:46.9	32
Troy Prinsloo	Men's 5km	56:37.3	21
	Men's 10km	1:58:48.5	38
Chad Ho	Men's 10km	1:54:58.6	20

Women^[2]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Position
Nicole Brits	Women's 5km	1:04:53.1	33
Jessica Roux	Women's 5km	1:07:46.2	38
	Women's 10km	2:16:34.5	45
Natalie Du Toit	Women's 10km	2:08:27.1	39

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Position
Natalie du Toit Chad Ho Troy Prinsloo	Team	DNS

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa qualified 23 swimmers.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gideon Louw	Men's 50m Freestyle	22.21	11 Q	22.02	6 Q	22.11	8
	Men's 100m Freestyle	48.74	10 Q	48.96	15	did not advance
Roland Schoeman	Men's 50m Freestyle	22.32	15 Q	22.42	16	did not advance
	Men's 50m Butterfly	23.64	10 Q	23.48	9	did not advance
Graeme Moore	Men's 100m Freestyle	48.65	9 Q	48.59	12	did not advance
Jean Basson	Men's 200m Freestyle	1:48.95	25	did not advance
Heerden Herman	Men's 400m Freestyle	3:49.55	16			did not advance
	Men's 800m Freestyle	8:01.79	18			did not advance
	Men's 1500m Freestyle	15:21.92	17			did not advance
Mark Randall	Men's 800m Freestyle	8:02.45	20			did not advance
Gerhard Zandberg	Men's 50m Backstroke	24.72	1 Q	24.91	3 Q	24.66
	Men's 100m Backstroke	55.21	31	did not advance
Charl Crous	Men's 100m Backstroke	55.14	30	did not advance
Darren Murray	Men's 200m Backstroke	1:58.73	18	did not advance
Cameron van der Burgh	Men's 50m Breaststroke	27.58	7 Q	26.90	1 Q	27.19
	Men's 100m Breaststroke	1:00.39	10 Q	1:00.07	5 Q	59.49
Neil Versfeld	Men's 100m Breaststroke	1:01.72	34	did not advance
	Men's 200m Breaststroke	2:12.54	11 Q	2:12.32	16	did not advance
Chad le Clos	Men's 100m Butterfly	52.54	13 Q	52.44	13	did not advance
	Men's 200m Butterfly	1:56.37	7 Q	1:55.56	7 Q	1:55.07	5
Sebastien Rousseau	Men's 200m Butterfly	1:57.15	17	did not advance
Darian Townsend	Men's 200m IM	1:59.97	14 Q	1:59.49	9	did not advance
Riaan Schoeman	Men's 400m IM	4:16.53	9			did not advance
Graeme Moore Darian Townsend Gideon Louw Leith Shankland	Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	3:14.72	7 Q			3:13.38	6
Darian Townsend Jean Basson Jan Venter Sebastien Rousseau	Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay	7:15.65	12			did not advance
Charl Crous Cameron van der Burgh Chad le Clos Graeme Moore	Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay	3:36.47	10			did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karin Prinsloo	Women's 50m Freestyle	25.89	25	did not advance
	Women's 100m Freestyle	55.57	26	did not advance
	Women's 200m Freestyle	1:59.52	25	did not advance
	Women's 50m Backstroke	29.03	22	did not advance
	Women's 100m Backstroke	1:01.34	14 Q	1:01.54	16	did not advance
Wendy Trott	Women's 400m Freestyle	4:10.57	18			did not advance
	Women's 800m Freestyle	8:28.75	8 Q			8:30.45	7
	Women's 1500m Freestyle	16:05.63	5 Q			16:06.02	6
Leone Vorster	Women's 200m Backstroke	2:16.45	31	did not advance
Suzaan van Biljon	Women's 50m Breaststroke	31.96	15 Q	31.97	14	did not advance
	Women's 100m Breaststroke	1:09.64	25	did not advance
Vanessa Mohr	Women's 50m Butterfly	26.69	15 Q	26.74	15	did not advance
	Women's 100m Butterfly	58.96	17	did not advance
Katheryn Anne Meaklim	Women's 200m IM	2:15.15	18	did not advance
	Women's 400m IM	4:41.07	11			did not advance
Karin Prinsloo Suzaan van Biljon Vanessa Mohr Leone Vorster	Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay	4:04.97	15			did not advance

Synchronised swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

South Africa has qualified 12 athletes in synchronised swimming.^[4]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Laura Strugnell	Solo Technical Routine	61.800	33	did not advance
	Solo Free Routine	62.690	31	did not advance
Emma Manners-Wood Nicola David	Duet Technical Routine	61.500	42	did not advance
Emma Manners-Wood Laura Strugnell	Duet Free Routine	63.900	42	did not advance
Jessica Broughton Shannon Crowder Nicola David Jessica Domiro Jessica Hayes Hill Lucy McCarthy Kerry Norden Kelly Sloley	Team Technical Routine	64.400	22	did not advance
Jessica Broughton Shannon Crowder Jessica Domiro Natasha Domiro Jessica Hayes Hill Lucy McCarthy Kerry Norden Kelly Sloley	Team Free Routine	60.290	24	did not advance

Reserve

• Fatima Isaacs

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Main article: Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team Roster ^[5]

• Grant Duane Belcher
• Pat McCarthy
• Jared Wingate Pearse
• Wesley Bohata – Captain
• Bevan Manson
• Jason Ray Kyte
• Gavin John Kyte
• Ryan Mckay Bell
• Gareth Seth Samuel
• Donn Stewart
• Adam Kajee
• Nicholas Jon Molyneux
• Matthew Andrew Chris Kemp

Group D

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	0	32	12	+20	6
Germany	3	2	0	1	31	22	+9	4
United States	3	1	0	2	32	20	+12	2
South Africa	3	0	0	3	12	53	–41	0

July 18, 2011 19:40	Report	Italy	17–1	South Africa	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 450 Referees: Balfanvayev (KAZ), Menedez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 3–0, 5–0, 4–1
		Deserti 4	Goals	Kyte 1

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July 20, 2011 13:30	Report	South Africa	8–16	Germany	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 500 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 1–4, 3–5
		Kyte, Bell 3	Goals	Oeler 6

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July 22, 2011 12:10	Report	United States	20–3	South Africa	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 450 Referees: Reemnet (NED), Menendez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 4–1, 5–0, 6–2
		Azevedo 5	Goals	three players 1

Classification 13–16

July 24, 2011 10:50	Report	Brazil	7–4	South Africa	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 700 Referees: Juhaz (HUN), Rustamova (UZB)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 0–1, 1–2, 2–1
		Franco 2	Goals	Manson 2

Fifteenth place game

July 26, 2011 08:40	Report	China	9–4	South Africa	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 250 Referees: Menendez (CUB), Cabral (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 2–0, 2–1
		Yu Lijun, Li Bin 2	Goals	Bell 2

Women

Main article: Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team Roster^[6]

• Leigh Maarschalk
• Kimberly Patricia Schmidt
• Kimberly Kay
• Shelley Kirsty Faulmann
• Megan Catherine Schooling
• Laura Marie Barrett
• Christine Joan Barretto
• Lee Anne Keet
• Delaine Monique Christian
• Sarah Lee Harris
• Nicolette Poulos – Captain
• Kelsey White
• Jemma Dendy Young

Group D

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	0	40	15	+25	6
China	3	2	0	1	50	21	+29	4
Cuba	3	0	1	2	19	40	−21	1
South Africa	3	0	1	2	16	49	−33	1

July 17, 2011 19:00	Report	South Africa	5–22	China	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 450 Referees: Deslieres (CAN) Makita (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–6, 2–5, 2–6
		White, Dendy Young 2	Goals	Ma Huanhuan 6

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July 19, 2011 17:00	Report	Italy	18–2	South Africa	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 400 Referees: Peris (CRO), Rustamova (UZB)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–0, 5–0, 4–0
		Casanova 4	Goals	Schooling, Harris 1

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July 21, 2011 12:10	Report	South Africa	9–9	Cuba	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 250 Referees: Reemnet (NED), Makita (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–1, 1–1, 4–4
		Harris 5	Goals	Bravo Curro, Hernandez Consuegra 3

Classification 13–16

July 23, 2011 10:50	Report	Brazil	10–9	South Africa	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 550 Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–1, 2–2, 2–4
		Canetti, Carvalho 2	Goals	Harris 4

Fifteenth place game

July 25, 2011 8:40	Report	Uzbekistan	5–6	South Africa	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 200 Referees: Gonzalez (PUR), Menendez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–2, 2–1, 1–2
		five players 1	Goals	Kay, Harris 2

References

1. Open Water Qualifiers – Men^{[permanent dead link]}
2. Open Water Qualifiers – Women^{[permanent dead link]}
3. Swimming Archive
4. Athletes Listed in Synchronized Swimming
5. Men's Water Polo Team
6. Women's Water Polo Team