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South Africa at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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CGA	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	sascoc.co.za
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	194 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Caster Semenya
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 13 Silver 11 Bronze 13 Total 37
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South Africa competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.

Track and field athlete Caster Semenya was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Henri Schoeman Triathlon Men's triathlon April 5  Gold Chad le Clos Swimming Men's 50 metre butterfly April 6  Gold Chad le Clos Swimming Men's 200 metre butterfly April 7  Gold Tatjana Schoenmaker Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke April 7  Gold Cameron van der Burgh Swimming Men's 50 metre breaststroke April 9  Gold Tatjana Schoenmaker Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke April 9  Gold Chad le Clos Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly April 9  Gold Akani Simbine Athletics Men's 100 metres April 9  Gold Caster Semenya Athletics Women's 1500 metres April 10  Gold Luvo Manyonga Athletics Men's long jump April 11  Gold Ndodomzi Ntutu Athletics Men's T12 100 metres April 12  Gold Martin Erasmus Wrestling Men's freestyle 97 kg April 13  Gold Caster Semenya Athletics Women's 800 metres April 13  Silver Chad le Clos Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle April 8  Silver Elma Davis Esme Kruger Nicolene Neal Johanna Snyman Lawn bowls Women's fours April 9  Silver Dyan Buis Athletics Men's T38 100 metres April 9  Silver Christian Sadie Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S7 April 9  Silver Henricho Bruintjies Athletics Men's 100 metres April 9  Silver Brad Tandy Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle April 10  Silver Nozipho Schroeder Philippus Walker Lawn bowls Mixed para-sport pairs April 11  Silver Johannes Botha Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg April 12  Silver Hilton Langenhoven Athletics Men's T12 100 metres April 12  Silver Nicolene Neal Colleen Piketh Lawn bowls Women's pairs April 13  Silver Henricho Bruintjies Emile Erasmus Anaso Jobodwana Akani Simbine Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay April 14  Bronze Ryan Coetzee Swimming Men's 50 metre butterfly April 6  Bronze Mona Pretorius Weightlifting Women's 63 kg April 7  Bronze Cameron van der Burgh Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke April 7  Bronze Colleen Piketh Lawn bowls Women's singles April 8  Bronze Charl du Toit Athletics Men's T38 100 metres April 9  Bronze Calvyn Justus Cameron van der Burgh Chad le Clos Brad Tandy Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay April 10  Bronze Sunette Viljoen Athletics Women's javelin throw April 11  Bronze Ruswahl Samaai Athletics Men's long jump April 11  Bronze Reinhardt Hamman Athletics Men's F38 shot put April 11  Bronze Christopher Patton Tobias Botha Willem Viljoen Lawn bowls Open para-sport triples April 12  Bronze Alan Hatherly Cycling Men's cross-country April 12  Bronze Wenda Nel Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles April 12  Bronze Clint Hendricks Cycling Men's road race April 14

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 5 4 5 14 Cycling 0 0 2 2 Lawn bowls 0 3 2 5 Swimming 6 3 3 12 Triathlon 1 0 0 1 Weightlifting 0 0 1 1 Wrestling 1 1 0 2 Total 13 11 13 37

Medals by date Day Date Total 1 5 April 1 0 0 1 2 6 April 1 0 1 2 3 7 April 2 0 2 4 4 8 April 0 1 1 2 5 9 April 4 4 1 9 6 10 April 1 1 1 3 7 11 April 1 1 3 5 8 12 April 1 2 3 6 9 13 April 2 1 0 3 10 14 April 0 1 1 2 Total 13 11 13 37

Medals by gender Gender Total Female 4 2 4 10 Male 9 8 9 26 Mixed 0 1 0 1 Total 13 11 13 37

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Henricho Bruintjies	100 m	10.23	5 Q	10.26	8 Q	10.17
Akani Simbine		10.21	4 Q	10.12	4 Q	10.03
Hilton Langenhoven	100 m T12	11.27 =SB	4 Q	—	11.27 =SB
Ndodomzi Ntutu		10.80 GR SB	1 Q	—	11.02
Dyan Buis	100 m T38	—	11.33 SB
Charl du Toit		—	11.35 WR
Union Sekailwe		—	11.67 SB	5
Anaso Jobodwana	200 m	20.89	16 Q	DQ		Did not advance
Clarence Munyai		20.95	17 Q	20.36	2 Q	20.58	4
Stephen Mokoka	10000 m	—	27:44.58 SB	6
Antonio Alkana	110 m hurdles	13.32	3 Q	—	13.49	5
Constant Pretorius	400 m hurdles	49.71	9	Did not advance
L.J. van Zyl		50.98	17	Did not advance
Henricho Bruintjies Emile Erasmus Anaso Jobodwana Akani Simbine	4 × 100 m	38.71	4 Q	—	38.24 NR
Lebogang Shange	20 km walk	—	1:23:27	9
Wayne Snyman		—	1:28:09	14

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Luvo Manyonga	Long jump	7.91	6 Q	8.41 GR
Ruswahl Samaai		8.06	2 Q	8.22
Breyton Poole	High jump	2.18	15	Did not advance
Orazio Cremona	Shot put	19.24	7 Q	20.51	6
Reinhardt Hamman	Shot put F38	—	13.15 SB
Juanre Jenkinson		—	9.63	8
Phil-Mar van Rensburg	Javelin throw	78.00	7 Q	79.83	4
Tshepang Makhethe	Hammer throw	—	67.99	9

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Caster Semenya	800 m	1:59.26	1 Q	—	1:56.68 GR
	1500 m	4:05.86	1 Q	—	4:00.71 GR NR
Wenda Nel	400 m hurdles	54.61	2 Q	—	54.96

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Juanelie Meijer	Long jump T38	4.19	4
Sunette Viljoen	Javelin throw	62.08

Badminton

A team of 6 badminton players (3 men and 3 women) will be sent to the games.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cameron Coetzer	Men's singles	E Ekiring (UGA) L 0-2	Did not advance
Prakash Vijayanath		B Molia (FIJ) W 2-0	J Paul (MRI) L 0-2	Did not advance
Bongani von Bodenstein		L K Yew (SGP) L 0-2	Did not advance
Michelle Butler-Emmett	Women's singles	—	G Chua (SGP) L 0-2	Did not advance
Elsie de Villiers		—	S Nehwal (IND) L 0-2	Did not advance
Johanita Scholtz		C Birch (ENG) L 0-2	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cameron Coetzer Prakash Vijayanath	Men's doubles	—	E Donkor (GHA)  D Sam (GHA) L 1-2	Did not advance
Michelle Butler-Emmett Elsie de Villiers	Women's doubles	—	Z Morris (FAI)  C March (FAI) W 2-0	T Hendahewa (SRI)  K Sirimannage (SRI) L 0-2	Did not advance
Michelle Butler-Emmett Cameron Coetzer	Mixed doubles	A Lubah (MRI)  N Chan-Lam (MRI) W 2-1	N Yakura (CAN)  K Tsai (CAN) L 0-2	Did not advance
Elsie de Villiers Bongani von Bodenstein		—	D Chrisnanta (SGP)  C Wong (SGP) L 0-2	Did not advance
Johanita Scholtz Prakash Vijayanath		C Mulenga (ZAM)  E Siamupangila (ZAM) W 2-0	T Hee (SGP)  W Tan (SGP) L 0-2	Did not advance

Mixed team

Roster

• Michelle Butler-Emmett
• Cameron Coetzer
• Elsie de Villiers
• Johanita Scholtz
• Prakash Vijayanath
• Bongani von Bodenstein

Pool C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	0	+30	630	345	+285	3	Knockout stage
2	Australia	3	2	1	9	6	+3	19	12	+7	576	472	+104	2
3	South Africa	3	1	2	3	12	−9	6	24	−18	410	592	−182	1
4	Uganda	3	0	3	3	12	−9	6	25	−19	406	613	−207	0

Australia 5	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 5 April v t e		South Africa 0
1 2 3 1 Anthony Joe Prakash Vijayanath 24 22 22 20     2 Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu Johanita Scholtz 21 5 21 13     3 Sawan Serasinghe / Matthew Chau Cameron Coetzer / Bongani von Bodenstein 21 8 21 12     4 Setyana Mapasa / Gronya Somerville Michelle Butler-Emmett / Elsie de Villers 21 6 21 13     5 Sawan Serasinghe / Setyana Mapasa Prakash Vijayanath / Michelle Butler-Emmett 21 8 21 17

England 5	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 6 April v t e		South Africa 0
1 2 3 1 Ben Lane / Jessica Pugh Prakash Vijayanath / Michelle Butler-Emmett 21 12 21 15     2 Rajiv Ouseph Bongani von Bodenstein 21 7 21 7     3 Chloe Birch Johanita Scholtz 21 10 21 10     4 Chris Adcock / Ben Lane Cameron Coetzer / Bongani von Bodenstein 21 7 21 6     5 Sarah Walker / Lauren Smith Michelle Butler-Emmett / Elsie de Velliers 21 12 21 17

South Africa 3	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 6 April v t e		Uganda 2
1 2 3 1 Prakash Vijayanath / Michelle Butler-Emmett Brian Kasirye / Aisha Nakiyemba 21 16 21 15     2 Bongani von Bodenstein Edwin Ekiring 13 21 11 21     3 Johanita Scholtz Shamim Bangi 13 21 20 22     4 Prakash Vijayanath / Cameron Coetzer Edwin Ekiring / Brian Kasirye 21 16 21 16     5 Michelle Butler-Emmett / Elsie de Villiers Aisha Nakiyemba / Shamim Bangi 21 10 21 10

Boxing

South Africa participated with a team of 2 athletes (2 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Siyabulela Mphongoshi	−49 kg	Thiwanka Ranasinghe (SRI) L 0–4	Did not advance
Sinethemba Blom	−64 kg	Colin Lewis (GUY) W 4-1	Jesse Lartey (GHA) L 2-3	Did not advance

Cycling

South Africa participated with 17 athletes (10 men and 7 women).

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Brendon Davids	Road race	3:57:58	18
Nicholas Dlamini		3:59:39	38
Clint Hendricks		3:57:01
Nolan Hoffman		DNF
Bradley Potgieter		3:59:08	27
Brendon Davids	Time trial	51:44.00	10
Nicholas Dlamini		DNS

Track

Pursuit

Points race

Scratch race

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alan Hatherly	Men's cross-country	1:17:56
Cherie Redecker	Women's cross-country	-1LAP
Mariske Strauss		1:22:50	7

Diving

South Africa participated with a team of 3 athletes (3 women).

Women

Gymnastics

Artistic

South Africa participated with 2 athletes (2 women).

Women

Individual Qualification

Rhythmic

South Africa participated with 2 athletes (2 women).

Team Final & Individual Qualification

Individual Finals

Hockey

Both the men and women Hockey teams has qualified for the games. This comes as both teams are the African Champions. A total of 36 individuals are included.

Men's tournament

Roster

• Daniel Bell
• Dayaan Cassiem
• Ryan Crowe
• Tyson Dlungwana
• Tim Drummond
• Jethro Eustice
• Gowan Jones
• Ryan Julius
• Gareth Heyns
• Keenan Horne
• Tevin Kok
• Owen Mvimbi
• Siyavuya Nolutshungu
• Nqobile Ntuli
• Clinton Panther
• Reza Rosenberg
• Daniel Sibbald
• Austin Smith

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	4	4	0	0	16	2	+14	12	Advance to Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	4	3	0	1	18	6	+12	9
3	Scotland	4	1	0	3	7	14	−7	3	5th–6th place match
4	Canada	4	1	0	3	3	12	−9	3	7th–8th place match
5	South Africa	4	1	0	3	4	14	−10	3	9th–10th place match

5 April 2018 (2018-04-05) 21:30 v South Africa  2–4  Scotland Heyns  37' Drummond  43' Report Harwood  6' Bain  13', 46' Forsyth  14' Umpires: Eric Koh (MAS) Jamie Hooper (GBR)

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 16:30 v Australia  4–0  South Africa Mitton  30', 39' Hayward  43' Kleinschmidt  50' Report Umpires: Anbananthan Rawi (MAS) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) 16:30 v New Zealand  6–0  South Africa Russell  4', 25' J. Panchia  26' Woods  27' Muir  50' Ross  53' Report Umpires: Jamie Hooper (WAL) Paul Walker (ENG)

11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 21:30 v Canada  0–2  South Africa Report Julius  31' Rosenberg  60' Umpires: Jamie Hooper (WAL) Tim Bond (NZL)

Ninth and tenth place

13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 08:30 v South Africa  2–3  Wales Crowe  19' Cassiem  46' Report Furlong  27' Carson  27', 59' Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

Women's tournament

Roster

• Stephanie Baxter
• Quanita Bobbs
• Kara-Lee Botes
• Dirkie Chamberlain
• Sulette Damons
• Illse Davids
• Lisa-Marie Deetlefs
• Celia Evans
• Erin Hunter
• Shelly Jones
• Nicole La Fleur
• Ongeziwe Mali
• Candice Manuel
• Jade Mayne
• Phumelela Mbande
• Kristen Paton
• Nicolene Terblanche
• Nicole Walraven

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	4	3	0	1	11	3	+8	9	Advance to Semi-finals
2	India	4	3	0	1	9	5	+4	9
3	South Africa	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4	5th–6th place match
4	Malaysia	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	4	7th–8th place match
5	Wales	4	1	0	3	4	10	−6	3	9th–10th place match

5 April 2018 (2018-04-05) 14:30 v England  2–0  South Africa Balsdon  11' Townsend  20' Report Umpires: Sarah Wilson (GBR) Nur Hafizah Azman (MAS)

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 19:30 v South Africa  1–1  Malaysia Mayne  47' Report Nuraslinda  39' Umpires: Catherine Wright (WAL) Lelia Sacre (CAN)

9 April 2018 (2018-04-09) 14:30 v South Africa  2–0  Wales Manuel  25' Mayne  41' Report Umpires: Emma Shelbourn (ENG) Jo Cumming (NZL)

10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) 19:30 v India  1–0  South Africa Rampal  47' Report Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Catherine Wright (WAL)

Fifth and sixth place

13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 14:00 v South Africa  1–3  Canada Manuel  55' Report Johnston  10' Secco  15' Sourisseau  48' Umpires: Catherine Wright (WAL) Cookie Tan (SGP)

Lawn bowls

South Africa will compete in Lawn bowls.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Petrus Breitenbach	Singles	Wilson (AUS) L 6–21	Salmon (WAL) W 21–15	Aquilina (MLT) W 21–17	Jones (NFI) W 21–13	Paniani (COK) W 21–19	2 Q	Bester (CAN) L 9-21	Did not advance
Petrus Breitenbach Jason Evans	Pairs	Wales W 17–15	Northern Ireland W 20–16	Isle of Man W 19–13	Jamaica W 28–6	—	1 Q	Cook Islands L 14–15	Did not advance
Gerry Baker Rudi Jacobs Morgan Muvhango	Triples	England L 13–24	Wales L 6–22	India L 17–18	Papua New Guinea W 16–15	—	4	Did not advance
Gerry Baker Jason Evans Rudi Jacobs Morgan Muvhango	Fours	India L 7–19	Australia L 6–27	Norfolk Island W 25–7	Botswana W 22–6	—	3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Colleen Piketh	Singles	Murphy (AUS) L 16–21	Beattie (NIR) W 21–13	Kioa (TGA) W 21–4	Siame (ZAM) W 21–9	2 Q	Murphy (AUS) W 21–19	Edwards (NZL) L 17–21	McKerihen (CAN) W 21–17
Nicolene Neal Colleen Piketh	Pairs	India W 19–17	Northern Ireland W 20–12	Wales W 23–17	Jersey W 23–6	1 Q	England W 14–12	Scotland W 18–10	Malaysia L 14–15
Elma Davis Esme Kruger Johanna Snyman	Triples	England L 11–28	Northern Ireland L 13–14	Niue W 40–7	—	3	Did not advance
Elma Davis Esme Kruger Nicolene Neal Johanna Snyman	Fours	New Zealand W 16–11	Zambia W 17–10	Norfolk Island D 10–10	Jersey W 19–7	1 Q	New Zealand W 16–8	Malta W 14–8	Australia l 16–18

Para-sport

Athlete	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nozipho Schroeder Johanna van Rooyen (Guide) Philippus Walker Graham Ward (Guide)	Pairs	Australia L 3 - 26	New Zealand W 14 - 12	Scotland W 18 - 3	England W 19 - 8	Wales W 11 - 8	1 Q	Wales W 11 - 9	Australia L 9 - 12
Tobias Botha Christopher Patton Willem Viljoen	Triples	England D 13 - 13	Australia L 10 - 13	Wales W 21 - 4	New Zealand L 11 - 19	Scotland W 15 - 7	4 Q	Australia L 7 - 15	England W 16 - 13

Netball

South Africa qualified a netball team by virtue of being ranked in the top 11 (excluding the host nation, Australia) of the INF World Rankings on July 1, 2017.

Roster

The following is the South Africa roster in the netball tournament of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

South Africa national netball team – 2018 Commonwealth Games roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat. Burger, Erin - – Burger, Sigrid - – Surrey Storm Griesel, Izette - – Gauteng Jaguars Holtzhausen, Maryka - – Severn Stars Maweni, Phumza - – Severn Stars Msomi, Bongiwe (C) - – Adelaide Thunderbirds Mthembu, Precious - – Kingdom Stars Pretorius, Karla - – Sunshine Coast Lightning Stoltz, Renske - – Wasps Netball van der Merwe, Shadine - – Gauteng Jaguars Venter, Ine-Mari - – Gauteng Jaguars Vimbela, Zanele - – Team Bath	Head coach Norma Plummer Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club Injured

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	5	5	0	0	413	162	+251	10	Semi-finals
2	Jamaica	5	4	0	1	351	221	+130	8
3	South Africa	5	3	0	2	310	205	+105	6	Classification matches
4	Northern Ireland	5	2	0	3	224	307	−83	4
5	Barbados	5	1	0	4	185	333	−148	2
6	Fiji	5	0	0	5	171	426	−255	0

6 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	South Africa	46–57	Jamaica		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Michelle Phippard Reserve umpire: Helen George
		Venter  19/23 (83%) Burger  15/15 (100%) Holtzhausen  12/18 (67%)		Fowler-Reid  29/31 (94%) Beckford  15/20 (75%) Aiken  13/16 (81%)

7 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	Northern Ireland	35–49	South Africa		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Kate Stephenson Lisa McPhail Reserve umpire: Jackie Mizon
		L. Bowman  21/25 (84%) Lennon  5/6 (83%) McCullogh  5/11 (45%) K. Bowman  4/7 (57%)		Burger  38/41 (93%) Venter  7/9 (78%) Holtzhausen  4/9 (44%)

8 April 2018 20:30 v t e	Report	Australia	60–38	South Africa		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jono Bredin Lisa McPhail Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson
		Bassett  20/23 (87%) Thwaites  15/15 (100%) Wood  14/15 (93%) Pettitt  11/11 (100%)		Venter  33/40 (83%) Holtzhausen  5/10 (50%)

10 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	South Africa	92–28	Fiji		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Michelle Phippard Jackie Mizon Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson
		Burger  56/59 (95%) Venter  20/22 (91%) Stoltz  16/21 (76%)		Waqa  19/26 (73%) M. Rusivakula  8/12 (67%) U. Rusivakula  1/2 (50%)

11 April 2018 11:00 v t e	Report	South Africa	85–25	Barbados		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jackie Mizon Kate Stephenson Reserve umpire: Jono Bredin
		Venter  34/35 (97%) Burger  33/35 (94%) Holtzhausen  10/14 (71%) Stoltz  8/9 (89%)		Blackman  14/15 (93%) Payne  11/17 (65%)

Fifth place match

12 April 2018 09:00 v t e	Report	South Africa	53–42	Uganda		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jackie Mizon Joshua Bowring Reserve umpire: Marc Henning
		Venter  42/46 (91%) Holtzhausen  11/12 (92%)		Oyella  22/25 (88%) Proscovia  19/19 (100%) Nanyonga  1/4 (25%)

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

South Africa qualified a men's team of 12 athletes by being among the top nine ranked nations from the Commonwealth in the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series ranking.

Roster

• Cecil Afrika
• Timothy Agaba
• Kyle Brown
• Zain Davids
• Branco du Preez
• Justin Geduld
• Werner Kok
• Ruhan Nel
• Dylan Sage
• Philip Snyman
• Siviwe Soyizwapi
• Rosko Specman

• Reserve: Mogamat Davids

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	121	5	+116	9	Semi-finals
2	Scotland	3	2	0	1	73	26	+47	7	Classification semi-finals
3	Papua New Guinea	3	1	0	2	31	84	−53	5
4	Malaysia	3	0	0	3	5	115	−110	3

South Africa	43–0	Malaysia
Try: Sage 2' m Geduld (2) 3' m, 9' c Du Preez 4' c Snyman 7' m Specman 8' c Agaba 10' c Con: Du Preez (2/5) 5', 8' Geduld (2/2) 9', 10'	(Gold Coast 2018)

South Africa	52–0	Papua New Guinea
Try: Kok 1' c Specman (2) 1' m, 9' c Nel (2) 3' c, 5' c Sage 7' c Du Preez 11' m Davids 13' c Con: Du Preez (5/7) 1', 4', 5', 7', 9' Afrika (1/1) 13'	(Gold Coast 2018)

South Africa	26–5	Scotland
Try: Specman 4' c Nel 8' c Afrika 9' m Geduld 12' c Con: Geduld (3/4) 5', 8', 12'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Farndale 14' m Con: Fergusson (0/1) Cards: Jackson 7' to 9'

Semi-finals

15 April 2018	South Africa	19–24 (a.e.t.)	Fiji	Gold Coast
12:05

Bronze medal match

15 April 2018	England	21–14	South Africa	Gold Coast
14:17

Women's tournament

South Africa also qualified a women's team of 12. This qualification came after the South African women's team won the African Cup in 2017. The gold and silver medalist of Africa would then automatically qualify for the 2018 games. The silver medalists were Kenya.

Roster

• Veroeshka Grain
• Zenay Jordaan
• Megan Comley
• Unathi Mali
• Nomsa Mokwai
• Zintle Mpupha
• Zinhle Ndawonde
• Marithy Pienaar
• Nadine Roos
• Mathrin Simmers
• Chane Stadler
• Eloise Webb

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	110	7	+103	9	Semi-finals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	60	36	+24	7
3	Kenya	3	1	0	2	31	79	−48	5	Classification semi-finals
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	10	89	−79	3

Canada	29–0	South Africa
Try: Crossley 1' m Benn 2' c Kaljuvee 4' c Williams 6' m Darling 8' m Con: Landry (2/4) 3', 4' Lukan (0/1)	(Gold Coast 2018)

New Zealand	41–0	South Africa
Try: Goss 1' c Woodman (2) 1' m, 8' c Blyde 6' m Broughton 7' m Williams 9' c Brazier 12' m Con: Nathan-Wong (3/6) 1', 8', 9' Willison (0/1)	(Gold Coast 2018)

South Africa	10–19	Kenya
Try: Simmers 8' m Jordaan 9' m Con: Jordaan (0/2)	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Okelo 2' c Masinde 7' c Olando 13' m Con: Okulu (2/3) 3', 7'

Classification semi-finals

15 April 2018	Fiji	40–12	South Africa	Gold Coast
9:31

Match for seventh place

15 April 2018	South Africa	14–19	Wales	Gold Coast
12:27

Shooting

South Africa participated with 4 athletes (4 men).

Men

Open

Swimming

A total of 25 South African Swimmers has qualified for the games. This includes 2 para-swimmers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryan Coetzee	50 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
Brad Tandy		21.78	2 Q	21.92	2 Q	21.81
Christian Sadie	50 m freestyle S7	29.54	2 Q	—		29.65
Calvyn Justus	100 m freestyle	50.06	20	Did not advance
Chad le Clos		49.17	7 Q	48.61	2 Q	48.15
Chad le Clos	200 m freestyle	1:47.37	6 Q	—		1:47.46	7
Eben Vorster		1:50.78	18	—		Did not advance
Brent Szurdoki	400 m freestyle	3:56.40	10	—		Did not advance
Eben Vorster		3:56.82	11	—		Did not advance
Brent Szurdoki	1500 m freestyle	—				15:28.60	4
Martin Binedell	100 m backstroke	56.37	12 Q	55.25	9	Did not advance
Calvyn Justus		55.69	10 Q	55.25	9	Did not advance
Jarryd Baxter	200 m backstroke	2:02.17	13	—		Did not advance
Martin Binedell		1:57.92	1 Q	—		1:57.87	6
Luan Grobbelaar		2:06.10	18	—		Did not advance
Michael Houlie	50 m breaststroke	27.92	6 Q	27.64	5 Q	27.83	6
Brad Tandy		28.17	11 Q	27.99	8 Q	28.37	8
Cameron van der Burgh		27.01	2 Q	26.95	2 Q	26.58
Michael Houlie	100 m breaststroke	1:01.66	9 Q	1:01.47	10	Did not advance
Cameron van der Burgh		1:00.20	3 Q	59.74	3 Q	59.44
Kaleb van der Merwe	100 m breaststroke SB8	1:28.26	7 Q	—		1:26.11	7
Luan Grobbelaar	200 m breaststroke	2:18.90	11	—		Did not advance
Ayrton Sweeney		2:13.27	9	—		Did not advance
Ryan Coetzee	50 m butterfly	23.94	3 Q	23.79	3 Q	23.73
Chad le Clos		23.53	1 Q	23.53	1 Q	23.37
Brad Tandy		24.41	10 Q	24.35	10	Did not advance
Ryan Coetzee	100 m butterfly	55.03	14 Q	54.17	12	Did not advance
Chad le Clos		53.67	5 Q	52.56	4 Q	50.65
Eben Vorster		55.11	15 Q	54.75	14	Did not advance
Chad le Clos	200 m butterfly	1:57.89	4 Q	—		1:54.00
Eben Vorster		2:00.72	12	—		Did not advance
Jarryd Baxter	200 m individual medley	2:02.23	11	—		Did not advance
Ayrton Sweeney		2:03.19	15	—		Did not advance
Eben Vorster		2:07.11	17	—		Did not advance
Luan Grobbelaar	400 m individual medley	4:22.77	9	—		Did not advance
Ayrton Sweeney		4:18.08	2 Q	—		4:17.79	4
Ryan Coetzee Calvyn Justus Chad le Clos Brad Tandy Jarryd Baxter* Eben Vorster*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:21.50	7 Q	—		3:17.27	6
Calvyn Justus Chad le Clos Cameron van der Burgh Brad Tandy Ryan Coetzee* Michael Houlie* Martin Binedell*	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:42.44	5 Q	—		3:34.79

* Competed in heats only.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emma Chelius	50 m freestyle	25.62	8 Q	25.89	10	Did not advance
Erin Gallagher		25.21	5 Q	25.03	5 Q	25.03	5
Emma Chelius	100 m freestyle	56.04	12 Q	56.40	14	Did not advance
Erin Gallagher		55.36	9 Q	54.38	7 Q	54.23	6
Kristin Bellingan	200 m freestyle	2:04.37	15	—		Did not advance
Dune Coetzee		2:04.15	14	—		Did not advance
Marlies Ross		2:08.29	17	—		Did not advance
Kate Beavon	400 m freestyle	4:17.59	12	—		Did not advance
Kristin Bellingan		4:20.92	15	—		Did not advance
Dune Coetzee		4:15.21	11	—		Did not advance
Kate Beavon	800 m freestyle	8:49.16	8 Q	—		8:49.16	8
Kristin Bellingan		9:02.88	9	—		Did not advance
Erin Gallagher	50 m backstroke	29.38	15 Q	Withdrew		Did not advance
Mariella Venter		29.88	17 R	29.58	16	Did not advance
Nathania van Niekerk	100 m backstroke	1:02.81	15 Q	1:03.06	16	Did not advance
Mariella Venter		1:03.39	17	Did not advance
Nathania van Niekerk	200 m backstroke	2:16.07	11	—		Did not advance
Mariella Venter		2:14.82	10	—		Did not advance
Kaylene Corbett	50 m breaststroke	32.51	17	Did not advance
Tatjana Schoenmaker		30.92	3 Q	31.01	5 Q	30.82	4
Emily Visagie		32.73	18	Did not advance
Kaylene Corbett	100 m breaststroke	1:09.40	10 Q	1:09.36	13	Did not advance
Tatjana Schoenmaker		1:07.69	2 Q	1:06.65	1 Q	1:06.41
Emily Visagie		1:10.65	16 Q	1:10.80	15	Did not advance
Kaylene Corbett	200 m breaststroke	2:27.68	7 Q	—		2:29.40	8
Tatjana Schoenmaker		2:23.57	1 Q	—		2:22.02
Emily Visagie		2:28.37	9 R	—		2:29.25	7
Emma Chelius	50 m butterfly	27.55	13 Q	27.52	13	Did not advance
Erin Gallagher		27.05	8 Q	26.85	8 Q	26.84	7
Dune Coetzee	100 m butterfly	1:02.03	17	Did not advance
Erin Gallagher		59.25	8 Q	59.04	9	Did not advance
Dune Coetzee	200 m butterfly	2:12.38	11	—		Did not advance
Marlies Ross	200 m individual medley	2:19.67	13	—		Did not advance
Emily Visagie		2:18.27	11	—		Did not advance
Marlies Ross	400 m individual medley	4:55.30	11	—		Did not advance
Emma Chelius Erin Gallagher Marlies Ross Dune Coetzee	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—				3:46.04	5
Kate Beavon Kristin Bellingan Dune Coetzee Marlies Ross	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	—				8:18.31	6
Emma Chelius Kaylene Corbett Erin Gallagher Nathania van Niekerk Mariella Venter	4 × 100 m medley relay	—				4:12.02	7

Table tennis

South Africa participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Para-sport

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Theo Cogill	Men's TT6–10	Ross Wilson (ENG) L 3-2	Barak Mizrachi (AUS) W 3-0	Temitope Ogunsanya (NGR) W 3-0	2 Q	Kim Daybell (ENG) L 3-2	Joshua Stacey (WAL) L 3-2	4

Triathlon

South Africa participated with 5 athletes (3 men and 2 women).

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total	Rank
Richard Murray	Men's	9:12	0:32	27:51	0:26	15:03	53:04	6
Henri Schoeman		8:51	0:35	27:45	0:24	15:00	52:31
Wian Sullwald		9:03	0:34	27:58	0:29	18:26	56:30	20
Simone Ackermann	Women's	9:46	0:39	34:53	0:30	20:05	1:05:53	18
Gillian Sanders		10:01	0:39	33:04	0:29	18:53	1:03:06	15

Mixed Relay

Weightlifting

South Africa participated with 3 athletes (3 women).

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Johanni Taljaard	Women's −58 kg	78	6	93	8	171	6
Mona Pretorius	Women's −63 kg	91	3	115	2	206
Celestie Engelbrecht	Women's −69 kg	83	8	110	6	193	7

Powerlifting

South Africa participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Wrestling

South Africa participated with 5 athletes (5 men).

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jan Combrinck	Men's freestyle -57 kg	Bye	Takahashi (CAN) L 1 - 3	Did not advance	Bye	Welson (NGR) L 1 - 3	5
Terry van Rensburg	Men's freestyle -65 kg	Daniel (NGR) L 0 - 3	Did not advance				10
Johannes Botha	Men's freestyle -74 kg	Fernando (SLE) W 4 - 1	Dodge (WAL) W 4 - 0	Assizecourt (NGR) W 5 - 0	—	Sushil (IND) L 0 - 4
Michael Gaitskill	Men's freestyle -86 kg	Moore (CAN) L 1 - 4	Did not advance				11
Martin Erasmus	Men's freestyle -97 kg	Belkin (NZL) W 4 - 0	Verreynne (AUS) W 4 - 1	Steen (CAN) W 4 - 1	—	Khatri (IND) W 4 - 1

See also

• South Africa at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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• Nations at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
• South Africa at the Commonwealth Games
• 2018 in South African sport