2022 SA National Swimming Championships | |
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Host city | Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Date(s) | 6–11 April 2022 |
Venue(s) | Newton Park Swimming Pool |
Nations participating | 9 |
Events | 44 (men: 21; women: 21; mixed: 2) 18 para swimming (men: 9; women: 9) |
The 2022 SA National Swimming Championships was held from 6 to 11 April 2022 in Gqeberha, South Africa at the Newton Park Swimming Pool. [1] [2] Events were competed in a long course (50 metres long) swimming pool. [2] It served as a selection meet for determining the swimmers to represent South Africa at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games. [3] It was held concurrently with the 2022 SA National Junior Swimming Championships as part of the multi-sport 2022 Telkom SA National Aquatic Championships. [1] The meet was open to international competition and included multi-class para swimming events. [4]
A total of 62 events were competed over six days, including 18 para swimming events. For para swimming events, men and women had the same schedule. Heats started at 07:30 on days one and four, and started at 08:30 on days two, three, five, and six. Senior finals started at 18:00 each day. [5]
H | Heats | Finals |
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200 m freestyle | H | |||||||||||
400 m freestyle | H | |||||||||||
800 m freestyle | ||||||||||||
1500 m freestyle | ||||||||||||
50 m backstroke | H | |||||||||||
100 m backstroke | H | |||||||||||
200 m backstroke | H | |||||||||||
50 m breaststroke | H | |||||||||||
100 m breaststroke | H | |||||||||||
200 m breaststroke | H | |||||||||||
50 m butterfly | H | |||||||||||
100 m butterfly | H | |||||||||||
200 m butterfly | H | |||||||||||
200 m individual medley | H | |||||||||||
400 m individual medley | H | |||||||||||
4×50 m freestyle relay | ||||||||||||
4×100 m freestyle relay | ||||||||||||
4×200 m freestyle relay | ||||||||||||
4×100 m medley relay |
Date → | Wed 6 | Thu 7 | Fri 8 | Sat 9 | Sun 10 | Mon 11 | ||||||
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200 m freestyle | H | |||||||||||
400 m freestyle | H | |||||||||||
800 m freestyle | ||||||||||||
1500 m freestyle | ||||||||||||
50 m backstroke | H | |||||||||||
100 m backstroke | H | |||||||||||
200 m backstroke | H | |||||||||||
50 m breaststroke | H | |||||||||||
100 m breaststroke | H | |||||||||||
200 m breaststroke | H | |||||||||||
50 m butterfly | H | |||||||||||
100 m butterfly | H | |||||||||||
200 m butterfly | H | |||||||||||
200 m individual medley | H | |||||||||||
400 m individual medley | H | |||||||||||
4×50 m freestyle relay | ||||||||||||
4×100 m freestyle relay | ||||||||||||
4×200 m freestyle relay | ||||||||||||
4×100 m medley relay |
Date → | Wed 6 | Thu 7 | Fri 8 | Sat 9 | Sun 10 | Mon 11 | ||||||
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Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
4×100 m freestyle relay | ||||||||||||
4×100 m medley relay |
Date → | Wed 6 | Thu 7 | Fri 8 | Sat 9 | Sun 10 | Mon 11 | ||||||
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Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
50 m freestyle | H | |||||||||||
100 m freestyle | H | |||||||||||
50 m backstroke | H | |||||||||||
100 m backstroke | H | |||||||||||
50 m breaststroke | H | |||||||||||
100 m breaststroke | H | |||||||||||
50 m butterfly | H | |||||||||||
100 m butterfly | H | |||||||||||
200 m individual medley | H |
Key: Highlighted swimmers achieved the "A" qualifying time for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the event. [6] [7] Highlighted swimmers achieved a "B" qualifying time and were named to the 2022 World Aquatics Championships roster for South Africa in the event. [6] [8]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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50 m freestyle [9] |
Pieter Coetze (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
22.34 |
Brad Tandy (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
22.49 |
Clayton Jimmie (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
22.82 |
100 m freestyle [10] |
Matthew Sates (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
48.97 |
Pieter Coetze (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
50.17 |
Alexander Skinner (
NAM) Namibia |
50.43 |
200 m freestyle [11] |
Matthew Sates (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
1:46.15 |
Max Litchfield (
GBR) Great Britain |
1:49.49 |
Andrew Ross (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
1:49.59 |
400 m freestyle [12] |
Matthew Sates (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
3:49.37 |
Max Litchfield (
GBR) Great Britain |
3:51.37 |
Andrew Ross (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
3:56.92 |
800 m freestyle [13] |
Aneesh Gowda (
IND) India |
8:14.45 |
Roberto Gomes (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
8:19.10 |
Ruan Breytenbach (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
8:20.30 |
1500 m freestyle [14] |
Righardt Muller (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
15.36.70 |
Aneesh Gowda (
IND) India |
15:48.89 |
Ruan Breytenbach (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
16:03.42 |
50 m backstroke [10] |
Pieter Coetze (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
24.74 |
Jonah Pool-Jones (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
26.32 |
Ruard van Renen (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
26.56 |
100 m backstroke [12] |
Pieter Coetze (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
54.08 [a] |
Ruard van Renen (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
57.04 |
Liam Vehbi (
RSA) Eastern Cape Aquatics |
58.03 |
200 m backstroke [9] |
Ruan Ras (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
2:05.03 |
Guy Brooks (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
2:05.33 |
Utkarsh Santosh Patil (
IND) India |
2:07.21 |
50 m breaststroke [13] |
Michael Houlie (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
27.22 [b] |
Brenden Crawford (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni |
28.12 |
Joshua Emslie (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
28.98 |
100 m breaststroke [11] |
Brenden Crawford (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni |
1:01.00 |
Michael Houlie (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
1:01.56 |
Matthew Randle (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
1:02.96 |
200 m breaststroke [12] |
Kian Keylock (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni |
2:14.47 |
Matthew Randle (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
2:14.49 |
Ruan Breytenbach (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
2:16.50 |
50 m butterfly [12] |
Chad le Clos (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
23.93 |
Pieter Coetze (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
24.14 |
Matthew Sates (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
24.28 |
100 m butterfly [13] |
Chad le Clos (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
51.88 |
Matthew Sates (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
52.06 |
Pieter Coetze (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
53.52 |
200 m butterfly [10] |
Chad le Clos (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
1:55.75 |
Max Litchfield (
GBR) Great Britain |
1:57.66 |
Ethan du Preez (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
1:59.57 |
200 m individual medley [14] |
Matthew Sates (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
1:58.37 |
Max Litchfield (
GBR) Great Britain |
1:59.96 |
Kian Keylock (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni |
2:04.52 |
400 m individual medley [11] |
Max Litchfield (
GBR) Great Britain |
4:15.39 |
Ruan Breytenbach (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
4:27.14 |
Ruan Ras (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
4:27.34 |
4×50 m freestyle relay [13] | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane Pieter Coetze (22.15) [c] |
1:30.75 | KwaZulu-Natal | 1:31.05 | Western Cape Aquatics | 1:31.42 |
4×100 m freestyle relay [11] | KwaZulu-Natal | 3:22.68 | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane | 3:23.05 | Western Cape Aquatics | 3:24.55 |
4×200 m freestyle relay [10] | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay) | 7:36.53 | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay) | 7:36.75 | KwaZulu-Natal | 7:41.27 |
4×100 m medley relay [14] | Western Cape Aquatics | 3:47.97 | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay) | 3:50.49 | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay) | 3:53.75 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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50 m freestyle [11] |
Emma Chelius (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
25.08 |
Erin Gallagher (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
25.39 |
Aimee Canny (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics Olivia Nel ( RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
25.62 |
100 m freestyle [13] |
Aimee Canny (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
54.71 |
Erin Gallagher (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
54.73 |
Emma Chelius (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
55.70 |
200 m freestyle [12] |
Aimee Canny (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
1:58.34 |
Duné Coetzee (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
2:00.60 |
Erin Gallagher (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
2:00.72 |
400 m freestyle [14] |
Duné Coetzee (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
4:12.35 |
Michaela Pulford (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni |
4:15.93 |
Rebecca Meder (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
4:20.47 |
800 m freestyle [9] |
Michaela Pulford (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni |
8:46.33 |
Catherine van Rensburg (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
8:53.55 |
Leigh McMorran (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg |
8:58.50 |
1500 m freestyle [10] |
Stephanie Houtman (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
16:55.55 |
Catherine van Rensburg (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
17:04.28 |
Leigh McMorran (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg |
17:08.30 |
50 m backstroke [9] |
Olivia Nel (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
28.81 |
Rebecca Meder (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
28.86 |
Kerryn Herbst (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
29.43 |
100 m backstroke [11] |
Rebecca Meder (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
1:02.55 |
Kerryn Herbst (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
1:02.98 |
Olivia Nel (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
1:03.00 |
200 m backstroke [13] |
Hannah Pearse (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
2:15.78 |
Samantha Randle (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
Bernelee Doster (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg |
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50 m breaststroke [12] |
Lara van Niekerk (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
30.60 |
Tatjana Schoenmaker (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
30.87 |
Kaylene Corbett (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
31.94 |
100 m breaststroke [13] |
Lara van Niekerk (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
1:05.67 |
Tatjana Schoenmaker (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
1:06.06 |
Kaylene Corbett (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
1:08.63 |
200 m breaststroke [10] |
Tatjana Schoenmaker (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
2:24.01 |
Kaylene Corbett (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
2:24.66 |
Emily Visagie (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
2:32.57 |
50 m butterfly [10] |
Erin Gallagher (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
26.39 |
Inge Weidemann (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
27.24 |
Rebecca Meder (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
27.35 |
100 m butterfly [12] |
Erin Gallagher (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
59.78 |
Duné Coetzee (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
1:00.82 |
Rebecca Meder (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
1:01.50 |
200 m butterfly [9] |
Duné Coetzee (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
2:11.88 |
Trinity Hearne (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
2:15.46 |
Leigh McMorran (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg |
2:17.88 |
200 m individual medley [13] |
Rebecca Meder (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
2:15.01 |
Dakota Tucker (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg |
2:18.26 |
Aimee Canny (
RSA) Western Cape Aquatics |
2:18.98 |
400 m individual medley [12] |
Rebecca Meder (
RSA) KwaZulu-Natal |
4:49.04 |
Samantha Randle (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
4:55.81 |
Marlies Ross (
RSA) Aquatics Guateng Tshwane |
4:56.26 |
4×50 m freestyle relay [10] | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane | 1:43.45 | Western Cape Aquatics | 1:44.06 | KwaZulu-Natal | 1:44.08 |
4×100 m freestyle relay [11] | Western Cape Aquatics | 3:46.42 | KwaZulu-Natal | 3:50.11 | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane | 3:54.05 |
4×200 m freestyle relay [13] | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay) | 8:23.15 | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay) | 8:33.80 | Western Cape Aquatics | 8:37.74 |
4×100 m medley relay [14] | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay) | Western Cape Aquatics | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay) |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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4×100 m freestyle relay [12] | Western Cape Aquatics | 3:33.52 | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane | 3:35.57 | KwaZulu-Natal | 3:41.69 |
4×100 m medley relay [9] | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay) | 3:54.34 | Western Cape Aquatics | 3:57.22 | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay) | 4:02.73 |
* Host nation (Eastern Cape Aquatics)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Aquatics Guateng Tshwane ( RSA) | 19 | 23 | 17 | 59 |
2 | Western Cape Aquatics ( RSA) | 11 | 7 | 10 | 28 |
3 | KwaZulu-Natal ( RSA) | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
4 | Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni ( RSA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
6 | India (IND) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg ( RSA) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
8 | Eastern Cape Aquatics ( RSA)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 44 | 44 | 45 | 133 |
The following qualifying time was achieved during a time trial conducted as part of the Championships.
Event | Name | Time | Date | Day | Qualification meet | Ref |
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200 m backstroke | Pieter Coetze ( RSA) | 1:56.92 | 11 April 2022 | 6 | 2022 World Aquatics Championships, 2022 Commonwealth Games | [7] |
Event | Stage | Name | Time | Date | Day | Record | Ref |
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200 m freestyle | Heats | Alexander Skinner ( NAM) | 1:52.11 | 7 April 2022 | 2 | Namibian record | [11] |
100 m freestyle | Final | Alexander Skinner ( NAM) | 50.43 | 8 April 2022 | 3 | Namibian record | [10] |
Event | Stage | Name | Time | Date | Day | Record | Ref |
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50 m breaststroke | Heats | Lara van Niekerk ( RSA) | 29.72 | 6 April 2022 | 1 | Commonwealth record, African record, South African record | [18] [19] [20] [21] |
A live broadcast of day one was aired on YouTube by Swimming South Africa. [22] [12] Days two, three, four, five, and six were streamed live as well. [11] [10] [13] [9] [14] Aired broadcasts were continuous stream format, meaning they covered heats through finals, and were segmented into two videos if exceeding 12 hours in length. [22] [12] [11]
Athletes from countries including the following participated at the Championships. [4]
Athletes from South Africa competed on teams by province/region, including the following. [4]
On the morning of the last day of competition, Monday 11 April 2022, 45-year-old security guard Monde Qheru was found dead in the Newton Park Swimming Pool. [23] [24]