South Africa at the 2019 African Games

South Africa at the; 2019 African Games
	Flag of South Africa
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
in Rabat, Morocco; 19 August 2019 – 31 August 2019
Competitors	153 in 11 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Michaela Whitebooi
Flag bearer (closing)	Bridgitte Hartley
Medals; Ranked 3rd	Gold 36 Silver 26 Bronze 25 Total 87
African Games appearances (overview)
	1995; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; 2023;

South Africa competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total 153 athletes represented South Africa in 11 sports.[1] Athletes representing South Africa won 36 gold medals, 26 silver medals and 25 bronze medals and the country finished in 3rd place in the medal table.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Michael Houlie	Swimming	Men's 50m Breaststroke	21 August
Gold	Kaylene Corbett	Swimming	Women's 50m Breaststroke	21 August
Gold	Erin Gallagher	Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle	21 August
Gold	Martin Binedell	Swimming	Men's 200m Backstroke	21 August
Gold	South Africa	Swimming	Men's 4x100m Freestyle	21 August
Gold	South Africa	Swimming	Women's 4x100m Freestyle	21 August
Gold	Tiffany Keep	Cycling	Women’s Cross-Country	21 August
Gold	Alaric Basson	Swimming	Men's 100m Breaststroke	22 August
Gold	Kaylene Corbett	Swimming	Women's 100m Breaststroke	22 August
Gold	Samantha Randle	Swimming	Women's 400m Individual Medley	22 August
Gold	South Africa	Swimming	Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay	22 August
Gold	South Africa	Swimming	4x100m Medley Relay Mixed	22 August
Gold	Johanita Scholtz	Badminton	Women's singles	29 August
Gold	Mpho Links	Athletics	Men's high jump	30 August
Gold	Chrisjan Coetzee	Canoeing	Men's K-1 200 metres	30 August
Silver	Michaela Whitebooi	Judo	Women's -48 kg	17 August
Silver	Unelle Snyman	Judo	Women's -78 kg	18 August
Silver	Christin Mundell	Swimming	Women's 50m Breaststroke	21 August
Silver	Samantha Randle	Swimming	Women's 1500m freestyle	21 August
Silver	Samantha Randle	Swimming	Women's 200m backstroke	21 August
Silver	Erin Gallagher	Swimming	Women's 50m Butterfly	22 August
Silver	Christin Mundell	Swimming	Women's 200m Freestyle	22 August
Silver	Christin Mundell	Swimming	Women's 100m Breaststroke	22 August
Silver	Ayrton Sweeney	Swimming	Men's 400m Individual Medley	22 August
Silver	Yolandi Stander	Athletics	Women's discus throw	26 August
Silver	Jo-Ane van Dyk	Athletics	Women's javelin throw	28 August
Silver	Louis Hattingh	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 metres	28 August
Silver	Thapelo Phora	Athletics	Men's 400 metres	28 August
Silver	South Africa	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	28 August
Silver	Chanel Simmonds	Tennis	Women's singles	29 August
Silver	South Africa	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	30 August
Silver	Ischke Senekal	Athletics	Women's shot put	30 August
Bronze	Emma Chelius	Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle	21 August
Bronze	Carla Antonopoulos	Swimming	Women's 1500m freestyle	21 August
Bronze	Ryan Coetzee	Swimming	Men's 50m Butterfly	22 August
Bronze	Emma Chelius	Swimming	Women's 50m Butterfly	22 August
Bronze	Michael Houlie	Swimming	Men's 100m Breaststroke	22 August
Bronze	Jessica Wehlan	Swimming	Women's 400m Individual Medley	22 August
Bronze	Megan de Beer Johanita Scholtz	Badminton	Women's doubles	29 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	6	10	17
Badminton	1	0	2	3
Canoeing	8	1	1	10
Cycling	6	3	0	9
Judo	0	2	0	2
Swimming	20	13	12	45
Tennis	0	1	0	1
Total	36	26	25	87

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
1	16 August	0	0	0	0
2	17 August	0	1	0	1
3	18 August	0	1	0	1
5	21 August	7	3	2	12
6	22 August	5	4	4	13
13	29 August	0	1	0	1
Total		12	10	6	28

Archery

South Africa competed in archery.[2] Morgan Blewett, Vivien De Klerk, Rhyn Potgieter and Catharina Whitehead represented South Africa in archery. [3]

Blewett, De Klerk and Potgieter competed in the men's individual and men's team events.[3] Whitehead competed in the women's individual event.[3] Whitehead and De Klerk also competed in the mixed team event.[3]

Athletics

38 athletes were scheduled to compete in athletes.[1] Antonio Alkana, Lindsey Hanekom, Zeney Van Der Walt and Sunette Viljoen were among the athletes to compete in the 2019 African Games.[2]

In total athletes representing South Africa won one gold medal, six silver medals and ten bronze medals and the country finished in 10th place in the athletics medal table.[4]

Badminton

South Africa competed in badminton with 8 athletes (4 men's and 4 women's).[2][5]

Johanita Scholtz won the gold medal in the women's singles event.

Megan de Beer and Johanita Scholtz won the bronze medal in the women's doubles event.

In the team event South Africa also won a bronze medal.

Beach volleyball

Grant Goldschmidt and Leo Williams competed in the men's beach volleyball tournament.[2] They finished in 4th place.

Canoeing

Bridgitte Hartley is part of the team to represent South Africa in canoeing at the 2019 African Games.[2]

Cycling

South Africa competed in cycling.[2][6]

The following athletes represented South Africa in cycling:

Men: Ryan Gibbons, Stefan de Bod, Jayde Julius, Clint Hendricks, Kent Main, Jason Oosthuizen
Women: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, Maroesjka Matthee, Joanna van de Winkel, Zanri Rossouw, Carla Oberholzer, Tiffany Keep

In total cyclists representing South Africa won six gold medals and three silver medals and the country finished 1st in the cycling medal table.

Football

South Africa competed in football at the 2019 African Games, both in the men's tournament and the women's tournament.

In both tournaments the teams did not advance from the group stage to the semi-finals. Both the men's team and women's team lost all their matches.

Judo

South Africa competed in judo.[2] In total five athletes represented South Africa in judo.

Two medals were won:[7]

Women -48kg: Michaela Whitebooi[8]
Women -78kg: Unelle Snyman

Karate

South Africa competed in karate.[9]

Swimming

24 swimmers were scheduled to compete in the 2019 African Games.[1] Michael Houlie represented South Africa at the 2019 African Games.[2]

South Africa finished in 1st place in the swimming medal table with 20 gold medals, 13 silver medals and 12 bronze medals.[10]

Table tennis

South Africa competed in table tennis.[2]

Tennis

Chanel Simmonds was the only player to represent South Africa in tennis at the 2019 African Games.[2] She won the silver medal in the women's singles event.[11]

Weightlifting

Mona Pretorius was one of the weightlifters to represent South Africa at the 2019 African Games.[2][12]

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