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]
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) |
Event schedule
editA 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 |
Date → | Wed 6 | Thu 7 | Fri 8 | Sat 9 | Sun 10 | Mon 11 | ||||||
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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 | |||||||||||
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50 m backstroke | H | |||||||||||
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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 |
Overall results
editKey: 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]
Men
editEvent | 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 |
- a Coetze swam a FINA "A" cut time of 53.96 seconds in the heats.[15][16]
- b Houlie swam a FINA "A" cut time, though was not automatically qualified for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships team as he did not qualify in an Olympic event.[17]
- c Coetze swam a FINA "A" cut time of 22.15 seconds in the 50 metre freestyle for the lead-off leg of the relay.[17]
Women
editEvent | 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) |
Mixed
editEvent | 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 |
Medal table
edit* 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 |
Qualification via time trial
editThe 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] |
Records set
editMen
editEvent | 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] |
Women
editEvent | 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] |
Broadcast
editA 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]
Participating nations
editAthletes from countries including the following participated at the Championships.[4]
- Botswana (BOTS)
- Great Britain (GBR)
- India (IND)
- Mozambique (CDTM)
- Namibia (NAM)
- South Africa (RSA, by region)
- Seychelles (SEY)
- Zambia (ZAM)
- Zimbabwe (ZIM)
South Africa regional representation
editAthletes from South Africa competed on teams by province/region, including the following.[4]
- Ekurhuleni, Gauteng (Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni - AGA)
- Johannesburg, Gauteng (Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg - AGB)
- Tshwane, Gauteng (Aquatics Guateng Tshwane - AGC)
- Eastern Cape (Eastern Cape Aquatics - ECA)
- FAAC
- Free State (FSA)
- HAM
- KwaZulu-Natal (KZNA)
- Limpopo (LP)
- Mpumalanga (MPA)
- North West (North West Swimming - NWS)
- Western Cape (Western Cape Aquatics - WCA)
Incidents
editOn 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]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ a b Race, Retta (2 April 2022). "NCAA Champion Matt Sates Entered In Nine Events For South African Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Schoenmaker Leads The Charge For World Champs, Commonwealth Qualification At National Championships". Swimming South Africa. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "2022 SA National Aquatic Championships - Swimming: Psych Sheet". Swimming South Africa. 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "2022 SA National Swimming Championships Daily Schedule". Swimming South Africa. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ a b "FINA World Championships 2022: Qualification System". FINA. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ a b Isaacson, David (11 April 2022). "King Matt gathers the crowns, speedy Pieter the qualifying times". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Veteran Le Clos joins teenage brigade in SA Team for swimming World Championships". Swimming South Africa. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g SwimSA TV (10 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 5". YouTube. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j SwimSA TV (8 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 3". YouTube. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j SwimSA TV (7 April 2022). "SA National Swimming Championships 2022 Day 2". YouTube. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k SwimSA TV (5 April 2022). "SA National Swimming Championships 2022" (Day 1 after women 400 individual medley heats). YouTube. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j SwimSA TV (9 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 4". YouTube. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f SwimSA TV (11 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 6". YouTube. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Race, Retta (6 April 2022). "Van Niekerk, Canny, Coetze Qualify For Budapest World Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Coetzé and Schoenmaker qualifies for Birmingham Commonwealth Games". SuperSport. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ a b Jonckheere, Karien (9 April 2022). "18-year-old matric pupil stuns Olympic superstar Tatjana Schoenmaker at SA swim champs". News24. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ Hamann, Michael (6 April 2022). "South African Champs Day 1 Prelims: Van Niekerk Blasts World-Leading 50 Breast". SwimSwam. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Lara van Niekerk smashes records at swimming championships". Independent Online. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ Chetty, Amir (7 April 2022). "Van Niekerk shines on opening day of national swimming champs". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "Van Niekerk Shines On Opening Day Of National Swimming Championships". Swimming South Africa. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ a b SwimSA TV (5 April 2022). "SA National Swimming Championships 2022" (Day 1 women 400 individual medley heats). YouTube. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ Loubser, Doreen (12 April 2022). "Guard found floating in Newton Park swimming Pool identified". Algoa FM. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ Marais, Riaan (12 April 2022). "Guard's body found floating in pool at SA Swimming Championships". The Herald. Retrieved 15 April 2023.