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2022 SA National Swimming Championships

2022 SA National Swimming Championships
Host cityGqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Date(s)6–11 April 2022
Venue(s)Newton Park Swimming Pool
Nations participating9
Events44 (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]

Event schedule

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 1st place, gold medalist(s) Finals
M = Morning session (starting at 07:30 - days 1, 4; 08:30 - days 2, 3, 5, 6), E = Evening session (starting at 18:00 - all days)
Men
Date → Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11
Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E
50 m freestyle H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m freestyle H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m freestyle H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400 m freestyle H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
800 m freestyle 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500 m freestyle 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m backstroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m backstroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m backstroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m breaststroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m breaststroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m breaststroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m butterfly H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m butterfly H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m butterfly H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m individual medley H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400 m individual medley H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×50 m freestyle relay 1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×100 m freestyle relay 1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×200 m freestyle relay 1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×100 m medley relay 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Date → Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11
Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E
50 m freestyle H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m freestyle H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m freestyle H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400 m freestyle H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
800 m freestyle 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500 m freestyle 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m backstroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m backstroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m backstroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m breaststroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m breaststroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m breaststroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m butterfly H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m butterfly H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m butterfly H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m individual medley H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400 m individual medley H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×50 m freestyle relay 1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×100 m freestyle relay 1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×200 m freestyle relay 1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×100 m medley relay 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed
Date → Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11
Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E
4×100 m freestyle relay 1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×100 m medley relay 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Para swimming (multi-class, men and women)
Date → Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11
Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E
50 m freestyle H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m freestyle H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m backstroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m backstroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m breaststroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m breaststroke H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m butterfly H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m butterfly H 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m individual medley H 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Overall results

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]

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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
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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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

  *   Host nation (Eastern Cape Aquatics)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (RSA)19231759
2 Western Cape Aquatics (RSA)1171028
3 KwaZulu-Natal (RSA)961025
4 Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni (RSA)3216
5 Great Britain (GBR)1405
6 India (IND)1113
7 Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg (RSA)0145
8 Eastern Cape Aquatics (RSA)*0011
 Namibia (NAM)0011
Totals (9 entries)444445133

Qualification via time trial

The following qualifying time was achieved during a time trial conducted as part of the Championships.

Event Name Time Date Day Qualification meet Ref
200 m backstroke  Pieter Coetze (RSA) 1:56.92 11 April 2022 6 2022 World Aquatics Championships, 2022 Commonwealth Games [7]

Records set

Men

Event Stage Name Time Date Day Record Ref
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

Event Stage Name Time Date Day Record Ref
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

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]

Participating nations

Athletes from countries including the following participated at the Championships.[4]

South Africa regional representation

Athletes from South Africa competed on teams by province/region, including the following.[4]

Incidents

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]

See also

References

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