South Africa at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Noc:	RSA
Nocname:	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2010
Location:	Singapore
Competitors:	62 (28 men, 34 women)
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Wanda Matshaya
Rank:	20
Gold:	2
Silver:	4
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto

South Africa competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore from 14 August to 26 August 2010. The nation was represented by the South Africa Olympic Committee, which sent a total of sixty-two athletes to compete in thirteen sports. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony for the nation was fencer Wanda Matshaya.^[1]

Medalists

The following South African athletes won medals at the Games, all dates shown are August 2010. In the results sections below, medallists' names are emboldened. Names that italicised were a part of a Mixed NOC Event and do not count towards overall medal count.

Name	Sport	Event	Date
			16th
			21st
			15th
			16th
			20th
			21st
	Athletics	Girls' Medley Relay	23rd
			16th
Chad le Clos Murray McDougall Dylan Bosch Peter Keune			16th
	Equestrian	Team Jumping	20th
			22nd

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Boys

Track and Road Events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
Athletes	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Siphelo Ngquboza	Boys’ 200m	22.75	17 qC	align=center colspan=2	DNS
Ruan Greyling	Boys’ 400m	47.60	5 Q	47.22
Schalk Burger	Boys’ 400m Hurdles	53.22	9 qB	52.39	7
	Boys’ Medley Relay		1:53.45	4

Field Events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
Athletes	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Frans Schutte	Boys’ Shot Put	20.24	4 Q	align=center colspan=2	NM
Jacques Du Plessis	Boys’ Discus Throw	63.17	2 Q	63.94
Dylan Jacobs	Boys’ Javelin Throw	71.92	6 Q	72.33	4
Stiaan Minnie	Boys’ Hammer Throw	62.31	13 qB	63.30	14
Rudolph Pienaar	Boys’ Long Jump	7.28	6 Q	7.53
Migael Celliers	Boys’ Pole Vault	4.45	13 qB	4.60	9

Girls

Track and Road Events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
Athletes	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Izelle Neuhoff	Girls’ 400m	55.01	7 Q	56.27	8
Thato Makhafola	Girls’ 1000m	2:52.92	11 Q	2:52.65	8
Kayla Gilbert	Girls’ 100m Hurdles	14.19	10 qB	14.03	10
	Girls’ Medley Relay		2:06.19

Field Events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
Athletes	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Simone Meyer	Girls’ Discus Throw	48.03	2 Q	46.62	4
Maryke Brits	Girls’ Long Jump	5.88	7 Q	5.71	8
Valentina Da Rocha	Girls’ Triple Jump	align=center colspan=2	DNS qB	align=center colspan=2	DNS

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Boys

Squad List	Event	Group Stage		Placement Stage			Rank
Squad List	Event	Group D	Rank	17th-20th			Rank
Nkosinathi Festile Justin Paton (C) Duke Lazarus Siyabonga Mahlinza	Boys' Basketball	L 12-28	5	L 12-21	L 11-27	W 21-13	19
		L 5-33
		L 4-33
		L 12-26

Qualifying Round – Group D

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	4	4	0	111	67	+44	8
	4	3	1	104	70	+34	7
	4	2	2	90	84	+6	6
	4	1	3	98	95	+3	5
	4	0	4	33	120	−87	4

Qualified for quarterfinals

9th–16th placement games

17th–20th placement games

17th–20th placement matches

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	3	3	0	85	52	+33	6
	3	2	1	75	64	+11	5
	3	1	2	44	61	–25	4
	3	0	3	55	82	–27	3

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time Trial		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final
Luke Stowman	Boys’ K1 Slalom	1:44.58	14	L 1:54.67-1:38.08	W 1:42.91-1:48.48	L 1:46.22-1:31.65	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance
Luke Stowman	Boys’ K1 Sprint	1:40.34	18	L 1:39.46-1:32.91	W 1:40.35-1:44.31	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Time Trial		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final
Kerry Segal	Girls’ K1 Slalom	2:03.42	20	L 2:01.86-1:43.47	L 1:59.67-1:58.94	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Kerry Segal	Girls’ K1 Sprint	1:47.11	11	W 1:45.66-1:47.64		W 1:46.38-1:48.35	L 1:52.97-1:44.14	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Cross Country

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points
Luke Roberts	Boys’ Cross Country	1:04:30	17	72
Teagan O'Keeffe	Girls’ Cross Country	align=center	-2LAP	23	40

Time Trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points
Jayde Julius	Boys’ Time Trial	4:19.85	21	30
Teagan O'Keeffe	Girls’ Time Trial	3:42.09	19	40

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding Round	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Rank	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Points
Lunga Mkhize	Boys’ BMX	35.189	20	34.749	5	35.075	5	37.670	4	5	align=center colspan=9	Did not advance	72
Teagan O'Keeffe	Girls’ BMX	37.360	4	37.453	1	37.943	1	37.477	1	1 Q	38.019	2	39.182	3	38.039	1	2 Q	36.982	4	12

Road Race

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points
Jayde Julius	Boys’ Road Race	1:05:44	5	30
Luke Roberts	Boys’ Road Race	1:05:44	42
Lunga Mkhize	Boys’ Road Race	align=center colspan=2	DNF

Overall

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Total	Jump-Off		Rank
			Penalties		Rank	Penalties		Rank		Penalties	Time
			Jump	Time	Rank	Jump	Time	Rank		Penalties	Time
Samantha McIntosh	Little Miss Sunshine	Individual Jumping	0	0	1	4	0	8	4	0	40.32	4
	AP Akermanis APH Mr Sheen Belcam Hinnerk Buzzword Little Miss Sunshine	Team Jumping	12 12 4 0 0	0 0 0 0 0	1	16 8 0 4 0	0 1 0 0 0	2	8	9 8 8 8 ~~DNS~~	~~1:03.57~~ 47.48 55.59 54.39 ~~DNS~~

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Group Stage

Knock-Out Stage

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Wanda Matshaya	Girls’ Épée	L 10-15	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	11
Africa	Mixed Team	Americas 2 L 25-28	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	9

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Artistic Gymnastics

Boys

Girls

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Individual

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Routine 1	Routine 2	Total	Rank	Routine 1	Rank
Reinhard Huisamen	Boys' Trampoline	24.500	3.600	28.100	12	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Iolanthea Louw	Girls' Trampoline	21.900	18.800	40.700	11	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance

Field hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Squad List	Event	Group Stage		5th Place Match
Squad List	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Phumelela Mbande Sinethemba Zungu Toni-Leigh van Niekerk Kirsty Ann Gibbings Keisha Arnolds Charne van Biljon Jenna-Leigh du Preez (C) Bronwyn Kretzmann Tiffany Jones Sarah Ive Jacinta Jubb Stephanie Baxter Hlubikazi Sipamla Quanita Bobbs Elan-Margo van Vught Zimisele Shange	Girls' Hockey	Argentina L 0-7	6	Ireland L 1-3	6
		Netherlands L 0-13
		South Korea L 1-3
		New Zealand L 0-4
		Ireland L 0-1

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Boys

Athletes	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athletes	Event	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Pierre Keune	Boys’ 100m Freestyle	52.94	32	Did not advance
Chad le Clos	Boys’ 200m Freestyle	1:52.10	9		Did not advance
	Boys’ 400m Freestyle	3:58.08	6 Q		3:51.37
	Boys’ 100m Butterfly	54.93	10 Q	53.67	2 Q	53.31
	Boys’ 200m Butterfly	2:02.07	6 Q		1:56.85
	Boys’ 200m Individual Medley	2:03.12	2 Q		2:00.68
Murray McDougall	Boys’ 100m Backstroke	57.43	6 Q	56.67	4 Q	56.68	5
Murray McDougall	Boys’ 50m Butterfly	25.55	8 Q	25.24	8 Q	25.22	7
Dylan Bosch	Boys’ 200m Individual Medley	2:03.20	3 Q		2:02.59
Murray McDougall Dylan Bosch Pierre Keune Chad le Clos	Boys’ 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	3:26.98	2 Q		3:24.66
Murray McDougall Dylan Bosch Pierre Keune Chad le Clos	Boys’ 4 × 100 m Medley Relay	3:48.89	6 Q		3:45.80	6

Girls

Athletes	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athletes	Event	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Kyla Ferreira	Girls’ 100m Freestyle	59.20	27	Did not advance
Kyla Ferreira	Girls’ 200m Freestyle	2:11.21	34		Did not advance
Natasha de Vos	Girls’ 400m Freestyle	4:33.68	21		Did not advance
Natasha de Vos	Girls’ 200m Backstroke	2:19.03	16		Did not advance
Oneida Cooper	Girls’ 100m Backstroke	1:06.05	21	Did not advance
Oneida Cooper	Girls’ 200m Individual Medley	2:27.82	19		Did not advance
Taryn Mackenzie	Girls’ 50m Breaststroke	33.51	14 Q	33.47	12	Did not advance
	Girls’ 100m Breaststroke	1:13.46	16 Q	1:13.46	16	Did not advance
	Girls’ 200m Breaststroke	2:39.33	13		Did not advance
Kyla Ferreira Oneida Cooper Natasha de Vos Taryn Mackenzie	Girls’ 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	4:02.12	9		Did not advance
Kyla Ferreira Oneida Cooper Natasha de Vos Taryn Mackenzie	Girls’ 4 × 100 m Medley Relay	4:24.41	7 Q		4:23.52	6

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athletes	Event	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Pierre Keune Kyla Ferreira Murray McDougall Natasha de Vos	Mixed 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	3:43.85	13		Did not advance
Oneida Cooper Kyla Ferreira Dylan Bosch Chad le Clos	Mixed 4 × 100 m Medley Relay	4:06.14	9		Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Men's

Mixed

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Pools		Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Groups	Rank	Final	Rank
Andries Schutte	Boys' 100kg	L 0–2 (0–2, 0–1)	4	align=center rowspan=3	7th Place Match W 2–0 (2–0, 4–0)	7
		L 0–2 (3–4, 0–1)
		L 1–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0-1)

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Pools		Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Groups	Rank	Final	Rank
Leonard Gregory	Boys' 58kg	L 1–2 (0–2, 4–3, 1-2)	4	align=center rowspan=3	7th Place Match BYE	7
		L 1–2 (0–6, 3–1, 0-3)
		L Fall (0–6, 0–5)

External links

Competitors List: South Africa – Singapore 2010 official site
Schedule/Results – Singapore 2010 official site
SA’s squad of 63 for Youth Olympics – Swimming South Africa official site

Notes and References

List of NOC Flag Bearers for Opening Ceremony . . 14 August 2010 . 2010-08-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100821075645/http://www.singapore2010.sg/public/sg2010/en/en_news/en_media_releases/en_2010814_list_of_noc_flag_bearers_for_opening_ceremony/MainPar/0/text_files/file0/RP%20-%20NOC%20Flag%20Bearers.pdf . 21 August 2010 .