| Iaaf: | RSA |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Games: | World Championships in Athletics |
| Location: | Beijing |
| Competitors: | 33 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 2 |
| Rank: | 13 |
| Previous: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2017 |
South Africa competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22 to 30 August 2015.[1]
The following South African competitors won medals at the Championships
| Medal | Athlete | Event | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August | ||||
| 27 August | ||||
| 30 August |
(q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| style=text-align:left | Henricho Bruintjies | style=text-align:left rowspan=3 | 100 metres | 10.07 | 3 Q | 10.21 | 7 | colspan=2 | |
| style=text-align:left | Anaso Jobodwana | DQ | colspan=4 | ||||||
| style=text-align:left | Akani Simbine | 10.09 | 3 Q | 10.02 | 4 | colspan=2 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Anaso Jobodwana | style=text-align:left rowspan=2 | 200 metres | 20.22 | 1 Q | 20.01 PB | 1 Q | 19.87 NR | |
| style=text-align:left | Akani Simbine | 20.23 PB | 4 q | 20.37 | 6 | colspan=2 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Berend Koekemoer | style=text-align:left rowspan=2 | 400 metres | 46.52 | 8 | colspan=4 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Wayde van Niekerk | 44.42 | 1 Q | 44.31 | 1 Q | 43.48 WL, AR | |||
| style=text-align:left | Reinhardt van Rensburg | style=text-align:left | 800 metres | 1:48.61 | 7 | colspan=4 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Johan Cronje | style=text-align:left rowspan=2 | 1500 metres | 3:43.29 | 6 Q | 3:36.59 | 8 | colspan=2 | |
| style=text-align:left | Dumisane Hlaselo | 3:40.25 | 9 | colspan=4 | |||||
| style=text-align:left | Stephen Mokoka | style=text-align:left | 10,000 metres | 28:47.40 | 20 | ||||
| style=text-align:left | Thabiso Benedict Moeng | style=text-align:left rowspan=3 | Marathon | DNF | |||||
| style=text-align:left | Desmond Mokgobu | 2:34:11 | 41 | ||||||
| style=text-align:left | Sibusiso Nzima | DNF | |||||||
| style=text-align:left | Antonio Alkana | style=text-align:left | 110 metres hurdles | 13.63 | 6 | colspan=4 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Cornel Fredericks | style=text-align:left rowspan=2 | 400 metres hurdles | DNS | colspan=4 | ||||
| style=text-align:left | L. J. van Zyl | 49.12 | 4 Q | 48.89 | 6 | colspan=2 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Dikotsi Lekopa | style=text-align:left rowspan=2 | 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:37.43 | 6 | colspan=2 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Tumisang Monnatlala | 8:55.25 | 11 | colspan=2 | |||||
| style=text-align:left | Henricho Bruintjies Anaso Jobodwana Antonio Alkana Akani Simbine | style=text-align:left | 4 × 100 metres relay | DNF | colspan=2 | ||||
| style=text-align:left | Lebogang Shange | style=text-align:left | 20 kilometres walk | 1:21:43 NR | 11 | ||||
| style=text-align:left | Marc Mundell | style=text-align:left | 50 kilometres walk | 4:02:41 | 33 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| style=text-align:left | Rushwahl Samaai | style=text-align:left rowspan=3 | Long jump | 7.79 | 20 | colspan=2 |
| style=text-align:left | Zarck Visser | 7.79 | 19 | colspan=2 | ||
| style=text-align:left rowspan=2 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | 7.98 | 13 | colspan=2 | ||
| style=text-align:left | Triple jump | 16.78 | 10 q | 16.81 | 9 | |
| style=text-align:left | Orazio Cremona | style=text-align:left rowspan=2 | Shot put | 18.63 | 27 | colspan=2 |
| style=text-align:left | Jaco Engelbrecht | 19.04 | 25 | colspan=2 | ||
| style=text-align:left | Victor Hogan | style=text-align:left | Discus throw | 62.41 | 13 | colspan=2 |
| style=text-align:left | Rocco van Rooyen | style=text-align:left | Javelin throw | 75.55 | 28 | |
| Athlete | Event | Final | Rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willem Coertzen | Result | 10.98 SB | 7.25 | 13.75 | 1.95 | DNS | − | − | − | − | − | DNF | − |
| Points | 865 | 874 | 713 | 758 | 0 | − | − | − | − | − |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| style=text-align:left | Carina Horn | style=text-align:left | 100 metres | 11.08 | 3 Q | 11.15 | 6 | colspan=2 | ||
| style=text-align:left rowspan=2 | Justine Palframan | style=text-align:left | 200 metres | 23.09 | 3 Q | 23.04 | 6 | colspan=2 | ||
| style=text-align:left | 400 metres | 52.45 | 6 | colspan=4 | ||||||
| style=text-align:left | Caster Semenya | style=text-align:left | 800 metres | 1:59.59 SB | 3 Q | 2:03.18 | 8 | colspan=2 | ||
| style=text-align:left | Tanith Maxwell | style=text-align:left | Marathon | DNF | ||||||
| style=text-align:left | Wenda Nel | style=text-align:left | 400 metres hurdles | 54.45 | 2 Q | 54.63 | 2 Q | 54.94 | 7 | |