South Africa at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships explained

Games:	World Aquatics Championships
Nf:	RSA
Nfname:	Swimming South Africa
Year:	2022
Flagcaption:	Flag of South Africa
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	46
Sports:	5
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Rank:	23
Appearances:	auto

Artistic swimming

See main article: Artistic swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships. South Africa entered 4 artistic swimmers.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Laura Strugnell	Solo technical routine	68.1776	22	did not advance
Xera Vegter Maharajh	Solo free routine	66.1667	27	did not advance
Skye MacDonald Xera Vegter Maharajh	Duet technical routine	64.3119	30	did not advance
Duet free routine	65.2333	32	did not advance

See main article: Diving at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships. South Africa entered 4 divers.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Bailey Heydra	Women's 1 m springboard	200.45	34	did not advance
Zalika Methula	Women's 1 m springboard	184.20	42	did not advance
Grace Brammer Kerry-Leigh Morrison	Women's synchronized 3 m springboard	190.20	13	did not advance

See main article: Open water swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships. South Africa entered 4 open water swimmers (2 male^[4] and 2 female ^[5])

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ruan Breitenbach	Men's 5 km	57:54.9	29
Men's 10 km	1:55:40.1	22
Connor Buck	Men's 5 km	56:39.6	28
Men's 10 km	1:59:42.6	31
Amica de Jager	Women's 5 km	1:01:03.7	29
Women's 10 km	2:06:00.2	22
Catherine van Rensburg	Women's 5 km	1:00:55.6	18
Women's 10 km	2:06:54.2	28
Ruan Breitenbach Connor Buck Amica de Jager Catherine van Rensburg	Team

See main article: Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships. South Africa entered 9 swimmers.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Brendan Crawford	50 m breaststroke	28.21	26	did not advance
100 m breaststroke	1:01.25	23	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Clayton Jimmie	50 m freestyle	22.74	43	did not advance
100 m freestyle	50.68	55	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Chad le Clos	50 m butterfly	23.86	33	did not advance
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
align=left rowspan=5	Matthew Sates	200 m freestyle	1:47.28	14 Q	1:46.63	12	did not advance
400 m freestyle
100 m butterfly	54.17	41	did not advance
200 m individual medley	1:58.61	7 Q	1:57.74	8 Q	1:58.27	8
400 m individual medle	4:14.81	11	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Emma Chelius	50 m freestyle	24.87	7 Q	24.87	9	did not advance
100 m freestyle	55.39	22	did not advance
Stephanie Houtman	1500 m freestyle	17:08.12	21	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Olivia Nel	50 m backstroke	29.06	23	did not advance
100 m backstroke	1:02.95	25	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Lara van Niekerk	50 m breaststroke	29.77 AF	1 Q	29.99	3 Q	29.90
100 m breaststroke	1:06.75	10 Q	1:06.75	13	did not advance

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's tournament	L 4–22	L 2–28	cancelled	3 P/off	L 2–24		L 7–20	L 4–19	12
	Women's tournament	L 2–24	L 6–7	L 1–22	4			W 14–11	W 8–7	13

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Web site: 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022 - Hungary｜FINA Official . . 18 June 2022.
Web site: 19th FINA World Championships Artistic swimming Entry List. 25 June 2022. 5 July 2022. Omega Timing.
Web site: 19th FINA World Championships Diving Entry List. 25 June 2022. 5 July 2022. Omega Timing.
Web site: 19th FINA World Championships Open water Men Entry List. 25 June 2022. 5 July 2022. Omega Timing.
Web site: 19th FINA World Championships Open water Women Entry List. 25 June 2022. 5 July 2022. Omega Timing.
Web site: Swimming Entry List. 15 June 2022 . www.omegatiming.com . 20 June 2022.