South Africa at the 2019 African Games

South Africa competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total 153 athletes represented South Africa in 11 sports.[1] Athletes representing South Africa won 36 gold medals, 26 silver medals and 25 bronze medals and the country finished in 3rd place in the medal table.

South Africa at the 2019 African Games
Flag of South Africa
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
in Rabat, Morocco 19 August 2019 – 31 August 2019
Competitors	153 in 11 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Michaela Whitebooi
Flag bearer (closing)	Bridgitte Hartley
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 36 Silver 26 Bronze 25 Total 87
African Games appearances (overview)
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Medal summary

Medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Michael Houlie Swimming Men's 50m Breaststroke 21 August  Gold Kaylene Corbett Swimming Women's 50m Breaststroke 21 August  Gold Erin Gallagher Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle 21 August  Gold Martin Binedell Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke 21 August  Gold South Africa Swimming Men's 4x100m Freestyle 21 August  Gold South Africa Swimming Women's 4x100m Freestyle 21 August  Gold Tiffany Keep Cycling Women’s Cross-Country 21 August  Gold Alaric Basson Swimming Men's 100m Breaststroke 22 August  Gold Kaylene Corbett Swimming Women's 100m Breaststroke 22 August  Gold Samantha Randle Swimming Women's 400m Individual Medley 22 August  Gold South Africa Swimming Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay 22 August  Gold South Africa Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay Mixed 22 August  Gold Johanita Scholtz Badminton Women's singles 29 August  Gold Mpho Links Athletics Men's high jump 30 August  Gold Chrisjan Coetzee Canoeing Men's K-1 200 metres 30 August  Silver Michaela Whitebooi Judo Women's -48 kg 17 August  Silver Unelle Snyman Judo Women's -78 kg 18 August  Silver Christin Mundell Swimming Women's 50m Breaststroke 21 August  Silver Samantha Randle Swimming Women's 1500m freestyle 21 August  Silver Samantha Randle Swimming Women's 200m backstroke 21 August  Silver Erin Gallagher Swimming Women's 50m Butterfly 22 August  Silver Christin Mundell Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle 22 August  Silver Christin Mundell Swimming Women's 100m Breaststroke 22 August  Silver Ayrton Sweeney Swimming Men's 400m Individual Medley 22 August  Silver Yolandi Stander Athletics Women's discus throw 26 August  Silver Jo-Ane van Dyk Athletics Women's javelin throw 28 August  Silver Louis Hattingh Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres 28 August  Silver Thapelo Phora Athletics Men's 400 metres 28 August  Silver South Africa Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 28 August  Silver Chanel Simmonds Tennis Women's singles 29 August  Silver South Africa Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 30 August  Silver Ischke Senekal Athletics Women's shot put 30 August  Bronze Emma Chelius Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle 21 August  Bronze Carla Antonopoulos Swimming Women's 1500m freestyle 21 August  Bronze Ryan Coetzee Swimming Men's 50m Butterfly 22 August  Bronze Emma Chelius Swimming Women's 50m Butterfly 22 August  Bronze Michael Houlie Swimming Men's 100m Breaststroke 22 August  Bronze Jessica Wehlan Swimming Women's 400m Individual Medley 22 August  Bronze Megan de Beer Johanita Scholtz Badminton Women's doubles 29 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 1 6 10 17 Badminton 1 0 2 3 Canoeing 8 1 1 10 Cycling 6 3 0 9 Judo 0 2 0 2 Swimming 20 13 12 45 Tennis 0 1 0 1 Total 36 26 25 87 Medals by date Day Date Total 1 16 August 0 0 0 0 2 17 August 0 1 0 1 3 18 August 0 1 0 1 5 21 August 7 3 2 12 6 22 August 5 4 4 13 13 29 August 0 1 0 1 Total 12 10 6 28

Archery

South Africa competed in archery.[2] Morgan Blewett, Vivien De Klerk, Rhyn Potgieter and Catharina Whitehead represented South Africa in archery. [3]

Blewett, De Klerk and Potgieter competed in the men's individual and men's team events.[3] Whitehead competed in the women's individual event.[3] Whitehead and De Klerk also competed in the mixed team event.[3]

Athletics

38 athletes were scheduled to compete in athletes.[1] Antonio Alkana, Lindsey Hanekom, Zeney Van Der Walt and Sunette Viljoen were among the athletes to compete in the 2019 African Games.[2]

In total athletes representing South Africa won one gold medal, six silver medals and ten bronze medals and the country finished in 10th place in the athletics medal table.[4]

Badminton

South Africa competed in badminton with 8 athletes (4 men's and 4 women's).[2][5]

Johanita Scholtz won the gold medal in the women's singles event.

Megan de Beer and Johanita Scholtz won the bronze medal in the women's doubles event.

In the team event South Africa also won a bronze medal.

Beach volleyball

Grant Goldschmidt and Leo Williams competed in the men's beach volleyball tournament.[2] They finished in 4th place.

Canoeing

Bridgitte Hartley is part of the team to represent South Africa in canoeing at the 2019 African Games.[2]

Cycling

South Africa competed in cycling.[2][6]

The following athletes represented South Africa in cycling:

• Men: Ryan Gibbons, Stefan de Bod, Jayde Julius, Clint Hendricks, Kent Main, Jason Oosthuizen
• Women: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, Maroesjka Matthee, Joanna van de Winkel, Zanri Rossouw, Carla Oberholzer, Tiffany Keep

In total cyclists representing South Africa won six gold medals and three silver medals and the country finished 1st in the cycling medal table.

Football

South Africa competed in football at the 2019 African Games, both in the men's tournament and the women's tournament.

In both tournaments the teams did not advance from the group stage to the semi-finals. Both the men's team and women's team lost all their matches.

Judo

South Africa competed in judo.[2] In total five athletes represented South Africa in judo.

Two medals were won:[7]

• Women -48kg: Michaela Whitebooi[8]
• Women -78kg: Unelle Snyman

Karate

South Africa competed in karate.[9]

Swimming

24 swimmers were scheduled to compete in the 2019 African Games.[1] Michael Houlie represented South Africa at the 2019 African Games.[2]

South Africa finished in 1st place in the swimming medal table with 20 gold medals, 13 silver medals and 12 bronze medals.[10]

Table tennis

South Africa competed in table tennis.[2]

Tennis

Chanel Simmonds was the only player to represent South Africa in tennis at the 2019 African Games.[2] She won the silver medal in the women's singles event.[11]

Weightlifting

Mona Pretorius was one of the weightlifters to represent South Africa at the 2019 African Games.[2][12]

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