2022 SA National Swimming Championships

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]

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)

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 6Thu 7Fri 8Sat 9Sun 10Mon 11
Event ↓MEMEMEMEMEME
50 m freestyleH1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m freestyleH1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m freestyleH1st place, gold medalist(s)
400 m freestyleH1st place, gold medalist(s)
800 m freestyle1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500 m freestyle1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m backstrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m backstrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m backstrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m breaststrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m breaststrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m breaststrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m butterflyH1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m butterflyH1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m butterflyH1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m individual medleyH1st place, gold medalist(s)
400 m individual medleyH1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×50 m freestyle relay1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×100 m freestyle relay1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×200 m freestyle relay1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×100 m medley relay1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Date →Wed 6Thu 7Fri 8Sat 9Sun 10Mon 11
Event ↓MEMEMEMEMEME
50 m freestyleH1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m freestyleH1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m freestyleH1st place, gold medalist(s)
400 m freestyleH1st place, gold medalist(s)
800 m freestyle1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500 m freestyle1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m backstrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m backstrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m backstrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m breaststrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m breaststrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m breaststrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m butterflyH1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m butterflyH1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m butterflyH1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m individual medleyH1st place, gold medalist(s)
400 m individual medleyH1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×50 m freestyle relay1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×100 m freestyle relay1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×200 m freestyle relay1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×100 m medley relay1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed
Date →Wed 6Thu 7Fri 8Sat 9Sun 10Mon 11
Event ↓MEMEMEMEMEME
4×100 m freestyle relay1st place, gold medalist(s)
4×100 m medley relay1st place, gold medalist(s)
Para swimming (multi-class, men and women)
Date →Wed 6Thu 7Fri 8Sat 9Sun 10Mon 11
Event ↓MEMEMEMEMEME
50 m freestyleH1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m freestyleH1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m backstrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m backstrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m breaststrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m breaststrokeH1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m butterflyH1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m butterflyH1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m individual medleyH1st 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-Natal1:31.05 Western Cape Aquatics1:31.42
4×100 m freestyle relay[11] KwaZulu-Natal3:22.68 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane3:23.05 Western Cape Aquatics3:24.55
4×200 m freestyle relay[10] Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay)7:36.53 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay)7:36.75 KwaZulu-Natal7:41.27
4×100 m medley relay[14] Western Cape Aquatics3:47.97 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 Tshwane1:43.45 Western Cape Aquatics1:44.06 KwaZulu-Natal1:44.08
4×100 m freestyle relay[11] Western Cape Aquatics3:46.42 KwaZulu-Natal3:50.11 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane3:54.05
4×200 m freestyle relay[13] Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay)8:23.15 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay)8:33.80 Western Cape Aquatics8:37.74
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 Aquatics3:33.52 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane3:35.57 KwaZulu-Natal3:41.69
4×100 m medley relay[9] Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay)3:54.34 Western Cape Aquatics3:57.22 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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  10. SwimSA TV (8 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 3". YouTube. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  11. SwimSA TV (7 April 2022). "SA National Swimming Championships 2022 Day 2". YouTube. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  12. SwimSA TV (5 April 2022). "SA National Swimming Championships 2022" (Day 1 after women 400 individual medley heats). YouTube. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  13. SwimSA TV (9 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 4". YouTube. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  14. SwimSA TV (11 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 6". YouTube. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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  17. Jonckheere, Karien (9 April 2022). "18-year-old matric pupil stuns Olympic superstar Tatjana Schoenmaker at SA swim champs". News24. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  18. Hamann, Michael (6 April 2022). "South African Champs Day 1 Prelims: Van Niekerk Blasts World-Leading 50 Breast". SwimSwam. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  19. "Lara van Niekerk smashes records at swimming championships". Independent Online. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  20. Chetty, Amir (7 April 2022). "Van Niekerk shines on opening day of national swimming champs". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  21. "Van Niekerk Shines On Opening Day Of National Swimming Championships". Swimming South Africa. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  22. SwimSA TV (5 April 2022). "SA National Swimming Championships 2022" (Day 1 women 400 individual medley heats). YouTube. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  23. Loubser, Doreen (12 April 2022). "Guard found floating in Newton Park swimming Pool identified". Algoa FM. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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