South Africa at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

South Africa at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeRSA
NOCSouth African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sascoc.co.za
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors75 in 20 sports
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Archery edit

Individual
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Wian Roux Boys' Individual 609 30   Feng (CHN)
L 0–6
did not advance 17
Team
Athletes Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
  Wian Roux (RSA)
  Himani Himani (IND)
Mixed team 1274 29   Tromans-Ansell (GBR) /
  Shabani (IRI)
L 1–5
did not advance 17

Athletics edit

Canoeing edit

South Africa qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.[1]

  • Boys' K1 - 1 boat
  • Girls' K1 - 1 boat
Boys
Athlete Event Qualification Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Pierre Thomas van der Westhuyzen K1 sprint 1:45.58 8 1:45.78 3   Valentin Rossi (ARG)
L 1:46.22
did not advance
K1 slalom DNF did not advance
Girls
Athlete Event Qualification Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Lizanne Conradie K1 sprint 2:05.30 14 2:05.64 5   Adela Házová (CZE)
L 2:07.95
did not advance
K1 slalom 1:27.57 13 1:32.01 8   Pornnapphan Phuangmaiming (THA)
L 1:26.06
did not advance

Dancesport edit

South Africa qualified one dancer based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.[2][3]

  • B-Boys - Jordan Smith

Equestrian edit

South Africa qualified a rider based on its ranking in the FEI World Jumping Challenge Rankings.[4]

  • Individual Jumping - 1 athlete
Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Total
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Hannah Ivy Garton Jos Cassius Individual Jumping 16 25 4 4 10 20 25
Africa
  Margaux Koenig (MRI)
  Anna Bunty Howard (ZAM)
  Brianagh Lindsay Clark (ZIM)
  Ahmed Nasser Elnaggar (EGY)
  Hannah Ivy Garton (RSA)
BM Urlefe
Call Girl Z
El Roblecito Malaika
Jos Africa de Parco
Jos Cassius
Team Jumping (4)
1
0
(8)
0
4 (4)
0
0
(4)
0
1 1 1  

Golf edit

Individual
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
Score Rank Score Total Rank Score Total Rank Score Par Rank
Kaiyuree Moodley Girls' Individual 77 (+7) 15 81 (+11) 158 27 76 (+6) 234 19 234 +24 22
Cole Stevens Boys' Individual 75 (+5) 20 72 (+2) 147 10 80 (+10) 227 25 227 +17 21
Team
Athletes Event Round 1
(Fourball)
Round 2
(Foursome)
Round 3
(Individual Stroke)
Total
Score Rank Score Rank Girl Boy Total Rank Score Par Rank
Kaiyuree Moodley
Cole Stevens
Mixed team 69 (-1) 27 75 (+5) 18 76 75 151 (+11) 24 295 +15 23

Gymnastics edit

Acrobatic edit

South Africa qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship.[5]

  • Mixed pair - 1 team of 2 athletes
  • Rachel Nell and Sidwell Madibeng

Artistic edit

South Africa qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship.[5]

  • Boys' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota
  • Ruan Lange
  • Girls' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota
  • Lisa Conradie

Rhythmic edit

South Africa qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship.[5]

  • Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

Field hockey edit

Roster

Preliminary round edit

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina (H) 5 5 0 0 41 2 +39 15 Quarterfinals
2   India 5 4 0 1 29 10 +19 12
3   South Africa 5 3 0 2 19 13 +6 9
4   Austria 5 2 0 3 19 13 +6 6
5   Uruguay 5 1 0 4 23 13 +10 3 9th place game
6   Vanuatu 5 0 0 5 0 80 −80 0 11th place game
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
7 October 2018
14:45
South Africa   4–3   Uruguay
de Waal   4'6'14'
Weston   20'
Report Oliveros   1'19'
Arias   10'
Umpires:
Victoria Pazos (PAR)
Chen Jianjun (CHN)
8 October 2018
10:15
Vanuatu   0–11   South Africa
Report Weston   4'7'20'
de Waal   8'11'13'
McLaren   9'
Welham   16'
Nkosi   18'18'19'
Umpires:
Chen Jianjun (CHN)
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)
9 October 2018
17:45
South Africa   0–4   Argentina
Report Cerundolo   3'
Bruggesser   4'
Palet   5'12'
Umpires:
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
10 October 2018
13:15
Austria   1–2   South Africa
Herzog   16' Report de Waal   3'14'
Umpires:
Margaux Brand (CAN)
Ayu Zainuddin (MAS)
11 October 2018
14:00
South Africa   2–5   India
de Waal   10'
Welham   19'
Report Khan   2'17'
Reet   10'
Lalremsiami   12'
Chaudhary   13'
Umpires:
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)

Final round edit

Quarterfinal
12 October 2018
15:00
Australia   3–3   South Africa
Lawton   4'16'
Young   14'
Report de Waal   6'11'
McLaren   19'
Penalties
Sertorio  
Schonell  
Lawton  
Schonell  
2–3   de Waal
  Welham
  Weston
  de Waal
Umpires:
Victoria Pazos (PAR)
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)
Semifinal
13 October 2018
17:00
Argentina   11–0   South Africa
Cerundolo   7'20'
di Santo   9'18'
Rubenacker   10'10'19'
Palet   13'15'
Bruggesser   14'17'
Report
Umpires:
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
Bronze-medal match
14 October 2018
14:00
South Africa   0–6   China
Report Gu   2'
Zou   7'20'
Yu   13'
Ma   14'
Cai   15'
Umpires:
Victoria Pazos (PAR)
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)

Modern pentathlon edit

South Africa qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the Asian/Oceanian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[6]

Rowing edit

South Africa qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships.[7]

  • Boys' single sculls - 1 athlete
  • Girls' single sculls - 1 athlete

Rugby sevens edit

  • Boys' tournament - 1 team of 12 athletes

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   Argentina 5 5 0 0 180 38 +142 15
2   France 5 4 0 1 111 65 +46 13
3   Japan 5 2 1 2 74 103 −29 10
4   South Africa 5 2 0 3 79 84 −5 9
5   United States 5 0 2 3 67 120 −53 7
6   Samoa 5 0 1 4 48 149 −101 6
Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
13 October 2018
13:15
South Africa  12–14  Japan
Try: Maubane 3'c
Kellerman 7'm
Con: Hattingh (1/2) 3'
ReportTry: Nakanishi 6'c
Konishi 11'c
Con: Yamada (2/2) 7', 12'
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)
13 October 2018
16:20
South Africa  12–17  France
Try: Manyike 6'c
Zwelendaba 11'm
Con: Manyike (1/1) 6'
Rose (0/1)
ReportTry: Trouabal (2) 1'm, 7'c
Dridi 3'm
Con: Germain (1/3) 7'
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
14 October 2018
9:15
South Africa  19–12  United States
Try: Grobbelaar 4'c
Pretorius 7'c
Manyike 14'm
Con: Hattingh (1/1) 4'
Rose (1/2) 8'
ReportTry: Mahe 1'c
Kruse 11'm
Con: Mahe (1/1) 2'
Rodriguez (0/1)
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
14 October 2018
12:20
South Africa  5–34  Argentina
Try: Gumede 12'm
Con: Rose (0/1)
ReportTry: Mendy (2) 3'm, 5'm
Moneta 6'c
Costa 8'm
Elicagaray 10'c
González 14'm
Con: Elicagaray (2/4) 7', 10'
Roger (0/2)
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
15 October 2018
11:05
South Africa  31–7  Samoa
Try: Hattingh 1'c
Rose 7'
Pretorius 7'm
Kellerman 9'c
Manyike 11'm
Con: Hattingh (1/1) 2'
Rose (2/4) 7', 10'
ReportTry: Lonetona Tautala 5'
Con: Sepulona (1/1) 5'
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

Bronze Medal Game edit

15 October 2018
15:10
Japan  28–5  South Africa
Try: Fujii 2'c
Nakanishi 3'c
Konishi (2) 8'c, 12'c
Con: Konishi (4/4) 2', 3', 9', 12'
ReportTry: Maubane 13'm
Con: Braude (0/1)
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

Sailing edit

South Africa qualified one boat based on its performance at the African and European IKA Twin Tip Racing Qualifiers.[8][9]

  • Girls' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat

Shooting edit

South Africa qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 African Championships.[10]

  • Boys' 10m Air Rifle - 1 quota
Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Adriaan de Beer Boys' 10m air rifle 583.4 20 did not advance
Team
Athletes Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Points Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
  Stephanie Grundsøe (DEN)
  Adriaan de Beer (RSA)
Mixed 10m air rifle 811.7 18 did not advance

Sport climbing edit

South Africa qualified two sport climbers based on its performance at the 2017 World African Sport Climbing Championships.[11]

Swimming edit

Tennis edit

Singles
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
P Henning Boys' singles   F Díaz Acosta (ARG)
L 0-6, 3–6
did not advance
Doubles
Athletes Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
  P Henning (RSA)
  D N'tcha (BEN)
Boys' doubles   A Andreev (BUL)
  R Hijikata (AUS)
L 2-6, 6–7
did not advance
  S Nahimana (BDI)
  P Henning (RSA)
Mixed doubles   T Naklo (THA)
  A Dawani (BHR)
W 6-0, 6–1
  K Juvan (SLO)
  M Miladinović (SRB)
L 2-6, 6–4, 8–10
did not advance

Triathlon edit

South Africa qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 African Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[12]

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (750m) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) Total Time Rank
Christiaan Stroebel Boys 9:39 0:32 27:31 0:28 19:24 57:34 21
Amber Schlebusch Girls 9:59 0:46 30:17 0:28 17:15 58:45  
Relay
Athlete Event Total Times per Athlete
(Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km,
Run 1.8 km)
Total Group Time Rank
Africa 1
  Amber Schlebusch (RSA)
  Christiaan Stroebel (RSA)
  Syrine Fattoum (TUN)
  Mohamed Aziz Sebai (TUN)
Mixed Relay 22:01 (2)
21:17 (5)
25:27 (12)
23:09 (9)
1:31:54 1P 9

Weightlifting edit

South Africa qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 African Youth Championships.[13]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Jayden Dylon Pretorius Boys' −77 kg 112 6 133 6 245 6

Wrestling edit

South Africa qualified one wrestler based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships.[14]

Key:
  • VSU – Without any points scored by the opponent
Athlete Event Group stage Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Fernando Booysen Boys' freestyle −48kg   Jalolov (UZB)
L 0 – 10 VSU
  Gökdeniz (TUR)
L 0 – 10 VSU
3 Q   Detudamo (NRU)
W 10 – 0 VSU
5

References edit

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