Swimming competition in South Africa
2022 SA National Swimming Championships Host city Gqeberha , Eastern Cape , South Africa Date(s) 6–11 April 2022 Venue(s) Newton Park Swimming Pool Nations participating 9 Events 44 (men: 21; women: 21; mixed: 2) 18 para swimming (men: 9; women: 9)
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]
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]
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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
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50 m freestyle
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200 m freestyle
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400 m freestyle
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800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
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100 m backstroke
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200 m backstroke
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50 m breaststroke
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100 m breaststroke
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200 m breaststroke
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50 m butterfly
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100 m butterfly
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200 m butterfly
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200 m individual medley
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400 m individual medley
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4×50 m freestyle relay
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay
Women
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Thu 7
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Sat 9
Sun 10
Mon 11
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50 m freestyle
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100 m freestyle
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200 m freestyle
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800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
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100 m backstroke
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200 m backstroke
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50 m breaststroke
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100 m breaststroke
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200 m breaststroke
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50 m butterfly
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100 m butterfly
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200 m butterfly
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200 m individual medley
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400 m individual medley
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4×50 m freestyle relay
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay
Mixed
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Thu 7
Fri 8
Sat 9
Sun 10
Mon 11
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4×100 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay
Para swimming (multi-class, men and women)
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Thu 7
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Sat 9
Sun 10
Mon 11
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50 m freestyle
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100 m backstroke
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50 m breaststroke
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100 m breaststroke
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50 m butterfly
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100 m butterfly
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200 m individual medley
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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
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
Mixed
Medal table
* Host nation (Eastern Cape Aquatics)
Qualification via time trial
The following qualifying time was achieved during a time trial conducted as part of the Championships.
Records set
Men
Women
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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^ a b Race, Retta (2 April 2022). "NCAA Champion Matt Sates Entered In Nine Events For South African Championships" . SwimSwam . Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^ "Schoenmaker Leads The Charge For World Champs, Commonwealth Qualification At National Championships" . Swimming South Africa . 31 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^ a b c "2022 SA National Aquatic Championships - Swimming: Psych Sheet" . Swimming South Africa . 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "2022 SA National Swimming Championships Daily Schedule" . Swimming South Africa . Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^ a b "FINA World Championships 2022: Qualification System" . FINA . Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ a b Isaacson, David (11 April 2022). "King Matt gathers the crowns, speedy Pieter the qualifying times" . TimesLIVE . Retrieved 11 April 2022.
^ "Veteran Le Clos joins teenage brigade in SA Team for swimming World Championships" . Swimming South Africa . 9 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
^ a b c d e f g SwimSA TV (10 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 5" . YouTube . Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ a b c d e f g h i j SwimSA TV (8 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 3" . YouTube . Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^ a b c d e f g h i j SwimSA TV (7 April 2022). "SA National Swimming Championships 2022 Day 2" . YouTube . Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k SwimSA TV (5 April 2022). "SA National Swimming Championships 2022" (Day 1 after women 400 individual medley heats). YouTube . Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^ a b c d e f g h i j SwimSA TV (9 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 4" . YouTube . Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ a b c d e f SwimSA TV (11 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 6" . YouTube . Retrieved 11 April 2022.
^ Race, Retta (6 April 2022). "Van Niekerk, Canny, Coetze Qualify For Budapest World Championships" . SwimSwam . Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ "Coetzé and Schoenmaker qualifies for Birmingham Commonwealth Games" . SuperSport . 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^ a b Jonckheere, Karien (9 April 2022). "18-year-old matric pupil stuns Olympic superstar Tatjana Schoenmaker at SA swim champs" . News24 . Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ Hamann, Michael (6 April 2022). "South African Champs Day 1 Prelims: Van Niekerk Blasts World-Leading 50 Breast" . SwimSwam . Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ "Lara van Niekerk smashes records at swimming championships" . Independent Online . 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^ Chetty, Amir (7 April 2022). "Van Niekerk shines on opening day of national swimming champs" . TimesLIVE . Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^ "Van Niekerk Shines On Opening Day Of National Swimming Championships" . Swimming South Africa . 7 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^ a b SwimSA TV (5 April 2022). "SA National Swimming Championships 2022" (Day 1 women 400 individual medley heats). YouTube . Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^ Loubser, Doreen (12 April 2022). "Guard found floating in Newton Park swimming Pool identified" . Algoa FM . Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ Marais, Riaan (12 April 2022). "Guard's body found floating in pool at SA Swimming Championships" . The Herald . Retrieved 15 April 2023.