South Africa at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

South Africa at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	RSA
CGA	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	sascoc.co.za
in Glasgow, Scotland
Flag bearer	Cecil Afrika
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 13 Silver 10 Bronze 17 Total 40
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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South Africa competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July – 3 August 2014. It is the sixth occasion that South Africa has been represented at the Commonwealth Games since re-joining the Commonwealth in 1994 after a break of 33 years during the international sports isolation period. The squad is spread over 15 codes, from aquatics to wrestling.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Zack Piontek	Judo	Men's 90 kg	July 25
Gold	Annatjie van Rooyen Gwen Nel Geoff Newcombe Herman Scholtz	Lawn bowls	Mixed para-sport pairs	July 26
Gold	Chad le Clos	Swimming	Men's 200 metre butterfly	July 26
Gold	Esme Steyn Susan Nel Santjie Steyn Tracy-Lee Botha	Lawn bowls	Women's fours	July 27
Gold	South Africa national rugby sevens team Branco du Preez Cecil Afrika Chris Dry Cornal Hendricks Frankie Horne Justin Geduld Kyle Brown Kwagga Smith Mark Richards Seabelo Senatla Werner Kok Warren Whiteley	Rugby sevens	Men's event	July 27
Gold	Fanie van der Merwe	Athletics	Men's 100 metres (T37)	July 28
Gold	Bobby Donnelly Petrus Breitenbach Prince Neluonde	Lawn bowls	Men's triples	July 28
Gold	Chad le Clos	Swimming	Men's 100 metre butterfly	July 28
Gold	Cameron van der Burgh	Swimming	Men's 50 metre breaststroke	July 28
Gold	Cornel Fredericks	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles	July 31
Gold	Deon van de Vyver Roger Hagerty Derrick Lobban	Lawn bowls	Open para-sport triples	July 31
Gold	Colleen Piketh Tracy-Lee Botha	Lawn bowls	Women's pairs	August 1
Gold	Khotso Mokoena	Athletics	Men's triple jump	August 2
Silver	Richard Murray Gillian Sanders Henri Schoeman Kate Roberts	Triathlon	Mixed relay	July 24
Silver	Roland Schoeman	Swimming	Men's 50 metre butterfly	July 25
Silver	Chad le Clos Roland Schoeman Calvyn Justus* Clayton Jimmie* Caydon Muller Leith Shankland	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	July 25
Silver	Ruan Snyman	Judo	Men's +100 kg	July 26
Silver	Cameron van der Burgh	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke	July 26
Silver	Charl du Toit	Athletics	Men's 100 metres (T37)	July 28
Silver	Esmari van Reenen	Shooting	Women's 50 metre rifle prone	July 28
Silver	Zarck Visser	Athletics	Men's long jump	July 30
Silver	Wayde van Niekerk	Athletics	Men's 400 metres	July 30
Silver	Sunette Viljoen	Athletics	Women's javelin throw	July 30
Bronze	Richard Murray	Triathlon	Men's	July 24
Bronze	Jacques van Zyl	Judo	Men's 73 kg	July 25
Bronze	Siyabulela Mabulu	Judo	Men's 66 kg	July 25
Bronze	Chad le Clos	Swimming	Men's 50 metre butterfly	July 25
Bronze	Sebastien Rousseau	Swimming	Men's 400 metre individual medley	July 25
Bronze	Sebastien Rousseau	Swimming	Men's 200 metre butterfly	July 26
Bronze	Chad le Clos Calvyn Justus* Sebastien Rousseau Dylan Bosch Devon Brown	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	July 27
Bronze	Sebastien Rousseau Cameron van der Burgh Chad le Clos Leith Shankland	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	July 29
Bronze	Colleen Piketh	Lawn bowls	Women's singles	July 27
Bronze	Chad le Clos	Swimming	Men's 200 metre individual medley	July 29
Bronze	Rushwahl Samaai	Athletics	Men's long jump	July 30
Bronze	Mpho Madi	Wrestling	Women's 53 kg	July 30
Bronze	André Olivier	Athletics	Men's 800 metres	July 31
Bronze	Esme Steyn Santjie Steyn Susan Nel	Lawn bowls	Women's Triples	July 31
Bronze	Armando Hietbrink	Wrestling	Men's 86 kg	July 31
Bronze	Tulani Mbenge	Boxing	Men's Welterweight	August 1
Bronze	Ashleigh Moolman Pasio	Cycling	Women's road race	August 2

* - Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	3	4	2	9
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Judo	1	1	2	4
Lawn bowls	5	0	2	7
Rugby sevens	1	0	0	1
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Swimming	3	3	6	12
Triathlon	0	1	1	2
Wrestling	0	0	2	2
Total	13	10	17	40

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Simon Magakwe	100 m	10.34	2 Q	10.33	7	Did not advance
Akani Simbine		10.32	1 Q	10.21	4	Did not advance
Ncincilili Titi		10.48 =PB	4	Did not advance
Andrea Dalle Ave	100 m (T37)	12.61	3 Q	—		12.39 SB	4
Fanie van der Merwe		11.75	1 Q	—		11.65
Charl du Toit		12.02	1 Q	—		11.89
Akani Simbine	200 m	20.77	2 Q	20.53	2 Q	20.37 PB	5
Ncincilili Titi		20.66	1 Q	Disqualified		Did not advance
Wayde van Niekerk		20.84	2 Q	20.69	5	Did not advance
Wayde van Niekerk	400 m	46.87	3 Q	45.41	2 Q	44.68
André Olivier	800 m	1:47.93	1 Q	1:46.30	3 Q	1:46.03
Johan Cronje	1500 m	3:40.17	3 Q	—		3:39.65	4
Cornel Fredericks	400 m hurdles	49.26	1 Q	—		48.50
Louis Van Zyl		50.07	3	—		Did not advance
Henricho Bruintjies Simon Magakwe Ncincilili Titi Simbine Akani	4 × 100 metres relay	38.91	2 Q	—		38.35	4

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Rushwahl Samaai	Long jump	8.03	2 Q	8.08
Zarck Visser		7.99	3 Q	8.12
Khotso Mokoena	Triple jump	16.69 SB	3 Q	17.20 SB
Orazio Cremona	Shot put	20.03	3 Q	20.13	4
Victor Hogan	Discus throw	64.16 SB	2 Q	56.42	10
Lean Simon	Discus throw (F42/44)	—		46.39	5
Rocco van Rooyen	Javelin throw	77.57	7 q	76.84	6

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Willem Coertzen	Result	10.88	7.4	13.7	1.87	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNF	17
	Points	888	910	710	687	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fredriech Pretorius	Result	11.29	7.13	11.86	1.9	49.31	14.62	40.61	4.59	58.76	4:28.33	7639	7
	Points	797	845	598	714	847	896	677	790	719	756

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wenda Theron	400 m hurdles	56.38	2 Q	—		Disqualified

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Juanelie Meijer	Long jump (F37/38)	—		4.06	5
Sunette Viljoen	Javelin throw	—		63.19

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Mixed team

Main article: Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team

Pool E

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Philip Buys	Men's cross-country	1:48:34	13
Mariske Strauss	Women's cross-country	1:47.17	7

Road

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Heidi Dalton	Road race	DNF
	Time trial	48:22.03	22
An-Li Kachelhoffer	Road race	2:51:00	42
Lise Olivier	Road race	DNF
Ashleigh Pasio	Road race	2:39:54
	Time trial	45:58.07	15
Anriette Schoeman	Road race	DNF
Cherise Stander	Road race	DNF

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Bernard Esterhuizen	Men's sprint	10.317 69.787	16	Did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Oupa Maluleke	Men's pursuit	4:48.368	15	Did not advance
Theuns van der Bank		4:40.041	13	Did not advance
Morne van Niekerk		4:44.415	14	Did not advance
Theuns van der Bank Nolan Hoffman Kellan Gouveris Evan Cartens	Men's team pursuit	4:18.194	5	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bernard Esterhuizen	Men's time trial	1:02.414	6

Points race

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kellan Gouveris	Men's point race	1	11 Q	DNF
Nolan Hoffman		5	9 Q	DNF
Theuns van der Bank		-10	13	Did not advance

Scratch race

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Final
		Rank	Rank
Evan Carstens	Men's scratch race	DNF	Did not advance
Kellan Gouveris		DNF	Did not advance
Nolan Hoffman		6 Q	DNF

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Semifinals	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Bernard Esterhuizen	Men's keirin	2 Q	Bye	6	8

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men's Tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

Pool A

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Women's Tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament

Pool A

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Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Siphesihle Biyase	Team	13.200	12.466	11.633	13.800	13.000	12.533	—
Tiaan Grobler		12.833	12.466	12.833	13.233	12.666	12.566	—
Cameron Mackenzie		13.666	10.866	12.700	13.533	12.866	9.800	—
Siphamandala Ngcobo		13.400		13.400	13.933	12.266		—
Total		40.266	35.798	38.933	41.226	38.532	34.899	229.694	9

Individual all around final

Athlete	Event	Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Siphesihle Biyase	Individual	12.466	12.566	11.800	13.800	12.966	12.200	75.798	22
Tiaan Grobler		13.066	12.400	13.766	13.366	12.433	12.333	77.364	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Kirsten Beckett	Team	14.300	12.966	12.733	13.266	53.265	6 Q
Claudia Cummins		13.900	12.133	11.600	11.733	49.366	18 Q
Bianca Mann		13.366	12.100	11.600	12.366	48.732	20 Q
Total		41.566	37.199	35.233	37.365	151.363	6

Individual all around final

Athlete	Event	Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Kirsten Beckett	Individual	13.900	12.300	11.700	11.633	49.533	15
Claudia Cummins		13.966	12.758	8.233	11.933	46.890	23
Bianca Mann		13.066	12.033	11.000	11.566	47.655	20

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Kirsten Beckett	Floor	13.000	8
	Uneven bars	12.933	6
	Vault	14.116	6

Rhythmic

Team

Athlete	Event	Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Grace Legote Aimee van Rooyen Julene van Rooyen	Team	36.725	38.400	36.450	36.800	125.850	6

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Grace Legote	Individual	13.400	13.500	14.000	13.900	54.800	9 Q	13.700	13.100	10.750	13.850	51.400	10
Aimee van Rooyen		10.875	11.850	12.100	12.200	47.025	17 Q	11.450	11.750	12.000	10.625	45.825	15
Julene van Rooyen		11.550	10.750	11.550	11.800	45.650	22	Did not advance

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Grace Legote	Clubs	14.050	5
	Ribbon	13.100	7

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daniel Le Grange	−60 kg	—	Magogo (TAN) W w/o	Abugiri (GHA) W 0000-0002	Chana (IND) L 0001-1000	Bye	Buchanan (SCO) L 0001-1001	5
James Millar	−66 kg	Bye	Macdonald (WAL) W 1000–0001	Luzia (MOZ) W 1100-0002	Krassas (CYP) L 0003-0013	Bye	Nandal (IND) W 0002-0003
Jacques van Zyl	−73 kg	Bye	Vui (PNG) W 1010–0001	Dawson (SCO) W 1001-0001	Leat (NZL) L 0001-1100	Bye	Fleming (NIR) W 1010-0002
Zack Piontek	−90 kg	—	Plevin (GUE) W 1010-0000	Burns (SCO) W 1011-0001	Dill-Russell (NZL) W 1002–0001	Bye	Purssey (SCO) W 0010-0000
Ruan Snyman	+100 kg	—	Bye	Rygielski (CAN) W 0001-0002	Andrewartha (AUS) W 1000-0002	Bye	Sherrington (SCO) L 0001-1000

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sinothando Mva	−52 kg	Bye	Kearney (NIR) L0000-1000	Did not advance	Legentil (MRI) L0001-1000	Did not advance

Lawn Bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

Women

Netball

Main article: Netball at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Pool B

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Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

South Africa has qualified a rugby sevens team.

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Quarter final

Semi final

Gold medal match

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roland Schoeman	50 m freestyle	22.54	=6 Q	22.26	6 Q	22.36	6
Bradley Tandy		22.78	10 Q	22.34	7 Q	22.43	7
Clayton Jimmie	100 m freestyle	50.69	=14 Q	50.50	13	Did not advance
Caydon Muller		51.27	19	Did not advance
Leith Shankland		49.64	4 Q	49.35	4 Q	49.81	7
Calvyn Justus	200 m freestyle	1:50.73	17	—		Did not advance
Craig Groenewald	200 m freestyle S14	2:06.74	7 Q	—		2:07.91	7
Devon Brown	400 m freestyle	3:48.65	9	—		Did not advance
Devon Brown	1500 m freestyle	15:10.87	5 Q	—		15:17.89	8
Darren Murray	100 m backstroke	55.78	12 Q	55.68	12	Did not advance
Darren Murray	200 m backstroke	2:01.48	9	Did not advance
Bradley Tandy	50 m breaststroke	28.57	12 Q	DSQ		Did not advance
Cameron van der Burgh		27.39	2 Q	26.80	1 Q	26.76
Cameron van der Burgh	100 m breaststroke	1:00.99	4 Q	59.91	3 Q	59.28
Chad le Clos	50 m butterfly	23.65	3 Q	23.29	3 Q	23.36
Roland Schoeman		23.85	6 Q	23.25	2 Q	23.13
Chad le Clos	100 m butterfly	52.68	1 Q	52.12	2 Q	51.29 GR
Dylan Bosch	200 m butterfly	1:58.95	9	—		Did not advance
Chad le Clos		1:57.45	2 Q	—		1:55.07 GR
Sebastien Rousseau		1:57.84	3 Q	—		1:56.43
Dylan Bosch	200 metre individual medley	2:04.03	13	—		Did not advance
Chad le Clos		2:00.78	7 Q	—		1:58.85
Sebastien Rousseau		1:59.61	3 Q	—		2:01.61	8
Sebastien Rousseau	400 m individual medley	4:16.02	6 Q	—		4:13.09
Clayton Jimmie Calvyn Justus* Chad le Clos Caydon Muller Roland Schoeman Leith Shankland*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:19.97	4 Q	—		3:15.17
Dylan Bosch Devon Brown Calvyn Justus* Chad le Clos Sebastien Rousseau	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:16.44	2 Q	—		7:10.36
Dylan Bosch* Clayton Jimmie* Chad le Clos Sebastien Rousseau Leith Shankland Cameron van der Burgh	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:40.31	5 Q	—		3:34.47

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Trudi Maree	50 m freestyle	25.80	12 Q	25.60	11	Did not advance
Erin Gallagher	100 m freestyle	56.53	=13 Q	55.86	10	Did not advance
Trudi Maree		57.20	15 Q	56.53	14	Did not advance
Karin Prinsloo		Did not start		Did not advance
Karin Prinsloo	200 m freestyle	1:58.38	6 Q	—		1:58.95	8
Jessica Ashley-Cooper	100 m backstroke	1:03.61	13 Q	1:03.07	13	Did not advance
Tara-Lynn Nicholas	50 m breaststroke	31.48	9 Q	32.32	12	Did not advance
Tara-Lynn Nicholas	100 m breaststroke	1:10.15	12 Q	1:09.11	10	Did not advance
Marne Erasmus	50 m butterfly	27.40	15 Q	27.45	14	Did not advance
Trudi Maree		27.62	16 Q	27.64	16	Did not advance
Marne Erasmus	100 m butterfly	1:01.81	14 Q	1:00.72	14	Did not advance
Rene Warnes	200 m butterfly	2:14.85	13	—		Did not advance
Marlies Ross	200 m individual medley	2:15.17	9	—		Did not advance
Rene Warnes		2:19.56	14	—		Did not advance
Rene Warnes	400 m individual medley	4:49.81	9	—		Did not advance
Erin Gallagher Trudi Maree Karin Prinsloo Marlies Ross	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	DSQ		—		Did not advance
Erin Gallagher Karin Prinsloo Marlies Ross Rene Warnes	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:14.19	7 Q	—		8:08.12	6
Jessica Ashley-Cooper* Marne Erasmus Erin Gallagher Tara-Lynn Nicholas Karin Prinsloo Marlies Ross*	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:11.34	6	—		4:09.31	5

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.
* – Indicates athlete swam in the preliminaries but not in the final race.

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Bike (40 km)	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Richard Murray	Men's	18:45	59:09	31:35	1:50:21
Henri Schoeman		17:54	59:57	34:51	1:53:46	16
Wian Sullwald		18:42	1:00:17	33:47	1:53:43	15
Kate Roberts	Women's	19:49	1:11:48	39:04	2:11:45	14
Gillian Sanders		20:59	1:10:41	38:19	2:11:01	13

Mixed Team

Athletes	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250 m, Bike 6 km, Run 1.6 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Kate Roberts Henri Schoeman Gillian Sanders Richard Murray	Mixed relay	19:24 17:29 19:18 18:02	1:14:13

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Anrich Phillpis	56 kg	103	135	238	5
Greg Shushu	62 kg	Did not finish
Gordon Shaw	+105 kg	160	190	350	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Portia Vries	48 kg	66	Did not finish
Mona Pretorius	63 kg	82	Did not finish

Powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Juanita Stierman	Women's 61 kg	82.4	4

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bokang Masunyane	−57 kg	—	Bye	Amit Kumar (IND) L 0-10	Did not advance	Bandoo (MRI) W 12-1	Hussain (PAK) L 1-11	5
Marno Plaatjies	−61 kg	—	Fernando (SRI) W 10-0	Kumar (IND) L 1-12	Did not advance	Madyarchyk (ENG) L 10-14	Did not advance	7
Terry van Rensburg	−65 kg	—	Munene (KEN) W 10-0	Tarash (AUS) W 4-2	Balfour (CAN) L 9-10	—	Clarkson (NGR) L 0-8	5
Gerald Meyer	−74 kg	Bye	Mackey (BAH) W 10-0	Grundy (ENG) L 0-10	Did not advance
Armando Hietbrink	−86 kg	—	Cole (WAL) W 11-0	Waddell (SCO) W 11-0	Dick (NGR) L 0-10	—	Omenda (KEN) W 10-0
Adem Digovich	−125 kg	—	Anwar (PAK) L 1-12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mpho Madi	−53 kg	—	Sehrawat (IND) L 0-10	Did not advance	—	Hawke (SCO) W 4-0
Jeanne-Marie Coetzer	−55 kg	—	Nwoye (NGR) L 2-13	Did not advance
Norma Gordon	−58 kg	Grundy (ENG) L 6-8	Did not advance
Zumicke Geringer	−63 kg	Metala Epanga (CMR) L 2-12	Did not advance
Refilwe Molongwana	−69 kg	—	Mbogo (KEN) W 4-0	Tomo (CMR) L 0-8	—	Rueben (NGR) L 2-12	5