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
Websitehttp://www.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
Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
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
Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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 N/A 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
Main article: Dancesport at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

  • B-Boys - Jordan

Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified a rider based on its ranking in the FEI World Jumping Challenge Rankings.[3]

  • 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
Main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
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
Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Acrobatic

South Africa qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship.[4]

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

Artistic

South Africa qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship.[4]

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

Rhythmic

South Africa qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship.[4]

  • Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

Field hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Preliminary round

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 8 +15 3 9th place game
6  Vanuatu 5 0 0 5 0 80 −80 0 11th place game
Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
(H) Host.
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
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
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the Asian/Oceanian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[5]

  • Boys' Individual - Rhys Poovan
  • Girls' Individual - Alida van der Merwe

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships.[6]

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

Rugby sevens
Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
  • Boys' tournament - 1 team of 12 athletes
Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament

Group Stage
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'
 Report Try: 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)
 Report Try: Trouabal (2) 1'm, 7'c
Dridi 3'm
Con: Germain (1/3) 7'
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'
 Report Try: 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)
 Report Try: 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'
 Report Try: Lonetona Tautala 5'
Con: Sepulona (1/1) 5'
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

Bronze Medal Game
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'
 Report Try: Maubane 13'm
Con: Braude (0/1)
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified one boat based on its performance at the African and European IKA Twin Tip Racing Qualifiers.[7][8]

  • Girls' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 African Championships.[9]

  • 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
Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified two sport climbers based on its performance at the 2017 World African Sport Climbing Championships.[10]

  • Boys' combined - 1 quota (David Naude)
  • Girls' combined - 1 quota (Angela Eckhardt)

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
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
Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 African Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[11]

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
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Africa qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 African Youth Championships.[12]

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

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

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
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  2. "Japan Too!". World DanceSport Federation. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  3. "Qualified NOC's to the 3rd Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires - 2018" (PDF). FEI. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  5. "YOG 2018 Continental Qualifier - Africa". UIPM. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  6. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained" (PDF). FISA. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  7. "Morocco, South Africa, Italy and Slovenia clinch spots in thrilling Climax". 26 February 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  8. "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  9. "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  10. "Africa Youth A Climbing Cup Winners" (PDF). IFSC. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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