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."Event Information: 2022 S A National Swimming Championships incorporating S A National Junior Age Groups". Swimming South Africa. January 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.Race, Retta (2 April 2022). "NCAA Champion Matt Sates Entered In Nine Events For South African Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 5 April 2022. Events were competed in a long course (50 metres long) swimming pool. It served as a selection meet for determining the swimmers to represent South Africa at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games."Schoenmaker Leads The Charge For World Champs, Commonwealth Qualification At National Championships". Swimming South Africa. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022. It was held concurrently with the 2022 SA National Junior Swimming Championships as part of the multi-sport 2022 Telkom SA National Aquatic Championships. The meet was open to international competition and included multi-class para swimming events."2022 SA National Aquatic Championships - Swimming: Psych Sheet". Swimming South Africa. 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

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."2022 SA National Swimming Championships Daily Schedule". Swimming South Africa. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

 H  Heats    Finals

+Men Date → Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E 50 m freestyle H 100 m freestyle H 200 m freestyle H 400 m freestyle H 800 m freestyle 1500 m freestyle 50 m backstroke H 100 m backstroke H 200 m backstroke H 50 m breaststroke H 100 m breaststroke H 200 m breaststroke H 50 m butterfly H 100 m butterfly H 200 m butterfly H 200 m individual medley H 400 m individual medley H 4×50 m freestyle relay 4×100 m freestyle relay 4×200 m freestyle relay 4×100 m medley relay

+Women Date → Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E 50 m freestyle H 100 m freestyle H 200 m freestyle H 400 m freestyle H 800 m freestyle 1500 m freestyle 50 m backstroke H 100 m backstroke H 200 m backstroke H 50 m breaststroke H 100 m breaststroke H 200 m breaststroke H 50 m butterfly H 100 m butterfly H 200 m butterfly H 200 m individual medley H 400 m individual medley H 4×50 m freestyle relay 4×100 m freestyle relay 4×200 m freestyle relay 4×100 m medley relay

+Mixed Date → Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E 4×100 m freestyle relay 4×100 m medley relay

+Para swimming (multi-class, men and women) Date → Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E 50 m freestyle H 100 m freestyle H 50 m backstroke H 100 m backstroke H 50 m breaststroke H 100 m breaststroke H 50 m butterfly H 100 m butterfly H 200 m individual medley H

Overall results Key: "FINA World Championships 2022: Qualification System". FINA. Retrieved 6 April 2022.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.

Men 50 m freestyle Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 22.34 KwaZulu-Natal 22.49 KwaZulu-Natal 22.82100 m freestyle KwaZulu-Natal 48.97 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 50.17 Namibia 50.43200 m freestyle KwaZulu-Natal 1:46.15 Great Britain 1:49.49 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 1:49.59400 m freestyle KwaZulu-Natal 3:49.37 Great Britain 3:51.37 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 3:56.92800 m freestyle India 8:14.45 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 8:19.10 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 8:20.301500 m freestyle Western Cape Aquatics 15.36.70 India 15:48.89 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 16:03.42 50 m backstroke Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 24.74 Western Cape Aquatics 26.32 Western Cape Aquatics 26.56100 m backstroke Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 54.08 Western Cape Aquatics 57.04 Eastern Cape Aquatics 58.03200 m backstroke Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 2:05.03 KwaZulu-Natal 2:05.33 India 2:07.21 50 m breaststroke Western Cape Aquatics 27.22 Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni 28.12 Western Cape Aquatics 28.98100 m breaststroke Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni 1:01.00 Western Cape Aquatics 1:01.56 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 1:02.96200 m breaststroke Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni 2:14.47 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 2:14.49 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 2:16.50 50 m butterfly Western Cape Aquatics 23.93 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 24.14 KwaZulu-Natal 24.28 100 m butterfly Western Cape Aquatics 51.88 KwaZulu-Natal 52.06 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 53.52200 m butterfly Western Cape Aquatics 1:55.75 Great Britain 1:57.66 Western Cape Aquatics 1:59.57 200 m individual medley KwaZulu-Natal 1:58.37 Great Britain 1:59.96 Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni 2:04.52400 m individual medley Great Britain 4:15.39 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 4:27.14 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 4:27.34 4×50 m freestyle relay Aquatics Guateng Tshwane Pieter Coetze (22.15) 1:30.75 KwaZulu-Natal 1:31.05 Western Cape Aquatics 1:31.424×100 m freestyle relay KwaZulu-Natal 3:22.68 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 3:23.05 Western Cape Aquatics 3:24.554×200 m freestyle relay Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay) 7:36.53 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay) 7:36.75 KwaZulu-Natal 7:41.274×100 m medley relay Western Cape Aquatics 3:47.97 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay) 3:50.49 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay) 3:53.75 Coetze swam a FINA "A" cut time of 53.96 seconds in the heats.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. 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.Jonckheere, Karien (9 April 2022). "18-year-old matric pupil stuns Olympic superstar Tatjana Schoenmaker at SA swim champs". News24. Retrieved 9 April 2022. Coetze swam a FINA "A" cut time of 22.15 seconds in the 50 metre freestyle for the lead-off leg of the relay.

Women 50 m freestyle KwaZulu-Natal 25.08 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 25.39 Western Cape Aquatics Western Cape Aquatics 25.62100 m freestyle Western Cape Aquatics 54.71 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 54.73 KwaZulu-Natal 55.70200 m freestyle Western Cape Aquatics 1:58.34 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 2:00.60 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 2:00.72 400 m freestyle Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 4:12.35 Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni 4:15.93 KwaZulu-Natal 4:20.47800 m freestyle Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni 8:46.33 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 8:53.55 Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg 8:58.501500 m freestyle Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 16:55.55 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 17:04.28 Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg 17:08.30 50 m backstroke Western Cape Aquatics 28.81 KwaZulu-Natal 28.86 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 29.43100 m backstroke KwaZulu-Natal 1:02.55 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 1:02.98 Western Cape Aquatics 1:03.00200 m backstroke Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 2:15.78 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg 50 m breaststroke Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 30.60 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 30.87 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 31.94 100 m breaststroke Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 1:05.67 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 1:06.06 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 1:08.63200 m breaststroke Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 2:24.01 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 2:24.66 KwaZulu-Natal 2:32.57 50 m butterfly Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 26.39 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 27.24 KwaZulu-Natal 27.35100 m butterfly Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 59.78 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 1:00.82 KwaZulu-Natal 1:01.50200 m butterfly Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 2:11.88 Western Cape Aquatics 2:15.46 Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg 2:17.88 200 m individual medley KwaZulu-Natal 2:15.01 Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg 2:18.26 Western Cape Aquatics 2:18.98400 m individual medley KwaZulu-Natal 4:49.04 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 4:55.81 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 4:56.26 4×50 m freestyle relay Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 1:43.45 Western Cape Aquatics 1:44.06 KwaZulu-Natal 1:44.084×100 m freestyle relay Western Cape Aquatics 3:46.42 KwaZulu-Natal 3:50.11 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 3:54.054×200 m freestyle relay Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay) 8:23.15 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay) 8:33.80 Western Cape Aquatics 8:37.744×100 m medley relay Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay) Western Cape Aquatics Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay)

Mixed 4×100 m freestyle relay Western Cape Aquatics 3:33.52 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 3:35.57 KwaZulu-Natal 3:41.694×100 m medley relay Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay) 3:54.34 Western Cape Aquatics 3:57.22 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay) 4:02.73

Medal table

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 200 m backstroke 1:56.92 11 April 2022 6 2022 World Aquatics Championships, 2022 Commonwealth Games

Records set Men Event Stage Name Time Date Day Record 200 m freestyle Heats 1:52.11 7 April 2022 2 Namibian record 100 m freestyle Final 50.43 8 April 2022 3 Namibian record

Women Event Stage Name Time Date Day Record 50 m breaststroke Heats 29.72 6 April 2022 1 Commonwealth record, African record, South African record 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.

Broadcast A live broadcast of day one was aired on YouTube by Swimming South Africa.SwimSA TV (5 April 2022). "SA National Swimming Championships 2022" (Day 1 women 400 individual medley heats). YouTube. Retrieved 5 April 2022.SwimSA TV (5 April 2022). "SA National Swimming Championships 2022" (Day 1 after women 400 individual medley heats). YouTube. Retrieved 5 April 2022. Days two, three, four, five, and six were streamed live as well.SwimSA TV (7 April 2022). "SA National Swimming Championships 2022 Day 2". YouTube. Retrieved 7 April 2022.SwimSA TV (8 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 3". YouTube. Retrieved 8 April 2022.SwimSA TV (9 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 4". YouTube. Retrieved 9 April 2022.SwimSA TV (10 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 5". YouTube. Retrieved 10 April 2022.SwimSA TV (11 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 6". YouTube. Retrieved 11 April 2022. Aired broadcasts were continuous stream format, meaning they covered heats through finals, and were segmented into two videos if exceeding 12 hours in length.

Participating nations Athletes from countries including the following participated at the Championships.

(BOTS) (GBR) (IND) (CDTM) (NAM) (RSA, by region) (SEY) (ZAM) (ZIM)

South Africa regional representation Athletes from South Africa competed on teams by province/region, including the following.

Ekurhuleni, Gauteng (Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni - AGA) Johannesburg, Gauteng (Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg - AGB) Tshwane, Gauteng (Aquatics Guateng Tshwane - AGC) Eastern Cape (Eastern Cape Aquatics - ECA) FAAC Free State (FSA) HAM KwaZulu-Natal (KZNA) Limpopo (LP) Mpumalanga (MPA) North West (North West Swimming - NWS) Western Cape (Western Cape Aquatics - WCA)

Incidents