South Africa competed at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany held from 16 to 27 July 2025. South Africa was represented by 117 athletes and took seventh place in the medal table with 19 medals. Harry Saner (fencing) became the flag bearer.
Medal summary Medal by sports
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Pieter Coetze Swimming Men's 100m backstroke 19 July Pieter Coetze Swimming Men's 50m backstroke 21 July Bayanda Walaza Athletics Men's 100m 22 July Lythe Pillay Athletics Men's 400m 23 July Aiden Smith Athletics Men's shot put 24 July Bayanda Walaza Athletics Men's 200m 24 July Lara van Niekerk Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke 19 July Pieter Coetze Swimming Men's 100m freestyle 21 July Lythe PillayMthi MthimkuluPrecious MolepoWernich van RensburgMarlie Viljoen Athletics Mixed relay 24 July Bayanda WalazaRetshidisitswe MlengaKyle ZinnMthi Mthimkulu Athletics Men's relay 27 July Courtney WestleyKatherine Williams Rowing Women's pair 27 July Ruard Van RenenSimone MollGuy BrooksOlivia NelMichaela De Villiers Swimming Mixed medley relay 19 July Guy BrooksRuard Van RenenOlivia NelMichaela De VilliersOwethu MahanGeorgia Nel Swimming Mixed freestyle relay 21 July Colette Uys Athletics Women's shot put 22 July Gabriella Marais Athletics Women's 100m 22 July Olivia Nel Swimming Women's 50m backstroke 22 July Olivia Nel Swimming Women's 50m freestyle 23 July Mondray Barnard Athletics Men's 110m hurdles 24 July Jana van Schalkwyk Athletics Women's javelin throw 26 July
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