South Africa at the 2018 Commonwealth Games


South Africa competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.
Track and field athlete Caster Semenya was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics24428
Badminton336
Boxing202
Cycling10717
Diving033
Field hockey181836
Gymnastics044
Lawn bowls10717
Netball1212
Powerlifting101
Rugby sevens131225
Shooting404
Swimming141125
Table tennis101
Triathlon325
Weightlifting033
Wrestling505
Total10886194

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
TriathlonMen's triathlonApril 5
SwimmingMen's 50 metre butterflyApril 6
SwimmingMen's 200 metre butterflyApril 7
SwimmingWomen's 200 metre breaststrokeApril 7
SwimmingMen's 50 metre breaststrokeApril 9
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre breaststrokeApril 9
SwimmingMen's 100 metre butterflyApril 9
AthleticsMen's 100 metresApril 9
AthleticsWomen's 1500 metresApril 10
AthleticsMen's long jumpApril 11
AthleticsMen's T12 100 metresApril 12
:pl:Martin Erasmus|Martin ErasmusWrestlingMen's freestyle 97 kgApril 13
AthleticsWomen's 800 metresApril 13
SwimmingMen's 100 metre freestyleApril 8

Esme Kruger
Nicolene Neal
Johanna Snyman		Lawn bowlsWomen's foursApril 9
AthleticsMen's T38 100 metresApril 9
SwimmingMen's 50 metre freestyle S7April 9
AthleticsMen's 100 metresApril 9
SwimmingMen's 50 metre freestyleApril 10

Philippus Walker		Lawn bowlsMixed para-sport pairsApril 11
:pl:Johannes Petrus Botha|Johannes BothaWrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kgApril 12
AthleticsMen's T12 100 metresApril 12

Colleen Piketh		Lawn bowlsWomen's pairsApril 13

:fr:Emile Erasmus|Emile Erasmus
Anaso Jobodwana
Akani Simbine		AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 metres relayApril 14
SwimmingMen's 50 metre butterflyApril 6
WeightliftingWomen's 63 kgApril 7
SwimmingMen's 100 metre breaststrokeApril 7
Lawn bowlsWomen's singlesApril 8
AthleticsMen's T38 100 metresApril 9

Cameron van der Burgh
Chad le Clos
Brad Tandy		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 metre medley relayApril 10
AthleticsWomen's javelin throwApril 11
AthleticsMen's long jumpApril 11
AthleticsMen's F38 shot putApril 11

Tobias Botha
Willem Viljoen		Lawn bowlsOpen para-sport triplesApril 12
CyclingMen's cross-countryApril 12
AthleticsWomen's 400 metres hurdlesApril 12
CyclingMen's road raceApril 14

Athletics

;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events

Badminton

A team of 6 badminton players will be sent to the games.
;Singles
;Doubles
;Mixed team
;Roster
;Pool C

Boxing

South Africa participated with a team of 2 athletes.
;Men

Cycling

South Africa participated with 17 athletes.

Road

;Men

Track

;Pursuit
;Points race
;Scratch race
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Nolan HoffmanMen's scratch race15Did not advance
:fr:David Maree|David MareeMen's scratch race8 Q13
:fr:Joshua van Wyk|Joshua van WykMen's scratch raceDid not advance

Mountain bike

Diving

South Africa participated with a team of 3 athletes.
;Women

Gymnastics

Artistic

South Africa participated with 2 athletes.
;Women
;Individual Qualification

Rhythmic

South Africa participated with 2 athletes.
;Team Final & Individual Qualification
;Individual Finals

Hockey

Both the men and women Hockey teams has qualified for the games. This comes as both teams are the African Champions. A total of 36 individuals are included.

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Pool A
----
----
----
;Ninth and tenth place

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Pool A
----
----
----
;Fifth and sixth place

Lawn bowls

South Africa will compete in Lawn bowls.
;Men
;Women
;Para-sport

Netball

South Africa qualified a netball team by virtue of being ranked in the top 11 of the INF World Rankings on July 1, 2017.
;Roster
;Pool A
----
----
----
----
;Fifth place match

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

South Africa qualified a men's team of 12 athletes by being among the top nine ranked nations from the Commonwealth in the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series ranking.
;Roster
;Pool A
;Semi-finals
;Bronze medal match

Women's tournament

South Africa also qualified a women's team of 12. This qualification came after the South African women's team won the African Cup in 2017. The gold and silver medalist of Africa would then automatically qualify for the 2018 games. The silver medalists were Kenya.
;Roster
;Pool A
;Classification semi-finals
;Match for seventh place

Shooting

South Africa participated with 4 athletes.
;Men
;Open

Swimming

A total of 25 South African Swimmers has qualified for the games. This includes 2 para-swimmers.
;Men
* Competed in heats only.
;Women

Table tennis

South Africa participated with 1 athlete.
;Para-sport

Triathlon

South Africa participated with 5 athletes.
;Individual
AthleteEventSwim Trans 1Bike Trans 2Run TotalRank
Richard MurrayMen's9:120:3227:510:2615:0353:046
Henri SchoemanMen's8:510:3527:450:2415:0052:31
Wian SullwaldMen's9:030:3427:580:2918:2656:3020
Simone AckermannWomen's9:460:3934:530:3020:051:05:5318
Gillian SandersWomen's10:010:3933:040:2918:531:03:0615

;Mixed Relay
AthletesEventTotal Times per Athlete
Total Group TimeRank
Simone Ackermann
Henri Schoeman
Gillian Sanders
Richard Murray		Mixed relay23:21
18:56
22:08
19:09		1:23:348

Weightlifting

South Africa participated with 3 athletes.

Powerlifting

South Africa participated with 1 athlete.
AthleteEventResultRank
Ricardo FitzpatrickMen's heavyweight152.17

Wrestling

South Africa participated with 5 athletes.