South Africa at the 2019 African Games


South Africa competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total 153 athletes represented South Africa in 11 sports. Athletes representing South Africa won 36 gold medals, 26 silver medals and 25 bronze medals and the country finished in 3rd place in the medal table.

Medal summary

Medal table

MedalNameSportEventDate
SwimmingMen's 50m Breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 50m Breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 100m Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 200m Backstroke
SwimmingMen's 4x100m Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 4x100m Freestyle
CyclingWomen’s Cross-Country
SwimmingMen's 100m Breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 100m Breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 400m Individual Medley
SwimmingWomen's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Swimming4x100m Medley Relay Mixed
BadmintonWomen's singles
AthleticsMen's high jump
CanoeingMen's K-1 200 metres
JudoWomen's -48 kg
JudoWomen's -78 kg
SwimmingWomen's 50m Breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 1500m freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200m backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 50m Butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 200m Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100m Breaststroke
SwimmingMen's 400m Individual Medley
AthleticsWomen's discus throw
AthleticsWomen's javelin throw
CanoeingMen's K-1 1000 metres
AthleticsMen's 400 metres
South AfricaAthleticsWomen's 4 × 100 metres relay
TennisWomen's singles
South AfricaAthleticsMen's 4 × 400 metres relay
AthleticsWomen's shot put
SwimmingWomen's 100m Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 1500m freestyle
SwimmingMen's 50m Butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 50m Butterfly
SwimmingMen's 100m Breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 400m Individual Medley
Megan de Beer
Johanita Scholtz		BadmintonWomen's doubles

Archery

South Africa competed in archery. Morgan Blewett, Vivien De Klerk, Rhyn Potgieter and Catharina Whitehead represented South Africa in archery.
Blewett, De Klerk and Potgieter competed in the men's individual and men's team events. Whitehead competed in the women's individual event. Whitehead and De Klerk also competed in the mixed team event.

Athletics

38 athletes are scheduled to compete in athletes. Antonio Alkana, Lindsey Hanekom, Zeney Van Der Walt and Sunette Viljoen are among the athletes to compete in the 2019 African Games.
In total athletes representing South Africa won one gold medal, six silver medals and ten bronze medals and the country finished in 10th place in the athletics medal table.

Badminton

South Africa competed in badminton with 8 athletes.
Johanita Scholtz won the gold medal in the women's singles event.
Megan de Beer and Johanita Scholtz won the bronze medal in the women's doubles event.
In the team event South Africa also won a bronze medal.

Beach volleyball

and Leo Williams competed in the men's beach volleyball tournament. They finished in 4th place.

Canoeing

is part of the team to represent South Africa in canoeing at the 2019 African Games.

Cycling

South Africa competed in cycling.
The following athletes represented South Africa in cycling:
In total cyclists representing South Africa won six gold medals and three silver medals and the country finished 1st in the cycling medal table.

Football

South Africa competed in football at the 2019 African Games, both in the men's tournament and the women's tournament.
In both tournaments the teams did not advance from the group stage to the semi-finals. Both the men's team and women's team lost all their matches.

Judo

South Africa competed in judo. In total five athletes represented South Africa in judo.
Two medals were won:
24 swimmers were scheduled to compete in the 2019 African Games. Michael Houlie represented South Africa at the 2019 African Games.
South Africa finished in 1st place in the swimming medal table with 20 gold medals, 13 silver medals and 12 bronze medals.

Table tennis

South Africa competed in table tennis.

Tennis

was the only player to represent South Africa in tennis at the 2019 African Games. She won the silver medal in the women's singles event.

Weightlifting

is one of the athletes to represent South Africa in weightlifting at the 2019 African Games.