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South Africa
Career
1928 - 2026
Best year
2004
Total points
1571
Best results
1x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#17
10-year rank
#15
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Disciplines
Contests
Categories
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | Mixed 4x100m medley | M/W | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1996 | World Swimmer of the Year | Awards | Women | 1 | 2 | Penelope Heyns |
| 2018 | World Aquatics Athletes of the Year | Awards | Men | 1 | 2 | Chad le Clos |
| 2014 | World Aquatics Athletes of the Year | Awards | Men | 1 | 2 | Chad le Clos |
| 1999 | World Swimmer of the Year | Awards | Women | 1 | 2 | Penelope Heyns |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | 800m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Wendy Trott |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 800m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Troyden Prinsloo |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | 50m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Gideon Louw |
| 1998 | Commonwealth Games | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Brendon Dedekind |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Brad Tandy |
| 2001 | World Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Roland Schoeman |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Roland Schoeman |
| 1994 | Commonwealth Games | 50m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Peter Williams |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Gerhard Zandberg |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Roland Schoeman |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Brad Tandy |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 2 | Brendon Dedekind |
| 1999 | Pan Pacific Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Brendon Dedekind |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | 50m freestyle | Men | 3 | 6 | Roland Mark Schoeman |
| 2005 | World Championship | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 10 | Roland Schoeman |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | 50m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Roland Schoeman |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | 50m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Roland Schoeman |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | 50m butterfly | Men | 3 | 2 | Chad le Clos |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | 50m butterfly | Men | 1 | 7 | Chad le Clos |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | 50m butterfly | Women | 3 | 2 | Lize-Mari Retief |
| 2005 | World Championship | 50m butterfly | Men | 1 | 10 | Roland Schoeman |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 50m butterfly | Men | 3 | 2 | Roland Schoeman |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | Chad le Clos |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | 50m butterfly | Men | 3 | 2 | Roland Schoeman |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 2 | 2 | Chad le Clos |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | 50m butterfly | Men | 1 | 7 | Roland Schoeman |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 50m butterfly | Women | 2 | 4 | Erin Gallagher |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | 50m butterfly | Men | 2 | 4 | Roland Schoeman |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | Chad le Clos |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Men | 2 | 2 | Chad le Clos |
| 2022 | Commonwealth Games | 50m butterfly | Women | 2 | 4 | Erin Gallagher |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | 50m butterfly | Men | 3 | 2 | Ryan Coetzee |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | 50m butterfly | Men | 2 | 4 | Roland Schoeman |
| 2007 | World Championship | 50m butterfly | Men | 1 | 10 | Roland Schoeman |
| 2022 | Commonwealth Games | 50m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Lara van Niekerk |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 2 | Brendon Dedekind |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | 50m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Sarah Poewe |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Michael Houlie |
| 2007 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Penelope Heyns |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2017 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2013 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 2 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 50m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Michael Houlie |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2013 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Giulio Zorzi |
| 2009 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 50m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Lara van Niekerk |
| 2010 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 2 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2015 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Sarah Poewe |
| 2011 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | 50m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Lara van Niekerk |
| 2022 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Lara van Niekerk |
| 2009 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Gerhard Zandberg |
| 2022 | Commonwealth Games | 50m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Pieter Coetze |
| 2019 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Zane Waddell |
| 2003 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Gerhard Zandberg |
| 2025 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Pieter Coetze |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 50m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Ruard van Renen |
| 2007 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Gerhard Zandberg |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 50m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Pieter Coetze |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | 50m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Gerhard Zandberg |
| 2011 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Gerhard Zandberg |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | 50m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Gerhard Zandberg |
| 2015 | World Championship Open Water | 5 km | Men | 1 | 10 | Chad Ho |
| 2009 | World Championship Open Water | 5 km | Men | 3 | 3 | Chad Ho |
| 1954 | Commonwealth Games | 4x220 yard freestyle | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 1934 | Commonwealth Games | 4x110 yard freestyle | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1954 | Commonwealth Games | 4x110 yard freestyle | Women | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | 4x100m medley | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 4x100m medley | Women | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | 4x100m medley | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | 4x100m medley | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 4x100m medley | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | 4x100m medley | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 4x100m freestyle | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 4x100m freestyle | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | 4x100m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | 4x100m freestyle | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 1956 | Olympic Games | 4x100m freestyle | Women | 3 | 18 | - |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | 4x100m freestyle | Men | 1 | 90 | - |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 4x100m freestyle | Women | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | 4x100m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1928 | Olympic Games | 4x100m freestyle | Women | 3 | 18 | - |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | 4x100m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1934 | Commonwealth Games | 440 yard freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Jenny Maakal |
| 1950 | Commonwealth Games | 440 yard freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Joan Harrison |
| 1954 | Commonwealth Games | 440 yard freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Graham Johnston |
| 1950 | Commonwealth Games | 440 yard freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Graham Johnston |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | 400m individual medley | Men | 1 | 7 | Chad le Clos |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 400m individual medley | Men | 2 | 2 | Terence Parkin |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | 400m individual medley | Men | 3 | 2 | Sebastien Rousseau |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 400m individual medley | Men | 3 | 1 | Matthew Sates |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | 400m individual medley | Men | 3 | 2 | Riaan Schoeman |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 6 | Jenny Maakal |
| 1999 | Pan Pacific Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Ryk Neethling |
| 1938 | Commonwealth Games | 3x110 yard medley | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1954 | Commonwealth Games | 3x110 yard medley | Women | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1938 | Commonwealth Games | 220 yard breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Carla Gerke |
| 1954 | Commonwealth Games | 220 yard breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Mary Morgan |
| 1958 | Commonwealth Games | 220 yard breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Peter Rocchi |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 200m individual medley | Men | 1 | 4 | Matthew Sates |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | 200m individual medley | Men | 3 | 2 | Chad le Clos |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 200m individual medley | Women | 2 | 4 | Aimee Canny |
| 2006 | World Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 4 | Ryk Neethling |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 2 | Chad le Clos |
| 2005 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Ryk Neethling |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Chad le Clos |
| 1999 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Ryk Neethling |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 4 | Chad le Clos |
| 2021 | World Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 3 | 1 | Chad le Clos |
| 2013 | World Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 10 | Chad le Clos |
| 2022 | Commonwealth Games | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 4 | Chad Le Clos |
| 2019 | World Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 3 | 3 | Chad le Clos |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 7 | Chad le Clos |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | Chad le Clos |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | 200m butterfly | Men | 3 | 2 | Sebastien Rousseau |
| 2010 | World Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | Chad le Clos |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 7 | Chad le Clos |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | Chad le Clos |
| 2017 | World Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 10 | Chad le Clos |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 2 | Chad le Clos |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 30 | Chad le Clos |
| 2015 | World Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 6 | Chad le Clos |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 7 | Chad le Clos |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | Chad le Clos |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Terence Parkin |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 18 | Terence Parkin |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Tatjana Schoenmaker |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Sarah Poewe |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Suzaan van Biljon |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 1 | William Diering |
| 1999 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Terence Parkin |
| 2022 | Commonwealth Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Kaylene Corbett |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Penelope Heyns |
| 2019 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Tatjana Schoenmaker |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Kaylene Corbett |
| 2023 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Tatjana Schoenmaker |
| 2022 | Commonwealth Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Tatjana Schoenmaker |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Suzaan van Biljon |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Suzaan van Biljon |
| 2025 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Kaylene Corbett |
| 1995 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Penelope Heyns |
| 1999 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Sarah Poewe |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Penelope Heyns |
| 1999 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Penelope Heyns |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Tatjana Schoenmaker |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 2 | Terence Parkin |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Tatjana Schoenmaker |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Kaylene Corbett |
| 2025 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Pieter Coetze |
| 2024 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Pieter Coetze |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Pieter Coetze |
| 2022 | Commonwealth Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Pieter Coetze |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | George Du Rand |
| 1958 | Commonwealth Games | 1650 yard freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Murray McLachlan |
| 1954 | Commonwealth Games | 1650 yard freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Peter Duncan |
| 1954 | Commonwealth Games | 1650 yard freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Graham Johnston |
| 1950 | Commonwealth Games | 1650 yard freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Graham Johnston |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | 1500m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Troyden Prinsloo |
| 1999 | Pan Pacific Championship | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Ryk Neethling |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Heerden Herman |
| 1998 | Commonwealth Games | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Ryk Neethling |
| 1954 | Commonwealth Games | 110 yard freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Joan Harrison |
| 1938 | Commonwealth Games | 110 yard freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Terry Collard |
| 1950 | Commonwealth Games | 110 yard freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Joan Harrison |
| 1954 | Commonwealth Games | 110 yard backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Joan Harrison |
| 1950 | Commonwealth Games | 110 yard backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Jackie Wiid |
| 2006 | World Championship 25m | 100m individual medley | Men | 1 | 4 | Ryk Neethling |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | 100m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Chad le Clos |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | 100m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Ryk Neethling |
| 2006 | World Championship 25m | 100m freestyle | Men | 1 | 4 | Ryk Neethling |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | 100m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Roland Schoeman |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | 100m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Helene Muller |
| 2005 | World Championship | 100m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | Roland Schoeman |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | 100m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Ryk Neethling |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 100m freestyle | Men | 3 | 1 | Chad le Clos |
| 2005 | World Championship | 100m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Ryk Neethling |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | 100m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Roland Mark Schoeman |
| 2021 | World Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Men | 2 | 2 | Chad le Clos |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | Chad le Clos |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | 100m butterfly | Women | 2 | 4 | Mandy Loots |
| 2015 | World Championship | 100m butterfly | Men | 1 | 10 | Chad le Clos |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | Chad le Clos |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 100m butterfly | Men | 2 | 18 | Chad le Clos |
| 2019 | World Championship | 100m butterfly | Men | 3 | 3 | Chad le Clos |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | 100m butterfly | Men | 1 | 7 | Chad le Clos |
| 2013 | World Championship | 100m butterfly | Men | 1 | 10 | Chad le Clos |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | Chad le Clos |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 100m butterfly | Men | 2 | 18 | Chad le Clos |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | 100m butterfly | Men | 1 | 7 | Chad le Clos |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 100m butterfly | Women | 3 | 2 | Erin Gallagher |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | Chad le Clos |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Men | 1 | 4 | Chad le Clos |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Penelope Heyns |
| 2010 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2009 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2006 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Suzaan van Biljon |
| 1999 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Penelope Heyns |
| 2022 | Commonwealth Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Lara van Niekerk |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 2 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 1994 | Commonwealth Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Penelope Heyns |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Tatjana Schoenmaker |
| 2015 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 18 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Sarah Poewe |
| 1995 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Penelope Heyns |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Tatjana Schoenmaker |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Suzaan van Biljon |
| 2013 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Aimee Canny |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Sarah Poewe |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Penelope Heyns |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Tatjana Schoenmaker |
| 2023 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Tatjana Schoenmaker |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Men | 1 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2011 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Cameron van der Burgh |
| 2022 | Commonwealth Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Tatjana Schoenmaker |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Sarah Poewe |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Penelope Heyns |
| 1997 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Penelope Heyns |
| 2025 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Pieter Coetze |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Pieter Coetze |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Ruard van Renen |
| 1952 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Joan Harrison |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Marianne Kriel |
| 2022 | Commonwealth Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Pieter Coetze |
| 2026 | Commonwealth Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Olivia Nel |
| 2010 | Marathon Swim World Series | 10 km | Men | 1 | 7 | Chad Ho |
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