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.
Medalists
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Athletics
Men
Track & road events
Field events
Women
Track & road events
Field events
Badminton
A team of 6 badminton players (3 men and 3 women) will be sent to the games.
Singles
Doubles
Mixed team
Roster
Michelle Butler-Emmett
Cameron Coetzer
Elsie de Villiers
Johanita Scholtz
Prakash Vijayanath
Bongani von Bodenstein
Pool C
Boxing
South Africa participated with a team of 2 athletes (2 men).
Men
Cycling
South Africa participated with 17 athletes (10 men and 7 women).
Road
Men
Track
Pursuit
Points race
Scratch race
Mountain bike
Diving
South Africa participated with a team of 3 athletes (3 women).
Women
Gymnastics
Artistic
South Africa participated with 2 athletes (2 women).
Women
Individual Qualification
Rhythmic
South Africa participated with 2 athletes (2 women).
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
Daniel Bell
Dayaan Cassiem
Ryan Crowe
Tyson Dlungwana
Tim Drummond
Jethro Eustice
Gowan Jones
Ryan Julius
Gareth Heyns
Keenan Horne
Tevin Kok
Owen Mvimbi
Siyavuya Nolutshungu
Nqobile Ntuli
Clinton Panther
Reza Rosenberg
Daniel Sibbald
Austin Smith
Pool A
Ninth and tenth place
Women's tournament
Roster
Stephanie Baxter
Quanita Bobbs
Kara-Lee Botes
Dirkie Chamberlain
Sulette Damons
Illse Davids
Lisa-Marie Deetlefs
Celia Evans
Erin Hunter
Shelly Jones
Nicole La Fleur
Ongeziwe Mali
Candice Manuel
Jade Mayne
Phumelela Mbande
Kristen Paton
Nicolene Terblanche
Nicole Walraven
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 (excluding the host nation, Australia) 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
Cecil Afrika
Timothy Agaba
Kyle Brown
Zain Davids
Branco du Preez
Justin Geduld
Werner Kok
Ruhan Nel
Dylan Sage
Philip Snyman
Siviwe Soyizwapi
Rosko Specman
Reserve: Mogamat Davids
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
Veroeshka Grain
Zenay Jordaan
Megan Comley
Unathi Mali
Nomsa Mokwai
Zintle Mpupha
Zinhle Ndawonde
Marithy Pienaar
Nadine Roos
Mathrin Simmers
Chane Stadler
Eloise Webb
Pool A
Classification semi-finals
Match for seventh place
Shooting
South Africa participated with 4 athletes (4 men).
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 (1 man).