South African Masters Swimming
36th Long Course Championships

held at the Delville Swimming Pool in Germiston
in the Ukurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality area of Eastern Gauteng
from the 11th to the 14th of March 2020.

The SAMS Open Water Championships were held
at the Homestead Dam in Benoni on the 15th.

Results

2117 entries for individual events were received from 407 swimmers (213 women and 194 men) from 21 clubs.

1 swimmer was from a foreign country - Namibia.

371 swimmers eventually competed.

362 swimmers scored points for their club in individual races.

8 swimmers won all 6 of their individual events.

305 relay teams were entered.

There were 5 swimmers entered who were younger than 25 years.

There were 153 swimmers entered who were 60 years and older.
64 of them were 70 years and older.
15 of them were 80 years and older.

The oldest female competing was Wendy Saunders (85) from Synergy MSC.
The oldest male competing was Richard Hills (88) from PE Masters Aquatics.

In the Open Water events 153 swimmers entered and 101 swimmers competed.

RECORDS

• SAMS Records:

  • Individual:

    • 23 South African Masters Swimming Records (plus 2 in the Breaststroke Dash-for-Cash) were broken or established by 13 different swimmers from 6 different clubs.
      

  • Relays:

    • 3 South African Masters Swimming Records were broken or established by 3 different Clubs.
      Plus 2 (a 2nd, and a 3rd place finishing) teams also bettered the previous SAMS Record.

COLOURS

POOL:

South African Masters Swimming Colours qualifying times were bettered 46 times by 18 SAMS Swimmers (13 women & 5 men) during the championships.

In all 30 swimmers (18 women & 12 men) who qualified throughout the 2019/2020 season were awarded their SAMS Colours.

OPEN WATER:

A South African Masters Swimming Colours qualifying time was bettered by 1 SAMS Swimmer at the Open Water event.

8 swimmers (5 women & 3 men) who qualified throughout the 2019/2020 season were awarded their SAMS Colours.

   

ENTRY LISTS:

Club list with entry count

AWARDS:

See what Awards were presented.

RESULTS:

BY AGE GROUP:

Individual events:

Mixed 800m Freestyle

Women

Men

Relay events:

Women

Men

Mixed

BY EVENT:

See Real-time results

Relay events:

Women

Men

Mixed

All events by event number (BIG file)
 

RECORDS & COLOURS:

SAMS Records broken or equalled by Event - Individual - Relays

SAMS Records broken or equalled by Club - Individual - Relays

 

SAMS Colours Qualifying Times achieved in the Pool events - by Swimmer - by Club

 

SCORES:

Clubs:
    All events (Women, Men & Combined)
    Individual events (Women, Men & Combined)
    Relay events (Women, Men & Combined)

Regions:
    All events (Combined)

Individuals:
    Individual events

SUMMARY:

Medals and Scoring places count by Club (Includes individual and relay)

Championship summary
    Overall
    By Club

DASH-for-CASH:

Results

Results by Masters age groups

 

 

OPEN WATER SWIM:

1km and 3km Open Water Swims were held on Sunday 15th March at the Homestead Dam in Benoni.

1km results
3km results

SAMS OW Colours qualifying times achieved at this 3km event

Medal and point scorers tally
 
Total scores - The winning Club (Coelacanth MSC) will be presented with the SAMS Open Water Club Trophy at the Awards Function next year.

Regional scores - The winning Region (Tshwane MS) - There is no Trophy for this category.

 

This page last updated: JWP 01 May 2020