With less than three months remaining before the qualifying window closes on July 23, a total of 49 South African athletes have achieved either the A or B standards for the IAAF World Championships in London.
With Athletics SA reverting to the former double-standard system, 20 athletes have achieved the A qualifiers and 29 have met the required B qualifiers in their events.
While the qualifying window for the marathon, race walks, decathlon and heptathlon opened on January 1, 2016, the window period for all other disciplines opened on October 1.
In addition to the athletes listed below, Phil-Mar van Rensburg (javelin throw), Fredriech Pretorius (decathlon) and Claudia Heunis (100m hurdles) receive wild card entries for winning African titles in their disciplines last season, though their potential inclusion in the squad will rest with the ASA selectors.
Stephen Mokoka and Caster Semenya, who have both achieved the standards in other events, also qualify for the men’s 10 000m and women’s 1 500m contests respectively, as the reigning African champions.
While Wayde van Niekerk has not yet met the required standard for the 400m sprint, he also receives an automatic entry from the IAAF as the defending world champion.
Though ASA has confirmed only A-standard qualifiers will be guaranteed a place in the final team, the federation is expected to consider B-qualifiers in some events, with the nation limited to three entrants per discipline.
Current list of South African qualifiers for the IAAF World Championships in London in August (as at 30 April, 2017):
Men, A-standard qualifiers
100m (10.03)
9.92, Akani Simbine (Pretoria, 18 Mar 2017)
9.95, Thando Roto, (Pretoria, 18 Mar 2017)
200m (20.31)
19.90, Wayde van Niekerk (Potchefstroom, 22 Apr 2017)
19.95, Akani Simbine (Pretoria, 4 Mar 2017)
20.10, Clarence Munyai (Pretoria, 4 Mar 2017)
20.14, Ncincilili Titi (Columbia, 15 Apr 2017)
20.20, Gift Leotlela (Potchefstroom, 22 Apr 2017)
110m hurdles (13.38)
13.23*, Ruan de Vries (Bloemfontein, 8 Mar 2017)
13.28*, Junior Mkatini (Bloemfontein, 8 Mar 2017)
Long jump (8.15)
8.65, Luvo Manyonga (Potchefstroom, 22 Apr 2017)
8.49, Ruswahl Samaai (Potchefstroom, 22 Apr 2017
Shot put (20.53)
21.12, Orazio Cremona (Potchefstroom, 22 Apr 2017)
20.63, Jaco Engelbrecht (Potchefstroom, 22 Apr 2017)
Javelin throw (83.00)
84.09m, Rocco van Rooyen (Parow, 18 Mar 2017)
Marathon (2:12:03)
2:10:18, Stephen Mokoka (Shanghai, 30 Oct 2016)
2:10:51, Desmond Mokgobu (Rotterdam, 9 Apr 2017)
2:11:27, Lusapho April (Hannover, 10 Apr 2016)
2:11:43, Sibusiso Nzima (Seville, 21 Feb 2016)
20km walk (1:20:30)
1:20:06, Lebogang Shange (Adelaide, 21 Feb 2016)
Men, B-standard qualifiers
100m (10.12)
10.04, Wayde van Niekerk (Potchefstroom, 21 Apr 2017)
10.09, Le Roux van Tonder (Bloemfontein, 8 Mar 2017)
10.12, Keenan Michau (Bloemfontein, 8 Mar 2017)
10.12, Gift Leotlela (Pretoria, 18 Mar 2017)
200m (20.44)
20.40, Hendrik Maartens (Potchefstroom, 22 Apr 2017)
400m (45.50)
45.15, Pieter Conradie (Potchefstroom, 21 Apr 2017)
110m hurdles (13.48)
13.41*, Muntingh Hamman (Bloemfontein, 8 Mar 2016)
13.42, Tiaan Smit (Potchefstroom, 22 Apr 2017)
13.45, Antonio Alkana (Parow, 18 Mar 2017)
400m hurdles (49.35)
49.27, Cornel Fredericks (Pretoria, 4 Mar 2016)
49.29, LJ van Zyl (Pretoria, 12 Apr 2017)
49.35, Le Roux Hamman (Potchefstroom, 21 Apr 2017)
Marathon (2:19:00)
2:13:17, Benedict Moeng (Hamburg, 17 Apr 2016)
2:14:26, Xolisa Tyali (Cape Town, 18 Sept 2016)
2:16:37, Tumelo Motlagale (Cape Town, 18 Sept 2016)
2:16:46, Thabang Masihlelo (Cape Town, 18 Sept 2016)
2:17:15, Lungile Gongqa (Mumbai, 17 Jan 2016)
2:18:12, Siyabonga Nkonde (Cape Town, 18 Sept 2016)
20km walk (1:24:00)
1:20:46, Wayne Snyman (Stellenbosch, 16 Apr 2016)
50km walk (4:06:00)
3:56:12, Marc Mundell (Dudince, 19 Mar 2016)
Women, A-standard qualifiers
100m (11.10)
11.10, Carina Horn (Potchefstroom, 21 Apr 2017)
Javelin throw (62.00)
63.49, Sunette Viljoen (Potchefstroom, 21 Apr 2017)
Women, B-standard qualifiers
200m (23.10)
22.94, Alyssa Conley (Potchefstroom, 22 Apr 2017)
400m (52.10)
51.60, Caster Semenya (Potchefstroom, 22 Apr 2017)
800m (2:01.00)
2:00.99, Caster Semenya (Cape Town, 29 Apr 2017)
10 000m (32:15.00)
31:51.47, Dominique Scott-Efurd (Rio de Janeiro, 12 Aug 2016)
400m hurdles (56.10)
55.16, Wenda Nel (Potchefstroom, 21 Apr 2017)
Marathon (2:45:00)
2:32:20, Irvette van Zyl (London, 24 Apr 2016)
2:33:48, Diana-Lebo Phalula (Enschede, 17 Apr 2016)
2:37:12, Jenna Challenor (Nagoya, 13 Mar 2016)
2:37:19, Mapaseka Makhanya (Shanghai, 30 Oct 2016)
2:38:00, Lebogang Phalula (Cape Town, 18 Sept 2016)
2:39:44, Rene Kalmer (London, 24 Apr 2016)
20km walk (1:36:00)
1:34:49, Anel Oosthuizen (Podebrady, 8 Apr 2017)
* Times under investigation due to possible technical faults
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