As it happened | SA Swimming Champs - Coetzé grabs 5th gold in Gqeberha, Sates wins 200m IM

RECAP of final day:

The SA Swimming Championships ended off with gold medals from Pieter Coetzé and Matthew Sates.

Coetzé grabbed his fifth gold as he won the 50m freestyle final on Saturday evening.

Coetzé touched the wall first in 22.45 - missing out on another Paris Olympics qualification in Gqeberha, but had the opportunity to race against 42-year-old Olympic medallist Roland Schoeman, who finished fourth in 23.07.

Matthew Sates scooped his fourth gold, ending off his campaign in Gqeberha with style by winning the 200m IM.

Sates led from start to finish as he swam all four disciplines, missing out on Olympic qualification as he touched the wall in 1:59.98.

Fellow Olympian Erin Gallagher added a third national title to her haul by outsprinting the field in the women's 50m freestyle in 24.95.

Paris-bound Aimee Canny claimed her third title of the meet, bagging victory in the 200m individual medley in 2:12.23. Tatjana Smith, who took the triple breaststroke crown, ended off her week with a silver medal the IM in 2:13.88 with 400IM winner Dakota Tucker taking the bronze in 2:17.14.

Meanwhile, Kat Swanepoel earned her spot in the Paralympics in the women's 50m backstroke multi-class final.

Needing a Paralympic qualifying time of 54.97 in the S4 50m backstroke, Swanepoel touched the wall in a time of 47.16.

Christian Sadie qualified in the S7 50m butterfly on Friday, bettered the Paralympic-mark of 32.50 to touch the wall in 29.97 and rise second spot in the world rankings.

RESULT - Men's 800m freestyle final

Olympic qualifying time: 7:51.65

1. Kris Mihaylov - 8:09.51

2. Matthew Caldwell - 8:11.28

3. Adrian Van Wyk - 8:13.46

RESULT - Men's 200m IM final

Matthew Sates scoops his fourth gold of the SA Swimming Championships as he ended off his campaign in Gqeberha with style by winning the 200m IM.

Sates led from start to finish as he swam all four disciplines, missing out on Olympic qualification as he touched the wall in 1:59.98.

Olympic qualifying time: 1:57.94

1. Matthew Sates - 1:59.98

2. Henju Duvenhage - 2:01.87

3. Kian Keylock - 2:03.58

RESULT - Women's 200m IM

Olympic qualifying time: 2:11.47

1. Aimee Canny - 2:12.23

2. Tatjana Smith (Schoenmaker) - 2:13.88

3. Dakota Tucker - 2:17.14

RESULT - Women's 1500m freestyle final

Olympic qualifying time: 16:09.09

1. Stephanie Houtman - 16:41.20

2. Catherine Van Rensburg - 16:54.14

3. Callan  Lötter - 16:57.02

RESULT - Men's 50m freestyle final

SA swimming star Pieter Coetzé grabbed his fifth gold at the SA Swimming Championships as he won the 50m freestyle final on Saturday evening.

Coetzé touched the wall first in 22.45 - missing out on another Paris Olympics qualification in Gqeberha.

It was a competitive race and included 42-year-old Olympic medallist Roland Schoeman, who finished fourth in 23.07.

Olympic qualifying time: 21.96

1. Pieter Coetzé - 22.45

2. Clayton Jimmie - 22.98

3. Guy Brooks - 23:00

RESULT - Women's 50m freestyle final

Erin Gallagher narrowly missed on Olympic qualification by 0.25 seconds as she took gold in the women's 50m freestyle final on Saturday evening.

Gallagher has already sealed her spot to the Paris Olympics after winning the women's 100m butterfly final in a personal best time.

Olympic qualifying time: 24.70

1. Erin Gallagher - 24.95

2. Caitlin de Langer - 24.96

3. Jessica Thompson - 25.41

RECAP of Day 5:

Olympic gold medallist Tatjana Smith powered to her third gold of the SA Swimming Championships, completing the breaststroke triple in Gqeberha.

Smith, who had already secured an Olympic time in the heats, led the final from start to finish as she stopped the clock in 1:05.48 - under the Olympic qualifying time of 1:06.79.

20-year-old Lara van Niekerk came in second but missed out on earning her spot in Paris just yet as she touched the wall in 1:07.16.

Commonealth Games medallist Erin Gallagher booked her place at July's Olympics as she won gold in the women's 100m butterfly final.

Gallagher led from the front as she achieved a SA record swim, stopping the clock in 57.32. Needing a Olympic qualifying time of 57.92, Gallagher punched her ticket to secure a place in her second Olympic Games.

The 25-year-old scooped up her second gold in Gqeberha after winning the 50m butterfly final on Monday.

There was plenty of excitement as SA's most decorated Olympian Chad le Clos and 20-year-old star Matthew Sates both won gold in the men's 100m butterfly.

Sates and Le Clos got off to a strong start as they edged ahead of the field with Sates touching the wall first in the 50m turn.

Le Clos, who celebrates his 32nd birthday on Friday, powered through to catch up to 20-year-old Sates and both swimmers touched the wall in 52.07 - missing out on a Paris Olympic qualification at home.

Meanwhile, Aimee Canny booked her ticket to Paris by achieving the required qualifying time in the opening leg of the 4x200m freestyle relay as part of the Western Cape team.

The 20-year-old shook off the disappointment of missing out on qualification in the 200m freestyle final on Wednesday by .13 of a second and bounced back in impressive fashion with a time of 1:56.80 to dip well under the required 1:57.26.

See more final results below...

RESULT - Men's 100m breaststroke final

Olympic qualifying time: 59.49

1. Matthew Randle - 1:01.81

2. Petrus Truter - 1:01.95

3. Ruben Smit - 1:02.13

RESULT - Women's 100m breaststroke final

Olympic gold medalist Tatjana Smith powered to gold ahead of Lara van Niekerk in the women's 100m breaststroke final at the SA Championships.

Having already achieved the Olympic qualification in the heat, Smith (formerly Schoenmaker) bettered her time as she powered throughout to touch the wall first in 1:05.48.

Unfortunately, Van Niekerk came in second in 1:07.16 - missing out on Paris Olympic qualification with Kaylene Corbett rounding up the podium in 1:07.83

Olympic qualifying time: 1:06.79

1. Tatjana Smith - 1:05.48

2. Lara van Niekerk - 1:07.16

3. Kaylene Corbett - 1:07.83

RESULT - Men's 100m butterfly final

Wild scenes in Gqeberha as Chad le Clos and Matthew Sates both win gold, touching the wall at the same time in the 100m butterfly final.

Sates and Le Clos got off to a strong start as they edged ahead of the field with Sates touching the wall first in the 50m turn.

Olympic medallist Le Clos, who celebrates his 32nd birthday on Friday, powered through to catch up to 20-year-old Sates and both swimmers touched the wall in 52.07.

Both swimmers fell just outside of Paris Olympic qualification, but they will still have their opportunity to do so in the upcoming months overseas.

Olympic qualifying time: 51.67

1. Chad le Clos - 52.07

1. Matthew Sates - 52.07

3. Jarden Eaton - 53.19

RESULT - Women's 100m butterfly final

Erin Gallagher has qualified for the Paris Olympics as she powered to a SA record in the women's 100m butterfly final at the SA Swimming Championships.

Gallagher, who is a Commonwealth Games medalist, led from start to finish and touched the wall in a personal best and national record of 57.32 - also booking her place in July's Olympics.

The 25-year-old added another gold in Gqeberha after winning the 50m butterfly final on Monday.

Olympic qualifying time: 57.92

1. Erin Gallagher - 57.32

2. Trinity Hearne - 1:00.05

3. Hannah Mouton - 1:02.17

RECAP of Day 5 AM session:

South African swimming star Tatjana Smith (formerly Schoenmaker) qualified for her second Paris Olympic event on day five of the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha on Friday.

Smith, who won gold in the 200m breaststroke title on Wednesday won her heat to finish as the overall fastest with a Paris Olympic qualifying time of 1:05.41.

20-year-old Lara van Niekerk finished first in her heat but missed out on Olympic qualification time as she recorded a time of 1:07.64.

SA's most decorated Olympian Chad le Clos got his 32nd birthday off in style as he won his heat in the 100m butterfly with a time of 53.52.

Matthew Sates finished as the fastest-overall in the 100m fly heats, recording a time of 53.44 - with Olympic qualification set at 51.67.

Meanwhile, three para-swimmers qualified for the Paris Paralympics in their respective classes and events.

Needing a Paralympic qualification time of 2:45.82 in the SM7 class, Christian Sadie touched the wall third in 2:38.45 in the men's 200m IM.

Nathan Hendricks qualified for the Paris Paralympics by winning his Men's 200m IM multi-class heat, touching the wall first in 2:18.19 as he swam under the SM13 qualification of 2:19.54.

See more heat results below...

RESULT - Women's 100m breaststroke heats overall

Olympic medallist Tatjana Smith swam an Olympic qualifying time in the 100m breaststroke heats on day five of the SA Swimming Champs.

Smith, formerly known as Schoenmaker, needed 1:06.79 to qualify for the event in Paris and done so effortlessly as she finished first in the heat (1:05.41)

Smith is a firm favourite for the 100m breaststroke title, which will take place on Friday evening.

1. Tatjana Smith - 1:05.41

2. Lara van Niekerk - 1:07.64

3. Aimee Canny - 1:08.19

4. Kaylene Corbett - 1:08.58

5. Simone Moll - 1:08.67

6. Morgan Cope - 1:10.43

7. Chanel Veldsman - 1:11.73

8. Chelaine van der Westhuizen - 1:12.10

RESULT - Men's 100m butterfly heats overall

1. Matthew Sates - 53.44

2. Chad le Clos - 53.52

3. Jarden Eaton - 53.89

4. Bob Fick - 53.98

5. Ricky Lottering - 54.15

6. Henju Duvenhage - 54.37

7. Ruard Van Renen - 54.53

8. Cristopher Strydom - 54.54

RESULT - Men's 100m breaststroke heats overall

1. Matthew Randle - 1:02.01  

2. Chris Smith - 1:02.08

3. Petrus Truter - 1:02.14

4. Brenden Crawford - 1:02.32

5. Michael Houlie - 1:02.43 

6. Ruben Smit - 1:02.52

7. Vincent Ribeiro - 1:02.61 

8. Peter Etzold - 1:02.84

Tatjana books 100m breaststroke Paris qualification

Olympic medal prospect Tatjana Smith (formerly Schoenmaker) qualified for the Paris Games after winning her heat in the women's 100m breaststroke on Friday morning.

Needing a Olympic qualification of 1:06.79, Smith touched the wall first in 1:05.41.

RESULT - Women's 100m butterfly heats overall

1. Erin Gallagher - 1:00.22

2. Trinity Hearne - 1:01.41

3. Hannah Mouton - 1:03.64

4. Jaime Mote - 1:03.74

5. Georgia Els - 1:04.20

6. Indiana De Villers - 1:04.43

7. Inge Weidemann - 1:04.68

8. Christine Wessels - 1:04.70

RESULT - Men's 200m IM S1-S13 multi-class heats

Para-swimmer Nathan Hendricks qualified for the Paris Paralympics by winning his Men's 200m IM multi-class heat on Friday morning.

Hendricks touched the wall first in 2:18.19 as he qualified under the swam the SM13 qualification of 2:19.54.

Meanwhile, decorated Paralympian Christian Sadie has qualified for the Paris Paralympics in the same race.

Needing a Paralympic qualification time of 2:45.82 in the SM7 class, Sadie touched the wall third in 2:38.45 in the men's 200m IM.

RECAP of Day 4:

Pieter Coetzé continued his sublime form to pick up his fourth national title on day four of the SA Swimming Championships at Newton Pool.

Coetzé, who had already earned his Olympic qualification in the heat, stormed to gold in the men's 100m backstroke final on Thursday evening.

The 19-year-old Coetzé swam another Olympic qualifying time as he touched the wall first in 52.89

Coetzé wracked up his fourth gold of the national championships, adding to his 50m backstroke, 100m freestyle and 200m backstroke title wins in Gqeberha.

Meanwhile, Christian Sadie booked his place at August's Paris Paralympics.

Sadie swam a Paralympic qualifying time of 32.50 as he took gold in the 50m butterfly multi-class event, touching the wall in 30.30.

See more finals results below...

RESULT - Men's 400m freestyle final

Olympic qualifying time: 4:07.90

1. Matthew Caldwell - 3:54.27  

2. Kris Mihaylov - 3:55.37 

3. Cameron Casali - 3:56.01

RESULT - Women's 400m freestyle final

Olympic qualifying time: 4:07.90

1. Duné Coetzee - 4:09.43

2. Callan Lötter - 4:17.18

3. Catherine van Rensburg - 4:18.10

RESULT - Men's 50m butterfly S1-S13 multi-class final

Christian Sadie swam a Paris Paralympic qualifying time of 32.50. Sadie grabbed gold in the 50m butterfly, touching the wall in 30.30 to book his ticket to August's Games.

RESULT - Men's 100m backstroke final

Young swimming star Pieter Coetzé scooped his fourth national title as he stormed to gold in the men's 100m backstroke final on Thursday evening.

Coetzé swam another Olympic qualifying time as he touched the wall first in 52.89, with Ruard van Renen taking silver and Henju Duvenhage bronze.

19-year-old Coetzé added to his 50m backstroke, 100m freestyle and 200m backstroke title in Gqeberha.

Olympic qualifying time: 53.74

1. Pieter Coetzé - 52.89

2. Ruard van Renen - 54.50

3. Henju Duvenhage - 55.25

RESULT - Women's 100m backstroke final

Olympic qualifying time: 59.99

1. Milla Drakopoulos - 1:01.70

2. Michaela de Villiers - 1:02.40

3. Hannah Pearse - 1:02.50

RESULT - Men's 400m IM

Olympic qualifying time: 4:12.50

1. Kian Keylock - 4:25.06

2. Cameron Casali - 4:29.36

3. Juan Boshoff - 4:35.87

RESULT - Women's 400m IM

Olympic qualifying time: 4:38.53

1. Dakota Tucker - 4:47.09

2. Marlies Ross - 4:53.47

3. Marizel Van Jaarsveld - 4:57.22

RECAP Day 4 morning:

19-year-old Pieter Coetzé swam a Paris Olympic qualifying time as he finished first in the 100m backstroke heats on Thursday morning in Gqeberha.

Needing a Olympic qualification time of 53.74, Coetzé comfortably touched the wall first in 53.06 to finish as the fastest overall and set himself as a firm favourite for the final on Thursday evening.

Coetzé has already scooped up three gold medals at the ongoing SA Swimming Championships, winning the 50m backstroke, 100m freestyle and 200m backstroke title.

This is Coetzé's second Paris Olympic qualification after finalising a spot in his second Olympic Games in the men's 200m backstroke and now the 100m backstroke.

See heat results below...

RESULT - Men's 400m freestyle heats overall

1. Adrian van Wyk - 3:59.41

2. Matthew Caldwell - 3:59.89

3. Cameron Casali - 4:01.22

4. Kushagra Rawat - 4:01.41

5. Arno Krüger - 4:01.97

6. Ross Paterson - 4:02.72

7. Kris Mihaylov - 4:02.90

8. Henre Louw - 4:03.27

RESULT - Women's 400m freestyle heats overall

1. Callan Lötter - 4:19.18

2. Hannah Mouton - 4:22.63

3. Duné Coetzee - 4:22.86

4. Catherine van Rensburg - 4:24.28

5. Stephanie Houtman - 4:24.35

6. Lise Coetzee - 4:24.47

7. Corne van Schalkwyk - 4:24.70

8. Leigh McMorran - 4:27.49

8. Hannah Robertson - 4:27.49

RESULT - Men's 100m backstroke heats overall

SA swimming star Pieter Coetzé swam a Paris Olympic qualifying time as he finished first in the 100m backstroke heats on Thursday morning in Gqeberha.

Needing a Olympic qualification time of 53.74, Coetzé comfortably touched the wall first in 53.06 to finish as the fastest overall.

19-year-old Coetzé has already scooped up three gold medals at the ongoing SA Swimming Championships, winning the 50m backstroke, 100m freestyle and 200m backstroke title.

1. Pieter Coetzé - 53.06

2. Ruard van Renen - 54.22

3. Henju Duvenhage - 55.28

4. Jonah Pool-Jones - 57.12

5. Wikus Potgieter - 57.13

6. Cameron Oliver - 57.97

7. Adrian van Wyk - 58.09 

8. Helgaard Muller - 58.31

RESULT - Women's 100m backstroke heats overall

1. Milla Drakopoulos - 1:02.66

2. Hannah Pearse - 1:02.95

3. Jessica Thompson - 1:02.98

4. Kerryn Herbst - 1:03.11

5. Tayla Jonker - 1:03.14

6. Michaela de Villiers - 1:03.65

7. Carissa van Rooyen - 1:03.83

8. Mariella Venter - 1:04.75

RESULT - Men's 400m IM heats overall

1. Kian Keylock - 4:36.11

2. Cameron Casali - 4:38.94

3. Kieran Rolfe - 4:43.57

4. Juan Boshoff - 4:43.87

5. Sven van der Linde - 4:44.11

6. Adriaan Mostert - 4:44.38

7. Claudio Domiter - 4:47.97

8. Guy Wessels - 4:48.79

RESULT - Women's 400m IM heats

1. Dakota Tucker - 4:47.95

2. Marlies Ross - 4:58.52

3. Kate Meyer - 5:01.46

4. Georgia Els - 5:02.30

5. Marizel van Jaarsveld - 5:03.04

6. Kaitlynne Horne - 5:09.40

7. Lara Gouws - 5:11.48

8. Megan Stewart - 5:12.82

RECAP of Day 3:

Three South African swimmers earned their ticket to July's Paris Olympics on day three of the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha.

Olympic world record holder Tatjana Smith (formerly Schoenmaker) continued to show that she remains a massive Olympic medal prospect as she powered to gold in the 200m breaststroke final.

Swimming in lane four, Smith closed in on her world record time from Tokyo as she touched the wall first in 2:19.01 - winning her second medal of the national championships after taking the 50m breaststroke title on Monday.

Olympian and Smith's Tuks team-mate Kaylene Corbett impressed as she too swam an Olympic qualifying time, claiming silver in the same race in 2:23.71.

Meanwhile, 19-year-old Pieter Coetzé booked his ticket to the Paris Olympics, winning the men's 200m backstroke title.

Coetzé was dominant from start to finish as he scooped gold in an Olympic qualifying time of 1:55.85. 

Coetzé, who took bronze at the Doha World Championships in February, won his third gold medal of the SA Champs after winning the 50m backstroke and 100m freestyle.

20-year-old Matthew Sates missed out on a Olympic qualification despite winning the men's 200m freestyle final. Sates touched the wall first in 1:48.82 - missing the Olympic qualifying time of 1:46.26.

Sates won his second gold of the SA Championships, adding to his 200m butterfly win on Tuesday.

Para-swimmer Christian Sadie came close to securing a Paralympic qualifying time as he finished the 50m freestyle multi-class with a time of 29.89 - with Paris Paralympic time at 29.48.

See more results below...

RESULT - Men's 200m backstroke final

19-year-old Pieter Coetzé has booked his ticket to the Paris Olympics as he clinched a qualifying time in the men's 200m backstroke final at the SA Swimming Championships.

Coetzé powered to gold once again, touching the wall in 1:55.85 - nearly two seconds under the Olympic qualifying time.

Olympic qualifying time: 1:57.50

1. Pieter Coetzé - 1:55.85

2. Dylan Wright - 2:02.46

3. Helgaard Muller - 2:04.39

RESULT - Women's 200m backstroke final

Olympic qualifying time: 2:10.39

1. Hannah Pearse - 2:12.19

2. Milla Drakopoulos - 2:13.97

3. Mariella Venter - 2:17.37

RESULT - Men's 200m breaststroke final

Olympic qualifying time: 2:09.68

1. Matthew Randle - 2:14.01

2. Petrus Truter - 2:16.20

3. Vincent Ribeiro - 2:16.81

RESULT - Women's 200m breaststroke final

Reigning World Champion Tatjana Smith (Schoenmaker) bettered her performance in the 200m breaststroke final as she claimed gold at the SA Swimming Championships.

Smith booked her ticket to Paris in the heats earlier in the day with a time of 2:19.92. Then in the final, Smith powered through to touch the wall first in 2:19.01.

Olympic finalist Kaylene Corbett, who also swam a Olympic qualifying time in the heats, kept up with Smith throughout the final race as she grabbed silver - once again under the Olympic time - in 2:23.71.

Smith and Corbett made history at the Tokyo Olympics as they made the 200m breaststroke final, where Smith swam a world record time.

Olympic qualifying time: 2:23.91

1. Tatjana Smith (Schoenmaker) - 2:19.01

2. Kaylene Corbett - 2:23.71

3. Simone Moll - 2:31.62

RESULT - Men's 200m freestyle final

Olympic qualifying time: 1:46.26

1. Matthew Sates - 1:48.80

2. Kris Mihaylov - 1:49.66

3. Ricky Lottering - 1:49.69

RESULT - Women's 200m freestyle final

Olympic qualifying time: 1:57.26

1. Aimee Canny - 1:57.39

2. Dune Coetzee - 1:59.63

3. Callan Lotter - 2:02.10

RECAP of Day 3 AM session

Reigning Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Tatjana Smith (formerly Schoenmaker) has easily qualified for the Paris 2024 Games in the heats of the women's 200m breaststroke at the SA Swimming Championships.

With the Paris Olympic qualifying time at 2:23.91, Smith powered to win her heat as she touched the wall first in 2:19.92.

Olympian and Tuks teammate Kaylene Corbett also sealed her spot in the Paris Olympics, as she swam a time of 2:23.84.

Meanwhile, Matthew Sates won his 200m freestyle heat with a time of 1:50.69.

20-year-old Pieter Coeté came second fastest overall in the men's 200m backstroke heats (2:04.96), with Guy Brooks sealing a time of 2:03.20.

RESULT - Men's 200m backstroke heats

1. Dylan Wright - 2:03.20

2. Pieter Coetzé - 2:04.96

3. Wikus Potgieter - 2:06.63

3. Helgaard Muller - 2:06.63

5. Lance Cromhout - 2:08.09

6. Juan Boshoff - 2:08.30

7. Darno van der Merwe - 2:08.33

8. Matthew Caldwell - 2:08.36

RESULT - Women 200m backstroke heats

1. Hannah Pearse - 2:12.44

2. Mariella Venter - 2:16.70

3. Grace Morris - 2:18.55

4. Milla Drakopoulos - 2:20.10

5. Lize-Marie Davidson - 2:23.40

6. Indiana de Villers - 2:23.49

7. Emma de Wet - 2:23.51

8. Jessica Carmody - 2:23.52

RESULT - Men's 200m breaststroke heats

1. Matthew Randle - 2:14.89

2. Petrus Truter - 2:17.13

3. Kian Keylock - 2:17.89

4. Tom Truter - 2:18.19

5. Michael Deans - 2:18.43

6. Vincent Ribeiro - 2:18.47

7. Peter Etzold - 2:18.62

8. Dylan Botha - 2:21.28

RESULT - Women's 200m breaststroke heats

Tatjana Smith (Schoenmaker) and Kaylene Corbett swam Olympic qualifying times in the women's 200m breaststroke heats on Wednesday morning.

1 Tatjana Smith - 2:19.92 (Paris Olympic qualifying time)

2. Kaylene Corbett - 2:23.84 (Paris Olympic qualifying time)

3. Kate Meyer - 2:32.30

4. Catherine van Rensburg - 2:35.24

5. Chelaine van der Westhuizen - 2:37.05

6. Gabriella van den Berg - 2:38.01

7. Marizel Van Jaarsveld - 2:38.71

8. Simone Moll - 2:39.08

RESULT - Men's 200m freestyle heats

1 Matthew Sates - 1:50.69

2 Guy Brooks - 1:51.26

3 Ricky Lottering - 1:51.34

4 Matthew Caldwell - 1:51.39

5 Andrew Ross - 1:51.83

6 Cameron Casali - 1:51.96

7 Arno Krüger - 1:52.16

8 Kris Mihaylov - 1:52.92

RESULT - Women's 200m freestyle heats

1 Aimee Canny - 1:59.52

2 Duné Coetzee - 2:02.73

3 Callan Lötter - 2:02.92

4 Corne van Schalkwyk - 2:03.96

5 Hannah Mouton - 2:04.53

6 Stephanie Houtman - 2:04.63

7 Marlies Ross - 2:05.33

8 Hannah Robertson - 2:05.54

RECAP of Day 2:

20-year-old Matthew Sates missed out on a Olympic qualification despite clinching gold in the men's 200m butterfly at the SA Swimming Championships on Tuesday.

It was a disappointing evening for SA swimmers as no one could reach the Paris Olympic event qualifying times. However, para-swimmer Kat Swanepoel qualified for August's Paris Paralympics.

Swanepoel finished sixth in the women's 50m breaststroke S14-S15 multi-class but swam a Paralympic qualifying time of 55.04 in her category.

Paralympic star Christian Sadie also qualified for Paris in the S7 100m backstroke whose heat time of 1:15.14 proved to be his fastest of the day, while Nathan Hendricks, who swam 1:02.12 in the S13 100m backstroke final, also booked his ticket to the French capital.

Sates fell short of an Olympic qualifying time despite overwhelmingly winning the men's 200m butterfly final with a time of 1:56.99.

South Africa's most decorated Olympian Chad le Clos pulled out of his favoured 200m butterfly event, a race where he famously took gold from Michael Phelps at the 2012 London Games.

Le Clos was set to race in two events but withdrew from the 200m fly final after finishing second in the men's 100m freestyle final, which was won by World Championship medallist Pieter Coetzé.

Coetzé won his second gold of the SA Swimming Championships, adding from his 50m backstroke win on Monday and then touched the wall first in the 100m freestyle (49.12). Le Clos took silver in 49.32.

See Day 2 results below...

RESULT - Men's 200m butterfly final

20-year-old Matthew Sates fell short of clinching a Paris Olympic qualifying time despite taking gold in 200m fly.

Earlier on, Olympic gold medalist Chad le Clos pulled out of his favoured event after finishing second in the men's 100m freestyle final earlier on.

Olympic qualifying time: 1:55.78

1. Matthew Sates - 1:56.99

2. Dylan Wright - 2:03.12

3. Benjamin Plattner - 2:03.38