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.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
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A team of 6 badminton players (3 men and 3 women) will be sent to the games.
South Africa participated with a team of 2 athletes (2 men).
South Africa participated with 17 athletes (10 men and 7 women).
South Africa participated with a team of 3 athletes (3 women).
South Africa participated with 2 athletes (2 women).
South Africa participated with 2 athletes (2 women).
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.
South Africa will compete in Lawn bowls.
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.
South Africa qualified a men's team of 12 athletes by being among the top nine ranked nations from the Commonwealth in the 2016âÂÂ17 World Rugby Sevens Series ranking.
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.
South Africa participated with 4 athletes (4 men).
A total of 25 South African Swimmers has qualified for the games. This includes 2 para-swimmers.
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Competed in heats only.
South Africa participated with 1 athlete (1 man).
South Africa participated with 5 athletes (3 men and 2 women).
South Africa participated with 3 athletes (3 women).
South Africa participated with 1 athlete (1 man).
South Africa participated with 5 athletes (5 men).