South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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South Africa at the Olympic Games

Flag of South Africa
IOC code:   RSA
1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Medals Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Winter Olympic Games appearances
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South Africa competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

In South Africa's second appearance in Olympic archery, Kirstin Jean Lewis had the nation's only win. The other two archers, and the team in the team round, lost in the first round.

Women's individual:

  • Kirstin Jean Lewis — Round of 32, 30th place (1-1)
  • Jill Borresen — Round of 64, 59th place (0-1)
  • Leanda Hendricks — Round of 64, 61st place (0-1)

Women's team:

  • Lewis, Borresen, and Hendricks — Round of 16, 11th place (0-1)

[edit] Athletics

(24): Okkert Brits, Hezekiel Sepeng, Bobang Phiri, Shadrack Hoff, Hendrik Ramaala, Arnaud Malherbe, Gwen Griffiths, Karen van der Veen, Shadrack Mogotsi, Johan Botha, Herman de Jager, Xolile Yawa, Adri de Jongh, Colleen de Reuck, Henrik Mokganyetsi, Marius van Heerden, John Morapedi, Francois Fouche, Alfred Visage, and Riaan Botha.

Men's 400m Hurdles

Men's Marathon

  • Lawrence Peu — 2:18.09 (→27th place)
  • Gert Thys — 2:18.55 (→ 33th place)

Women's Marathon

[edit] Boxing

Men's Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Masibulele "Hawk" Makepula
    1. First Round — Defeated Thapa Debendra (India), referee stopped contest in first round (01:41)
    2. Second Round — Lost to Rafael Lozano (Spain), 3-14

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

  • Irvin Buhlalu
    1. First Round — Lost to Veongviact Phongsit (Thailand), 5-21

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

  • Victor Kunene
    1. First Round — Lost to Pavol Polakovic (Czech Republic), 1-8

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

  • Sybrand "Soon" Botes
    1. First Round — Defeated Rogelio Hernandez (Dominican Republic), 16-11
    2. Second Round — Lost to Enrique Flores (Puerto Rico), 7-16

[edit] Canoeing

(1): Ruth Nortje.

[edit] Cycling

(6): Jackie Martin, Erica Green, Blayne Wickner, Douglas Ryder, David George, and JP van Zyl.

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • South Africa – Australia 1–1
  • South Africa – Malaysia 2–2
  • South Africa – South Korea 3–3
  • South Africa – Great Britain 0–2
  • South Africa – Netherlands 1–4
  • Classification Matches
  • 9th/12th place: South Africa – United States 0–3
  • 9th/10th place: South Africa – Argentina 2–3 → Tenth place
  • Team Roster:
  • Grant Fulton
  • Kevin Chree
  • Gregg Clark
  • Allistar Fredericks
  • Gary Boddington
  • Wayne Graham
  • Charles Teversham
  • Brad Michalaro
  • Matthew Hallowes
  • Greg Nicol
  • Craig Fulton
  • Brian Myburgh
  • Brad Milne
  • Shaun Cooke
  • Craig Jackson
  • Murray Anderson

[edit] Judo

  • Duncan MacKinnon

[edit] Rowing

(8): Gareth Costa, Mike Hasselbach, Mark Rowand, Roger Tobler, John Callie, Greg Bayne, Helen Fleming, and Colleen Orsmond.

[edit] Modern pentathlon

  • Claud Cloete — 5.308pts, 15th place

[edit] Sailing

(5): Ian Ainslie, Bruce Savage, Rick Mayhew, Clynton Wade-Lehman, and Dave Hibberd.

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

Men's 100m Freestyle

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Ryk Neethling
    1. Heat – 3:56.19
    2. B-Final – 3:54.34 (→ 11th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Ryk Neethling
    1. Heat – 15:19.98
    2. Final – 15:14.63 (→ 5th place)


Women's 50m Freestyle

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Helene Muller
    1. Heat – 57.98 (→ did not advance, 33th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Helene Muller
    1. Heat – 2:05.59 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Marianne Kriel
    1. Heat – 1:02.33
    2. Final – 1:02.12 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Marianne Kriel
    1. Heat – 2:15.99
    2. B-Final – 2:18.41 (→ 16th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

  • Penny Heyns
    1. Heat – 1:07.02 (WR)
    2. Final – 1:07.73 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Julia Russell
    1. Heat – 1:10.87 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

  • Penny Heyns
    1. Heat – 2:26.63
    2. Final – 2:25.41 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Julia Russell
    1. Heat – 2:32.44
    2. B-Final – 2:30.38 (→ 12th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

  • Mandy Loots
    1. Heat – 1:03.53 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Julia Russell
    1. Heat – 2:20.40 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

[edit] Shooting

(2): Jaco Henn, and Mel Hains.

[edit] Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

  • Joanette Kruger
    1. First round — Lost to Young-Ja Choi (South Korea) 7-6 2-6 1-6


(6): Wayne Ferreira, Ellis Ferreira, Marcos Ondruska, Amanda Coetzer, and Mariaan de Swart.

[edit] Wrestling

(2): Andrew Davidson, and Tjaart du Plessis.