South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics

South Africa at the Olympic Games

Flag of South Africa – Flag bearers
IOC code  RSA
NOC South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website www.sascoc.co.za
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors 84 (64 men and 20 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer Masibulele Makepula
Medals
Rank: 27		 Gold
3		 Silver
1		 Bronze
1		 Total
5
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South Africa competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Contents

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Results by event

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:

Women's Team:

Athletics

(24): Okkert Brits, Hezekiél Sepeng, Hendrik Ramaala, Gwen Griffiths, Johan Botha, Herman de Jager, Xolile Yawa, Adri de Jongh, Marius van Heerden, and Riaan Botha.

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Qualification — 13:54.30
  • Semifinal — 13:54.43 (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 14:05.97
  • Semifinal — 14:16.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay

  • Heat — 3:03.79
  • Semi Final — 3:02.96 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 51.13s (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

  • Heat — 8:46.24 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.44m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Women's 10.000 metres

  • Qualification — 32:39.19
  • Final — 32:14.69 (→ 13th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Qualification — 57.00 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 48 kg)

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

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • First Round — Lost to Veongviact Phongsit (Thailand), 5-21

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

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

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Gabriel Hernández (Dominican Republic), 16-11
  • Second Round — Lost to Enrique Flores (Puerto Rico), 7-16

Canoeing

(1): Ruth Nortje.

Cycling

Road Competition

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Final — 02:37:21 (→ 35th place)
  • Final — 02:53:12 (→ 42nd place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Mountain Bike

Women's Cross Country

  • Final — 2:03.06 (→ 17th place)

(6): Blayne Wickner, Douglas Ryder, and JP van Zyl.

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

  • 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

Judo

Rowing

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

Modern pentathlon

Sailing

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

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

  • Heat — 22.60
  • Final — 22.59 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 50.95 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat — 3:56.19
  • B-Final — 3:54.34 (→ 11th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Heat — 15:19.98
  • Final — 15:14.63 (→ 5th place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

  • Heat — 26.42 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 57.98 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:05.59 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:02.33
  • Final — 1:02.12 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:15.99
  • B-Final — 2:18.41 (→ 16th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:07.02 (WR)
  • Final — 1:07.73 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 1:10.87 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 2:26.63
  • Final — 2:25.41 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 2:32.44
  • B-Final — 2:30.38 (→ 12th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat — 1:03.53 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:20.40 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 4:09.47
  • Final — 4:08.16 (→ 4th place)

Shooting

(2): Jaco Henn, and Mel Hains.

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

  • First round — Lost to Young-Ja Choi (South Korea) 7-6 2-6 1-6
  • First round — Defeated Helena Suková (Czech Republic) 7-6 3-6 7-5
  • Second round — Lost to Anke Huber (Germany) 6-3 1-6 4-6

(6): Wayne Ferreira, Ellis Ferreira, and Marcos Ondruska.

Wrestling

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

References