South Africa at the 2000 Summer Olympics

South Africa at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
in Sydney
Competitors	127 (89 men and 38 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Hezekiél Sepeng
Medals Ranked 55th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 2 3 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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South Africa competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

The South African Airways had one of their Boeing 747-300s specially painted in rainbow colours to transport the South African Olympic team to Sydney. The aircraft was fondly dubbed the Ndizani.

Medalists

Silver

• Hestrie Cloete — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Terence Parkin — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke

Bronze

• Llewellyn Herbert — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
• Frantz Kruger — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
• Penny Heyns — Swimming, Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Archery

South Africa returned two of the archers that had competed four years earlier. Again, Lewis had the nation's only victory.

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Rank
Jill Borresen	Individual	635	18	Michelle Tremelling (AUS) L 147-162	Did not advance
Kirstin Lewis		615	48	Natalia Nasaridze (TUR) W 154-153	Cristina Ioriatti (ITA) L 154-145	Did not advance

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Johan Botha	800 m	01:46.91	13 q	N/A		01:45.49	11	Did not advance
Werner Botha		01:47.83	22 Q	N/A		01:46.53	16	Did not advance
Shaun Bownes	100 m hurdles	13.53	5 Q	13.54	7 Q	13.41	9	Did not advance
Ernst van Dyk	Men's 1500 m wheelchair	N/A						3:12.35	7
Llewellyn Herbert	400 m hurdles	49.25	3 Q	N/A		48.38	2 Q	47.81
Arnaud Malherbe	400 m	45.73	21 q	45.59	21	Did not advance
Johannes Maremane	Marathon	N/A						2:21:25	43
Hendrick Mokganyetsi	400 m	45.22	2 Q	45.15	5 Q	45.52	8 Q	45.52	6
Alwyn Myburgh	400 m hurdles	49.57	10 q	N/A		49.25	13	Did not advance
Hendrick Ramaala	Marathon	N/A						2:16:19	12
Hezekiél Sepeng	800 m	01:47.46	19 Q	N/A		01:44.85	8 q	01:45.29	4
Josia Thugwane	Marathon	N/A						2:16:59	20
Mathew Quinn	100 m	10.44	37 Q	10.27	17	Did not advance
Werner Botha Llewellyn Herbert Arnaud Malherbe Hendrick Mokganyetsi Alwyn Myburgh Hezekiél Sepeng	4 × 400 m relay	03:04.08	2 Q	N/A		03:01.25	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Okkert Brits	Pole vault	5.65	7 q	5.80	7
Frantz Kruger	Discus Throw	67.54	2 Q	68.19
Burger Lambrechts	Shot put	19.75	14	Did not advance
Frits Potgieter	Discus Throw	61.56	18	Did not advance
Karel Potgieter	Shot put	19.02	22	Did not advance
Janus Robberts		19.79	12 q	20.32	7

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elana Meyer	10,000 m	32:35.32	7 Q	N/A				31:14.70	8
Colleen De Reuck	Marathon	N/A						2:36:48	31
Heide Seyerling	400 m	51.92	16 Q	50.87	7 Q	51.06	7 Q	50.05	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Hestrie Cloete	High Jump	1.94	1 Q	2.01
Elmarie Gerryts	Pole vault	4.30	7 q	NM

Baseball

South Africa's first appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament resulted in a last-place finish. The baseball team finished the preliminary round with a 1-6 record, having lost by 10 runs or more four times. The only team that South Africa defeated was the Netherlands.

Men

Preliminary round

Qualified for the final round

Team	W	L	PCT	Tiebreaker (Head–to–head record)
Cuba	6	1	.857	1–0
United States	6	1	.857	0–1
South Korea	4	3	.571	1–0
Japan	4	3	.571	0–1
Netherlands	3	4	.429	—
Italy	2	5	.286	1–0
Australia	2	5	.286	0–1
South Africa	1	6	.143	—

17 September	Cuba	16 – 0 (F/7)	South Africa	Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance: 3,082
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18 September	United States	11 – 1 (F/7)	South Africa	Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance: 3,474
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19 September	South Africa	0 – 13 (F/7)	Italy	Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance: 2,511
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20 September	South Africa	4–10	Australia	Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance: 3,459
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22 September	South Africa	0–8	Japan	Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance: 3,512
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23 September	Netherlands	2 – 3 (F/10)	South Africa	Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance: 3,484
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24 September	South Korea	13 – 3 (F/8)	South Africa	Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance: 13,864
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Team Roster

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Phumzile Matyhila	Flyweight	N/A	Suleiman Wanjau Bilali (KEN) L RSC	Did not advance
Jeffrey Mathebula	Featherweight	Nouzeddine Medjehoud (ALG) W 10-5	Bekzat Sattarkhanov (KAZ) L 5-16	Did not advance
Danie Venter	Light heavyweight	Ihab Al-Youssef (SYR) W 12-9	Gurcharan Singh (IND) L RSC	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alan van Coller	K-1 500 m	01:41.805	5 Q	1:40.656	3 Q	02:04.981	8
	K-1 1000 m	03:39.573	4 Q	03:41.727	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ruth Nortje	K-1 500 m	01:51.047	3 Q	BYE		02:20.274	7

Cycling

Road Cycling

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
David George	Men's road race	5:45:51	86
Robert Owen Hunter		DNF

Track

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Garen Bloch	Men's 1000m time trial	01:04.478	8

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Erica Lynn Green	Women's cross-country	2:03:32.37	25

Football

Men's Team Competition

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Japan	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
South Africa	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
Slovakia	3	1	0	2	4	6	–2	3

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Team Roster

Hockey

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
New Zealand	4	2	1	1	7	5	7
China	4	2	0	2	4	5	6
Netherlands	4	1	2	1	9	9	5
Germany	4	1	2	1	6	6	5
South Africa	4	1	1	2	4	5	1

     Advanced to medal round

17 September 2000 20:30 Germany  2 – 1  South Africa Rinne  28' Becker  50' Report Agliotti  7' Umpires: Lee Mi-Ok (KOR) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

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19 September 2000 13:30 Netherlands  2 – 2  South Africa Boomgaardt  12' Smabers  16' Report Coetzee  52' Dare  61' Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Gill Clarke (GBR)

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21 September 2000 18:30 New Zealand  1 – 0  South Africa Smith  54' Report Umpires: Judith Barnesby (AUS) Lee Mi-Ok (KOR)

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22 September 2000 18:30 China  0 – 1  South Africa Report Geyser  52' Umpires: Angela Lario (ESP) Gill Clarke (GBR)

Crossover

25 September 2000 10:30 Great Britain  3 – 2  South Africa Simpson  3' Clewlow  12' Smith  38' Report Dare  6' Coetzee  31' Umpires: Renee Chatas (USA) Angela Lario (ESP)

Ninth and tenth place

27 September 2000 08:30 South Africa  0 – 3  South Korea Report Kim Eun-Jin  23', 26' Yoo Hee-Joo  35+' Umpires: Michele Arnold (AUS) Renee Cohen (NED)

Team Roster

Modern pentathlon

One female pentathlete represented South Africa in 2000.

Women

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)	Fencing (épée one touch)	Swimming (200 m freestyle)	Riding (show jumping)	Running (3000 m)	Total points	Final rank
		Points	Points	Points	Points	Points
Karina Gerber	Women's	928	720	1109	1040	820	4617	18

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M
Ian Richard Ainslie	Finn	7	17	17	19	22	15	7	7	12	9	11	99	14

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M
Gareth Blanckenberg	Laser	24	10	32	6	1	11	4	21	19	12	8	92	9

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brendon Dedekind	50 m freestyle	22.46	8 Q	22.39	9	Did not advance
Ryk Neethling	200 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	03:48.08	3 Q	N/A		03:48.52	8
	1500 m freestyle	15:09.12	4 Q	N/A		15:00.48	5
Terence Parkin	100 m breaststroke	01:03.20	28	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	02:15.06	10 Q	02:13.57	6 Q	02:12.50
	200 m individual medley	02:03.33	17	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	04:18.14	Q	N/A		04:16.92	5
Brett Petersen	100 m breaststroke	01:02.20	11 Q	01:01.42	5 Q	01:01.63	7
Roland Schoeman	50 m freestyle	22.53	10 Q	22.41	10	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	49.74	10 Q	49.84	15	Did not advance
Simon Thirsk	100 m backstroke	57.06	30	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	DNS		Did not advance
Theo Verster	100 m butterfly	53.95	18	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	02:00.90	26	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	02:03.64	20	Did not advance
Roland Schoeman Brendon Dedekind Nicholas Folker Terence Parkin	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	03:21.28	11	Did not advance
Simon Thirsk Brett Petersen Theo Verster Nicholas Folker	4 × 100 m medley relay	03:42.44	13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Penny Heyns	100 m breaststroke	01:07.85	2 Q	01:08.33	5 Q	01:07.55
	200 m breaststroke	02:30.17	20	Did not advance
Mandy Loots	100 m butterfly	59.94	16 Q	59.63	12	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	02:11.38	14 Q	02:10.58	12	Did not advance
Heleen Muller	50 m freestyle	26.07	25	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	55.45	5 Q	55.24	3 Q	55.19	6
	200 m freestyle	01:59.89	2 Q	02:00.04	9	Did not advance
Renate du Plessis	100 m butterfly	01:01.32	28	Did not advance
Sarah Poewe	100 m breaststroke	01:08.06	4 Q	01:07.48	1 Q	01:07.85	4
	200 m breaststroke	02:27.84	9 Q	02:25.54	5 Q	02:25.72	6
Charlene Wittstock	100 m backstroke	01:03.18	17	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:15.10	16 Q	2:14.95	14	Did not advance
Mandy Loots Heleen Muller Sarah Poewe Charlene Wittstock	4 × 100 m medley relay	04:07.19	5 Q	N/A		04:05.15	5

Taekwondo

South Africa has qualified a single taekwondo jin.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Donald Ravenscroft	Men's +80 kg	Nikolaidis (GRE) L WO	Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Conrad Stoltz	Men's	18:47.39	41	57:38.60	1	33:58.40	1:50:24.39	20
Lizel Moore	Women's	21:01.48	41	1:08:32.90	28	38:43.81	2:08:18.19	30

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