South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

South Africa competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 84 competitors, 64 men and 20 women, and this was the first South African team marched under the new post-Apartheid flag.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				21 July
				23 July
				4 August
				31 July
				22 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	0	3	3
Athletics	18	4	22
Boxing	5	–	5
Canoeing	0	1	1
Cycling	4	2	6
Field hockey	16	0	16
Judo	1	0	1
Modern pentathlon	1	–	1
Rowing	6	2	8
Sailing	5	0	5
Shooting	2	0	2
Swimming	2	5	7
Tennis	3	3	6
Wrestling	1	–	1
Total	64	20	84

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jill Börresen	align=center rowspan=3	Individual	567	62	L 140-168	Did not advance
Leanda Hendricks	600	56	L 138-165	Did not advance
Kirstin Lewis	639	26	W 150-150	L 143-160	Did not advance
Jill Börresen Leanda Hendricks Kirstin Lewis	Team	1806	15	align=center colspan=2		L 228-240	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alfred Visagie	200 metres	21.10	68	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
Arnau Malherbe	400 metres	45.75	16 Q	45.26	18	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Hendrik Mokganyetsi	400 metres	45.89	22 q	46.48	30	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Bobang Phiri	400 metres	45.94	26 q	45.51	21	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Johan Botha	800 metres	1:45.63	5 q	align=center colspan=2	N/A	1:48.06	19	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Hezekiel Sepeng	800 metres	1:46.45	14 Q	align=center colspan=2	N/A	1:45.16	7 Q	1:42.72
Marius van Heerden	800 metres	1:47.46	31	align=center colspan=2	N/A	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Shadrack Hoff	5000 metres	14:05.97	26 Q	align=center colspan=2	N/A	14:16.14	25	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
John Morapedi	5000 metres	13:54.30	11 Q	align=center colspan=2	N/A	13:54.43	19	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Hendrick Ramaala	10000 metres	29:07.81	29	align=center colspan=4	N/A	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Lawrence Peu	Marathon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	2:18:09	27
Josia Thugwane	Marathon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	2:12:36
Gert Thys	Marathon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	2:18:55	33
Llewellyn Herbert	400 metres hurdles	51.13	45	align=center colspan=2	N/A	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Shadrack Mogotsi	3000 metres steeplechase	8:46.24	28	align=center colspan=2	N/A	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Arnaud Malherbe Hendrik Mokganyetsi Bobang Phiri Alfred Visagie	4 x 400 metres relay	3:03.79	13 q	align=center colspan=2	N/A	3:02.96	10	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Riaan Botha	Pole vault	5.70	1 Q	5.60	14
Okkert Brits	Pole vault	align=center colspan=2	NM	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
François Fouché	Long jump	7.44	38	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gwen Griffiths	1500 metres	4:10.80	14 Q	align=center colspan=2	N/A	4:11.12	12 Q	4:06.33	9
Colleen de Reuck	10000 metres	32:39.19	20 Q	align=center colspan=4	N/A	32:14.69	13
Elana Meyer	Marathon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	align=center colspan=2	Did not finish
Karen van der Veen	400 metres hurdles	57.00	25	align=center colspan=2	N/A	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Masibulele Makepula	Light-flyweight	W RSC	L 14-3	Did not advance
Phillip N'dou	Featherweight	W RSC	L 12-7	Did not advance
Irvin Buhlalu	Lightweight	L 21-5	Did not advance
Victor Kunene	Light-middleweight	L 8-1	Did not advance
Sybrand Botes	Light-heavyweight	W 16-11	L 16-7	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Women

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Doug Ryder	Road race	4:56:47	61
Blayne Wikner	Road race	4:56:52	97

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Erica Green	Road race	2:37:21	35
Jackie Martin	Road race	2:53:12	43

Track

Sprints

Pursuits

Time trials

Points races

Mountain biking

Women

Field Hockey

See main article: article and Hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		9	5	4	1	0	14	6	+8
2.		7	5	3	1	1	13	7	+6
3.		5	5	1	3	1	8	8	0
4.		4	5	1	2	2	12	13	-1
5.		3	5	0	3	2	7	12	-5
6.		2	5	0	2	3	7	15	-8

Classification Matches 9-12

9th place match

• 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

• Shayla de Carvalho

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Modern Pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern Pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Greg Bayne John Callie	Coxless pair	7:01.05	6	7:11.14	4	align=center colspan=2	N/A	7:09.91	16
Gareth Costa Mike Hasselbach Mark Rowand Roger Tobler	Lightweight coxless four	6:19.98	1 Q	align=center colspan=2	N/A	6:16.65	4	6:04.13	9

Women

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
David Hibberd	Laser	10	10	20	20	8	17	(31)	13	(29)	18	22	138	16
Rick Mayhew Bruce Savage Clynton Wade-Lehman	Soling	17	2	17	11	11	(20)	15	(23)	11	18	N/A	102	17

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Events	Qualification		Final		Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Mel Hains	Skeet	113	=45	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance	113	=45
Jaco Henn	50 metre rifle three positions	1162	=22	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance	1162	=22
	50 metre rifle prone	593	=26	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance	593	=26

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brendon Dedekind	50 m freestyle	22.60	4 QA	Did not advance		22.59	5
	100 m freestyle	50.95	26	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Ryk Neethling	400 m freestyle	3:56.19	16 Q	3:54.34	11	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:19.98	6 QA	Did not advance		15:14.63	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marianne Kriel	50 m freestyle	26.42	24	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:02.33	3 Q	Did not advance		1:02.12
	200 m backstroke	2:15.99	16 Q	2:18.41	16	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Heleen Muller	100 m freestyle	57.98	33	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:05.59	30	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Penny Heyns	100 m breaststroke	1:07.02	1 Q	Did not advance		1:07.73
	200 m breaststroke	2:26.63	1 Q	Did not advance		2:25.41
Julia Russell	100 m breaststroke	1:10.87	18	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:32.44	17 Q	2:30.38	12	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:20.40	27	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Mandy Loots Taryn Ashton	100 m butterfly	1:03.53	30	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:20.73	30	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Marianne Kriel Penny Heyns Mandy Loots Heleen Muller	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:09.47	5 Q	4:08.16	4

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Wayne Ferreira	Singles		W 6-4 6-3		W 6-3 3-6 6-2		W 77-63 77-65		L 7-5 6-4 7-5	align=center colspan=5	Did not advance
Marcos Ondruska	Singles		W 6-2 6-4		L 78-66 77-61	align=center colspan=9	Did not advance
Ellis Ferreira Wayne Ferreira	Doubles	align=center colspan=2	N/A	Köves, Markovits (HUN)	W 6-1 6-1	Agassi, Washington (USA)	W 7-5 77-62 6-0	Eltingh, Haarhuis (NED)	L 77-64 77-64	align=center colspan=5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Amanda Coetzer	Singles		W 6-4 77-65		L 1-6 6-4 '2-6	align=center colspan=9	Did not advance
Mariaan de Swardt	Singles		W 77-64 3-6 7-5		L 6-3 1-6 4-6	align=center colspan=9	Did not advance
Joannette Kruger	Singles		L 77-65 2-6 1-6	align=center colspan=11	Did not advance
Amanda Coetzer Mariaan de Swardt	Doubles	align=center colspan=2	N/A	Kim, Park (KOR)	W 6-1 6-3	Lake, Wood (GBR)	L 5-7 5-7	align=center colspan=7	Did not advance

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

References

• sports-reference
• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results . (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. . Peachtree Publishers . Atlanta . 1997 . 1-56145-150-9 . PDF . 2008-02-13.
• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2008-02-13.

Notes and References

1. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/RSA/editions/24 South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics