South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics

South Africa at the Olympic Games
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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.

Medalists

Gold

• Josia Thugwane — Athletics, Men's Marathon

• Penny Heyns — Swimming, Women's 100 metres Breaststroke

• Penny Heyns — Swimming, Women's 200 metres Breaststroke

Silver

• Hezekiél Sepeng — Athletics, Men's 800 metres

Bronze

• Marianne Kriel — Swimming, Women's 100 metres Backstroke

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:

• 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)

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

• John Morapedi

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

• Shadrack Hoff

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

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Alfred Visagie, Arnaud Malherbe, Hendrik Mokganyetsi, and Bobang Phiri

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

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Llewellyn Herbert

• Heat — 51.13s (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

• Shadrack Mogotsi

• Heat — 8:46.24 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Francois Fouche

• Qualification — 7.44m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Josia Thugwane — 2:12.36 (→ Gold Medal)

• Lawrence Peu — 2:18.09 (→27th place)

• Gert Thys — 2:18.55 (→ 33rd place)

Women's 10.000 metres

• Colleen De Reuck

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

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Karen van der Veen

• Qualification — 57.00 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Elana Meyer — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Masibulele "Hawk" Makepula

• 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)

• Phillip Ndou

• First Round — Defeated Casey Patton (Canada), referee stopped contest
• Second Round — Lost to Kamsing Somluck (Thailand), 7-12

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Irvin Buhlalu

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

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Victor Kunene

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

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Sybrand "Soon" Botes

• 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

• Erica Green

• Final — 02:37:21 (→ 35th place)

• Jacqueline Martin

• Final — 02:53:12 (→ 42nd place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

• David Harold George

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Mountain Bike

Women's Cross Country

• Erica Green

• Final — 2:03.06 (→ 17th place)

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

Hockey

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 3–0
• 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

Judo

• Duncan MacKinnon

Rowing

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

Modern pentathlon

• Claud Cloete — 5.308pts, 15th place

Sailing

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

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Brendon Dedekind

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

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Brendon Dedekind

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

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Ryk Neethling

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

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Ryk Neethling

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

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Marianne Kriel

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

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Helene Muller

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

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Helene Muller

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

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Marianne Kriel

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

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Marianne Kriel

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

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Penny Heyns

• Heat — 1:07.02 (WR)
• Final — 1:07.73 (→ Gold Medal)

• Julia Russell

• Heat — 1:10.87 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Penny Heyns

• Heat — 2:26.63
• Final — 2:25.41 (→ Gold Medal)

• Julia Russell

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

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Mandy Loots

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

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Julia Russell

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

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

• Marianne Kriel, Penny Heyns, Mandy Loots, and Helene Muller

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

Shooting

(2): Jaco Henn, and Mel Hains.

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

• Amanda Coetzer

• First round — Defeated Rachel McQuillan (Australia) 6-4 7-6
• Second round — Lost to Natasha Zvereva (Belarus) 1-6 6-4 2-6

• Joanette Kruger

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

• Mariaan de Swardt

• 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

• sports-reference
• (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997) (PDF). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-13. 
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2008-02-13.