South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics

South Africa at the Olympic Games
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NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	156
Flag bearer	Natalie du Toit (opening); Sifiso Nhlapo (closing)
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South Africa competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The team included 136 athletes, as of 10 July 2008.^[3] South Africa had its worst medals performance at an Olympics since 1994 (winter games), and tied its performance in the 1936 Games.

[edit] Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Khotso Mokoena	Athletics	Men's long jump

[edit] Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Africa will send archers to the Olympics for the fifth time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Calvin Hartley earned the country its only qualifying spot, in the men's competition, by placing first in the 2008 African championship.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Calvin Hartley	Individual	654	37	Juan Carlos Stevens (CUB) (28) L 107(+18)-107(+19)	Did not advance

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Thuso Mpuang	200 m	20.87	6 Q	21.04	7	Did not advance
Samson Ngoepe	800 m	1:47.42	5	N/A		Did not advance
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	800 m	1:47.64	2 Q	N/A		1:46.24	6	Did not advance
Juan van Deventer	1500 m	3:36.32	1 Q	N/A		3:37.75	6 Q	3:34.77	7
Norman Dlomo	Marathon	N/A						2:24:28	53
Hendrick Ramaala	Marathon	N/A						2:22:43	44
Alwyn Myburgh	400 m hurdles	48.92 (SB)	3 Q	N/A		49.16	5	Did not advance
Pieter de Villiers	400 m hurdles	49.24	2 Q	N/A		49.44	7	Did not advance
L. J. van Zyl	400 m hurdles	48.86	2 Q	N/A		48.57	3 Q	48.42	5
Ruben Ramolefi	3000 m steeplechase	8:19.86 (PB)	1 Q	N/A				8:34.58	14
Khotso Mokoena	Long jump	8.14	4 Q	N/A				8.24
John Robert Oosthuizen	Javelin throw	76.16	19	N/A				Did not advance
Hannes Dreyer, Leigh Julius, Ishmael Kumbane, Thuso Mpuang, Sergio Mullins, Gert du Plessis, Sibusiso Sishi	4x100 m relay	Did not finish Dreyer Julius Kumbane Mpuang		N/A				Did not advance
Ofentse Mogawane, Alwyn Myburgh, Pieter Smith, L. J. van Zyl	4x400 m relay	3:01.26 (SB)	2	N/A				Did not advance

Q = Qualified
SB = Season Best, PB = Personal Best

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Isabel le Roux	200 m	23.67	7	Did not advance
Tsholofelo Thipe	400 m	54.11	6	N/A		Did not advance
René Kalmer	1500 m	4:08.41	7	N/A		Did not advance
Elizna Naudé	Discus throw	58.75	20	N/A				Did not advance
Justine Robbeson	Javelin throw	59.63	13	N/A				Did not advance

[edit] Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Africa qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament. Jackson Chauke earned a spot in the flyweight competition at the second African continental qualifying tournament.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jackson Chauke	Flyweight	Anvar Yunusov (TJK) L 1-9	Did not advance

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Calvin Mokoto	C-1 500 m	2:03.372	7 QS	2:12.226	9	Did not advance
Calvin Mokoto	C-1 1000 m	4:33.887	7 QS	4:26.650	7	Did not advance
Shaun Rubenstein	K-1 500 m	1:37.686	5 QS	1:44.154	4	Did not advance
Shaun Rubenstein	K-1 1000 m	3:36.134	5 QS	3:36.969	4	Did not advance

QS= Qualified for semifinals

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jennifer Hodson	K-1 500 m	1:51.655	3 QS	1:53.209	3 QF	1:53.353	8
Michele Eray Bridgitte Hartley	K-2 500 m	1:43.341	8 QS	1:47.018	8	Did not advance
Michele Eray Jennifer Hodson Carol Joyce Nicola Mocke	K-4 500 m	1:37.399	3 QF			1:36.724	7

QS= Qualified for semifinals QF= Qualified for final

[edit] Slalom

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Siboniso Cele	C-1	162.51	16	100.42	16	262.93	16	Did not advance
Cameron McIntosh Cyprian Ngidi	C-2	119.83	12	157.37	12	277.20	12	Did not advance

[edit] Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

[edit] BMX

Men

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sifiso Nhlapo	Individual	36.428	13	6	1 Q	8	2 Q	Did not finish	7

[edit] Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Burry Stander	Men's cross-country	2:01:58	15
Yolande Speedy	Women's cross-country	Did not finish

[edit] Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
John-Lee Augustyn	Road race	6:26:17 (+2:28)	27
David George	Road race	6:39:42 (+15:53)	80
David George	Time trial	1:07:55 (+5:44)	31
Robert Hunter	Road race	Did not finish

One of the three men will participate in the time trial.

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cherise Taylor	Road race	3:48:33 (+16:05)	59
Marissa van der Merwe	Road race	3:33:17 (+0:53)	34

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
Jenna Dreyer	3 m individual springboard	210.90	28	Did not advance

[edit] Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sello Maduma	Individual épée	Kim Seung Gu (KOR) L 12-15	Did not advance
Dario Torrente	Individual épée	Videira (POR) L 10-15	Did not advance
Mike Wood	Individual épée	Nikishyn (UKR) L 7-15	Did not advance
Sello Maduma Dario Torrente Mike Wood	Team épée			China L 28-45	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jyoti Chetty	Individual sabre	Azza Besbes (TUN) L 2-15	Did not advance
Adele du Plooy	Individual sabre	Halyna Pundyk (UKR) L 7-15	Did not advance
Elvira Wood	Individual sabre	Sandra Sassine (CAN) L 2-15	Did not advance
Elvira Wood Jyoti Chetty Adele du Plooy Shelley Gosher	Team sabre				United States L 8-45	Classification 5-8 Russia L 13-45	Placement 7-8 Canada L 16-45

[edit] Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Squad list	Group stage		Semifinal (classification round)		Final
Squad list	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
From: Andrew Cronje Ian Symons Austin Smith Bruce Jacobs (c) Darryn Gallagher Marvin Harper Emile Smith Clyde Abrahams Paul Blake Eric Rose-Innes Marvin Bam Geoffrey Abbott Thornton McDade Christopher Hibbert (GK) Lungile Tsolekile Thomas Hammond	Netherlands L 0-5	6	China L 3-4 (AET)	12	Did not advance
	Australia L 0-10
	Great Britain L 0-2
	Pakistan L 1-3
	Canada L 3-5

Head Coach: Gregg Clarke
Reserves:
- Shanyl Balwanth
- Erasmus Pieterse (GK)

[edit] Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

[edit] Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Odette Richard	Individual	13.975	13.950	13.800	13.775	55.500	23	Did not advance

[edit] Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Marlon August	−73 kg	Al Qubaisi (UAE) W 1000-0000	Guilheiro (BRA) L 0000-1001	Did not advance
Matthew Jago	−81 kg	Krawczyk (POL) L 0000-0120	Did not advance
Patrick Tresize	−90 kg	Pershin (RUS) L 0000-1000	Did not advance

[edit] Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shaun Keeling Ramon di Clemente	Pairs	6:45.26	3 Q			6:37.18	3 Q	6:47.83	5

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hendrika Geyser	Single sculls	8:20.26	4	7:44.14	4	7:59.67	C/D 1	7:35.06	C 1 (13th)
Catherine Shaw Alexandra White	Lightweight double sculls	7:20.51	6	7:48.04	4			7:20.49	C 2 (14th)

[edit] Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Medal	Score	Rank
Penny Lynn Dominique Provoyeur Kim Rew	Yngling	13	10	11	2	12	8	13	7	CAN	CAN	-	63	12

CAN = Race cancelled due to bad weather

[edit] Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Esmari Van Reenen	50 m rifle three positions	578	16	Did not advance		16
Diane Swanton	Trap	57	17	Did not advance		17

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gideon Louw	50 m freestyle	22.17	6 Q	21.97	7	Did not advance
Roland Schoeman	50 m freestyle	21.76	1 Q	21.74	3 Q	21.67 (AF)	7
Lyndon Ferns	100 m freestyle	48.26	3 Q	48.00	4 Q	48.04	6
Lyndon Ferns	100 m butterfly	52.04	1 Q	52.18	7	Did not advance
Ryk Neethling	100 m freestyle	49.28	8	Did not advance
Jean Basson	200 m freestyle	1:46.31	1 Q	1:46.13	1 Q	1:45.97	4
Jean Basson	400 m freestyle	3:52.90	5	Did not advance
Darian Townsend	200 m freestyle	1:48.08	2	Did not advance
Darian Townsend	200 m individual medley	1:59.22	3 Q	1:59.65	6	Did not advance
Troy Prinsloo	1500 m freestyle	15:12.64	7	N/A		Did not advance
George Du Rand	100 m backstroke	54.90	6	Did not advance
George Du Rand	200 m backstroke	1:58.62 (AF)	1 Q	1:58.61 (AF)	8	Did not advance
Gerhard Zandberg	100 m backstroke	53.75	1 Q	53.98	6	Did not advance
William Diering	200 m breaststroke	2:10.39	3 Q	2:10.21	6	Did not advance
Neil Versfeld	200 m breaststroke	2:10.50	4 Q	2:10.06	5	Did not advance
Riaan Schoeman	400 m individual medley	4:14.09	4	N/A		Did not advance
Lyndon Ferns, Roland Schoeman, Ryk Neethling, Darian Townsend	4x100 m freestyle relay	3:13.06 (AF)	3 Q	N/A		3:12.66 (AF)	7
Jean Basson, Jan Venter, Sebastien Rousseau, Darian Townsend	4x200 m freestyle relay	7:10.91 (AF)	4 Q	N/A		7:13.02	8
Gerhard Zandberg, Cameron van der Burgh, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend	4x100 m medley relay	3:34.16	4 Q	N/A		3:33.70 (AF)	7
Chad Ho	Marathon 10 km	N/A				1:52:13.1	9

Q = Qualified
AF = African Record

Women

Natalie du Toit, five time gold medallist at the Athens Paralympics in 2004, has qualified to compete, becoming the first amputee ever to qualify for the Olympic Games in the 10 kilometre open water race.^[6]^[7] She finished in 16th place.

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lize-Mari Retief	50 m freestyle	25.44	8	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	55.17	8	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	58.20 (AF)	4 Q	58.63	8	Did not advance
Melissa Corfe	200 m freestyle	2:00.95	6	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:10.54	6	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:12.64	7	Did not advance
Wendy Trott	400 m freestyle	4:08.38 (AF)	5	Did not advance
Wendy Trott	800 m freestyle	8:26.21 (AF)	4	N/A		Did not advance
Suzaan van Biljon	100 m breaststroke	1:07.55	3 Q	1:09.56	8	Did not advance
Suzaan van Biljon	200 m breaststroke	2:25.51	3 Q	2:28.45	7	Did not advance
Mandy Loots	100 m butterfly	58.61 (AF)	4	Did not advance
Katherine Meaklim	200 m butterfly	2:09.41	1 Q	2:11.74	8	Did not advance
Katherine Meaklim	400 m individual medley	4:37.11	5	Did not advance
Jessica Pengelly	200 m individual medley	2:15.80	5	Did not advance
Jessica Pengelly	400 m individual medley	4:41.04	7	Did not advance
Melissa Corfe, Wendy Trott, Mandy Loots, Katheryn Meaklim	4x100 m freestyle relay	3:51.14	7	N/A		Did not advance
Melissa Corfe, Suzaan van Biljon, Mandy Loots, Lize-Mari Retief	4x100 m medley relay	4:04.20	6	N/A		Did not advance
Natalie du Toit	Marathon 10 km	N/A				2:00:49.9	16

Q = Qualified
AF = African Record

[edit] Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Kevin Anderson	Singles	K Loglo (TOG)	W 6–3, 6–2	N Kiefer (GER)	L 4–6, 7–6⁴, 4–6	Did not advance
Kevin Anderson Jeff Coetzee	Doubles			N Almagro (ESP) D Ferrer (ESP)	L 6–3, 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance

[edit] Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Mari Rabie	Individual	19:54	1:06:30	42:01	2:09:28.02	43
Kate Roberts	Individual	19:58	1:06:26	38:02	2:05:33.24	32

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Beach

Main articles: Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Pool game 1	Pool game 2	Pool game 3	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Judith Augoustides Vita Nel	Doubles	Goller - Ludwig (GER) L 0 - 2 (12-21, 14-21)	Koutroumanidou - Tsiartsiani (GRE) L 0 - 2 (12-21, 8-21)	Xue - Zhang Xi (CHN) L 0 - 2 (13-21, 9-21)	4	Did not advance

[edit] Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Darryn Anthony	-77 kg	135 kg	24	160 kg	22	295 kg	22

[edit] Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Heinrich Barnes	−66 kg	Buyanjav (MGL) L 1-2, 1-7	Did not advance

[edit] References

^ South Africa athletes index, Yahoo! Sports
^ http://www.sascoc.co.za/article.asp?id=267116
^ South African Team
^ FITA Olympic Qualification - Men
^ 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
^ "Dreams carry Natalie Du Toit to Beijing", The Telegraph, 4 May 2008.
^ "Du Toit, who lost leg in scooter accident, will swim in Beijing Games", Reuters, 3 May 2008.

[0] South Africa athletes index, Yahoo! Sports

[1] ttp://www.sascoc.co.za/article.asp?id=267116

[2] South African Team

[ArcheryMen-3] FITA Olympic Qualification - Men

[BoxingQual-4] 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament

[5] "Dreams carry Natalie Du Toit to Beijing", The Telegraph, 4 May 2008.

[6] "Du Toit, who lost leg in scooter accident, will swim in Beijing Games", Reuters, 3 May 2008.

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South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Contents

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Archery

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Canoeing

[edit] Flatwater

[edit] Slalom

[edit] Cycling

[edit] BMX

[edit] Mountain biking

[edit] Road

[edit] Diving

[edit] Fencing

[edit] Field hockey

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Rhythmic

[edit] Judo

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Shooting

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Triathlon

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Beach

[edit] Weightlifting

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] References

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