South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics

South Africa at the
1996 Summer Olympics
South Africa at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
in Atlanta
Competitors	84 (64 men and 20 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Masibulele Makepula
Medals ; Ranked 27th	Gold3Silver1Bronze1Total5
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Last updated April 07, 2025

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
Gold	Penny Heyns	Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke	21 July
Gold	Penny Heyns	Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	23 July
Gold	Josia Thugwane	Athletics	Men's marathon	4 August
Silver	Hezekiél Sepeng	Athletics	Men's 800 metres	31 July
Bronze	Marianne Kriel	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke	22 July

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	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

Women

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
Jill Börresen	Individual	567	62	Natalia Nasaridze (TUR) L 140–168	Did not advance
Leanda Hendricks		600	56	Yoon Hye-Young (KOR) L 138–165	Did not advance
Kirstin Lewis		639	26	Judit Kovács (HUN) W 150–150	Natalia Valeeva (MDA) L 143–160	Did not advance
Jill Börresen Leanda Hendricks Kirstin Lewis	Team	1806	15			Turkey L 228–240	Did not advance

Athletics

Men

Track and road events

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

Field events

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

Women

Track and road events

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

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Masibulele Makepula	Light-flyweight	Thapa (IND) W RSC	Lozano (ESP) L 14–3	Did not advance
Phillip N'dou	Featherweight	Patton (CAN) W RSC	Kamsing (THA) L 12–7	Did not advance
Irvin Buhlalu	Lightweight	Wiangwiset (THA) L 21–5	Did not advance
Victor Kunene	Light-middleweight	Polakovič (CZE) L 8–1	Did not advance
Sybrand Botes	Light-heavyweight	Hernández (DOM) W 16–11	Flores (PUR) L 16–7	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ruth Nortje	K-1 500 m	1:54.695	2 Q	N/A		1:53.611	5	Did not advance

Cycling

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

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/32 finals (Repechage)	1/16 finals (Repechage)	1/8 finals (Repechage)	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals (5th-8th)
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Times Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Jean-Pierre van Zyl	Men's sprint	10.695 67.321	17 Q	Rousseau (FRA) L 11.296 63.739 Bazálik (SVK) L 11.222 64.159	Did not advance

Pursuits

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1st round		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
David George	Men's individual pursuit	4:39.531	15	Did not advance

Time trials

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jean-Pierre van Zyl	Men's 1000 metre time trial	1:04.214	5

Points races

Athlete	Event	Finals
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
David George	Men's points race	Did not finish

Mountain biking

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Erica Green	Cross-country	2:03:06	17

Field Hockey

Men's tournament

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Netherlands	9	5	4	1	0	14	6	+8
2.	Australia	7	5	3	1	1	13	7	+6
3.	Great Britain	5	5	1	3	1	8	8	0
4.	South Korea	4	5	1	2	2	12	13	−1
5.	South Africa	3	5	0	3	2	7	12	−5
6.	Malaysia	2	5	0	2	3	7	15	−8

Match 6
20:00

South Africa	1 – 1	Australia
Greg Nicol 65'		Mark Hager 61'

Umpires:
Guillaume Langle (FRA)
Steve Horgan (USA)

Match 11
17:30

Malaysia	2 – 2	South Africa
Mirnawan Nawawi 38' (pc) Mirnawan Nawawi 61'		Greg Nicol 26' (pc) Grant Fulton 64' (pc)

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)

Match 16
09:00

South Korea	3 – 3	South Africa
Park Shin-Heum 27' (pc) Shin Seo-Jyo 51' (pc) Kim Young-Kyu 60'		Greg Nicol 55' (pc) Grant Fulton 67' (ps) Greg Nicol 68' (pc)

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Richard Wolter (GER)

Match 23
17:30

South Africa	0 – 2	Great Britain
		Jon Wyatt 14' (pc) Calum Giles 28' (pc)

Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

Match 30
20:00

Netherlands	4 – 1	South Africa
Bram Lomans 10' (pc) Marc Delissen 13' Bram Lomans 26' (pc) Taco van den Honert 54'		Greg Nicol 43'

Umpires:
Ayman Amin (EGY)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)

Classification Matches 9-12

9th/12th place
Match 32
08:30

United States	0 – 3	South Africa
		Charles Teversham 34' Grant Fulton 48' (pc) Craig Fulton 62'

Umpires:
Floris Idenburg (NED)
Ayman Amin (EGY)

9th place match

Ninth place
Match 38
08:30

South Africa	2 – 3	Argentina
Greg Nicol 22' (pc) Matthew Hallowes 38'		Fernando Ferrara 30' Santiago Capurro 36' Jorge Lombi 45' (pc)

Umpires:
Craig Madden (GBR)
Guillaume Langle (FRA)

Team Roster:

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Duncan MacKinnon	Men's 65 kg	—	Steffano (URU) W 1000–0000	Csák (HUN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Modern Pentathlon

Men

Athlete	Shooting		Swimming		Fencing		Riding		Running		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Result	Points	Result	Points	Result	Points	Penalties	Points	Result	Points	Total points	Rank
Claud Cloete	183	1,132	3:35.25	1,152	10-22	780	30	1,070	13:17.358	1,174	5,308	15

Rowing

Men

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

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Helen Fleming Colleen Orsmond	Coxless pair	7:48.69	4	8:11.90	2 Q	7:56.41	6	7:28.30	11

Sailing

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
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

Men

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

Swimming

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marianne Kriel	50 m freestyle	26.42	24	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	Did not advance
Heleen Muller	100 m freestyle	57.98	33	Did not advance
Heleen Muller	200 m freestyle	2:05.59	30	Did not advance
Penny Heyns	100 m breaststroke	1:07.02	1 Q	Did not advance		1:07.73
Penny Heyns	200 m breaststroke	2:26.63	1 Q	Did not advance		2:25.41
Julia Russell	100 m breaststroke	1:10.87	18	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:32.44	17 Q	2:30.38	12	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:20.40	27	Did not advance
Mandy Loots Taryn Ashton	100 m butterfly	1:03.53	30	Did not advance
Mandy Loots Taryn Ashton	200 m butterfly	2:20.73	30	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

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
Wayne Ferreira	Singles	Etlis (ARG)	W 6–4 6–3	Black (ZIM)	W 6–3 3–6 6–2	Woodbridge (AUS)	W 7⁷–6³ 7⁷–6⁵	Agassi (USA)	L 7–5 6–4 7–5	Did not advance
Marcos Ondruska	Singles	Ivanišević (CRO)	W 6–2 6–4	Ruud (NOR)	L 7⁸–6⁶ 7⁷–6¹	Did not advance
Ellis Ferreira Wayne Ferreira	Doubles	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	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	Rank
Amanda Coetzer	Singles	McQuillan (AUS)	W 6–4 7⁷–6⁵	Zvereva (BLR)	L 1–6 6–4 '2–6	Did not advance
Mariaan de Swardt	Singles	Suková (CZE)	W 7⁷–6⁴ 3–6 7–5	Huber (GER)	L 6–3 1–6 4–6	Did not advance
Joannette Kruger	Singles	Choi (KOR)	L 7⁷–6⁵ 2–6 1–6	Did not advance
Amanda Coetzer Mariaan de Swardt	Doubles	N/A		Kim, Park (KOR)	W 6–1 6–3	Lake, Wood (GBR)	L 5–7 5–7	Did not advance

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool							Final round
Athlete	Event	Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Rank	Final round Result	Rank
Tjaart du Plessis	−62 kg	Tedieiev (UKR) L 1–5	Parsekian (CYP) L 1–3	Did not advance				18	Did not advance

References

sports-reference
Watkins, Ginger T., ed. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9 . Retrieved 13 February 2008.
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 13 February 2008.

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