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South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | RSA |
NOC | South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Atlanta | |
Competitors | 84 (64 men and 20 women) in 14 sports |
Flag bearer | Masibulele Makepula |
Medals Ranked 27th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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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 |
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Jill Börresen | Individual | 567 | 62 | Natalia Nasaridze (TUR) L140-168 | Did not advance | |||||
Leanda Hendricks | 600 | 56 | Yoon Hye-Young (KOR) L138-165 | Did not advance | ||||||
Kirstin Lewis | 639 | 26 | Judit Kovács (HUN) W150-150 | Natalia Valeeva (MDA) L143-160 | Did not advance | |||||
Jill Börresen Leanda Hendricks Kirstin Lewis | Team | 1806 | 15 | Turkey L228-240 | Did not advance |
Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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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 |
Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final |
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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) W16-11 | Flores (PUR) L 16-7 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Doug Ryder | Road race | 4:56:47 | 61 |
Blayne Wikner | Road race | 4:56:52 | 97 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Erica Green | Road race | 2:37:21 | 35 |
Jackie Martin | Road race | 2:53:12 | 43 |
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | 1/32 finals (Repechage) | 1/16 finals (Repechage) | 1/8 finals (Repechage) | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals (5th-8th) | ||
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | 1st round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||
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Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
David George | Men's individual pursuit | 4:39.531 | 15 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Jean-Pierre van Zyl | Men's 1000 metre time trial | 1:04.214 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Finals | |
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Points | Rank | ||
David George | Men's points race | Did not finish |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Erica Green | Cross-country | 2:03:06 | 17 |
Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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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 |
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Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
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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 |
Athlete | Shooting | Swimming | Fencing | Riding | Running | Total points | Rank | |||||
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Result | Points | Result | Points | Result | Points | Penalties | Points | Result | Points | |||
Claud Cloete | 183 | 1132 | 3:35.25 | 1152 | 10-22 | 780 | 30 | 1070 | 13:17.358 | 1174 | 5308 | 15 |
Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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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 |
Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Race | Score | Rank | ||||||||||
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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 |
Athlete | Events | Qualification | Final | Total | |||
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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 | |
50 metre rifle prone | 593 | =26 | Did not advance | 593 | =26 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Final B | Final | |||
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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 | Did not advance | ||||
Ryk Neethling | 400 m freestyle | 3:56.19 | 16 Q | 3:54.34 | 11 | Did not advance | |
1500 m freestyle | 15:19.98 | 6 QA | Did not advance | 15:14.63 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Final B | Final | |||
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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 | |||
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 | ||
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 | |||
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 |
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
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Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Rank | ||
Wayne Ferreira | Singles | Etlis (ARG) | W6-4 6-3 | Black (ZIM) | W6-3 3-6 6-2 | Woodbridge (AUS) | W77-6377-65 | Agassi (USA) | L 7-56-4 7-5 | Did not advance | ||||
Marcos Ondruska | Singles | Ivanišević (CRO) | W6-2 6-4 | Ruud (NOR) | L 78-66 77-61 | Did not advance | ||||||||
Ellis Ferreira Wayne Ferreira | Doubles | N/A | Köves, Markovits (HUN) | W6-1 6-1 | Agassi, Washington (USA) | W7-5 77-626-0 | Eltingh, Haarhuis (NED) | L 77-64 77-64 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
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Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Rank | ||
Amanda Coetzer | Singles | McQuillan (AUS) | W6-4 77-65 | Zvereva (BLR) | L1-6 6-4 '2-6 | Did not advance | ||||||||
Mariaan de Swardt | Singles | Suková (CZE) | W77-643-6 7-5 | Huber (GER) | L6-3 1-6 4-6 | Did not advance | ||||||||
Joannette Kruger | Singles | Choi (KOR) | L77-65 2-6 1-6 | Did not advance | ||||||||||
Amanda Coetzer Mariaan de Swardt | Doubles | N/A | Kim, Park (KOR) | W6-1 6-3 | Lake, Wood (GBR) | L 5-7 5-7 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Final round | |||||||
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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 |
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