South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics

South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of South Africa
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	179 in 19 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Phumelela Mbande Chad le Clos
Flag bearer (closing)	Anaso Jobodwana
Medals Ranked 52nd	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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South Africa competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[1] It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-apartheid era, and twentieth overall in Summer Olympic history.

A week before the Games started, two football players and a video analyst were tested positive for COVID-19 while staying at the Olympic Village. ^[2]

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Tatjana Schoenmaker Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke 30 July  Silver Tatjana Schoenmaker Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke 27 July  Silver Bianca Buitendag Surfing Women's shortboard 27 July

Medals by sport Sport Total Surfing 0 1 0 1 Swimming 1 1 0 2 Total 1 2 0 3

Multiple medallists

The following competitors won several medals at the 2020 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Tatjana Schoenmaker	Gold  Silver	Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke Women's 100 metre breaststroke

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in field hockey and football are not counted:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	2	2
Athletics	25	5	30
Cycling	7	4	11
Diving	0	2	2
Equestrian	0	2	2
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	17	0	17
Golf	2	1	3
Gymnastics	0	2	2
Judo	0	1	1
Rowing	6	0	6
Rugby sevens	12	0	12
Sailing	3	0	3
Skateboarding	2	2	4
Sport climbing	1	1	2
Surfing	0	1	1
Swimming	8	9	17
Triathlon	2	2	4
Water polo	13	13	26
Total	115	64	179

Artistic swimming

Main articles: Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Africa fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by securing a berth as the highest-ranked pair, not yet qualified, from Africa at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, heralding the country's return to the sport for the first time since Barcelona 1992.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Clarissa Johnston Laura Strugnell	Duet	70.9099	21	72.1667	143.0766	21	Did not advance

Athletics (track and field)

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Thirty South African athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): ^{[3] [4]}

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
• NM = No mark
• DNF = Did not finish

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gift Leotlela	100 m	Bye		10.04	1 Q	10.03	4	Did not advance
Shaun Maswanganyi		Bye		10.12	3 Q	10.10	6	Did not advance
Akani Simbine		Bye		10.08	1 Q	9.90	4 q	9.93	4
Anaso Jobodwana	200 m	20.78	3 Q	—		20.88	8	Did not advance
Shaun Maswanganyi		20.58	2 Q			20.18	4	Did not advance
Clarence Munyai		20.49	4 q			20.49	6	Did not advance
Zakithi Nene	400 m	45.74	5	—	Did not advance
Wayde van Niekerk		45.25	3 Q		45.14	5	Did not advance
Thapelo Phora		45.83	5		Did not advance
Lesiba Mashele	5000 m	13:48.25	15	—	Did not advance
Antonio Alkana	110 m hurdles	13.55	6	—		Did not advance
Sokwakhana Zazini	400 m hurdles	49.51	3 Q	—		48.99	6	Did not advance
Gift Leotlela Shaun Maswanganyi Clarence Munyai Galaletsang Ramorwa Akani Simbine	4 × 100 m relay	DNF		—				Did not advance
Ranti Dikgale Zakithi Nene Thapelo Phora Lythe Pillay Wayde van Niekerk	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.18	7	—				Did not advance
Elroy Gelant	Marathon	—						2:16:43	34
Desmond Mokgobu								DNF
Stephen Mokoka								DNF
Wayne Snyman	20 km walk	—						1:24.33	20
Marc Mundell	50 km walk	—						4:14:37	40

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dominique Scott	5000 m	15:13.94	13	—		Did not advance
	10000 m	—				32:14.05	20
Wenda Nel	400 m hurdles	56.06	3 Q	56.35	7	Did not advance
Gerda Steyn	Marathon	—				2:32.10	15
Irvette van Zyl						DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Cheswill Johnson	Men's long jump	NM	—	Did not advance
Ruswahl Samaai		7.74	22	Did not advance
Kyle Blignaut	Men's shot put	20.97	8 q	21.00	6
Jason van Rooyen		20.29	19	Did not advance
Rocco van Rooyen	Men's javelin throw	77.41	23	Did not advance
Jo Ane van Dyk	Women's javelin throw	57.69	24	Did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

South Africa entered a squad of five riders (three men and two women) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking. ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stefan de Bod	Men's road race	6:16:53	52
	Men's time trial	57:57.10	14
Nicholas Dlamini	Men's road race	Did not finish
Ryan Gibbons		Did not finish
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio	Women's road race	3:54:31	13
	Women's time trial	32:37.60	8
Carla Oberholzer	Women's road race	Did not finish

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, South African riders accumulated spots for both men and women in the sprint and keirin, as well as the men's omnium and madison, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Jean Spies	Men's sprint	9.787 73.567	27	Did not advance
Charlene du Preez	Women's sprint	10.974 65.610	22 Q	Hinze  (GER) L	McCulloch  (AUS)   Verdugo  (MEX) L	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	3rd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Jean Spies	Men's keirin	5 R	5	Did not advance
Charlene du Preez	Women's keirin	4 R	5	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
David Maree	Men's omnium	20	2	18	6	15	12	−37	18	−17	19

Mountain biking

South Africa entered one rider each to compete in both men's and women's cross-country race, respectively, by virtue of their best individual ranking at the 2019 African Championships.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alan Hatherly	Men's cross-country	1:26:33	8
Candice Lill	Women's cross-country	1:26:20	24

BMX

South African riders qualified for one men's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, by accepting a continental berth for Africa from the Union Cycliste Internationale based on its rankings of June 1, 2021. ^[6]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Alex Limberg	Men's race	20	6	Did not advance

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South African divers qualified for two individual spots each in the women's springboard, respectively, at the Games through the 2019 African Qualifying Meet in Durban and the 2021 FINA World Cup series in Tokyo.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Micaela Bouter	Women's 3 m springboard	216.15	26	Did not advance
Julia Vincent		228.90	25	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Africa entered two riders into the Olympic equestrian competition by the following results: a top two finish each, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group F (Africa and Middle East) in both dressage and eventing, respectively. ^[7]

Dressage

Rio 2016 pair of Seymour and Ramoneur got nominated to compete on June 18, 2021. The Tokyo Olympics are to be the final career international competition for the Oldenburg stallion. ^[8] Seymour was forced to withdraw while in Tokyo after Ramoneur suffered laminitis. ^[9]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Tanya Seymour	Ramoneur	Individual	Withdrew due to her horse Ramoneur's laminitis

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Victoria Scott-Legendre	Valtho des Peupliers	Individual	39.50	53	19.80	59.30	34	Withdrew

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
South Africa men's	Men's tournament	Great Britain L 1–3	Netherlands L 3–5	Belgium L 4–9	Germany W 4–3	Canada D 4–4	5	Did not advance
South Africa women's	Women's tournament	Ireland L 0–2	Great Britain L 1–4	Netherlands L 0–5	Germany L 1–4	India L 3–4	6	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Main articles: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

South Africa men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2019 Men's African Olympic Qualifier in Stellenbosch. ^[10]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 27 May 2021. ^[11]

Head coach: Garreth Ewing ^[12]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
2	FW	Mustaphaa Cassiem	(2002-03-19)19 March 2002 (aged 19)	8	7	Varsity College
3	DF	Tyson Dlungwana	(1997-02-18)18 February 1997 (aged 24)	47	0	Phoenix Hockey Club
5	DF	Austin Smith	(1985-05-20)20 May 1985 (aged 36)	178	67	Den Bosch
7	DF	Timothy Drummond (Captain)	(1988-03-05)5 March 1988 (aged 33)	145	19	Klein Zwitserland
8	MF	Nduduza Lembethe	(1996-01-13)13 January 1996 (aged 25)	33		University of Pretoria
10	FW	Keenan Horne	(1992-06-17)17 June 1992 (aged 29)	64		Central
13	DF	Matthew Guise-Brown	(1991-09-13)13 September 1991 (aged 29)	42	25	Hampstead & Westminster
14	MF	Rusten Abrahams	(1997-12-16)16 December 1997 (aged 23)	10	2	University of the Witwatersrand
15	FW	Dayaan Cassiem	(1998-12-01)1 December 1998 (aged 22)	38	15	Gladbacher HTC
17	FW	Ryan Julius	(1995-07-19)19 July 1995 (aged 26)	41		Almeerse HC
18	MF	Taine Paton	(1989-01-04)4 January 1989 (aged 32)	115		Antwerp
20	FW	Tevin Kok	(1996-10-20)20 October 1996 (aged 24)	35		Kearsney
21	DF	Jethro Eustice	(1989-11-01)1 November 1989 (aged 31)	128	21	Kearsney
22	DF	Daniel Bell	(1994-09-28)28 September 1994 (aged 26)	58	11	Daring
23	GK	Rassie Pieterse	(1983-08-20)20 August 1983 (aged 37)	161		Wanderers Hockey Club
24	MF	Nicholas Spooner	(1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 29)	26		Harvestehuder THC
27	FW	Nqobile Ntuli	(1996-01-15)15 January 1996 (aged 25)	58	25	University of Pretoria
29	MF	Samkelo Mvimbi	(1999-01-23)23 January 1999 (aged 22)	14	1	University of Pretoria

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	5	4	1	0	26	9	+17	13	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	5	3	0	2	19	10	+9	9
3	Great Britain	5	2	2	1	11	11	0	8
4	Netherlands	5	2	1	2	13	13	0	7
5	South Africa	5	1	1	3	16	24	−8	4
6	Canada	5	0	1	4	9	27	−18	1

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 18:30 v Great Britain   3–1   South Africa Ward  2' Ansell  32' Waller  56' Report Guise-Brown  4' North Pitch Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Ben Goentgen (GER)

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25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 21:15 v South Africa   3–5   Netherlands M. Cassiem  2' D. Cassiem  10' Kok  18' Report Pruyser  24', 54' Van Dam  29' Brinkman  36' Van der Weerden  48' South Pitch Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Javed Shaikh (IND)

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 18:30 v Belgium   9–4   South Africa Dohmen  4', 15' Hendrickx  9', 18', 40' Briels  12' Van Doren  15' Gougnard  25' Charlier  41' Report D. Cassiem  5', 31' M. Cassiem  23' Ntuli  29' North Pitch Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 11:45 v South Africa   4–3   Germany Guise-Brown  9' Horne  13' Spooner  45' M. Cassiem  48' Report Herzbruch  8' Windfeder  22' Staib  24' North Pitch Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Javed Shaikh (IND)

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30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 12:15 v Canada   4–4   South Africa Pearson  11' K. Pereira  17' Boothroyd  42' Ho-Garcia  59' Report Ntuli  2' Spooner  9' Guise-Brown  34' Mvimbi  58' South Pitch Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Raghu Prasad (IND)

Women's tournament

Main articles: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

South Africa women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2019 Women's African Olympic Qualifier in Stellenbosch. ^[10]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 27 May 2021. ^[13]

Head coach: Robin Van Ginkel

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Phumelela Mbande	(1993-03-08)8 March 1993 (aged 28)	47	{{{goals}}}	Northern Blues
3	FW	Celia Seerane	(1990-06-18)18 June 1990 (aged 31)	163	{{{goals}}}	Northern Blues
4	DF	Nicole Walraven	(1994-12-12)12 December 1994 (aged 26)	48	{{{goals}}}	Northern Blues
5	FW	Edith Molikoe	(2000-05-23)23 May 2000 (aged 21)	0	{{{goals}}}	Northern Blues
6	DF	Taryn Potts	(1992-04-19)19 April 1992 (aged 29)	5	{{{goals}}}	Southern Gauteng
7	MF	Marizen Marais	(1996-05-17)17 May 1996 (aged 25)	27	{{{goals}}}	Blyde River Bunters
8	MF	Kristen Paton	(1996-12-21)21 December 1996 (aged 24)	33	{{{goals}}}	Southern Gauteng
9	MF	Robyn Johnson	(1990-12-07)7 December 1990 (aged 30)	18	{{{goals}}}	Southern Gauteng
10	MF	Onthatile Zulu	(2000-03-14)14 March 2000 (aged 21)	10	{{{goals}}}	Northern Blues
13	DF	Lisa-Marié Deetlefs	(1987-09-08)8 September 1987 (aged 33)	267	{{{goals}}}	Southern Gauteng
14	FW	Nomnikelo Veto	(1997-01-03)3 January 1997 (aged 24)	18	{{{goals}}}	Southern Gauteng
16	MF	Erin Hunter (Captain)	(1992-03-20)20 March 1992 (aged 29)	59	{{{goals}}}	Southern Gauteng
17	FW	Charné Maddocks	(1998-06-10)10 June 1998 (aged 23)	0	{{{goals}}}	North-West University
19	MF	Lilian du Plessis	(1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 28)	135	{{{goals}}}	Southern Gauteng
22	DF	Lerato Mahole	(1999-12-29)29 December 1999 (aged 21)	0	{{{goals}}}	Namaqualand Daisies
28	FW	Quanita Bobbs	(1993-09-03)3 September 1993 (aged 27)	132	{{{goals}}}	Western Province
29	DF	Tarryn Glasby	(1995-01-23)23 January 1995 (aged 26)	42	{{{goals}}}	Western Province
30	FW	Toni Marks	(1994-07-19)19 July 1994 (aged 27)	16	{{{goals}}}	Madikwe Rangers

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	18	2	+16	15	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	5	4	0	1	13	7	+6	12
3	Great Britain	5	3	0	2	11	5	+6	9
4	India	5	2	0	3	7	14	−7	6
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	4	11	−7	3
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	5	19	−14	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 21:15 v Ireland   2–0   South Africa Upton  9' Torrans  45' Report South Pitch Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Emi Yamada (JPN)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 18:30 v South Africa   1–4   Great Britain Walraven  6' Report Rayer  29', 50' Toman  39' Unsworth  40' North Pitch Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Maggie Giddens (USA)

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 09:30 v Netherlands   5–0   South Africa Matla  16', 35' Keetels  42' Albers  52' Verschoor  55' Report North Pitch Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Ayanna McClean (TTO)

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30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 09:30 v South Africa   1–4   Germany Marks  53' Report Altenburg  2', 24' Zimmermann  10' Schröder  49' North Pitch Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Maggie Giddens (USA)

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31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 12:15 v India   4–3   South Africa Vandana  4', 17', 49' Neha  32' Report Glasby  15' Hunter  30' Marais  39' South Pitch Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

Football (soccer)

Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
South Africa men's	Men's tournament	Japan L 0–1	France L 3–4	Mexico L 0–3	4	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Main articles: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

South Africa men's football team qualified for the Games by winning the bronze medal and securing the last of three available berths of the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. ^[14]

Team roster

South Africa's final squad was announced on 3 July 2021. ^[15]

Head coach: David Notoane

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Ronwen Williams*	(1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 29)	SuperSport United
2	2 DF	James Monyane	(2000-04-30)30 April 2000 (aged 21)	Orlando Pirates
3	2 DF	Katlego Mohamme	(1998-03-10)10 March 1998 (aged 23)	University of Pretoria
4	3 MF	Teboho Mokoena	(1997-01-24)24 January 1997 (aged 24)	SuperSport United
5	2 DF	Luke Fleurs	(2000-03-03)3 March 2000 (aged 21)	SuperSport United
6	3 MF	Kamohelo Mahlatsi	(1998-08-23)23 August 1998 (aged 22)	Moroka Swallows
7	3 MF	Nkosingiphile Ngcobo	(1999-11-16)16 November 1999 (aged 21)	Kaizer Chiefs
8	3 MF	Thabo Cele	(1997-01-15)15 January 1997 (aged 24)	Cova Piedade
9	4 FW	Evidence Makgopa	(2000-06-05)5 June 2000 (aged 21)	Baroka
10	4 FW	Luther Singh	(1997-08-05)5 August 1997 (aged 23)	Paços de Ferreira
11	2 DF	MacBeth Mahlangu	(2001-10-11)11 October 2001 (aged 19)	TS Galaxy
12	3 MF	Goodman Mosele	(1999-11-18)18 November 1999 (aged 21)	Baroka
13	2 DF	Reeve Frosler	(1998-01-11)11 January 1998 (aged 23)	Kaizer Chiefs
14	2 DF	Sibusiso Mabiliso	(1999-04-14)14 April 1999 (aged 22)	AmaZulu
15	2 DF	Tercious Malepe (captain)	(1997-02-18)18 February 1997 (aged 24)	Mynai
16	1 GK	Mondli Mpoto	(1998-07-24)24 July 1998 (aged 22)	Bloemfontein Celtic
17	2 DF	Thendo Mukumela	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 23)	Cape Town Spurs
18	4 FW	Kobamelo Kodisang	(1999-08-28)28 August 1999 (aged 21)	Braga
22	1 GK	Sifiso Mlungwana	(1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (aged 24)	Lamontville Golden Arrows

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	France	3	1	0	2	5	11	−6	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

22 July 2021 (2021-07-22)

20:00

Japan	1–0	South Africa
Kubo 71'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)

Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

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25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)

17:00

France	4–3	South Africa
Gignac 57', 78', 86' (pen.) Savanier 90+2'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Kodisang 53' Makgopa 73' Mokoena 82'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)

20:30

South Africa	0–3	Mexico
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Vega 18' Romo 45+1' Martín 60'

Sapporo Dome, Sapporo

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Africa entered two golfers (both men) into the Olympic tournament. Christiaan Bezuidenhout (world no. 46), Garrick Higgo (world no. 38), and Ashleigh Buhai (world no. 76) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective events based on the IGF World Rankings. ^{[16] [17]} Louis Oosthuizen and Lee-Anne Pace were initially selected but opted not to play. ^{[18] [19]} Ashleigh Buhai later withdrew and was replaced by Paula Reto who also withdrew.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Christiaan Bezuidenhout	Men's	68	70	68	67	273	−7	=16
Garrick Higgo		71	71	70	72	284	E	=53

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

South Africa entered two artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Caitlin Rooskrantz received a spare berth from the women's apparatus events, as one of the twelve highest-ranked gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified directly through the all-around, at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Meanwhile, Naveen Daries claimed an additional place to join Rooskrantz on the South African squad with a bronze-medal finish in the women's individual all-around at the 2021 African Championships in Cairo, Egypt. ^[20]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Naveen Daries	All-around	13.300	12.366	8.933	11.766	46.365	76	Did not advance
Caitlin Rooskrantz		12.800	13.300	12.200	11.633	49.933	61	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Africa qualified one judoka for the women's extra-lightweight category (48 kg) at the Games. Geronay Whitebooi received a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021. ^[21]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Geronay Whitebooi	Women's −48 kg	Pareto  (ARG) L 001–100	Did not advance

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Africa qualified one boat in the men's pair by finishing third in the B-final and securing ninth out of eleven berths available at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria. ^[22] Meanwhile, the men's coxless four rowers were added to the South African roster with their top-two finish at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland. ^[23]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Luc Daffarn Jake Green	Men's pair	7:04.03	5 R	6:57.01	4	Did not advance
Lawrence Brittain Kyle Schoonbee John Smith Sandro Torrente	Men's four	6:25.34	5 R	6:30.34	6 FB	—		6:09.85	10

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal/ Classification	Semifinal/ Classification	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
South Africa men's	Men's tournament	Ireland W 33–14	Kenya W 14–5	United States W 17–12	1 Q	Argentina L 19–14	Australia W 22–19	United States W 28–7	5

Men's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The South Africa national rugby sevens team qualified by advancing to the quarterfinals in the 2019 London Sevens, securing a top four spot in the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series. ^[24]

Team roster

South Africa's 12-man squad plus one alternate was named on 6 July 2021. ^[25]

Head coach: Neil Powell

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points
1	FW	Chris Dry	(1988-02-13)13 February 1988 (aged 33)	74	490
2	FW	Sako Makata	(1998-09-10)10 September 1998 (aged 22)	9	20
3	FW	Impi Visser	(1995-05-30)30 May 1995 (aged 26)	13	65
4	FW	Zain Davids	(1997-05-04)4 May 1997 (aged 24)	22	80
5	FW	Angelo Davids	(1999-06-01)1 June 1999 (aged 22)	6	90
6	FW	JC Pretorius	(1998-01-29)29 January 1998 (aged 23)	10	120
7	BK	Branco du Preez	(1990-05-08)8 May 1990 (aged 31)	75	1,355
8	BK	Selvyn Davids	(1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 27)	20	409
9	BK	Justin Geduld	(1993-10-01)1 October 1993 (aged 27)	50	1,034
10	BK	Kurt-Lee Arendse	(1996-06-17)17 June 1996 (aged 25)	8	70
11	BK	Siviwe Soyizwapi (c)	(1992-12-07)7 December 1992 (aged 28)	30	465
12	BK	Stedman Gans	(1997-03-19)19 March 1997 (aged 24)	22	170
13	BK	Ronald Brown	(1995-09-02)2 September 1995 (aged 25)	0	0

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	64	31	+33	9	Quarter-finals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	50	48	+2	7
3	Ireland	3	1	0	2	43	59	−16	5
4	Kenya	3	0	0	3	26	45	−19	3

Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2021. Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 11:00

South Africa	33–14	Ireland
Try: Z. Davids 2' c Visser 6' c Geduld 8' c Dry 12' c Gans 13' m Con: S. Davids (4/5) 2', 6', 8', 12'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Mullin 7' c Kennedy 10' c Con: Dardis (2/2) 7', 10'

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 19:00

South Africa	14–5	Kenya
Try: S. Davids 2' c Soyizwapi 3' c Con: du Preez (2/2) 2', 4'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Injera 6' m Con: Agero (0/1)

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 0 Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 11:30

South Africa	17–12	United States
Try: S. Davids (2) 6' m, 10' m Gans 8' c Con: S. Davids (1/3) 9'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Schroeder 1' m Thompson 12' c Con: Melphy (0/1) Hughes (1/1) 13'

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Quarterfinals

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 18:30

South Africa	14–19	Argentina
Try: S. Davids 1' c Penalty try 13' Con: Geduld (1/1) 1'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Moneta (2) 4' c, 7' c Álvarez 12' m Con: Mare (2/2) 5', 7' Bazán (0/1)

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 0 Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

Semifinals

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 10:30

South Africa	22–19	Australia
Try: Soyizwapi 1' m Brown (2) 5' m, 7' c Pretorius 11' m Con: Brown (0/1) Geduld (1/2) 7' du Preez (0/1)	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Miller 8' c Turner 10' m Longbottom 12' c Con: Miller (1/1) 9' Coward (0/1) Longbottom (1/1) 13'

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Fifth place match

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 17:00

United States	7–28	South Africa
Try: Tomasin 4' c Con: Hughes (1/1) 4'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Geduld 2' c Makata 7' c Arendse 12' c Gans 14' c Con: Brown (2/2) 2', 7' du Preez (2/2) 13', 14'

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South African sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas. ^[26]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Leo Davis	Men's Finn	17	19	19	19	18	19	12	18	18	19	—		EL	159	19
Alex Burger Benjamin Talbot	Men's 49er	13	15	18	17	17	14	12	13	17	10	19	17	EL	163	19

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Skateboarding

Main articles: Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Africa entered four skateboarders (two per gender) to compete across all events at the Games. Dallas Oberholtzer (men's park), Brandon Valjalo (men's street), Melissa Williams (women's park), and Boipelo Awuah (women's street) granted an invitation from the World Skate as the highest-ranked skateboarders from Africa vying for qualification in the street and park events based on their performances in the federation's Olympic Rankings of June 30, 2021. ^[27]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Dallas Oberholtzer	Men's park	24.08	20	Did not advance
Brandon Valjalo	Men's street	16.41	18	Did not advance
Melissa Williams	Women's park	8.30	20	Did not advance
Boipelo Awuah	Women's street	Withdrew due to injury

Sport climbing

Main articles: Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Africa entered two sport climbers into the Olympic tournament. Erin Sterkenburg and Christopher Cosser qualified directly for the women's and men's combined events, respectively, by advancing to the final stage and eventually winning the gold medal at the 2020 IFSC African Championships in Cape Town. ^[28]

Athlete	Event	Qualification									Final
		Speed		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank	Speed		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank
		Best	Place	Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place			Best	Place	Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place
Christopher Cosser	Men's	6.48	9	0T2z 0 15	16	29	—	10	1440.00	16	Did not advance
Erin Sterkenburg	Women's	11.10	20	0T1z 0 1	17	7+	—	20	6800.00	20	Did not advance

Surfing

Main articles: Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Africa sent two surfers (one per gender) to compete in their respective shortboard races at the Games. Bianca Buitendag secured a qualification slot for her nation in the women's shortboard as the highest-ranked and last remaining surfer from Africa at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games in Miyazaki, Japan. ^[29] On the men's side, Jordy Smith finished within the top ten of those eligible for qualification in the World Surf League rankings to join Buitendag on the South African roster for Tokyo 2020. ^[30]

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bianca Buitendag	Women's shortboard	11.44	3 q	10.40	2 Q	Gilmore  (AUS) W 13.93–10.00	Hopkins  (POR) W 9.50–5.46	Marks  (USA) W 11.00–3.67	Moore  (USA) L 8.46–14.93

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Seventeen South African swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of two swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially one at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): ^{[31] [32]} To assure their selection to the Olympic team, swimmers must attain an Olympic qualifying cut in each individual pool event at the 2021 South African National Championships (April 8 to 12) in Johannesburg. ^[33]

Seventeen swimmers (eight men and nine women) were officially named to the South African roster for the Games on June 24, 2021, including London 2012 gold medalist Chad Le Clos in the men's butterfly double and 2019 world silver medalist and national record holder Tatjana Schoenmaker in the women's breaststroke double. ^[34]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Binedell	200 m backstroke	1:58.47	21	Did not advance
Pieter Coetze	100 m backstroke	54.05	24	Did not advance
Ethan du Preez	200 m butterfly	1:58.50	30	Did not advance
Michael Houlie	100 m breaststroke	1:01.22	37	Did not advance
Chad Le Clos	100 m butterfly	51.89	=18	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:55.96	16 Q	1:55.06	3 Q	1:54.93	5
Michael McGlynn	10 km open water	—				1:51:32.7	8
Matthew Sates	100 m butterfly	52.34	32	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	1:58.08	15 Q	1:58.75	14	Did not advance
Brad Tandy	50 m freestyle	22.22	=24	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emma Chelius	50 m freestyle	24.65	=11 Q	24.64	13	Did not advance
Kaylene Corbett	200 m breaststroke	2:22.48	4 Q	2:22.08	4 Q	2:22.06	5
Erin Gallagher	100 m butterfly	59.69	26	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.75	25	Did not advance
Rebecca Meder	200 m individual medley	2:14.79	23	Did not advance
Tatjana Schoenmaker	100 m breaststroke	1:04.82 OR	1 Q	1:05.07	1 Q	1:05.22
	200 m breaststroke	2:19.16 OR	1 Q	2:19.33	1 Q	2:18.95 WR
Michelle Weber	10 km open water	—				2:06:56.5	21
Aimee Canny Duné Coetzee Erin Gallagher Rebecca Meder	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:01.56	11	—		Did not advance
Aimee Canny Erin Gallagher Tatjana Schoenmaker Mariella Venter	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:03.02	14	—		Did not advance

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total
Henri Schoeman	Men's	17:55	0:45	56:41	0:28	Did not finish
Simone Ackermann	Women's	19:08	0:45	1:03:17	0:34	37:30	2:01:14	17
Gillian Sanders		20:18	0:45	Lapped

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics

South Africa qualified to compete in the men's water polo tournament for the first time since Rome 1960, and in the women's water polo tournament for the first time ever.

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
South Africa men's	Men's tournament	Italy L 2–21	United States L 3–20	Hungary L 1–23	Greece L 5–28	Japan L 9–24	6	Did not advance
South Africa women's	Women's tournament	Spain L 4–29	Canada L 1–21	Netherlands L 1–31	Australia L 1–14	—	5	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

South Africa's squad was announced on 24 June 2021. ^{[35] [36]} Roarke Olver was replaced by Timothy Rezelman.

Head coach: Paul Martin ^[37]

No.	Player	Pos.	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth (age)	Apps	OG/ Goals	Club	Ref
1	Lwazi Madi (C)	10GK	2R			(1994-12-12)12 December 1994 (aged 26)	35	0/0	Stellenbosch University	[38]
2	Devon Card	40CF	2R	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	(1991-02-25)25 February 1991 (aged 30)	60	0/0	SACS Old Boys	[39]
3	Timothy Rezelman	50D	2R			(1995-01-13)13 January 1995 (aged 26)	6	0/0	OJ Eagles	[40]
4	Ignardus Badenhorst	40CF	2R	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	112 kg (247 lb)	(1990-08-26)26 August 1990 (aged 30)	61	0/0	OJ Eagles	[41]
5	Cameron Laurenson	20CB	2R			(1998-04-28)28 April 1998 (aged 23)	37	0/0	Maties (Stellenbosch)	[42]
6	Ross Stone	50D	2R			(2000-05-15)15 May 2000 (aged 21)	30	0/0	Stellenbosch University	[43]
7	Jason Evezard	50D	2R			(1997-08-17)17 August 1997 (aged 23)	14	0/0	Maties (Stellenbosch)	[44]
8	Nicholas Rodda	50D	2R	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1992-10-11)11 October 1992 (aged 28)	30	0/0	OJ Eagles	[45]
9	Yaseen Margro	50D	2R			(2000-02-12)12 February 2000 (aged 21)	14	0/0	KNZ (Durban)	[46]
10	Farouk Mayman	20CB	2R			(1999-05-03)3 May 1999 (aged 22)	7	0/0	RWC (Cape Town)	[47]
11	Liam Neill	40CF	2R			(1997-10-26)26 October 1997 (aged 23)	35	0/0	University of Cape Town	[48]
12	Donn Stewart	20CB	2R	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)		(1980-08-22)22 August 1980 (aged 40)	90	0/0	Clifton (Durban)	[49]
13	Gareth May	10GK	2R			(1996-11-09)9 November 1996 (aged 24)	14	0/0	Team Walrus	[50]
Average						26 years, 185 days	33

Note: Age as of 23 July 2021
Source: South Africa Men | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Archived 2021-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	5	4	1	0	68	34	+34	9	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	3	2	0	60	32	+28	8
3	Hungary	5	3	1	1	64	35	+29	7
4	United States	5	2	0	3	59	53	+6	4
5	Japan (H)	5	1	0	4	65	66	−1	2
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	20	116	−96	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 10:00 v	Report	South Africa	2–21	Italy	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–8, 0–7, 0–4
		Rezelman, Stone 1	Goals	Di Fulvio 5

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 10:00 v	Report	South Africa	3–20	United States	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–9, 1–3, 1–5
		three players 1	Goals	Hallock 4

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 10:00 v	Report	Hungary	23–1	South Africa	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Daniel Daners (URU), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters:4–0, 5–0, 8–0, 6–1
		Manhercz 5	Goals	Rodda 1

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31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 19:50 v	Report	South Africa	5–28	Greece	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 2–5, 1–7, 1–9
		Stone 2	Goals	Fountoulis 5

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2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 18:20 v	Report	Japan	24–9	South Africa	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters:5–4, 7–4, 6–1, 6–0
		Adachi, Arai 4	Goals	Neill 4

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Team roster

South Africa's squad was announced on 24 June 2021. ^{[51] [52]} Daniela Passoni and Kelsey White were replaced by Hannah Calvert and Nicola Macleod.

Head coach: Delaine Mentoor ^[53]

No.	Player	Pos.	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth (age)	Apps	OG/ Goals	Club	Ref
1	Meghan Maartens	10GK	1L			(1999-04-08)8 April 1999 (aged 22)	18	0/0	Madibaz	[54]
2	Yanah Gerber	40CF	2R			(2001-03-16)16 March 2001 (aged 20)	15	0/0	MantaRays	[55]
3	Georgie Moir	20CB	2R			(1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 23)	22	0/0	Western Warriors	[56]
4	Boati Motau	50D	1L			(2002-09-25)25 September 2002 (aged 18)	16	0/0	OJ Eagles	[57]
5	Megan Sileno	40CF	2R	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1989-05-01)1 May 1989 (aged 32)	45	0/0	Stingrays	[58]
6	Amica Hallenndorff	50D	2R	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	60 kg (132 lb)	(1992-10-26)26 October 1992 (aged 28)	49	0/0	Western Warriors	[59]
7	Shakira January	20CB	2R			(2002-11-15)15 November 2002 (aged 18)	15	0/0	Tridents	[60]
8	Ashleigh Vaughn	50D	2R			(1999-05-17)17 May 1999 (aged 22)	13	0/0	Madibaz	[61]
9	Hannah Muller	50D	2R			(1999-11-16)16 November 1999 (aged 21)	44	0/0	Eagles	[62]
10	Jordan Wedderburn (C)	50D	2R			(2002-12-30)30 December 2002 (aged 18)	27	0/0	Water Warriors	[63]
11	Chloe Meecham	20CB	2R			(1999-02-16)16 February 1999 (aged 22)	55	0/0	High Performance	[64]
12	Nicola Macleod	50D	2R			(1997-05-14)14 May 1997 (aged 24)	33	0/0	Stingrays	[65]
13	Hannah Calvert	10GK	2R			(1997-11-27)27 November 1997 (aged 23)	17	0/0	Stellenbosch University	[66]
Average						22 years, 321 days	28

Note: Age as of 23 July 2021
Source: South Africa Women | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Archived 2021-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	4	3	0	1	71	37	+34	6 [lower-alpha 1]	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	4	3	0	1	46	33	+13	6 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Netherlands	4	3	0	1	75	41	+34	6 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Canada	4	1	0	3	48	39	+9	2
5	South Africa	4	0	0	4	7	97	−90	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

1. Spain 2 Pts, +5 GD; Netherlands 2 Pts, −2 GD; Australia 2 Pts, −3 GD. Spain first and after that the head-to head results between Australia and Netherlands (15–12) came into effect.

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 18:20 v	Report	South Africa	4–29	Spain	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–9, 1–5, 0–10
		Wedderburn 2	Goals	Ruiz 5

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 15:30 v	Report	Canada	21–1	South Africa	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), John Waldow (NZL)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 4–0, 4–0, 8–0
		Sohi 4	Goals	Moir 1

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30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 14:00 v	Report	South Africa	1–33	Netherlands	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–9, 1–9, 0–8
		Wedderburn 1	Goals	Keuning 6

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1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 19:50 v	Report	Australia	14–1	South Africa	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Daniel Daners (URU), Jeremy Cheng (SGP)
		Score by quarters:1–0, 6–1, 4–0, 3–0
		five players 2	Goals	Vaughan 1

See also

• South Africa at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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