| South Africa at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | RSA |
| NPC | South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Paris, France 28 August 2024 – 8 September 2024 | |
| Competitors | 32 in 9 sports |
| Flag bearers | Mpumelelo Mhlongo Kat Swanepoel |
| Medals Ranked 46th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
South Africa competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Boccia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paratriathlon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Wheelchair tennis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 19 | 13 | 32 |
South Africa secured a quota place in the men's W1, event by virtue of their result at the 2024 Africa–Oceania Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Shaun Anderson | Men's individual W1 | 638 | 9 | — |  Aydın (TUR)W 133–132 |  Zhang (CHN)L 134–136 | Did not advance | ||
South African track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jaco Smit | Men's 100 metres T12 | 11.12 | 2 | Did not advance | |
| Michael Puseletso Mabote | Men's 100 metres T63 | 12.05 | 1 Q | 12.16 | 5 |
| Mpumelelo Mhlongo | Men's 100 metres T44 | — | 11.12 |  | |
| Men's 200 metres T64 | 22.92 | 1 Q | 22.62 |  | |
| Collen Mahlalela | Men's 400 metres T47 | 48.65 | 2 Q | 49.95 | 7 |
| Paul Daniels | Men's 100 metres T64 | 11.23 | 4 | Did not advance | |
| Men's 400 metres T62 | — | 50.63 | 6 | ||
| Daniel du Plessis | Men's 100 metres T64 | 11.75 | 7 | Did not advance | |
| Men's 400 metres T62 | — | 52.91 | 8 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Sheryl James | Women's 100 metres T37 | 13.69 | 3 Q | 13.90 | 8 |
| Women's 200 metres T37 | — | 29.08 | 7 | ||
| Women's 400 metres T37 | — | 1:06.88 | 4 | ||
| Liezel Gouws | Women's 400 metres T37 | — | 1:08.33 | 5 | |
| Louzanne Coetzee | Women's 1500 metres T11 | 4:45.25 | 2 q | 4:35.49 | |
| Women's marathon T11 | — | 3:25:53 | 7 | ||
| Tezna Kirstin Abrahams | Women's 200 metres T64 | 31.17 | 5 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | ||
| Michael Puseletso Mabote | Men's long jump T63 | 6.44 | 6 |
| Mpumelelo Mhlongo | Men's long jump T64 | 7.12 | 5 |
| Khumo Neo Pitso | Men's high jump T47 | 1.98 | 5 |
| Hermanus Blom | Men's shot put F12 | 13.16 | 7 |
| Kerwin Noemdo | Men's shot put F46 | 15.63 | 5 |
| Yane Van der Merwe | Women's discus throw F64 | NM | |
| Liezel Gouws | Women's long jump T37 | 3.62 | 8 |
| Tezna Kirstin Abrahams | Women's long jump T64 | 4.46 | 11 |
| Simone Kruger | Women's discus throw F38 | 38.70 | |
South Africa confirmed two quotas (one man and one woman), by virtue of their result as the highest rank nation's in the BC3 pairs event, at the 2023 Africa Regional Championship in Cairo. [1]
| Athlete | Event | Pool matches | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Karabo Morapedi | Men's individual BC3 |  Michel (AUS)L 2-10 |  Arnott (GBR)L 1-7 | Wilson (GBR) L 0-9 | — | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Elanza Jordaan | Women's individual BC3 |  Ho (HKG)L 0-8 |  Costa (POR)L 2-4 |  Calado (BRA)L 0-5 | — | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Karabo Morapedi Elanza Jordaan | Mixed pairs BC3 | Brazil L 0-7 |  Greece L 0-10 | — | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
South Africa entered one male para-cyclist after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking. [2]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Pieter du Preez | Men's road race H1-2 | DNF | |
| Men's road time trial H1 | 36:07.05 | | |
South Africa entered one para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition, by virtue of the nations individual final world para dressage rankings.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | |||
| Philippa Johnson | Just In Time | Individual championship test grade IV | 63.889 | 14 |
| Individual freestyle test grade IV | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Repechage Final | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ndyebo Lamani | Men's 73 Kg J1 |  Gauto (ARG)L 0-10 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Class | Swim | T1 | Bike | T2 | Run | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirsty Weir | Women's PTS4 | 19:49 | 1:18 | 38:49 | 0:41 | 20:37 | 1:21:14 | 8 |
South Africa entered five swimmers (two men and three women), through the results at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines; and by achieving the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) allocation slots. [3]
| Athlete | Events | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Christian Sadie | 50 m freestyle S7 | 29.27 | 7 Q | 28.75 | 7 |
| 100 m backstroke S7 | 1:14.82 | 6 Q | 1:13.03 | 5 | |
| 50 m butterfly S7 | 30.23 | 3 Q | 29.94 | 5 | |
| 200 m individual medley SM7 | 2:35.98 | 2 Q | 2:35.02 | 5 | |
| Nathan Hendricks | 400 m freestyle S13 | 4:17.07 | 5 Q | 4:18.05 | 6 |
| 100 m backstroke S13 | 1:03.53 | 8 Q | 1:03.43 | 7 | |
| 100 m breaststroke SB13 | 1:13.04 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
| 100 m butterfly S13 | 59.51 | 6 Q | 59.91 | 8 | |
| 200 m individual medley SM13 | 2:18.36 | 8 Q | 2:17.15 | 7 | |
| Athlete | Events | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Kat Swanepoel | 50 m backstroke S4 | 49.63 | 11 | Did not advance | |
| Alani Ferreira | 100 m freestyle S12 | 1:09.69 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| 400 m freestyle S13 | 4:58.06 | 8 Q | 4:55.95 | 8 | |
| 100 m breaststroke SB12 | 1:21.95 | 4 Q | 1:21.36 | 5 | |
| Danika Vyncke | 400 m freestyle S13 | 5:10.91 | 10 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m breaststroke SB13 | 1:24.91 | 8 Q | 1:23.82 | 8 | |
South Africa entered five players into the Paralympics by virtue of the gold medal results at the 2023 African Para Games in Accra, Ghana.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Alwande Sikhosana | Men's singles | Carneiro (BRA) W 6-4, 7-5 |  Arai (JPN)L 1-6, 0-6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Kgothatso Montjane | Women's singles | — | Guo (CHN) L W/O | Did not advance | ||||
| Mariska Venter | — | Kamiji (JPN) L 2-6, 1-6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Kgothatso Montjane Mariska Venter | Women's doubles | — |  Fairbank /Mörch (FRA) W 4-6, 6-1, 10-4 | Li / Zhu (CHN) L W/O | Did not advance | |||
| Donald Ramphadi | Quads singles | — | Pena (BRA) L 6-2, 5-7, 1-6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Lucas Sithole | — |  Vink (NED)L 0-6, 2-6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Donald Ramphadi Lucas Sithole | Quads doubles | — |  Cayulef /Pérez (CHI) W 4–6, 7–6(1), [6–10] | Schröder / Vink (NED) L 1-6, 1-6 | Pena / Silva (BRA) W 6-2, 4-6, 10-8 | | ||
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