South
Africa competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in
Atlanta
, United States
.
Medalists
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Results by event
In South Africa's second appearance in Olympic archery,
Kirstin Jean Lewis had the nation's only
win. The other two archers, and the team in the team round, lost in
the first round.
Women's Individual:
Women's Team:
- Lewis, Borresen, and Hendricks — Round of 16, 11th place
(0-1)
(24):
Okkert Brits,
Hezekiel Sepeng,
Hendrik Ramaala,
Gwen Griffiths,
Johan Botha,
Herman de Jager,
Xolile Yawa,
Adri de
Jongh,
Marius van Heerden,
and
Riaan Botha.
Men's 5,000 metres
- * Qualification — 13:54.30
- * Semifinal — 13:54.43 (→ did not advance)
- * Qualification — 14:05.97
- * Semifinal — 14:16.14 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x400m Relay
- * Heat — 3:03.79
- * Semi Final — 3:02.96 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
- * Heat — 51.13s (→ did not advance)
Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase
- * Heat — 8:46.24 (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
- * Qualification — 7.44m (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Women's 10.000 metres
- * Qualification — 32:39.19
- * Final — 32:14.69 (→ 13th place)
Women's 400m Hurdles
- * Qualification — 57.00 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Men's Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- * First Round — Defeated Thapa
Debendra (India), referee stopped contest in first round
(01:41)
- * Second Round — Lost to Rafael
Lozano (Spain), 3-14
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
- * First Round — Defeated Casey
Patton (Canada), referee stopped contest
- * Second Round — Lost to Kamsing
Somluck (Thailand), 7-12
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
- * First Round — Lost to Veongviact Phongsit (Thailand),
5-21
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
- * First Round — Lost to Pavol
Polakovic (Czech Republic), 1-8
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
- * First Round — Defeated Rogelio
Hernandez (Dominican Republic), 16-11
- * Second Round — Lost to Enrique
Flores (Puerto Rico), 7-16
(1):
Ruth Nortje.
Road Competition
Women's Individual Road Race
- * Final — 02:37:21 (→ 35th place)
- * Final — 02:53:12 (→ 42nd place)
Track Competition
Men's Points Race
- * Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Mountain Bike
Women's Cross Country
- * Final — 2:03.06 (→ 17th place)
(6):
Blayne Wickner,
Douglas Ryder, and
JP
van Zyl.
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- * South
Africa — Australia 1–1
- * South
Africa — Malaysia 2–2
- * South
Africa — South Korea 3–3
- * South
Africa — Great Britain 0–2
- * South
Africa — Netherlands 1–4
- * 9th/12th place: South Africa —
United States 3–0
- * 9th/10th place: South Africa —
Argentina 2–3 → Tenth place
- *Grant Fulton
- *Kevin Chree
- *Gregg Clark
- *Allistar Fredericks
- *Gary Boddington
- *Wayne Graham
- *Charles Teversham
- *Brad Michalaro
- *Matthew Hallowes
- *Greg Nicol
- *Craig Fulton
- *Brian Myburgh
- *Brad Milne
- *Shaun Cooke
- *Craig Jackson
- *Murray
Anderson
(8):
Gareth Costa,
Mike Hasselbach,
Mark
Rowand,
Roger Tobler,
John Callie,
Greg
Bayne,
Helen Fleming, and
Colleen Orsmond.
(5):
Ian Ainslie,
Bruce Savage,
Rick
Mayhew,
Clynton Wade-Lehman,
and
Dave Hibberd.
Men's 50m Freestyle
- * Heat — 22.60
- * Final — 22.59 (→ 5th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
- * Heat — 50.95 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
- * Heat — 3:56.19
- * B-Final — 3:54.34 (→ 11th place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle
- * Heat — 15:19.98
- * Final — 15:14.63 (→ 5th place)
Women's 50m Freestyle
- * Heat — 26.42 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
- * Heat — 57.98 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
- * Heat — 2:05.59 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
- * Heat — 1:02.33
- * Final — 1:02.12 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 200m Backstroke
- * Heat — 2:15.99
- * B-Final — 2:18.41 (→ 16th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
- * Heat — 1:07.02 (WR)
- * Final — 1:07.73 (→ Gold Medal)
- * Heat — 1:10.87 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 200m Breaststroke
- * Heat — 2:26.63
- * Final — 2:25.41 (→ Gold Medal)
- * Heat — 2:32.44
- * B-Final — 2:30.38 (→ 12th place)
Women's 100m Butterfly
- * Heat — 1:03.53 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
- * Heat — 2:20.40 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
- * Heat — 4:09.47
- * Final — 4:08.16 (→ 4th place)
(2):
Jaco Henn, and
Mel Hains.
Women's Singles Competition
- * First round — Defeated Rachel
McQuillan (Australia) 6-4 7-6
- * Second round — Lost to Natasha
Zvereva (Belarus) 1-6 6-4 2-6
- * First round — Lost to Young-Ja
Choi (South Korea) 7-6 2-6 1-6
- * First round — Defeated Helena
Suková (Czech Republic) 7-6 3-6 7-5
- * Second round — Lost to Anke Huber
(Germany) 6-3 1-6 4-6
(6):
Wayne Ferreira,
Ellis Ferreira, and
Marcos Ondruska.
(2):
Andrew Davidson, and
Tjaart du Plessis.
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