South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"

!Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

|-align=left

| || Penny Heyns || Swimming || Women's 100 metre breaststroke || 21 July

|-align=left

| || Penny Heyns || Swimming || Women's 200 metre breaststroke || 23 July

|-align=left

| || Josia Thugwane || Athletics || Men's marathon || 4 August

|-align=left

| || Hezekiél Sepeng || Athletics || Men's 800 metres || 31 July

|-align=left

| || Marianne Kriel || Swimming || Women's 100 metre backstroke || 22 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

| align=left|Archery

| 0 || 3 || 3

| align=left|Athletics

| 18 || 4 || 22

| align=left|Boxing

| 5 || – || 5

| align=left|Canoeing

| 0 || 1 || 1

| align=left|Cycling

| 4 || 2 || 6

| align=left|Field hockey

| 16 || 0 || 16

| align=left|Judo

| 1 || 0 || 1

| align=left|Modern pentathlon

| 1 || – || 1

| align=left|Rowing

| 6 || 2 || 8

| align=left|Sailing

| 5 || 0 || 5

| align=left|Shooting

| 2 || 0 || 2

| align=left|Swimming

| 2 || 5 || 7

| align=left|Tennis

| 3 || 3 || 6

| align=left|Wrestling

| 1 || – || 1

! Total || 64 || 20 || 84

Archery

;Women

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Ranking round

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

!Score

!Seed

!Opposition Score

!Rank

|Jill Börresen

|align=center rowspan=3|Individual

|align=center|567

|align=center|62

|align=center| L 140–168

|align="center" colspan="6" |Did not advance

|Leanda Hendricks

|align=center|600

|align=center|56

|align=center| L 138–165

|align="center" colspan="6" |Did not advance

|Kirstin Lewis

|align=center|639

|align=center|26

|align=center| W 150–150

|align=center| L 143–160

|align="center" colspan="5" |Did not advance

|Jill Börresen Leanda Hendricks Kirstin Lewis

|Team

|align=center|1806

|align=center|15

|align=center colspan=2|

|align=center| L 228–240

|align="center" colspan="4" |Did not advance

Athletics

Men

;Track and road events

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!rowspan=2|Athletes

!rowspan=2|Events

!colspan=2|Heat Round 1

!colspan=2|Heat Round 2

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|Alfred Visagie

|200 metres

|align=center|21.10

|align=center|68

|align=center colspan=6|Did not advance

|Arnau Malherbe

|400 metres

|align=center|45.75

|align=center|16 Q

|align=center|45.26

|align=center|18

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Hendrik Mokganyetsi

|400 metres

|align=center|45.89

|align=center|22 q

|align=center|46.48

|align=center|30

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Bobang Phiri

|400 metres

|align=center|45.94

|align=center|26 q

|align=center|45.51

|align=center|21

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Johan Botha

|800 metres

|align=center|1:45.63

|align=center|5 q

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center|1:48.06

|align=center|19

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|Hezekiel Sepeng

|800 metres

|align=center|1:46.45

|align=center|14 Q

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center|1:45.16

|align=center|7 Q

|align=center|1:42.72

|align=center|File:Silver medal icon.svg

|Marius van Heerden

|800 metres

|align=center|1:47.46

|align=center|31

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Shadrack Hoff

|5000 metres

|align=center|14:05.97

|align=center|26 Q

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center|14:16.14

|align=center|25

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|John Morapedi

|5000 metres

|align=center|13:54.30

|align=center|11 Q

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center|13:54.43

|align=center|19

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|Hendrick Ramaala

|10000 metres

|align=center|29:07.81

|align=center|29

|align=center colspan=4|N/A

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|Lawrence Peu

|Marathon

|align=center colspan=6|N/A

|align=center|2:18:09

|align=center|27

|Josia Thugwane

|Marathon

|align=center colspan=6|N/A

|align=center|2:12:36

|align=center|File:Gold medal icon.svg

|Gert Thys

|Marathon

|align=center colspan=6|N/A

|align=center|2:18:55

|align=center|33

|Llewellyn Herbert

|400 metres hurdles

|align=center|51.13

|align=center|45

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Shadrack Mogotsi

|3000 metres steeplechase

|align=center|8:46.24

|align=center|28

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Arnaud Malherbe Hendrik Mokganyetsi Bobang Phiri Alfred Visagie

|4 x 400 metres relay

|align=center|3:03.79

|align=center|13 q

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center|3:02.96

|align=center|10

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

;Field events

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|Riaan Botha

|Pole vault

|align=center|5.70

|align=center|1 Q

|align=center|5.60

|align=center|14

|Okkert Brits

|Pole vault

|align=center colspan=2|NM

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|François Fouché

|Long jump

|align=center|7.44

|align=center|38

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

Women

;Track and road events

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!rowspan=2|Athletes

!rowspan=2|Events

!colspan=2|Heat Round 1

!colspan=2|Heat Round 2

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|Gwen Griffiths

|1500 metres

|align=center|4:10.80

|align=center|14 Q

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center|4:11.12

|align=center|12 Q

|align=center|4:06.33

|align=center|9

|Colleen de Reuck

|10000 metres

|align=center|32:39.19

|align=center|20 Q

|align=center colspan=4|N/A

|align=center|32:14.69

|align=center|13

|Elana Meyer

|Marathon

|align=center colspan=6|N/A

|align=center colspan=2|Did not finish

|Karen van der Veen

|400 metres hurdles

|align=center|57.00

|align=center|25

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

Boxing

;Men

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Final

!Opposition Result

|Masibulele Makepula

|Light-flyweight

|align=center| W RSC

|align=center| L 14–3

|colspan=3 align=center |Did not advance

|Phillip N'dou

|Featherweight

|align=center| W RSC

|align=center| L 12–7

|colspan=3 align=center |Did not advance

|Irvin Buhlalu

|Lightweight

|align=center| L 21–5

|colspan=4 align=center |Did not advance

|Victor Kunene

|Light-middleweight

|align=center| L 8–1

|colspan=4 align=center |Did not advance

|Sybrand Botes

|Light-heavyweight

|align=center| W 16–11

|align=center| L 16–7

|colspan=3 align=center |Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

;Women

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|Ruth Nortje

|K-1 500 m

|align=center|1:54.695

|align=center|2 Q

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center|1:53.611

|align=center|5

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

Cycling

Road

;Men

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|Doug Ryder

|Road race

|align=center|4:56:47

|align=center|61

|Blayne Wikner

|Road race

|align=center|4:56:52

|align=center|97

;Women

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|Erica Green

|Road race

|align=center|2:37:21

|align=center|35

|Jackie Martin

|Road race

|align=center|2:53:12

|align=center|43

Track

;Sprints

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualifying

!1/32 finals (Repechage)

!1/16 finals (Repechage)

!1/8 finals (Repechage)

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Finals (5th-8th)

!Time Speed (km/h)

!Rank

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition Time Speed (km/h)

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition Times Speed (km/h)

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition Time Speed (km/h)

!Rank

|Jean-Pierre van Zyl

|Men's sprint

|align=center|10.695 67.321

|align=center|17 Q

|align=center| L 11.296 63.739 L 11.222 64.159

|align=center colspan=6|Did not advance

;Pursuits

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualifying

!colspan="2"|1st round

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Finals

!Time

!Rank

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition Time

!Rank

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition Time

!Rank

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition Time

!Rank

||David George

|Men's individual pursuit

|align=center|4:39.531

|align=center|15

|colspan=6 align=center| Did not advance

;Time trials

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|Jean-Pierre van Zyl

|Men's 1000 metre time trial

|align=center|1:04.214

|align=center|5

;Points races

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Finals

!Points

!Rank

|David George

|Men's points race

|align=center colspan=2|Did not finish

Mountain biking

;Women

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|Erica Green

|Cross-country

|align=center|2:03:06

|align=center|17

Field Hockey

Men's tournament

;Group B

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

!width="25" |

!width="200"|Team

!width="60"|Points

!width="60"|G

!width="60"|W

!width="60"|D

!width="60"|L

!width="60"|GF

!width="60"|GA

!width="60"|Diff

|- bgcolor=#AAFFAA

|1.

|align=left|

|9||5||4||1||0||14||6||+8

|- bgcolor=#AAFFAA

|2.

|align=left|

|7||5||3||1||1||13||7||+6

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|3.

|align=left|

|5||5||1||3||1||8||8||0

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|4.

|align=left|

|4||5||1||2||2||12||13||−1

|- bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|5.

|align=left|

|3||5||0||3||2||7||12||−5

|- bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|6.

|align=left|

|2||5||0||2||3||7||15||−8

;Classification Matches 9-12

;9th place match

Team Roster:

:*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

:*Shayla de Carvalho

Judo

;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Preliminary

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Repechage 1

!Repechage 2

!Repechage 3

!colspan=2|Final /

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Duncan MacKinnon

|align=left|Men's 65 kg

| W 1000–0000

| L 0000–1000

|colspan=7|Did not advance

Modern Pentathlon

;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!colspan=2|Shooting

!colspan=2|Swimming

!colspan=2|Fencing

!colspan=2|Riding

!colspan=2|Running

!rowspan=2|Total points

!rowspan=2|Rank

!Result

!Points

!Result

!Points

!Result

!Points

!Penalties

!Points

!Result

!Points

|-align=center

|align=left|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

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete(s)

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|Greg Bayne John Callie

|Coxless pair

|align=center|7:01.05

|align=center|6

|align=center|7:11.14

|align=center|4

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center|7:09.91

|align=center|16

|Gareth Costa Mike Hasselbach Mark Rowand Roger Tobler

|Lightweight coxless four

|align=center|6:19.98

|align=center|1 Q

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

|align=center|6:16.65

|align=center|4

|align=center|6:04.13

|align=center|9

;Women

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete(s)

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|Helen Fleming Colleen Orsmond

|Coxless pair

|align=center|7:48.69

|align=center|4

|align=center|8:11.90

|align=center|2 Q

|align=center|7:56.41

|align=center|6

|align=center|7:28.30

|align=center|11

Sailing

;Mixed

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="11"|Race

!rowspan="2"|Score

!rowspan="2"|Rank

!10

!11

|David Hibberd

|Laser

|10

|20

|17

|(31)

|13

|(29)

|18

|22

|align=center|138

|align=center|16

|Rick Mayhew Bruce Savage Clynton Wade-Lehman

|Soling

|17

|11

|(20)

|15

|(23)

|11

|18

|N/A

|align=center|102

|align=center|17

Shooting

;Men

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Events

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

!colspan=2|Total

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

|Mel Hains

|Skeet

|align=center|113

|align=center|=45

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=center|113

|align=center|=45

|rowspan=2|Jaco Henn

|50 metre rifle three positions

|align=center|1162

|align=center|=22

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=center|1162

|align=center|=22

|50 metre rifle prone

|align=center|593

|align=center|=26

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=center|593

|align=center|=26

Swimming

;Men

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Final B

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|rowspan=2|Brendon Dedekind

|50 m freestyle

|align=center|22.60

|align=center|4 QA

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=center|22.59

|align=center|5

|100 m freestyle

|align=center|50.95

|align=center|26

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|rowspan=2|Ryk Neethling

|400 m freestyle

|align=center|3:56.19

|align=center|16 Q

|align=center|3:54.34

|align=center|11

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|1500 m freestyle

|align=center|15:19.98

|align=center|6 QA

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=center|15:14.63

|align=center|5

;Women

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Final B

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|rowspan=3|Marianne Kriel

|50 m freestyle

|align=center|26.42

|align=center|24

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|100 m backstroke

|align=center|1:02.33

|align=center|3 Q

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=center|1:02.12

|align=center|File:Bronze medal icon.svg

|200 m backstroke

|align=center|2:15.99

|align=center|16 Q

|align=center|2:18.41

|align=center|16

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|rowspan=2|Heleen Muller

|100 m freestyle

|align=center|57.98

|align=center|33

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|200 m freestyle

|align=center|2:05.59

|align=center|30

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|rowspan=2|Penny Heyns

|100 m breaststroke

|align=center|1:07.02

|align=center|1 Q

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=center|1:07.73

|align=center|File:Gold medal icon.svg

|200 m breaststroke

|align=center|2:26.63

|align=center|1 Q

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=center|2:25.41

|align=center|File:Gold medal icon.svg

|rowspan=3|Julia Russell

|100 m breaststroke

|align=center|1:10.87

|align=center|18

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|200 m breaststroke

|align=center|2:32.44

|align=center|17 Q

|align=center|2:30.38

|align=center|12

|align=center colspan=2|Did not advance

|200 m individual medley

|align=center|2:20.40

|align=center|27

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|rowspan=2|Mandy Loots Taryn Ashton

|100 m butterfly

|align=center|1:03.53

|align=center|30

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|200 m butterfly

|align=center|2:20.73

|align=center|30

|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance

|Marianne Kriel Penny Heyns Mandy Loots Heleen Muller

|4 × 100 m medley relay

|align=center|4:09.47

|align=center|5 Q

|colspan=2

|align=center|4:08.16

|align=center|4

Tennis

;Men

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Round of 64

!colspan="2"|Round of 32

!colspan="2"|Round of 16

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="3"|Final

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Rank

|Wayne Ferreira

|Singles

|align=center|

|align=center|W 6–4 6–3

|align=center|

|align=center|W 6–3 3–6 6–2

|align=center|

|align=center|W 77–63 77–65

|align=center|

|align=center|L 7–5 6–4 7–5

|align=center colspan=5|Did not advance

|Marcos Ondruska

|Singles

|align=center|

|align=center|W 6–2 6–4

|align=center|

|align=center|L 78–66 77–61

|align=center colspan=9|Did not advance

|Ellis Ferreira Wayne Ferreira

|Doubles

|align=center colspan=2|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

|align=center colspan=5|Did not advance

;Women

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Round of 64

!colspan="2"|Round of 32

!colspan="2"|Round of 16

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="3"|Final

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Opposition

!Score

!Rank

|Amanda Coetzer

|Singles

|align=center|

|align=center|W 6–4 77–65

|align=center|

|align=center|L 1–6 6–4 '2–6

|align=center colspan=9|Did not advance

|Mariaan de Swardt

|Singles

|align=center|

|align=center|W 77–64 3–6 7–5

|align=center|

|align=center|L 6–3 1–6 4–6

|align=center colspan=9|Did not advance

|Joannette Kruger

|Singles

|align=center|

|align=center|L 77–65 2–6 1–6

|align=center colspan=11|Did not advance

|Amanda Coetzer Mariaan de Swardt

|Doubles

|align=center colspan=2|N/A

| Kim, Park (KOR)

|W 6–1 6–3

| Lake, Wood (GBR)

|L 5–7 5–7

|align=center colspan=7|Did not advance

Wrestling

;Men's freestyle

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=7|Elimination Pool

!colspan=2|Final round

|-style="font-size: 95%"

!Round 1 Result

!Round 2 Result

!Round 3 Result

!Round 4 Result

!Round 5 Result

!Round 6 Result

!Rank

!Final round Result

!Rank

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|align=left|Tjaart du Plessis

|align=left|−62 kg

| L 1–5

| L 1–3

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|18

|colspan=2|Did not advance

References

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