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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 |
| inAtlanta | |
| 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 the1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta,United States. 84 competitors, 64 men and 20 women, and this was the first South African team marched under the newpost-Apartheid flag.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)L 140–168 | Did not advance | |||||
| Leanda Hendricks | 600 | 56 |  Yoon Hye-Young (KOR)L 138–165 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Kirstin Lewis | 639 | 26 |  Judit Kovács (HUN)W 150–150 |  Natalia Valeeva (MDA)L 143–160 | Did not advance | |||||
| Jill Börresen Leanda Hendricks Kirstin Lewis | Team | 1806 | 15 | Turkey L 228–240 | 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 | 16Q | 45.26 | 18 | Did not advance | |||||
| Hendrik Mokganyetsi | 400 metres | 45.89 | 22q | 46.48 | 30 | Did not advance | |||||
| Bobang Phiri | 400 metres | 45.94 | 26q | 45.51 | 21 | Did not advance | |||||
| Johan Botha | 800 metres | 1:45.63 | 5q | N/A | 1:48.06 | 19 | Did not advance | ||||
| Hezekiel Sepeng | 800 metres | 1:46.45 | 14Q | N/A | 1:45.16 | 7Q | 1:42.72 |  | |||
| Marius van Heerden | 800 metres | 1:47.46 | 31 | N/A | Did not advance | ||||||
| Shadrack Hoff | 5000 metres | 14:05.97 | 26Q | N/A | 14:16.14 | 25 | Did not advance | ||||
| John Morapedi | 5000 metres | 13:54.30 | 11Q | 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 | 13q | 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 | 1Q | 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Gwen Griffiths | 1500 metres | 4:10.80 | 14Q | N/A | 4:11.12 | 12Q | 4:06.33 | 9 | |
| Colleen de Reuck | 10000 metres | 32:39.19 | 20Q | 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)W 16–11 |  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 | 2Q | 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 | 17Q |  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 | 1,132 | 3:35.25 | 1,152 | 10-22 | 780 | 30 | 1,070 | 13:17.358 | 1,174 | 5,308 | 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 | 1Q | 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 | 2Q | 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 | 4QA | Did not advance | 22.59 | 5 | |
| 100 m freestyle | 50.95 | 26 | Did not advance | ||||
| Ryk Neethling | 400 m freestyle | 3:56.19 | 16Q | 3:54.34 | 11 | Did not advance | |
| 1500 m freestyle | 15:19.98 | 6QA | 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 | 3Q | Did not advance | 1:02.12 |  | ||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:15.99 | 16Q | 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 | 1Q | Did not advance | 1:07.73 | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:26.63 | 1Q | Did not advance | 2:25.41 | | ||
| Julia Russell | 100 m breaststroke | 1:10.87 | 18 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:32.44 | 17Q | 2:30.38 | 12 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:20.40 | 27 | Did not advance | ||||
| Mandy LootsTaryn 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 | 5Q | — | 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) | W 6–4 6–3 |  Black (ZIM) | W 6–3 3–6 6–2 |  Woodbridge (AUS) | W 77–63 77–65 |  Agassi (USA) | L 7–5 6–4 7–5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Marcos Ondruska | Singles |  Ivanišević (CRO) | W 6–2 6–4 |  Ruud (NOR) | L 78–66 77–61 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Ellis Ferreira Wayne Ferreira | Doubles | 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 | 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) | W 6–4 77–65 |  Zvereva (BLR) | L 1–6 6–4 '2–6 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Mariaan de Swardt | Singles | Suková (CZE) | W 77–64 3–6 7–5 |  Huber (GER) | L 6–3 1–6 4–6 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Joannette Kruger | Singles | Choi (KOR) | L 77–65 2–6 1–6 | Did not advance | ||||||||||
| Amanda Coetzer Mariaan de Swardt | Doubles | N/A | Kim,Park (KOR) | W 6–1 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 | ||||
