# South Africa at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

South Africa competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 51 athletes, 31 men and 20 women. Competitors from South Africa won 35 medals, including 15 gold, 13 silver and 7 bronze to finish 13th in the medal table.

## Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Teboho Mokgalagadi | Athletics | Men's 100m T35 |
| Gold | Teboho Mokgalagadi | Athletics | Men's 200m T35 |
| Gold | Oscar Pistorius | Athletics | Men's 200m T44 |
| Gold | Malcolm Pringle | Athletics | Men's 800m T38 |
| Gold | Fanie Lombaard | Athletics | Men's shot put F42 |
| Gold | Michael Louwrens | Athletics | Men's shot put F57 |
| Gold | Fanie Lombaard | Athletics | Men's discus throw F42 |
| Gold | Nicholas Newman | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F36/38 |
| Gold | Zanele Situ | Athletics | Women's javelin throw F54/55 |
| Gold | Tadhg Slattery | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke SB5 |
| Gold | Natalie du Toit | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S9 |
| Gold | Natalie du Toit | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S9 |
| Gold | Natalie du Toit | Swimming | Women's 400m freestyle S9 |
| Gold | Natalie du Toit | Swimming | Women's 100m butterfly S9 |
| Gold | Natalie du Toit | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley SM9 |
| Silver | Nathan Meyer | Athletics | Men's 200m T13 |
| Silver | Malcolm Pringle | Athletics | Men's 400m T38 |
| Silver | Ernst van Dyk | Athletics | Men's 800m T54 |
| Silver | Ernst van Dyk | Athletics | Men's 1500m T54 |
| Silver | Hilton Langenhoven | Athletics | Men's long jump F12 |
| Silver | Fabian Michaels | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F35 |
| Silver | Fanie Lombaard | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F42 |
| Silver | Philippa Johnson | Equestrian | Mixed individual championship dressage grade IV |
| Silver | Philippa Johnson | Equestrian | Mixed individual freestyle dressage grave IV |
| Silver | Scott Field | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S13 |
| Silver | Scott Field | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle S13 |
| Silver | Scott Field | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly S13 |
| Silver | Natalie du Toit | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S9 |
| Bronze | Oscar Pistorius | Athletics | Men's 100m T44 |
| Bronze | Ernst van Dyk | Athletics | Men's 5000m T54 |
| Bronze | Duane Strydom | Athletics | Men's discus throw F36 |
| Bronze | Ilse Hayes | Athletics | Women's 400m T13 |
| Bronze | Beverly Mashinini | Athletics | Women's javelin throw F35-38 |
| Bronze | Adriaan Nel | Cycling | Men's tricycle time trial CP 1/2 |
| Bronze | Scott Field | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S13 |

## Sports
### Athletics
#### Men's track

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Le Irvine de Kock | T37 | 100m | 12.20 | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | 12.56 | 4 |
| Le Irvine de Kock | T37 | 200m | 24.98 | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | 25.24 | 5 |
| Le Irvine de Kock | T37 | 400m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 56.43 | 5 |
| Hilton Langenhoven | T12 | 100m | 11.33 | 8 q | 11.28 | 7 B | 11.40 | 4 |
| Hilton Langenhoven | T12 | 200m | 22.62 | 4 Q | 22.49 | 5 B | DNS | DNS |
| Nathan Meyer | T13 | 100m | 11.22 | 4 Q | N/A | N/A | 11.34 | 5 |
| Nathan Meyer | T13 | 200m | 22.67 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 22.96 | |
| Teboho Mokgalgadi | T35 | 100m | 13.07 WR | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | 13.05 WR | |
| Teboho Mokgalgadi | T35 | 200m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 26.80 PR | |
| Jonathan Ntutu | T13 | 100m | 11.34 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Oscar Pistorius | T44 | 100m | 11.43 | 4 Q | N/A | N/A | 11.16 | |
| Oscar Pistorius | T44 | 200m | 23.42 WR | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | 21.97 WR | |
| Malcolm Pringle | T38 | 200m | 24.60 | 6 Q | N/A | N/A | 23.76 | 6 |
| Malcolm Pringle | T38 | 400m | 52.91 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 51.51 | |
| Malcolm Pringle | T38 | 800m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:58.87 WR | |
| David Roos | T46 | 200m | 24.22 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Krige Schabort | T54 | 10000m | 21:08.97 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 20:54.56 | 8 |
| Krige Schabort | T54 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:39:53 | 15 |
| Ernst van Dyk | T54 | 800m | 1:35.30 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 1:32.53 | |
| Ernst van Dyk | T54 | 1500m | 3:04.50 | 8 Q | 3:07.18 | 8 Q | 3:05.29 | |
| Ernst van Dyk | T54 | 5000m | 10:25.20 | 4 Q | N/A | N/A | 10:24.07 | |
| Ernst van Dyk | T54 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:41:59 | 18 |
| Le Irvine de Kock Fabian Michaels Teboho Mokgalagadi Malcolm Pringle | T35-38 | 4 × 100 m relay | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 49.09 | 4 |

#### Men's field

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Hilton Langenhoven | F12 | Javelin | 48.26 | - | 7 |
| Hilton Langenhoven | F12 | Long jump | 7.03 | - | |
| Fanie Lombaard | F42 | Discus | 45.56 | - | |
| Fanie Lombaard | F42 | Javelin | 47.02 | - | |
| Fanie Lombaard | F42 | Shot put | 13.81 WR | - | |
| Michael Louwrens | F57 | Discus | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| Michael Louwrens | F57 | Shot put | 13.31 PR | - | |
| Fabian Michaels | F35 | Discus | 28.48 | - | 9 |
| Fabian Michaels | F35 | Javelin | 42.22 | - | |
| Fabian Michaels | F38 | Shot put | 9.68 | - | 8 |
| Nicholas Newman | F36 | Shot put | 10.08 | - | 5 |
| Nicholas Newman | F36/38 | Javelin | 38.09 | - | |
| Jonathan Ntutu | F13 | Long jump | 6.15 | - | 6 |
| David Roos | F44/46 | High jump | 1.85 | - | 5 |
| David Roos | F46 | Long jump | 6.57 | - | 4 |
| Duane Strydom | F36 | Discus | 32.96 | - | |
| Duane Strydom | F36 | Shot put | 9.82 | - | 6 |

#### Women's track

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Ilse Hayes | T13 | 100m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13.23 | 5 |
| Ilse Hayes | T13 | 400m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:00.17 | |
| Dominique Vogel | T37 | 100m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 15.54 | 5 |
| Dominique Vogel | T37 | 200m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 32.86 | 4 |
| Dominique Vogel | T38 | 400m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:19.94 | 7 |

#### Women's field

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Sonja Lloyd | F32-34/52/53 | Discus | 12.19 | 891 | 6 |
| Sonja Lloyd | F32-34/52/53 | Javelin | 10.13 | 957 | 9 |
| Sonja Lloyd | F32-34/52/53 | Shot put | 5.68 | 1047 | 7 |
| Jane Mandean | F35/36 | Shot put | 7.58 | 1091 | 4 |
| Jane Mandean | F35/36/38 | Discus | 19.38 | 1093 | 6 |
| Jane Mandean | F35-38 | Javelin | 17.69 | 1003 | 7 |
| Beverly Mashinini | F35/36 | Shot put | 5.87 | 844 | 12 |
| Beverly Mashinini | F35/36/38 | Discus | 16.31 | 919 | 10 |
| Beverly Mashinini | F35-38 | Javelin | 21.94 | 1245 | |
| Zanele Situ | F54/55 | Discus | 13.41 | 888 | 7 |
| Zanele Situ | F54/55 | Javelin | 14.75 WR | 1145 | |
| Zanele Situ | F54/55 | Shot put | 5.37 | 883 | 6 |
| Carine Swanepoel | F42 | Long jump | 2.82 | - | 10 |
| Tanya Swanepoel | F32-34/52/53 | Discus | 11.85 | 866 | 7 |
| Tanya Swanepoel | F32-34/52/53 | Shot put | 5.35 | 986 | 8 |
| Chennele van Zyl | F35/36 | Shot put | 6.41 | 922 | 9 |
| Chennele van Zyl | F35/36/38 | Discus | 18.21 | 1027 | 8 |
| Chennele van Zyl | F35-38 | Javelin | 17.35 | 984 | 8 |

### Cycling
#### Men's road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Stephan Herholdt | Men's road race / time trial CP div 4 | 1:52:47 | 9 |
| Adriaan Nel | Men's tricycle road race CP div 1/2 | DNF | DNF |
| Adriaan Nel | Men's tricycle time trial CP div 1/2 | 10:10.58 | |
| Janos Plekker | Men's road race / time trial CP div 4 | 1:53:16 | 10 |

#### Men's track

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | 1st round | 1st round | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Stephan Herholdt | Men's 1km time trial CP div 3/4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:15.71 | 8 |
| Stephan Herholdt | Men's individual pursuit CP div 4 | 3:56.17 | 6 Q | Bouska (CZE) L OVL | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Janos Plekker | Men's 1km time trial CP div 3/4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:16.98 | 11 |
| Janos Plekker | Men's individual pursuit CP div 4 | 3:58.45 | 7 | Homann (AUS) L OVL | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Women's road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Susan van Staden | Women's time trial LC1-4/CP 3/4 | 31:10.03 | 10 |

#### Women's track

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Susan van Staden | Women's 1km time trial LC1-4/CP 3/4 | N/A | N/A | 1:24.06 | 10 |

### Equestrian

| Athlete | Event | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Philippa Johnson | Mixed individual championship test grade IV | 69.871 | |
| Philippa Johnson | Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV | 78.273 | |
| Wendy Olivier | Mixed individual championship test grade II | 53.727 | 19 |
| Wendy Olivier | Mixed individual championship test grade II | 57.278 | 20 |

### Powerlifting
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Coetzee Wium | 90kg | 190.0 | 7 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Moekie Grobbelaar | 56kg | 87.5 | 5 |
| Annah Mooketshi | 52kg | 87.5 | 4 |
| Chantell Stierman | 60kg | 85.0 | 7 |

### Shooting

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Vonnie Koehne | Men's 10m air pistol SH1 | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vonnie Koehne | Mixed 25m sport pistol SH1 | 563 | 5 | 97.4 | 660.4 | 6 |

### Swimming
#### Men

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Charl Bouwer | S13 | 400m freestyle | 4:47.31 | 6 Q | 4:49.39 | 8 |
| Charl Bouwer | S13 | 100m backstroke | 1:12.77 | 7 Q | 1:12.11 | 7 Q |
| Charl Bouwer | SM13 | 200m individual medley | 2:43.46 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tiaan du Plessis | S8 | 50m freestyle | 30.76 | 8 Q | 30.26 | 8 |
| Tiaan du Plessis | S8 | 100m freestyle | 1:05.73 | 7 Q | 1:06.11 | 8 |
| Tiaan du Plessis | S8 | 100m backstroke | 1:19.55 | 8 Q | 1:19.67 | 8 |
| Scott Field | S13 | 50m freestyle | 25.54 | 2 Q | 25.48 | |
| Scott Field | S13 | 100m freestyle | 57.29 | 1 Q | 55.36 | |
| Scott Field | S13 | 400m freestyle | 4:44.98 | 2 Q | 4:30.19 | |
| Scott Field | S13 | 100m butterfly | 1:01.65 | 2 Q | 1:01.75 | |
| Ebert Kleynhans | S12 | 50m freestyle | 26.68 | 7 Q | 26.60 | 7 |
| Ebert Kleynhans | S12 | 100m freestyle | 58.95 | 8 Q | 59.38 | 8 |
| Ebert Kleynhans | S12 | 100m butterfly | 1:08.59 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Oliver Nathan | S8 | 100m freestyle | 1:07.48 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Oliver Nathan | S8 | 400m freestyle | 5:20.56 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Oliver Nathan | S8 | 100m butterfly | 1:15.17 | 6 Q | 1:14.57 | 6 |
| Tadhg Slattery | S7 | 50m butterfly | 40.53 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tadhg Slattery | SB5 | 100m breaststroke | 1:33.03 | 1 Q | 1:33.01 | |
| Tadhg Slattery | SM6 | 200m individual medley | 3:06.18 | 5 Q | 3:06.00 | 6 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Handri de Beer | S12 | 50m freestyle | 32.41 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Handri de Beer | S12 | 100m freestyle | 1:09.49 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Handri de Beer | S12 | 400m freestyle | N/A | N/A | 5:23.99 | 7 |
| Handri de Beer | S12 | 100m butterfly | 1:16.85 | 4 Q | 1:16.79 | 5 |
| Handri de Beer | SM12 | 200m individual medley | 3:02.64 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Natalie du Toit | S9 | 50m freestyle | 29.54 PR | 1 Q | 29.52 WR | |
| Natalie du Toit | S9 | 100m freestyle | 1:02.92 PR | 1 Q | 1:02.83 PR | |
| Natalie du Toit | S9 | 400m freestyle | 4:43.66 PR | 1 Q | 4:28.09 WR | |
| Natalie du Toit | S9 | 100m backstroke | 1:12.12 | 1 Q | 1:11.41 | |
| Natalie du Toit | S9 | 100m butterfly | 1:07.69 WR | 1 Q | 1:07.54 WR | |
| Natalie du Toit | SB8 | 100m breaststroke | 1:30.95 | 4 Q | 1:30.17 | 4 |
| Natalie du Toit | SM9 | 200m individual medley | 2:32.19 WR | 1 Q | 2:29.98 WR | |
| Elizabeth Freiin von Wechmar | S6 | 400m freestyle | 7:21.61 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Elizabeth Freiin von Wechmar | SB5 | 100m breaststroke | N/A | N/A | 2:10.16 | 7 |

### Table tennis
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Johan du Plooy | Men's singles 8 | Ledoux (BEL) L 0-3 | Soukup (CZE) L 1-3 | Lo (USA) L 1-3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pieter du Plooy | Men's singles 6 | Rosenmeier (DEN) L 0-3 | Buzin (RUS) L 0-3 | Ono (JPN) W 3-0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mark Nilsen | Men's singles 5 | Robles (ESP) L 1–3 | Bolldén (SWE) L 1-3 | Kalyvas (GRE) W 3–0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Johan du Plooy Pieter du Plooy | Men's team 8 | France (FRA) L 0-3 | Slovakia (SVK) L 0-3 | N/A | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Aletta Moll | Women's singles 3 | Pintar (SLO) L 0–3 | Fujiwara (JPN) L 0–3 | N/A | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rosabelle Riese | Women's singles 4 | Pape (GER) L 1-3 | Rast (SUI) L 1-3 | Pillarova (SVK) L 0-3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Wheelchair tennis
#### Men

| Athlete | Class | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Adrian Hubbard | Open | Men's singles | Brychta (CZE) L 0-6, 0-6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Joppie Victor | Open | Men's singles | Weekes (AUS) L 1-6, 2-6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adrian Hubbard Joppie Victor | Open | Men's doubles | N/A | Legner (AUT) Baumgartner (AUT) L 0-6, 1-6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |