# South Africa at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

South Africa was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by an unknown member strong contingent, consisting of athletes and various officials.

## Medals

| | | | | Total |
| South Africa | 12 | 13 | 13 | 38 |

### Gold

* Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay: Lyndon Ferns, Ryk Neethling, Roland Schoeman and Gerhard Zandberg sets up a Games record of 3:14.97, beating Australia (silver) and Canada (bronze).
* Women's 50 m EAD Freestyle: Natalie du Toit bettered the existing record twice (during Heat 2 and Final A) to 29.27 seconds.
* Men's 50 m Butterfly: Roland Schoeman
* Women's 100 m EAD Freestyle: Natalie du Toit
* Women's Javelin: Sunette Viljoen
* Men's Shot put: Janus Robberts
* Men's 50 m Freestyle: Roland Schoeman
* Women's Discus: Elizna Naude
* Women's Trap: Diane Swanton
* Men's 400 m Hurdles: Louis van Zyl
* Women's High Jump: Anika Smith
* Welterweight 69 kg: Bongani Mwelase

### Silver

* Men's 200 m Backstroke: Johannes du Rand
* Men's 100 m Freestyle: Ryk Neethling
* Women's 100 m: Geraldine Pillay
* Men's 100 m EAD: Hilton Langenhoven
* Men's 400 m Hurdles: Alwyn Myburgh
* Men's 200 m EAD: David Roos
* Women's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions: Esmari van Reenen
* Men's Double Trap: Byron Swanton
* Men's Triple Jump: Khotso Mokoena
* Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
* Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
* Flyweight 51 kg: Jackson van Tonder Chauke
* Men's Road Race: David George

### Bronze

* Men's 50 m Backstroke: Gerhard Zandberg
* Women's 50 m Butterfly: Lize-Mari Retief ties with Alice Mills of Australia
* Women's 200 m Breaststroke: Suzaan van Biljon
* Men's 25 m Standard Pistol Pairs: Allan Stuart McDonald and Daniel Francois van Tonder obtain a total of 1106, just behind Australia's 1112 and India's 1139.
* Men's 100 m Freestyle: Roland Schoeman
* Men's Lawn Bowls Triples: South Africa
* Men's 25 m Centre Fire Pistol Pairs: Allan Stuart McDonald and Daniel Francois van Tonder obtain a total of 1135, just behind England's 1138 and India's 1150.
* Men's 1500 m Freestyle: Troyden Prinsloo
* Women's Floor: Francki van Rooyen
* Women's 75 kg Weightlifting: Babalwa Ndleleni, becoming the first black woman to win a medal for the country at the Games.
* Women's 200 m: Geraldine Pillay
* Men's Hammer Throw: Christiaan Harmse
* Women's Lawn Bowls Singles: Lorna Trigwell

## South Africa's Team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
### Athletics
#### Men's Competition

* Sherwin Vries (100 m, 4 × 100 m)
* Leigh Julius (200 m, 4 × 100 m)
* Snyman Prinsloo (200 m, 4 × 100 m)
* Paul Gorries (400 m, 4 × 400 m)
* Jan van der Merwe (400 m, 4 × 400 m)
* Ofentse Mogawane (400 m, 4 × 400 m)
* Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (800 m)
* Tshamano Setone (5000 m)
* Boy Soke (5000 m)
* Ruben Ramolefi (3000 m steeplechase)
* Emmanuel Mkhabela (3000 m steeplechase
* Shaun Bownes (110 m hurdles)
* Ruan de Vries (110 m hurdles)
* Hennie Kotze (110 m hurdles)
* LJ van Zyl (4 × 400 m, 400 m hurdles)
* Pieter de Villiers (4 × 400 m, 400 m hurdles)
* Alwyn Myburgh (400 m hurdles, 4 × 400 m)
* Tseko Mpolokeng (marathon)
* Neo Molema (marathon)
* Okkert Brits (pole vault)
* Khotso Mokoena (long jump, triple jump)
* Martin McClintock (long jump)
* Yaw Fosu Amoah (long jump)
* Hardus Pienaar (javelin)
* Robert Oosthuizen (javelin)
* Lohan Rautenbach (javelin)
* Chris Harmse (hammer throw)
* Hannes Hopley (discus)
* Janus Robberts (shot put)
* Ramsay Carelse (high jump)
* Lee Roy Newton (4 × 100 m)
* Ruben Majola (4 × 400 m)
* Hilton Langenhoven (T12 100 m)
* Joseph van Nel (T12 100 m)
* David Roos (T46 200 m)

#### Women's Competition

* Geraldine Pillay (100 m, 200 m)
* Adri Schoeman (400 m, 4 × 400 m)
* Estie Wittstock (400 m, 4 × 400 m)
* Surita Febbraio (400 m hurdles, 4 × 400 m)
* Lebogang Phalula (800 m, 1500 m)
* Dina Lebo Phalula (800 m, 1500 m)
* Marlene Breytenbach (1500 m)
* Nolene Conrad (3000 m steeplechase)
* Tebogo Masehla (3000 m steeplechase)
* Nicolene Cronje (20 km walk)
* Suzanne Erasmus (20 km walk)
* Tanith Maxwell (marathon)
* Charne Rademeyer (marathon)
* Elizna Naudé (discus)
* Anika Smit (high jump)
* Marli Knoetze (shot put)
* Simone du Toit (shot put)
* Sunette Viljoen (javelin)
* Samantha Dodd (pole vault)
* Janice Josephs (heptathlon)
* Tsholofelo Selemela (4 × 400 m)
* Amanda Kotze (4 × 400 m)
* Dominique Vogel (T38 100 m)
* Thuliswa Mlinganiso (T38 100 m)

### Basketball
#### Men's team competition

* Team roster
   * Quintin Denyssen
   * Vusi Dlamini
   * Pat Engelbrecht
   * Thabang Kgwedi
   * Emmanuel Madondo
   * Nakedi Maputla
   * Brendan Mettler
   * Kenneth Motaung
   * Neo Mothiba
   * Sipho Ngcobo
   * Nyakallo Nthuping
   * Chris Treurnicht

### Cycling

* Mountain Bike
   * Justice Makhale
   * Burry Stander
* Road/Time Trial
   * Ryan Cox
   * David George
   * Jock Green
   * Robert Hunter
   * Jeremy Maartens
   * Rupert Rheeder
* Track
   * Durwan Benjamin
   * Garth Thomas

### Gymnastics

   * Maureen van Rooyen
   * Christian Brezeanu
   * Steven Friedman
   * Troy Sender
   * Gerhard Swiegers
   * Candice Cronje
   * Chanel Moonsammy
   * Francki van Rooyen
   * Rinette Whelpton
   * Shalene Arnold
   * Odette Richard
   * Stephanie Sandler
   * Mirriam Letsele

### Field Hockey
#### Men's team competition

* Team roster
   * Chris Hibbert
   * Franci du Plessis
   * Ken Forbes
   * Kyle Rhodes
   * Darryn Gallagher
   * Bruce Jacobs
   * John Paul
   * Wayne Madsen
   * Lungile Tsolekile
   * Jody Paul
   * Clyde Abrahams
   * Ian Symons
   * Leroy Phillips
   * Charles Rose-Innes
   * Reece Basson
   * Justin Reid-Ross
* Head coach: Paul Revington

#### Women's team competition

* Team roster
   * Caroline Jack
   * Mariette Rix
   * Kate Hector
   * Nita Van Jaarsveldt
   * Tarryn Hosking
   * Lenise Marals
   * Lesle-Ann George
   * Marsha Marescia
   * Tarryn Bright
   * Kathleen Taylor
   * Sharne Wehmeyer
   * Lindsey Carlisle
   * Henna du Buisson
   * Fiona Butler
   * Liesel Dorothy
   * Jenny Wilson
* Head coach: Jenny King

### Lawn Bowls
#### Men's Competition

* Team roster
   * Shaun Addinall
   * Gerry Baker
   * Neil Burkett
   * Kevin Campbell
   * Eric Johannes
   * Gidion Vermuelen

#### Women's Competition

* Team roster
   * Rika Lynn
   * Susan Nel
   * Trish Steyn
   * Lorna Trigwell
   * Loraine Victor
   * Colleen Webb

### Netball

   * Sindisiwe Gumede
   * Nontle Gwavu
   * Lizanne Helmand
   * Adele Niemand
   * Simnikiwe Malusi
   * Christine Markgraaf
   * Zanele Mdodana
   * Nthabiseng Moabi
   * Martha Mosoahle
   * Charlene Hertzog
   * Karin Venter
   * Leigh-Ann Zackey

### Rugby Sevens
#### Men's team competition

* Team roster
   * Schalk van der Merwe (Golden Lions)
   * Ryan Kankowski (Natal Sharks)
   * Tobela Mdaka (Griffons)
   * Jonathan Mokuena (Leopards)
   * Zolani Mofu (Border)
   * Stefan Basson (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
   * Phillip Burger (Vodacom Cheetahs)
   * Mzwandile Stick (Natal Sharks)
   * Gio Aplon (Vodacom Western Province)
   * Jaco Pretorius (Falcons)
   * Antonius Verhoeven (Boland)
   * Fabian Juries (Eastern Province)

### Shooting

   * Neels Bornman
   * Etienne Cilliers
   * Georgios Eleftheriou
   * Byron Swanton
   * Diane Swanton
   * Nicolaas Swart
   * Johan du Toit
   * Robert Hayter
   * Mohyedien Begg
   * Allan McDonald
   * Daniel van Tonder
   * Martin Senore
   * Esmari van Reenen
   * Gavin van Rhyn
   * Marli Vlok

### Squash

   * Diana Argyle
   * Rodney Durbach
   * Adrian Hansen
   * Clinton Leeuw
   * Tenille Swartz
   * Craig van der Wath

### Table Tennis

   * Luke Abrahams
   * Theo Cogill
   * Shireen Lyners
   * Sameera Maal
   * Alet Moll (EAD)
   * Shane Overmeyer
   * Rosabelle Riese

### Triathlon

   * Hendrik de Villiers
   * Mari Rabie
   * Kate Roberts
   * Brad Storm

### Weightlifting

   * Alphonso Adonis
   * Darryn Anthony
   * Ricardo Fitzpatrick (EAD)
   * Greg Gerts
   * Babalwa Ndeleni
   * Evgeni Popov (EAD)
   * Mona Pretorius
   * Portia Vries