# 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

| 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 |

## Competitors

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

## Archery
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leanda Hendricks | Individual | 600 | 56 | Yoon Hye-Young (KOR) L 138–165 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kirstin Lewis | Individual | 639 | 26 | Judit Kovács (HUN) W 150–150 | Natalia Valeeva (MDA) L 143–160 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jill Börresen Leanda Hendricks Kirstin Lewis | Team | 1806 | 15 | | | Turkey L 228–240 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics
### Men
#### Track and road events

| Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Alfred Visagie | 200 metres | 21.10 | 68 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arnau Malherbe | 400 metres | 45.75 | 16 Q | 45.26 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hendrik Mokganyetsi | 400 metres | 45.89 | 22 q | 46.48 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bobang Phiri | 400 metres | 45.94 | 26 q | 45.51 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Johan Botha | 800 metres | 1:45.63 | 5 q | N/A | N/A | 1:48.06 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hezekiel Sepeng | 800 metres | 1:46.45 | 14 Q | N/A | N/A | 1:45.16 | 7 Q | 1:42.72 | |
| Marius van Heerden | 800 metres | 1:47.46 | 31 | N/A | N/A | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Shadrack Hoff | 5000 metres | 14:05.97 | 26 Q | N/A | N/A | 14:16.14 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| John Morapedi | 5000 metres | 13:54.30 | 11 Q | N/A | N/A | 13:54.43 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hendrick Ramaala | 10000 metres | 29:07.81 | 29 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lawrence Peu | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2:18:09 | 27 |
| Josia Thugwane | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2:12:36 | |
| Gert Thys | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2:18:55 | 33 |
| Llewellyn Herbert | 400 metres hurdles | 51.13 | 45 | N/A | N/A | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Shadrack Mogotsi | 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:46.24 | 28 | N/A | N/A | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arnaud Malherbe Hendrik Mokganyetsi Bobang Phiri Alfred Visagie | 4 x 400 metres relay | 3:03.79 | 13 q | N/A | N/A | 3:02.96 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Riaan Botha | Pole vault | 5.70 | 1 Q | 5.60 | 14 |
| Okkert Brits | Pole vault | NM | NM | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| François Fouché | Long jump | 7.44 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women
#### Track and road events

| Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Gwen Griffiths | 1500 metres | 4:10.80 | 14 Q | N/A | N/A | 4:11.12 | 12 Q | 4:06.33 | 9 |
| Colleen de Reuck | 10000 metres | 32:39.19 | 20 Q | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 32:14.69 | 13 |
| Elana Meyer | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Karen van der Veen | 400 metres hurdles | 57.00 | 25 | N/A | N/A | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Phillip N'dou | Featherweight | Patton (CAN) W RSC | Kamsing (THA) L 12–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Irvin Buhlalu | Lightweight | Wiangwiset (THA) L 21–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Victor Kunene | Light-middleweight | Polakovič (CZE) L 8–1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sybrand Botes | Light-heavyweight | Hernández (DOM) W 16–11 | Flores (PUR) L 16–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Sprint
#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ruth Nortje | K-1 500 m | 1:54.695 | 2 Q | N/A | N/A | 1:53.611 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling
### Road
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Doug Ryder | Road race | 4:56:47 | 61 |
| Blayne Wikner | Road race | 4:56:52 | 97 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Erica Green | Road race | 2:37:21 | 35 |
| Jackie Martin | Road race | 2:53:12 | 43 |

### Track
#### Sprints

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | 1/32 finals (Repechage) | 1/16 finals (Repechage) | 1/8 finals (Repechage) | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals (5th-8th) | Finals (5th-8th) |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | 17 Q | Rousseau (FRA) L 11.296 63.739 Bazálik (SVK) L 11.222 64.159 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Pursuits

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | 1st round | 1st round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| David George | Men's individual pursuit | 4:39.531 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Time trials

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Jean-Pierre van Zyl | Men's 1000 metre time trial | 1:04.214 | 5 |

#### Points races

| Athlete | Event | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| David George | Men's points race | Did not finish | Did not finish |

### Mountain biking
#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Erica Green | Cross-country | 2:03:06 | 17 |

## Field Hockey
### Men's tournament
#### Group B

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| 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 |
* Match 6 20:00
| South Africa | 1 – 1 | Australia |
| Greg Nicol 65' | | Mark Hager 61' |
* Umpires: Guillaume Langle (FRA) Steve Horgan (USA)
* Match 11 17:30
| Malaysia | 2 – 2 | South Africa |
| Mirnawan Nawawi 38' (pc) Mirnawan Nawawi 61' | | Greg Nicol 26' (pc) Grant Fulton 64' (pc) |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)
* Match 16 09:00
| South Korea | 3 – 3 | South Africa |
| Park Shin-Heum 27' (pc) Shin Seo-Jyo 51' (pc) Kim Young-Kyu 60' | | Greg Nicol 55' (pc) Grant Fulton 67' (ps) Greg Nicol 68' (pc) |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Richard Wolter (GER)
* Match 23 17:30
| South Africa | 0 – 2 | Great Britain |
| | | Jon Wyatt 14' (pc) Calum Giles 28' (pc) |
* Umpires: Steve Horgan (USA) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
* Match 30 20:00
| Netherlands | 4 – 1 | South Africa |
| Bram Lomans 10' (pc) Marc Delissen 13' Bram Lomans 26' (pc) Taco van den Honert 54' | | Greg Nicol 43' |
* Umpires: Ayman Amin (EGY) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

#### Classification Matches 9-12

* 9th/12th place Match 32 08:30
| United States | 0 – 3 | South Africa |
| | | Charles Teversham 34' Grant Fulton 48' (pc) Craig Fulton 62' |
* Umpires: Floris Idenburg (NED) Ayman Amin (EGY)

#### 9th place match

* Ninth place Match 38 08:30
| South Africa | 2 – 3 | Argentina |
| Greg Nicol 22' (pc) Matthew Hallowes 38' | | Fernando Ferrara 30' Santiago Capurro 36' Jorge Lombi 45' (pc) |
* Umpires: Craig Madden (GBR) Guillaume Langle (FRA)
* 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

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Modern Pentathlon
### Men

| Athlete | Shooting | Shooting | Swimming | Swimming | Fencing | Fencing | Riding | Riding | Running | Running | Total points | Rank |
| Athlete | Result | Points | Result | Points | Result | Points | Penalties | Points | Result | Points | Total points | Rank |
| 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

| Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Greg Bayne John Callie | Coxless pair | 7:01.05 | 6 | 7:11.14 | 4 | N/A | N/A | 7:09.91 | 16 |
| Gareth Costa Mike Hasselbach Mark Rowand Roger Tobler | Lightweight coxless four | 6:19.98 | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | 6:16.65 | 4 | 6:04.13 | 9 |

### Women

| Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Helen Fleming Colleen Orsmond | Coxless pair | 7:48.69 | 4 | 8:11.90 | 2 Q | 7:56.41 | 6 | 7:28.30 | 11 |

## Sailing
### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Score | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Score | Rank |
| 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 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Events | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Events | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Mel Hains | Skeet | 113 | =45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 113 | =45 |
| Jaco Henn | 50 metre rifle three positions | 1162 | =22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 1162 | =22 |
| Jaco Henn | 50 metre rifle prone | 593 | =26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 593 | =26 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final B | Final B | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Brendon Dedekind | 50 m freestyle | 22.60 | 4 QA | Did not advance | Did not advance | 22.59 | 5 |
| Brendon Dedekind | 100 m freestyle | 50.95 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ryk Neethling | 400 m freestyle | 3:56.19 | 16 Q | 3:54.34 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ryk Neethling | 1500 m freestyle | 15:19.98 | 6 QA | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15:14.63 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final B | Final B | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Marianne Kriel | 50 m freestyle | 26.42 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marianne Kriel | 100 m backstroke | 1:02.33 | 3 Q | Did not advance | Did not advance | 1:02.12 | |
| Marianne Kriel | 200 m backstroke | 2:15.99 | 16 Q | 2:18.41 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Heleen Muller | 100 m freestyle | 57.98 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Heleen Muller | 200 m freestyle | 2:05.59 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Penny Heyns | 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.02 | 1 Q | Did not advance | Did not advance | 1:07.73 | |
| Penny Heyns | 200 m breaststroke | 2:26.63 | 1 Q | Did not advance | Did not advance | 2:25.41 | |
| Julia Russell | 100 m breaststroke | 1:10.87 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Julia Russell | 200 m breaststroke | 2:32.44 | 17 Q | 2:30.38 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Julia Russell | 200 m individual medley | 2:20.40 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mandy Loots Taryn Ashton | 100 m butterfly | 1:03.53 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mandy Loots Taryn Ashton | 200 m butterfly | 2:20.73 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marianne Kriel Penny Heyns Mandy Loots Heleen Muller | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:09.47 | 5 Q | — | — | 4:08.16 | 4 |

## Tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 7$^7$–6$^3$ 7$^7$–6$^5$ | Agassi (USA) | L 7–5 6–4 7–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marcos Ondruska | Singles | Ivanišević (CRO) | W 6–2 6–4 | Ruud (NOR) | L 7$^8$–6$^6$ 7$^7$–6$^1$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ellis Ferreira Wayne Ferreira | Doubles | N/A | N/A | Köves, Markovits (HUN) | W 6–1 6–1 | Agassi, Washington (USA) | W 7–5 7$^7$–6$^2$ 6–0 | Eltingh, Haarhuis (NED) | L 7$^7$–6$^4$ 7$^7$–6$^4$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Opposition | Score | Rank |
| Amanda Coetzer | Singles | McQuillan (AUS) | W 6–4 7$^7$–6$^5$ | Zvereva (BLR) | L 1–6 6–4 '2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mariaan de Swardt | Singles | Suková (CZE) | W 7$^7$–6$^4$ 3–6 7–5 | Huber (GER) | L 6–3 1–6 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joannette Kruger | Singles | Choi (KOR) | L 7$^7$–6$^5$ 2–6 1–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Amanda Coetzer Mariaan de Swardt | Doubles | N/A | N/A | Kim, Park (KOR) | W 6–1 6–3 | Lake, Wood (GBR) | L 5–7 5–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Wrestling
### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |