page_title: South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics
section_title: Men's tournament
hierarchical_section_title: South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics / Field hockey / Men's tournament
caption_attribution_description: English: The South African field hockey team at the 2008 Summer Olympics just before the match against Great Britain in the group states. From the left: E. Smith, Symons, McDade, Hibbert, Abbott, Gallagher, Blake, Rose-Innes, Harper, Abrahams, Hammond, Tsolekile, Bam, A. Smith, Cronje, Jacobs
context_page_description: South Africa competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The team included 136 athletes, as of 10 July 2008.
  South Africa had its worst medals performance at an Olympics since 1994, and tied its performance in the 1936 Games.
context_section_description: Team roster
  
  The following is the South African roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. 
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  Head Coach: Gregg Clark
  Andrew Cronje
  Ian Symons
  Austin Smith
  Bruce Jacobs (c)
  Darryn Gallagher
  Marvin Harper
  Emile Smith
  Clyde Abrahams
  Paul Blake
  Eric Rose-Innes
  Marvin Bam
  Geoffrey Abbott
  Thornton McDade
  Chris Hibbert (GK)
  Lungile Tsolekile
  Thomas Hammond
  Reserve:
  Shanyl Balwanth
  Erasmus Pieterse (GK)
  Group play
  Source: FIH
  Classification match for 11th/12th place
caption: South Africa's team just before the group stage match against Great Britain. From the left: E. Smith, Symons, McDade, Hibbert, Abbott, Gallagher, Blake, Rose-Innes, Harper, Abrahams, Hammond, Tsolekile, Bam, A. Smith, Cronje, Jacobs
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