South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Gold

• Josia Thugwane
  Josia Thugwane
  Josia Thugwane is a South African athlete, best known for winning the gold medal in the marathon race at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...
  
  , Men's Marathon

• Penny Heyns — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...
  
  , Women's 100 metres Breaststroke

• Penny Heyns — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...
  
  , Women's 200 metres Breaststroke

Silver

• Hezekiél Sepeng
  Hezekiél Sepeng
  Hezekiél Sello Sepeng , is a South African middle distance runner who came second in the Olympic 800 metres final in Atlanta 1996 , the 1998 Commonwealth Games and the World Championships' final in Seville 1999...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...
  
  , Men's 800 metres

Bronze

• Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...
  
  , Women's 100 metres Backstroke

Archery

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of four events. The events were held in neighboring Stone Mountain.All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed in each the men's individual and women's individual competitions. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round...

In South Africa's second appearance in Olympic archery, Kirstin Jean Lewis

Kirstin Jean Lewis

Kirstin Jean Lewis is a South African archer. She represented South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2004 she placed 52nd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 606. In the first round of elimination, she faced 13th-ranked Dola Banerjee of India...

 had the nation's only win. The other two archers, and the team in the team round, lost in the first round.

Women's Individual:

• Kirstin Jean Lewis
  Kirstin Jean Lewis
  Kirstin Jean Lewis is a South African archer. She represented South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2004 she placed 52nd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 606. In the first round of elimination, she faced 13th-ranked Dola Banerjee of India...
  
   — Round of 32, 30th place (1-1)
• Jill Borresen — Round of 64, 59th place (0-1)
• Leanda Hendricks — Round of 64, 61st place (0-1)

Women's Team:

• Lewis, Borresen, and Hendricks — Round of 16, 11th place (0-1)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

(24): Okkert Brits

Okkert Brits

Okkert Brits is a South African athlete competing in the pole vault. His current personal best of 6.03m, set in 1995, is also the African record. He has won numerous medals at international events. He has competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games finishing 7th in 2000...

, Hezekiél Sepeng

Hezekiél Sepeng

Hezekiél Sello Sepeng , is a South African middle distance runner who came second in the Olympic 800 metres final in Atlanta 1996 , the 1998 Commonwealth Games and the World Championships' final in Seville 1999...

, Hendrik Ramaala

Hendrik Ramaala

Hendrik Ramaala is a South African long-distance runner, the winner of the 2004 New York City Marathon and 2004 Mumbai Marathon. He also has two silver medals from the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1998 and 1999. In 2006 he also won the men's Great North Run...

, Gwen Griffiths, Johan Botha

Johan Botha (athlete)

Johan Botha is a South African middle distance runner who won the gold medal over 800 metres at the World Indoor Championships in Athletics in Maebashi in 1999. In the course of the race he defeated world record holder Wilson Kipketer and Nico Motchebon in a winning time of 1:45.47...

, Herman de Jager, Xolile Yawa

Xolile Yawa

Xolile Yawa is a retired athlete from South Africa. He specialised in long-distance running, including marathons....

, Adri de Jongh, Marius van Heerden, and Riaan Botha

Riaan Botha

Riaan Botha is a retired South African pole vaulter.His personal best is 5.91 metres, achieved in April 1997 in Pretoria. This places him second on the African all-time performers list, behind fellow South African Okkert Brits.-Achievements:-References:...

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Men's 5,000 metres

• John Morapedi
• Qualification — 13:54.30
• Semifinal — 13:54.43 (→ did not advance)

• Shadrack Hoff
  Shadrack Hoff
  Shadrack Hoff is a South African runner, twice national men's 5.000 metres champion.He finished sixth in 5000 metres at the 1992 World Junior Championships and also at the 2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.-Personal bests:...
  
  
• Qualification — 14:05.97
• Semifinal — 14:16.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Alfred Visagie, Arnaud Malherbe
  Arnaud Malherbe
  Arnaud Malherbe is a South African sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.His personal best time is 44.59 seconds, achieved in March 1999 in Roodepoort. It is also the current South African Record...
  
  , Hendrik Mokganyetsi, and Bobang Phiri
  Bobang Phiri
  Bobang Phiri is a retired South African sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992....
  
  
• Heat — 3:03.79
• Semi Final — 3:02.96 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Llewellyn Herbert
  Llewellyn Herbert
  Llewellyn Herbert is a South African athlete competing over 400 metres hurdles. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 2000 and set five national records over the distance.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• Heat — 51.13s (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

• Shadrack Mogotsi
• Heat — 8:46.24 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Francois Fouche
• Qualification — 7.44m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Josia Thugwane
  Josia Thugwane
  Josia Thugwane is a South African athlete, best known for winning the gold medal in the marathon race at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
   — 2:12.36 (→ Gold Medal)

• Lawrence Peu — 2:18.09 (→27th place)

• Gert Thys
  Gert Thys
  Gert Thys is a male long-distance runner from South Africa, who represented his native country in the marathon at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics...
  
   — 2:18.55 (→ 33rd place)

Women's 10.000 metres

• Colleen De Reuck
  Colleen De Reuck
  Colleen S. De Reuck is a long-distance runner from South Africa, who became an American citizen on December 11, 2000...
  
  
• Qualification — 32:39.19
• Final — 32:14.69 (→ 13th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Karen van der Veen
• Qualification — 57.00 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Elana Meyer
  Elana Meyer
  Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event....
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

Men's Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Masibulele "Hawk" Makepula
  Masibulele Makepula
  Masibulele Makepula is a professional boxer.- Amateur Achievements :*Gold Medalist at the 1995 African Championships in Harare as a Light Flyweight....
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Thapa Debendra (India), referee stopped contest in first round (01:41)
• Second Round — Lost to Rafael Lozano
  Rafael Lozano
  Rafael Lozano Muñoz is a former boxer from Spain.- Professional career :Known as "Balita", Lozano turned pro in 2001...
  
   (Spain), 3-14

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Phillip Ndou
  Phillip Ndou
  Phillip Ndou is a South African retired professional boxer. He had an excellent knockout percentage, with a record of 31-3 . He was forced into early retirement when he collapsed after a loss to Isaac Hlatshwayo...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Casey Patton
  Casey Patton
  Casey Patton is a retired boxer from Canada. He is a five time Canadian champion who competed in the featherweight Casey Patton (born November 21, 1974 in London, Ontario) is a retired boxer from Canada. He is a five time Canadian champion who competed in the featherweight Casey Patton (born...
  
   (Canada), referee stopped contest
• Second Round — Lost to Kamsing Somluck (Thailand), 7-12

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Irvin Buhlalu
• First Round — Lost to Veongviact Phongsit (Thailand), 5-21

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Victor Kunene
• First Round — Lost to Pavol Polakovic (Czech Republic), 1-8

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Sybrand "Soon" Botes
• First Round — Defeated Gabriel Hernández
  Gabriel Hernández (boxer)
  Gabriel Hernández Romero was a male boxer from the Dominican Republic, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
   (Dominican Republic), 16-11
• Second Round — Lost to Enrique Flores (Puerto Rico), 7-16

Road Competition

Women's Individual Road Race

• Erica Green
• Final — 02:37:21 (→ 35th place)

• Jacqueline Martin
• Final — 02:53:12 (→ 42nd place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

• David Harold George
• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Mountain Bike

Women's Cross Country

• Erica Green
• Final — 2:03.06 (→ 17th place)

(6): Blayne Wickner, Douglas Ryder, and JP van Zyl.

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
• South Africa
  South Africa national field hockey team
  The South Africa national field hockey team is the national team of South Africa that participates in international field hockey matches and tournaments...
  
   — Australia 1–1
• South Africa
  South Africa national field hockey team
  The South Africa national field hockey team is the national team of South Africa that participates in international field hockey matches and tournaments...
  
   — Malaysia 2–2
• South Africa
  South Africa national field hockey team
  The South Africa national field hockey team is the national team of South Africa that participates in international field hockey matches and tournaments...
  
   — South Korea 3–3
• South Africa
  South Africa national field hockey team
  The South Africa national field hockey team is the national team of South Africa that participates in international field hockey matches and tournaments...
  
   — Great Britain 0–2
• South Africa
  South Africa national field hockey team
  The South Africa national field hockey team is the national team of South Africa that participates in international field hockey matches and tournaments...
  
   — Netherlands 1–4
• Classification Matches
• 9th/12th place: South Africa
  South Africa national field hockey team
  The South Africa national field hockey team is the national team of South Africa that participates in international field hockey matches and tournaments...
  
   — United States 3–0
• 9th/10th place: South Africa
  South Africa national field hockey team
  The South Africa national field hockey team is the national team of South Africa that participates in international field hockey matches and tournaments...
  
   — Argentina 2–3 → Tenth place
• 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

Rowing

Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events. The three included replaced the remaining coxed events for men and the Women's Coxless Four...

(8): Gareth Costa, Mike Hasselbach, Mark Rowand, Roger Tobler, John Callie, Greg Bayne, Helen Fleming, and Colleen Orsmond.

Modern pentathlon

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Team events were eliminated from the 1996 Olympics.-Medal Summary:Individual:-Final Results:-References:*...

• Claud Cloete — 5.308pts, 15th place

Sailing

Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

(5): Ian Ainslie, Bruce Savage

Bruce Savage

William Bruce Savage is a retired U.S. soccer defender. He played four seasons in the North American Soccer League, nine in Major Indoor Soccer League and earned sixteen caps with the U.S. national team between 1983 and 1992. He currently coaches youth soccer in Florida.-Youth:Savage grew up in...

, Rick Mayhew, Clynton Wade-Lehman, and Dave Hibberd.

Swimming

Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Brendon Dedekind
  Brendon Dedekind
  Brendon Dedekind . He won an international championship gold medal in the 50 m freestyle at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. Nicknamed Skinny Man, he competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996, when he was a finalist in the 50 m...
  
  
• Heat — 22.60
• Final — 22.59 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Brendon Dedekind
  Brendon Dedekind
  Brendon Dedekind . He won an international championship gold medal in the 50 m freestyle at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. Nicknamed Skinny Man, he competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996, when he was a finalist in the 50 m...
  
  
• Heat — 50.95 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Ryk Neethling
  Ryk Neethling
  Ryk Neethling is a South African swimmer. He won an Olympic gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the former joint owner of the 4×100 m freestyle relay world record and holds several South African records...
  
  
• Heat — 3:56.19
• B-Final — 3:54.34 (→ 11th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Ryk Neethling
  Ryk Neethling
  Ryk Neethling is a South African swimmer. He won an Olympic gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the former joint owner of the 4×100 m freestyle relay world record and holds several South African records...
  
  
• Heat — 15:19.98
• Final — 15:14.63 (→ 5th place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Heat — 26.42 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Helene Muller
• Heat — 57.98 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Helene Muller
• Heat — 2:05.59 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Heat — 1:02.33
• Final — 1:02.12 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Heat — 2:15.99
• B-Final — 2:18.41 (→ 16th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Penny Heyns
• Heat — 1:07.02 (WR)
• Final — 1:07.73 (→ Gold Medal)

• Julia Russell
• Heat — 1:10.87 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Penny Heyns
• Heat — 2:26.63
• Final — 2:25.41 (→ Gold Medal)

• Julia Russell
• Heat — 2:32.44
• B-Final — 2:30.38 (→ 12th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Mandy Loots
  Mandy Loots
  Mandy Loots is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics....
  
  
• Heat — 1:03.53 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Julia Russell
• Heat — 2:20.40 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

• Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  , Penny Heyns, Mandy Loots
  Mandy Loots
  Mandy Loots is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics....
  
  , and Helene Muller
• Heat — 4:09.47
• Final — 4:08.16 (→ 4th place)

Tennis

Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

Women's Singles Competition

• Amanda Coetzer
  Amanda Coetzer
  Amanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004...
  
  
• First round — Defeated Rachel McQuillan
  Rachel McQuillan
  Rachel McQuillan is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. She won 5 WTA Tour doubles titles, as well as 14 singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached the mixed doubles semifinals at the 1995 and 1998 French Opens and at the 1996 US Open, each time...
  
   (Australia) 6-4 7-6
• Second round — Lost to Natasha Zvereva
  Natasha Zvereva
  Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...
  
   (Belarus) 1-6 6-4 2-6

• Joanette Kruger
• First round — Lost to Young-Ja Choi (South Korea) 7-6 2-6 1-6

• Mariaan de Swardt
  Mariaan de Swardt
  Mariaan de Swardt is a former tennis player from South Africa, who played as a professional from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996, and was a member of the South African Fed Cup Team in 1992 and 1994-1997. In 2006, de Swardt became a U.S...
  
  
• First round — Defeated Helena Suková
  Helena Suková
  Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles...
  
   (Czech Republic) 7-6 3-6 7-5
• Second round — Lost to Anke Huber
  Anke Huber
  Anke Huber is a German retired professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking was fourth, also in 1996.-Early life:...
  
   (Germany) 6-3 1-6 4-6

(6): Wayne Ferreira

Wayne Ferreira

Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....

, Ellis Ferreira

Ellis Ferreira

Ellis Ferreira is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa. He played collegiately at the University of Alabama, earning all-SEC and all-American honors. He won 2 Grand Slam doubles titles, the Men's title at the 2000 Australian Open with Rick Leach and the mixed doubles at the...

, and Marcos Ondruska

Marcos Ondruska

Marcos Ondruska is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he defeated Goran Ivanišević in the first round before falling to Norway's Christian Ruud...

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Wrestling

Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2 different wrestling disciplines were contested: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. The freestyle category was notable as it featured the gold medal performance of Kurt Angle, who later became a notable professional wrestler.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal...

(2): Andrew Davidson, and Tjaart du Plessis.