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South Africa competed at the ''' 1996 Summer Olympics ''' in Atlanta, Georgia under the IOC Country Code RSA ("Republic of South Africa"). It was the fourteenth time that the African nation participated.


MEDALS



Gold





Silver



Bronze



RESULTS BY EVENT



Archery


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

Women's team:
  • Lewis, Borresen, and Hendricks — Round of 16, 11th place (0-1)



Athletics

(24): Okkert Brits , Hezekiel Sepeng , Bobang Phiri , Shadrack Hoff , Hendrik Ramaala , Arnaud Malherbe , Gwen Griffiths , Karen V/d Veen , Shadrack Mogotsi , Johan Botha , Herman De Jager , Xolile Yawa , Adri De Jongh , Colleen De Reuck , Henrik Mokganyetsi , Marius Van Heerden , John Morapedi , Llewellyn Herbert , Francois Fouche , Alfred Visage , and Riaan Botha .

Men's Marathon



Boxing

Men's Flyweight (48 kg)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)


Canoeing

(1): Ruth Nortje .


Cycling

(6): Jackie Martin , Erica Green , Blayne Wickner , Douglas Ryder , David George , and JP Van Zyl .


Hockey

The men's hockey team from South Africa finished in tenth position in Atlanta, after losing their last match (2-3) against Argentina in the classification match. The squad was made up by the following players: 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 , and Murray Anderson .


Judo



Rowing

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


Modern Pentathlon



Sailing

(5): Ian Ainslie , Bruce Savage , Rick Mayhew , Clynton Wade-Lehman , and Dave Hibberd .


Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

Men's 100m Freestyle

Men's 400m Freestyle
  • Ryk Neethling

  • # Heat – 3:56.19

  • # B-Final – 3:54.34 (→ 11th place)


Men's 1500m Freestyle
  • Ryk Neethling

  • # Heat – 15:19.98

  • # Final – 15:14.63 (→ 5th place)



Women's 50m Freestyle

Women's 100m Freestyle
  • Helene Muller

  • # Heat – 57.98 (→ did not advance, 33th place)


Women's 200m Freestyle
  • Helene Muller

  • # Heat – 2:05.59 (→ did not advance, 30th place)


Women's 100m Backstroke
  • Marianne Kriel

  • # Heat – 1:02.33

  • # Final – 1:02.12 (→ Bronze Medal)


Women's 200m Backstroke
  • Marianne Kriel

  • # Heat – 2:15.99

  • # B-Final – 2:18.41 (→ 16th place)


Women's 100m Breaststroke
  • Penelope 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
  • Penelope 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

  • # 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


Shooting

(2): Jaco Henn , and Mel Hains .


Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

(6): Wayne Ferreira , Ellis Ferreira , Marcos Ondruska , Amanda Coetzer , and Mariaan De Swart .


Wrestling

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