South Africa At The 2000 Summer Olympics

South Africa competed at the ''' 2000 Summer Olympics ''' in Sydney under the IOC Country Code RSA (''Republic of South Africa''). It was the fifteenth appearance of the Africa n nation, which made its debut in 1904 .

MEDALS

South Africa finished in 55th position in the final medal rankings

Gold

None

Silver

Hestrie Cloete — Athletics, Women's High Jump

Terence Parkin — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke

Bronze

Llewellyn Herbert — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles

Frantz Kruger — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw

Penny Heyns — Swimming, Women's 100m Breaststroke

RESULTS BY EVENT

Archery

South Africa returned two of the archers that had competed four years earlier. Again, Lewis had the nation's only victory.

Women's Individual Competition:

Kirstin Jean Lewis — round of 32, 32nd place (1-1)

Jill Borresen — round of 64, 56th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 100m

Matthew Quinn

# Round 1 — 10.44

# Round 2 — 10.27 (did not advance)

Men's 400m

Hendrick Mokganyetsi

# Round 1 — 45.22

# Round 2 — 45.15

# Semifinal — 45.52

# Final — 45.26 (6th place)

Arnaud Malherbe

# Round 1 — 45.73

# Round 2 — 45.59 (did not advance)

Men's 800m

Johan Botha

# Round 1 — 01:46.91

# Semifinal — 01:45.49 (did not advance)

Hezekiel Sepeng

# Round 1 — 01:47.46

# Semifinal — 01:44.85

# Final — 01:45.29 (4th place)

Werner Botha

# Round 1 — 01:47.83

# Semifinal — 01:46.53 (did not advance)

Men's 110m Hurdles

Shaun Bownes

# Round 1 — 13.53

# Round 2 — 13.54

# Semifinal — 13.41 (did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

Llewellyn Herbert

# Round 1 — 49.25

# Semifinal — 48.38

# Final — 47.81 (Bronze medal)

Alwyn Myburgh

# Round 1 — 49.57

# Semifinal — 49.25 (did not advance)

Men's 4x400m

Werner Botha , Llewellyn Herbert , Arnaud Malherbe , Hendrick Mokganyetsi , Alwyn Myburgh , Hezekiel Sepeng

# Round 1 — 03:04.08

# Semifinal — 03:01.25 (did not advance)

Men's 1,500m Wheelchair

Ernst Van Dyk

# Final — 03:12.35 (7th place)

Men's Shot Put

Janus Robberts

# Qualifying — 19.79

# Final — 20.32 (7th place)

Burger Lambrechts

# Qualifying — 19.75 (did not advance)

Karel Potgieter

# Qualifying — 19.02 (did not advance)

Men's Discus

Frantz Kruger

# Qualifying — 67.54

# Final — 68.19 (Bronze medal)

Frits Potgieter

# Qualifying — 61.56 (did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

Ali Al-Jadani

# Qualifying — 68.70 (did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

Husain Al-Sabee

# Qualifying — 7.94 (did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

Salem Al-Ahmadi

# Qualifying — 15.99 (did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

Okkert Brits

# Qualifying — 5.65

# Final — 5.80 (7th place)

Men's Marathon

Hendrick Ramaala

# Final — 2:16:19 (12th place)

Josia Thugwane

# Final — 2:16:59 (20th place)

Johannes Maremane

# Final — 2:21:25 (43rd place)

Women's competition

Women's 400m

Heide Seyerling

# Round 1 — 51.92

# Round 2 — 50.87

# Semifinal — 51.06

# Final — 50.05 (6th place)

Women's 10,000m

Elana Meyer

# Round 1 — 32:35.32

# Final — 31:14.70 (8th place)

Women's High Jump

Hestrie Cloete

# Qualifying — 1.94

# Final — 2.01 (Silver medal)

Women's Pole Vault

Elmarie Gerryts

# Qualifying — 4.30

# Final — NM

Women's Marathon

Colleen De Reuck

# Final — 2:36:48 (31st place)

Baseball

South Africa's first appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament resulted in a last-place finish. The baseball team finished the preliminary round with a 1-6 record, having lost by 10 runs or more four times. The only team that South Africa defeated was the Netherlands .

Men's:

Preliminaries (1-6)

# Lost to Cuba 0-16

# Lost to United States 1-11

# Lost to Italy 0-13

# Lost to Australia 4-10

# Lost to Japan 0-8

# Defeated Netherlands 3-2

# Lost to Korea 3-13 (did not advance)

Boxing

Men's 48kg

Phumzile Matyhila

---Round 1 — Bye

---Round 2 — Lost to Suleiman Wanjau Bilali of Kenya (did not advance)

Men's 57kg

Jeffrey Mathebula

---Round 1 — Defeated Nouzeddine Medjehoud of Algeria

---Round 2 — Lost to Bekzat Sattarkhanov of Kazakhstan (did not advance)

Men's 81kg

Danie Venter

---Round 1 — Defeated Ihab Alyousef of Syria

---Round 2 — Lost to Gurcharan Singh of India (did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

=Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500m

Alan Van Coller

# Qualifying Heat — 01:41.805

# Semifinal — 01:40.656

# Final — 02:04.981 (8th place)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000m

Alan Van Coller

# Qualifying Heat — 03:39.573

# Semifinal — 03:41.727 (did not advance)

=Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500m

Ruth Nortje

# Qualifying Heat — 01:51.047

# Semifinal — Bye

# Final — 02:20.274 (7th place)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Women's Mountain Bike

Erica Lynn Green

# Final — 2:03:32.37 (25th place)

Road Cycling

Men's Road Race

David George

# Final — 5:45:51 (86th place)

Robert Owen Hunter

# Final — DNF

Men's 1km Time Trial

Garen Bloch

---Final — 01:04.478 (8th place)

Football

Men's team competition

11th place

--- Eliminated in Group D (1-2)

--- Quarterfinal: did not qualify

Team Roster

# Emile Baron

# Fabian McCarthy

# David Kannemeyer

# Nkhiphitheni Matombo

# Matthew Booth

# Quinton Fortune

# Stanton Fredericks

# Daniel Matsau

# Nkosinathi Nhleko

# Steve Lekoelea

# Jabu Pule

# Dumisa Ngobe

# Abram Nteo

# Aaron Mokoena

# Siyabonga Nomvethe

# Delron Buckley

# Benni McCarthy

# Brian Baloyi

# Lebohang Kukane

# Mzunani Mgwigwi

# Patrick Mbuthu

# Rowen Fernandez

Hockey

Women's competition:

South Africa — 9th place

--- Eliminated in Group D (1-1-2)

--- Classification Match 7th-10th place: lost to Great Britain

--- Classification Match 9th-10th place: defeated South Korea

Team Roster:

Marilyn Agliotti , Kerry Bee , Caryn Bentley , Lindsey Carlisle , Pietie Coetzee , Alison Dare , Jacqueline Geyser , Anli Kotze , Michele MacNaughton , Luntu Ntloko , Karen Roberts , Karen Symons , Inke Van Wyk , Carina Van Zijl , Paola Vidulich , and Susan Wessels .

Modern Pentathlon

Women's:

Karina Gerber — 4617 points (18th place)

Sailing

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

Ian Ainslie

# Race 1 — 7

# Race 2 — 17

# Race 3 — 14

# Race 4 — (19)

# Race 5 — (22)

# Race 6 — 15

# Race 7 — 7

# Race 8 — 7

# Race 9 — 12

# Race 10 — 9

# Race 11 — 11

# Final — 99 (14th place)

Open Laser

Gareth Blanckenberg

# Race 1 — (24)

# Race 2 — 10

# Race 3 — (32)

# Race 4 — 6

# Race 5 — 1

# Race 6 — 11

# Race 7 — 4

# Race 8 — 21

# Race 9 — 19

# Race 10 — 12

# Race 11 — 8

# Final — 92 (9th place)

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

Brendon Dedekind

# Preliminary Heat — 22.46

# Semi-final — 22.39 (did not advance)

Roland Schoeman

# Preliminary Heat — 22.53

# Semi-final — 22.41 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Freestyle

Roland Schoeman

# Preliminary Heat — 49.74

# Semi-final — 49.84 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

Ryk Neethling

# Preliminary Heat — DNS (did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

Ryk Neethling

# Preliminary Heat — 03:48.08

# Final — 03:48.52 (8thplace)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

Ryk Neethling

# Preliminary Heat — 15:09.12

# Final — 15:00.48 (5th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

Theo Verster

# Preliminary Heat — 53.95 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Butterfly

Theo Verster

# Preliminary Heat — 02:00.90 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Brett Petersen

# Preliminary Heat — 01:02.20

# Semi-final — 01:01.42

# Final — 01:01.63 (7th place)

Terence Parkin

# Preliminary Heat — 01:03.20 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Terence Parkin

# Preliminary Heat — 02:15.06

# Semi-final — 02:13.57

# Final — 02:12.50 (Silver medal)

Men's 100m Backstroke

Simon Thirsk

# Preliminary Heat — 57.06 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke

Simon Thirsk

# Preliminary Heat — DNS (did not advance)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Terence Parkin

# Preliminary Heat — 02:03.33 (did not advance)

Theo Verster

# Preliminary Heat — 02:03.64 (did not advance)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

Terence Parkin

# Preliminary Heat — 04:18.14

# Final — 04:16.92 (5th place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle

Roland Schoeman , Brendon Dedekind , Nicholas Folker , Terence Parkin

# Preliminary Heat — 03:21.28 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Medley

Simon Thirsk , Brett Petersen , Theo Verster , Nicholas Folker

# Preliminary Heat — 03:42.44 (did not advance)

Women's 50m Freestyle

Helene Muller

# Preliminary Heat — 26.07 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Freestyle

Helene Muller

# Preliminary Heat — 55.45 (did not advance)

Women's 200m Freestyle

Helene Muller

# Preliminary Heat — 01:59.89

# Semi-final — 02:00.04 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Butterfly

Mandy Loots

# Preliminary Heat — 59.94

# Semi-final — 59.63 (did not advance)

Renate Du Plessis

# Preliminary Heat — 01:01.32 (did not advance)

Women's 200m Butterfly

Mandy Loots

# Preliminary Heat — 02:11.38

# Semi-final — 02:10.58 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

Penny Heyns

# Preliminary Heat — 01:07.85

# Semi-final — 01:08.33

# Final — 01:07.55 (Bronze medal)

Sarah Poewe

# Preliminary Heat — 01:08.06

# Semi-final — 01:07.48

# Final — 01:07.85 (4th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

Sarah Poewe

# Preliminary Heat — 02:27.84

# Semi-final — 02:25.54

# Final — 02:25.72 (6th place)

Penny Heyns

# Preliminary Heat — 02:30.17 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Backstroke

Charlene Wittstock

# Preliminary Heat — 01:03.18 (did not advance)

Women's 200m Backstroke

Irina Raevskaia

# Preliminary Heat — 02:16.13 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100m Medley

Mandy Loots , Helene Muller , Sarah Poewe , Charlene Wittstock

# Preliminary Heat — 04:07.19

# Final — 04:05.15 (5th place)

Triathlon

South Africa sent one man and one woman to the first Olympic triathlon competition.

Men's:

Conrad Stoltz — 1:50:24.39 (20th place)

Women's:

Lizel Moore — 2:08:18.19 (30th place)

REFERENCES

Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.

International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results . Retrieved 11/12/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games . Retrieved 11/20/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games . Retrieved 11/20/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results . Retrieved 11/20/05.

International Olympic Committee Web Site

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