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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



Bronze



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:


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

Men's 1,500m Wheelchair

Men's Shot Put

Men's Discus

Men's Javelin Throw

Men's Long Jump

Men's Triple Jump

Men's Pole Vault
  • Okkert Brits

  • # Qualifying — 5.65

  • # Final — 5.80 (7th place)


Men's Marathon


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

Women's Marathon


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

Men's 57kg

Men's 81kg


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


Road Cycling

Men's Road Race

Men's 1km Time Trial


Football


Men's team competition



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:


Modern Pentathlon

Women's:


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

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

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Men's 400m Individual Medley
  • Terence Parkin

  • # Preliminary Heat — 04:18.14

  • # Final — 04:16.92 (5th place)


Men's 4x100m Freestyle

Men's 4x100m Medley

Women's 50m Freestyle

Women's 100m Freestyle

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

Women's 200m Backstroke

Women's 4x100m Medley


Triathlon

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

Men's:

Women's:






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