1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (South African Union)

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The South African Union took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome with a delegation of 55 athletes (53 men and 2 women) in 46 competitions in twelve sports.

The South African athletes won one silver medal and two bronze medals. The boxer Daan Bekker took second place in the heavyweight division, while the boxer William Meyers in the featherweight division and the athlete Malcolm Spence each secured bronze over 400 meters.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Ralph Knoesen

  Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• William Meyers

  Featherweight: bronze

• Stoffel Steyn

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Willem Ludick

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the second round

• Henry Loubscher

  Welterweight: Eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Abrie Schutte

  Light middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Frik van Rooyen

  Middleweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Daan Bekker

  Heavyweight: silver

Weightlifting

• Gaston Gaffney

  Featherweight: competition not over

• Harry Webber

  Lightweight: 17th place

• Harold Fraser

  Middleweight: 16th place

athletics

Men

• Edward Jefferys

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 400 meter relay: 4th place

• Malcolm Spence

  400 m: bronze

  4 x 400 meter relay: 4th place

• Gordon Day

  400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 400 meter relay: 4th place

• Edgar Davis

  400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 400 meter relay: 4th place

• Keith James

  Marathon: 13th place

• George Hazle

  20 km walking: 13th place

  50 km walking: 12th place

• Fanie du Plessis

  Discus throw: 23rd place

Modern pentathlon

• Ockert van Greunen

  Individual: 52nd place

Cycling

• Leslie Haupt

  Track 1000 m time trial: 9th place

  Rail tandem: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Sydney Byrnes

  Rail tandem: eliminated in the preliminary run

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Charles Jonker

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Rowan Peacock

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Robert Fowler

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the preliminary run

Wrestling

• Abraham Geldenhuys

  Featherweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Anthony Ries

  Lightweight, freestyle: 11th place

• Coenraad de Villiers

  Welterweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Mania van Zyl

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Max Ordman

  Heavyweight, freestyle:

rowing

• David Meineke

  One: eliminated in the semifinals

• David Lord

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Jack Mok

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Trevor Steyn

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• John Stocchi

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

shoot

• Michiel Victor

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 36th place

  Small-bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 44th place

• Johannes Human

  Small-bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 35th place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 31st place

• David du Plessis

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 68th place

• Wim Peeters

  Trap: 35th place

• Eric Lucke

  Trap: competition not over

swim

Men

• Aubrey Bürer

  100 m freestyle: 7th place

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Murray McLachlan

  400 m freestyle: 6th place

  1500 m freestyle: 6th place

Women

• Laura Ranwell

  100 m back: 4th place

sailing

• Gordon Burn-Wood

  Finn dinghy: 33rd place

• Hellmut Stauch

  Flying Dutchman: 15th place

• Robin standing

  Flying Dutchman: 15th place

do gymnastics

Women

• Antoinette Kuiters

  Individual all-around: 80th place

  Floor: 78th place

  Horse jump: 83rd place

  Balance beam: 78th place

  Uneven bars: 82nd place

Water polo

• eliminated in the 1st round

  William Aucamp

  Ronald Meredith

  Leon Nahon

  Frank Butler

  Wallace Voges

  Ronald Tinkler

  Stephanus Botha

  Robert Schwartz

  Allan Brown

Web links

• South African Olympic team from 1960 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )