2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (South Africa)
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With its participation in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, South Africa was represented at the Olympic Games for the 17th time. The first participation was in 1904. The South African team consists of 136 athletes. The flag bearer at the Olympic opening ceremony was the swimmer Natalie du Toit . The South African flag was carried by Sifiso Nhlapo at the closing ceremony . The only medal winner was the long jumper Godfrey Khotso Mokoena , who could win a silver medal.
Medalist
silver
Surname | sport | competition |
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Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | athletics | Long jump men |
Participants by sport
badminton
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Chris Dednam , Roelof Dednam
- Men, doubles
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Kerry-Lee Harrington
- Women, singles
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Michelle Edwards , Chantal Botts
- Women, doubles
Archery
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Calvin Hartley
- Men, singles
Boxing
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Jackson Chauke
- Men, flyweight (up to 51 kg)
fencing
Men | discipline | Individual evaluation | team |
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Sello Maduma | Sword | ||
Dario Torrente | |||
Michael Wood | |||
Women | discipline | Individual evaluation | team |
Jyoti Chetty | saber | ||
Adele du Plooy | |||
Elvira Wood |
Weightlifting
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Darryn Anthony
- Men, class up to 77 kg
hockey
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Judo
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Marlon August
- Men, class up to 73 kg
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Matthew Iago
- Men, class up to 81 kg
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Patrick Tresize
- Men, class up to 90 kg
canoe
Canoe race
Men | |
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Calvin Mokoto | Single canoe 500 m |
Single canoe 1000 m | |
Shaun Rubenstein | Single kayak 500 m |
Single kayak 1000 m | |
Women | |
Jennifer Hodson | Single kayak 500 m |
Michelle Eray | Two-person kayak 500 m |
Bridgette Hartley | |
Michelle Eray | Quad kayak 500 m |
Jennifer Hodson | |
Carol Joyce | |
Nikki Mocke |
Canoe slalom
Men | |
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Siboniso Cele | Canadier One |
Cameron McIntosh | Canadians twos |
Lindelani Ngidi |
athletics
Cycling
train
Men | |
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Gadi Chait | Keirin |
BMX
Men |
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Sifiso Nhlapo |
Mountain bike
Men |
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Burry Stander |
Women |
Yolande Speedy |
Street
Men | |
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John-Lee Augustyn | Road racing |
David George | Road racing |
Individual time trial | |
Robert Hunter | Road racing |
Women | |
Cherise Taylor | Road racing |
Marissa van der Merwe | Road racing |
Wrestling
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Heinrich Barnes
- Men, freestyle class up to 66 kg (lightweight)
rowing
Men | |
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Shaun Keeling | Two without a helmsman |
Ramon di Clemente | |
Women | |
Rika Geyser | One |
Catherine Shaw | Lightweight double scull |
Alex White | |
Kirsten McCann |
shoot
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Esmari Van Reenen
- Women, small caliber three-position fight 50 meters
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Diane Swanton
- Women, trap
swim
discipline | Men | Women |
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50 m freestyle |
Gideon Louw Roland Mark Schoeman |
Lize-Mari Retief |
100 m freestyle |
Lyndon Ferns Ryk Neethling |
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200 m freestyle |
Darian Townsend Jean Basson |
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400 m freestyle | Jean Basson | Wendy Trott |
800 m freestyle | Wendy Trott | |
1500 m freestyle | Troyden Prinsloo | |
100 m back |
Gerhard Zandberg George du Rand |
Melissa Corfe |
200 m back | George you edge | Melissa Corfe |
100 m chest | Cameron van der Burgh | |
200 m chest |
Neil Versfeld William Diering |
Suzaan van Biljon |
100 m butterfly | Lyndon Ferns |
Lize-Mari Retief Amanda Loots |
200 m butterfly |
Kathryn Meaklim Amanda Loots |
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200 m layers | Darian Townsend | Jessica Pengelly |
400 m layers | Riaan Schoeman |
Kathryn Meaklim Jessica Pengelly |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | ||
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m individual relay | ||
10 km marathon | Chad Ho | Natalie you Toit |
Natalie du Toit is a five-time Paralympic champion in swimming and in 2008 she was the first female amputee to take part in the Olympic Games. She took a remarkable 16th place
sailing
- Women, yngling
tennis
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Kevin Andersen
- Men, singles
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Kevin Andersen , Jeff Coetzee
- Men, doubles
Triathlon
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Hendrik De Villiers
- Men
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Mari Rabie
- Women
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Kate Roberts
- Women
do gymnastics
Rhythmic sports gymnastics
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Odette Richard
- Women, singles
volleyball
beach volleyball
Women | |
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Judith Augoustides | team |
Vita Nel |
Diving
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Jenna Dreyer
- Women, jumping 3 m
credentials
- ↑ South African Team ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.