2016 Summer Olympics / Participant (South Africa)

RSA

2	6th	2

South Africa took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . It was the 19th participation in the Olympic Summer Games.

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee nominated 137 athletes in 15 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the 400 m runner Wayde van Niekerk , who became Olympic champion at the games in a world record time over the 400 m distance.

Participants by sport

badminton

Athletes	competition	Group stage				Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	Points	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Jacob Maliekal	singles	Son Wan-ho Artem Pochtarev	0: 2 (10:21, 10:21) 2: 0 (21:18, 21:19)	62:79	2	eliminated

Soccer

competition	Women	Men
Athletes	Roxanne Barker (TW) Amanda Dlamini Andile Dlamini (TW) Refiloe Jane Mamello Makhabane Stephanie Malherbe Noko Matlou Bambanani Mbane Sanah Mollo Robyn Moodaly Linda Motlhalo Shiwe Nogwanya nompumelelo nyandeni Lebohang Ramalepe Jermaine Seoposenwe Leandra Smeda Janine van Wyk Nothando Vilakazi	Rivaldo Coetzee Keagan Dolly Jody February (TW) Itumeleng Khune (TW) Tercious Malepe Menzi Masuku Mulomowandau Mathoho Deolin Mekoa Kwanda Mngonyama Abbubaker Mobara Aubrey Modiba Tebogo Moerane Tashreeq Morris Lebo Mothiba poison Motupa Mothobi Mvala Ntshangase Phumlani Tyroane Sandows
Trainer	Vera Pauw ( )	Owen Da Gama
Group stage	Sweden 0: 1 (0: 0) China 0: 2 (0: 1) Brazil 0: 0	Brazil 0-0 Denmark 0-1 Iraq 1-1
Quarter finals	eliminated	eliminated
Semifinals
final
placement	9th place	9th place

golf

Athletes	Round 1	round 2	Round 3	Round 4	total	par	rank
Women
Paula Reto	74	67	68	71	280	−4	T16
Ashleigh Simon	75	69	77	75	296	+12	50
Men
Brandon Stone	75	72	71	75	293	+9	T55
Jaco van Zyl	71	74	70	71	286	+2	T43

Judo

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Quarter finals		Semi-finals / consolation round		Final / 3rd place		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Zack Piontek	up to 90 kg	T. Camilo	000s1: 101s1	eliminated								17th

canoe

Canoe racing

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Bridgitte Hartley	K-1 200 m	41.698 s	3	41.478 s	3	42.066 s	5	13
Bridgitte Hartley	K-1 500 m	1: 55.737 min	3	1: 58.397 min	5	2: 01.890 min	8th	16

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	Round 1		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Alyssa Conley	100 m	11.57 s	41	eliminated				41
Carina Horn	100 m	11.32 s	18th	11.20 s	17th	eliminated		17th
Alyssa Conley	200 m	23.17 s	36	eliminated				36
Justine Palframan	200 m	23.33 s	43	eliminated				43
Justine Palframan	400 m	53.96 s	51	eliminated				51
Tsholofelo Thipe	400 m	52.80 s	40	eliminated				40
Caster Semenya	800 m	1: 59.31 min	6th	1: 58.15 min	1	1: 55.28 min	1	gold
Dominique Scott	10,000 m	-		-		31: 51.47 min	21st	21st
Christine Kalmer	marathon	-		-		2:48:24 h	96	96
Dina Lebo Phalula	marathon	-		-		2:41:46 h	63	63
Irvette van Zyl	marathon	-		-		not started		-
Anél Oosthuizen	20 km walking	-		-		1:45:06 h	63	63
Wenda Nel	400 m hurdles	55.55 s	7th	55.83 s	13	eliminated		13
Men
Henricho Bruintjies	100 m	10.33 s	44	eliminated				44
Akani Simbine	100 m	10.14 s	13	9.98 s	6th	9.94 s	5	5
Tlotliso Leotlela	200 m	20.59 s	43	eliminated				43
Anaso Jobodwana	200 m	20.53 s	36	eliminated				37
Clarence Munyai	200 m	20.66 s	52	eliminated				52
Wayde van Niekerk	400 m	45.26 s	8th	44.45 s	5	43.03 s	1	gold
Jacob Rozani	800 m	1: 49.79 min	44	eliminated				44
Reinhardt van Rensburg	800 m	1: 45.67 min	3	1: 45.33 min	13	eliminated		13
Elroy Gelant	5000 m	13: 22.00 min	7th	-		13: 17.47 min	14th	14th
Stephen Mokoka	10,000 m	-		-		27: 54.57 min	18th	18th
Lusapho April	marathon	-		-		2:15:24 h	24	24
Lungile Gongqa	marathon	-		-		not finished		-
Sibusiso Nzima	marathon	-		-		2:25:33 h	97	97
Lebogang Shange	20 km walking	-		-		1:25:07 h	44	44
Wayne Snyman	20 km walking	-		-		1:29:20 h	58	58
Marc Mundell	50 km of walking	-		-		4:11:03 h	38	38
Antonio Alkana	110 m hurdles	13.64 s	22nd	13.55 s	17th	eliminated		17th
Le Roux Hamman	400 m hurdles	49.72 s	26th	eliminated				26th
Lindsay Hanekom	400 m hurdles	50.22 s	38	eliminated				38
LJ van Zyl	400 m hurdles	49.12 s	15th	49.00 s	12	eliminated		12

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Width / height	rank	Width / height	rank
Women
Lynique Prinsloo	Long jump	6.10 m	33	eliminated		33
Sunette Viljoen	Javelin throw	63.54 m	6th	64.92 m	2	silver
Men
Stefan Brits	Long jump	7.71 m	22nd	eliminated		22nd
Luvo Manyonga	Long jump	8.12 m	4th	8.37 m	2	silver
Rush election Samaai	Long jump	8.03 m	5	7.97 m	9	9
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	Triple jump	16.51 m	21st	eliminated		21st
Rocco van Rooyen	Javelin throw	78.48 m	24	eliminated		24

All-around

Athletes	100 m		Long jump		Shot put		high jump		400 m		110 m hurdles		Discus throw		Pole vault		Javelin throw		1500 m		Points	rank
	Time (s)	Pts.	Width (m)	Pts.	Width (m)	Pts.	Height (m)	Pts.	Time (s)	Pts.	Time (s)	Pts.	Width (m)	Pts.	Height (m)	Pts.	Width (m)	Pts.	Time (min)	Pts.
Decathlon men
Willem Coertzen	11.12 s	834	6.98 m	809	14.00 m	728	not started		eliminated

Cycling

Street

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Women
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio	Road racing	3:52:41 h	10
An-Li Kachelhoffer	Road racing	4:01:29 h	39
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio	Individual time trial	46: 29.11 min	12
Men
Daryl Impey	Road racing	6:19:43 h	28
Louis Meintjes	Road racing	6:10:27 h	7th

Mountain bike

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Alan Hatherly	Cross country	1:42:03 h	26th
James Reid	Cross country	+3 rounds	42

BMX

Athletes	competition	qualification		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	time	rank
Men
Kyle Dodd	Race	36.45 s	26th	14th	6th	eliminated

horse riding

dressage
Athletes	competition	percent				rank
		Grand Prix	GP Special	average	GP freestyle
Tanya Seymour with Ramoneur	singles	63,929	eliminated			56

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader			Reunion			Semifinals			final		rank
		time	space	qualification	time	space	qualification	time	space	qualification	time	space
Women
Kate Christowitz Lee-Ann Persse	Two without a helmsman	7: 11.29 min	2	Semifinals	-			7: 24.03 min	3	final	7: 28.50 min	5	5
Ursula Grobler Kirsten McCann	Lightweight double scull	7: 07.37 min	1	Semifinals	-			7: 19.09 min	1	final	7: 11.26 min	5	5
Men
Lawrence Brittain Shaun Keeling	Two without a helmsman	6: 41.42 min	2	Semifinals	-			6: 27.59 min	3	final	7: 02.51 min	2	silver
John Smith James Thompson	Lightweight double scull	6: 23.10 min	1	Semifinals	-			6: 38.01 min	1	final	6: 33.29 min	4th	4th
David Hunt Jonathan Smith Vincent Breet Jake Green	Foursome without a helmsman	6: 01.64 min	4th	Reunion	6: 34.97 min	1	Semifinals	6: 15.22 min	2	final	6: 05.80 min	4th	4th

rugby

competition	Men
Athletes	Cecil Afrika Tim Agaba Kyle Brown Juan de Jongh Justin Geduld Werner Kok Cheslin Kolbe Dylan Sage Seabelo Senatla Kwagga Smith Philip Snyman Roscko Speckman
Trainer	Neil Powell
Group stage	Spain (24: 0) France (26: 0) Australia (5:12)
Quarter finals	Australia (22: 5)
Semifinals	Great Britain (5: 7)
final	-
Bronze game	Japan (54:14)
placement	bronze

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Michelle Weber	10 km of open water	-		-		1:59:05 h	18th	18th
Men
Douglas Erasmus	50 m freestyle	22.37 s	29	eliminated				29
Brad Tandy	50 m freestyle	21.94 s	12	21.80 s	8th	21.79 s	6th	6th
Myles Brown	200 m freestyle	1: 46.78 min	13	1: 46.57 min	12	eliminated		12
Chad le Clos	200 m freestyle	1: 45.89 min	3	1: 45.94 min	7th	1: 45.20 min	2	silver
Myles Brown	400 m freestyle	3: 45.92 min	12	-		eliminated		12
Matthew Meyer	1500 m freestyle	15: 36.22 min	41	-		eliminated		41
Chad le Clos	100 m butterfly	51.75 s	7th	51.43 s	2	51.14 s	2	silver
Chad le Clos	200 m butterfly	1: 55.57 min	3	1: 55.19 min	4th	1: 54.06 min	4th	4th
Cameron van der Burgh	100 m chest	59.35 s	7th	59.21 s	3	58.69 s	2	silver
Jarred Crous	200 m chest	2: 12.64 min	25th	eliminated				25th
Cameron van der Burgh	200 m chest	2: 12.67 min	26th	eliminated				26th
Christopher Reid	100 m back	53.68 s	12	53.70 s	10	eliminated		10
Michael Meyer	400 m layers	4: 18.13 min	17th	-		eliminated		17th
Sebastien Rousseau	400 m layers	4: 18.72 min	21st	-		eliminated		21st
Dylan Bosch Myles Brown Calvyn Justus Sebastien Rousseau	4 × 200 m freestyle	7: 12.61 min	11	-		eliminated		11
Christopher Reid Cameron van der Burgh Dylan Bosch Myles Brown	4 × 100 m layers	3: 35.50 min	13	-		eliminated		13
Chad Ho	10 km of open water	-		-		1: 53: 04.8 h	10	10

sailing

Fleet Race

Athletes	competition	qualification		Medal Race		Points	rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Stefano Marcia	laser	331	40	eliminated		331	40
Jim Asenathi Roger Hudson	470s	148	20th	eliminated		148	20th

Triathlon

Behind the two Britons, the brothers Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee , Shoeman and Murray took third and fourth place on August 18, 2016.

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Women
Mari Rabie	singles	1:59:13 h	11
Gillian Sanders	singles	2:01:29 h	23
Men
Henri Schoeman	singles	1:45:43 h	bronze
Richard Murray	singles	1:45:50 h	4th

do gymnastics

Apparatus gymnastics

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Ryan Patterson	All-around single	80.690	46	eliminated		46

Diving

Athletes	competition	Pre-fight		Semifinals		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Julia Catherine Vincent	Jump 3 m	220.30	29	eliminated				29

Web links

• South Africa. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed July 24, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Judo Resultsbook" ( Memento from August 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) Website of the Rio Olympics. Retrieved August 22, 2016. (English).