Summer Paralympics 2008 / Participant (South Africa)
RSA
21st | 3 | 6th |
South Africa took 58 athletes to the 2008 Summer Paralympics in China's Beijing in part.
The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the swimmer Natalie du Toit . She was also the most successful female athlete on the South African team with five gold medals. In the medal ranking, South Africa came in sixth as the best nation on the African continent.
Medals
Medal table
Medal table South Africa | |||||
space | sport | total | |||
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1 | athletics | 10 | 2 | 4th | 16 |
2 | swim | 8th | - | 1 | 9 |
3 | horse riding | 2 | - | - | 2 |
4th | Cycling | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Total | 21st | 3 | 6th | 30th |
Participants by sport
athletics
Women
- Ilse Hayes , 1x (long jump, class F13), 1x (100 meters, class T13)
- Sarisa Marais
- Zanele Situ
- Chenelle van Zyl
Men
- Arnu Fourie
- Hilton Langenhoven , 3x (pentathlon, class P12; long jump, class F12; 200 meters, class 12)
- Fanie Lombard , 1x (discus throwing, class F42), 1x (shot put, class F42)
- Michael Louwrens
- Teboho Mokgalagadi , 1x (100 meters, class T35)
- Nicholas Newman , 1x (javelin throwing, class F35 / 36)
- Jonathan Ntutu
- Oscar Pistorius , 3x (100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters; class 44)
- David Roos , 1x (long jump, class F46)
- Marius Stander
- Duane Strydom
- Fanie van der Merwe , 2x (100 meters, 200 meters; class T37)
- Ernst van Dyk , 1x (marathon, class T54) (+ see cycling)
Powerlifting (bench press)
Women
Cycling
Women
Men
- Gavin Kilpatrick *
- Riaan Nel , 1x (mixed single road race, class CP1 / CP2)
- Janos Plekker
- Michael Thomson *
- Ernst van Dyk , 1x (single road race, class HC C) (+ see athletics)
Team competitions
Men Sprint Class B&VI 1-3 (Bronze ) |
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horse riding
Women
- Philippa Johnson , 2x (compulsory individual, free freestyle individual, class IV)
- Marion Milne
- Kerry Noble
Men
Wheelchair basketball
Men |
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Wheelchair tennis
Women
Men
rowing
Women
Men
swim
Women
- Natalie du Toit , 5x (50 meters, 100 meters, 400 meters freestyle, 100 meters butterfly, class S9; 200 meters medley, class SM9)
- Emily Gray
- Beth Nothling
- Shireen Sapiro , 1x (100 meters back, class S10)
- Sarah Shannon
- Adri Visser
Men
- Charl Bouwer , 1x (400 meters freestyle, class S13)
- Achmat Hassiem
- Kevin Paul , 1x (100 meters chest, class SB9)
- Tadhg Slattery , 1x (100 meter chest, class SB5)
Table tennis
Women
Men
Individual evidence
- ↑ Summer Paralympic Participant List ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 28, 2008)
- ↑ Paralympic.org, September 28, 2008, list of standard bearers ( memento of March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )