South Africa at the 2004 Summer Olympics

South Africa competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's sixteenth overall and fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-apartheid era. The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) sent a total of 106 athletes to the Games, 66 men and 40 women, to compete in 19 sports. Field hockey was the only team-based sport in which South Africa had its representation at these Games. There was only a single competitor in archery, canoeing, diving, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, judo, sailing, shooting, taekwondo, and wrestling.

The South African team featured four Olympic medalists from Sydney: breaststroke swimmer Terence Parkin, high jumper Hestrie Cloete, discus thrower Frantz Kruger, and hurdler Llewellyn Herbert. Several athletes made their third consecutive Olympic appearance, including freestyle Ryk Neethling and middle distance runner Hezekiél Sepeng, who previously won the silver in Atlanta for the men's 800 metres. Sepeng's fellow runner and teammate Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, a top medal contender on the same event, later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.<ref name=mulaudzi>Template:Cite news</ref>

South Africa left Athens with a remarkable tally of six Olympic medals, one gold, three silver, and two bronze, being considered its most successful Olympics since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The highlight of the South African team at these Games came with a surprising triumph in men's swimming, when Roland Mark Schoeman, Ryk Neethling, Lyndon Ferns, and Darian Townsend held a major upset on the Aussies, Americans, and the Dutch for a new world record and a prestigious gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Furthermore, Schoeman completed a full set of medals to become the most decorated South African athlete at these Games, adding his silver in the men's 100 m freestyle and bronze in the men's 50 m freestyle.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Cloete managed to repeat her silver from Sydney in the women's high jump, while Donovan Cech and Ramon di Clemente claimed a bronze for the first time in men's rowing.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Field hockey players Craig and Natalie Fulton became the first married couple to represent South Africa at the same Olympic Games.<ref name="news24190704">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="supersport300516">Template:Cite news</ref>

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Template:Gold medal	Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Template:Dts
Template:Silver medal	Template:Sortname	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	Template:Dts
Template:Silver medal	Template:Sortname	Athletics	Men's 800 m	Template:Dts
Template:Silver medal	Template:Sortname	Athletics	Women's high jump	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Template:Sortname	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Template:Sortname Template:Sortname	Rowing	Men's pair	Template:Dts

Archery

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} One South African archer qualified for the women's individual archery through the African Championships.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Template:Abbr
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kirstin Jean Lewis	Women's individual	606	52	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 141–131	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 157–153	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 142–156	Did not advance

Athletics

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Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shaun Bownes	110 m hurdles	13.68	6 q	13.62	6	Did not advance
Ockert Cilliers	400 m hurdles	49.12	3 Q	colspan=2 Template:N/a	49.01	6	Did not advance
Johan Cronje	1500 m	3:40.99	8 q	colspan=2 Template:N/a	3:44.41	11	Did not advance
Llewellyn Herbert	400 m hurdles	48.70	4 Q	colspan=2 Template:N/a	48.57	5	Did not advance
Leigh Julius	200 m	20.80	6	Did not advance
Marcus La Grange	400 m	45.95	3	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Alwyn Myburgh	400 m hurdles	48.44	2 Q	colspan=2 Template:N/a	48.21	3 q	49.07	7
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	800 m	1:45.72	1 Q	colspan=2 Template:N/a	1:46.09	2 Q	1:44.61	Template:Silver02
Hendrick Ramaala	Marathon	colspan=6 Template:N/a	Template:Abbr
Ruben Ramolefi	3000 m steeplechase	8:46.17	13	colspan=4 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Hezekiél Sepeng	800 m	1:46.82	2 Q	colspan=2 Template:N/a	1:44.75	4 q	1:45.53	6
Ian Syster	Marathon	colspan=6 Template:N/a	Template:Abbr
Gert Thys		colspan=6 Template:N/a	2:16:08	16
Ockert Cilliers Marcus La Grange Arnaud Malherbe Hendrick Mokganyetsi	4 × 400 m relay	Template:Abbr		colspan=4 Template:N/a	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Okkert Brits	Pole vault	5.60	19	Did not advance
Jacques Freitag	High jump	2.20	=20	Did not advance
Hannes Hopley	Discus throw	63.89	4 q	62.58	8
Frantz Kruger		62.32	9 q	64.34	5
Burger Lambrechts	Shot put	18.67	34	Did not advance
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	Triple jump	16.32	29	Did not advance
Gerhardus Pienaar	Javelin throw	79.95	14	Did not advance
Janus Robberts	Shot put	19.41	21	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nicolene Cronje	20 km walk	colspan=6 Template:N/a	1:42:37	47
Surita Febbraio	400 m hurdles	56.49	6	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Geraldine Pillay	100 m	11.44	6	Did not advance
Heide Seyerling	200 m	23.66	5	Did not advance
Estie Wittstock	400 m	51.89	4 q	colspan=2 Template:N/a	51.77	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Hestrie Cloete	High jump	1.95	=1 Q	2.02	Template:Silver02
Elizna Naude	Discus throw	58.74	20	Did not advance
Sunette Viljoen	Javelin throw	54.45	35	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	200 m	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	800 m	Final	Rank
Janice Josephs	Result	13.69	1.70	12.48	23.37	6.21	41.80	2:18.47	6074	19
	Points	1023	855	693	1042	915	702	844

Badminton

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Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chris Dednam	Men's singles	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–15, 10–15	Did not advance
Stewart Carson Dorian James	Men's doubles	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 4–15, 1–15	Did not advance
Michelle Edwards	Women's singles	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 6–11, 3–11	Did not advance
Chantal Botts Michelle Edwards	Women's doubles	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–15, 0–15	Did not advance
Chris Dednam Antoinette Uys	Mixed doubles	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 3–15, 9–15	Did not advance

Boxing

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} South Africa sent three boxers to Athens.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lodumo Galada	Featherweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	Did not advance
Bongani Mahlangu	Welterweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 14–22	Did not advance
Khotso Motau	Middleweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 22–25	Did not advance

Canoeing

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Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alan van Coller	Men's K-1 500 m	1:40.089	1 q	1:41.131	4	Did not advance
	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:32.516	6 q	3:32.893	5	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

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Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ryan Cox	Men's road race	5:50:35	68
Robert Hunter		Did not finish
Tiaan Kannemeyer		Did not finish
Anriette Schoeman	Women's road race	3:40:43	55

Diving

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} South African divers qualified for two individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jenna Dreyer	3 m springboard	267.84	17 Q	464.43	17	Did not advance
	10 m platform	186.90	34	Did not advance

Fencing

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Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rachel Barlow	Individual épée	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 8–14	Did not advance
Natalia Tychler		Template:FlagIOCathlete L 8–15	Did not advance
Kelly-Anne Wilson		Template:FlagIOCathlete L 6–15	Did not advance
Rachel Barlow Natalia Tychler Kelly-Anne Wilson	Team épée	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCteam L 15–34	Did not advance			9

Field hockey

Men's tournament

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Roster

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Group play

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Classification match (9th–12th place)

9th place final

Women's tournament

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Group play

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Gymnastics

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Artistic

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
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Zandré Labuschagne	All-around	9.012	8.312	8.075	7.525	32.924	60	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Stephanie Sandler	Individual	18.550	18.525	19.100	17.100	73.275	22	Did not advance

Judo

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} South Africa has qualified a single judoka.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Henriette Moller	Women's −63 kg	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Rowing

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} South African rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Donovan Cech Ramon di Clemente	Pair	6:57.06	1 SA/B	colspan=2 Template:N/a	6:28.48	3 FA	6:33.40	Template:Bronze03

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} South African sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Gareth Blanckenberg	Laser	22	16	31	13	25	11	10	6	19	8	26	156	17

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

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Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Martin Senore	50 m rifle prone	588	39	Did not advance

Swimming

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Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eugene Botes	100 m butterfly	54.15	30	Did not advance
Lyndon Ferns	50 m freestyle	22.53	16 Q	22.46	14	Did not advance
Ryk Neethling	100 m freestyle	48.85	=2 Q	49.18	7 Q	48.63	4
Terence Parkin	100 m breaststroke	1:03.05	24	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:14.12	12 Q	2:13.58	12	Did not advance
Roland Mark Schoeman	50 m freestyle	22.41	=8 Q	21.99	1 Q	22.02	Template:Bronze03
	100 m freestyle	49.68	13 Q	48.39	1 Q	48.23	Template:Silver02
Darian Townsend	200 m individual medley	2:07.04	37	Did not advance
Gerhard Zandberg	100 m backstroke	55.62	12 Q	55.76	13	Did not advance
Lyndon Ferns Ryk Neethling Roland Mark Schoeman Darian Townsend	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:13.84	1 Q	colspan=2 Template:N/a	3:13.17 Template:WR	Template:Gold01
Eugene Botes Terence Parkin Karl Otto Thaning Gerhard Zandberg	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:43.94	13	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance

Taekwondo

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Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Duncan Mahlangu	Men's −68 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 7–11	Did not advance

Triathlon

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Two South African triathletes qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Conrad Stoltz	Men's	19:35	0:17	Did not finish
Megan Hall	Women's	19:39	0:21	1:16:28	0:26	40:19	2:16:26.53	36

Volleyball

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Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Colin Pocock Gershon Rorich	Men's	Pool F Template:FlagIOCathlete W 2 – 1 (21–16, 24–26, 15–10) Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0 – 2 (13–21, 15–21) Template:FlagIOCathlete W 2 – 0 (22–20, 22–20)	2 Q	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0 – 2 (14–21, 10–21)	Did not advance
Leigh Ann Naidoo Julia Willand	Women's	Pool B Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0 – 2 (7–21, 10–21) Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0 – 2 (19–21, 16–21) Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0 – 2 (18–21, 14–21)	4	Did not advance

Wrestling

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Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shaun Williams	−55 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–4 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	3	Did not advance			17

See also

• South Africa at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Template:Webarchive
• South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) Template:Webarchive

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