South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics

South Africa competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The team included 136 athletes, as of 10 July 2008.^[3] South Africa had its worst medals performance at an Olympics since 1994 (winter games), and tied its performance in the 1936 Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	Athletics	Men's long jump

Archery

South Africa sent archers to the Olympics for the fifth time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Calvin Hartley earned the country its only qualifying spot, in the men's competition, by placing first in the 2008 African championship.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Calvin Hartley	Men's individual	654	37	Stevens (CUB) (28) L 107 (18)–107 (19)	Did not advance

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pieter de Villiers	400 m hurdles	49.24	2 Q	—		49.44	7	Did not advance
Norman Dlomo	Marathon	—						2:24:28	53
Thuso Mpuang	200 m	20.87	6 Q	21.04	7	Did not advance
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	800 m	1:47.64	2 Q	—		1:46.24	6	Did not advance
Alwyn Myburgh	400 m hurdles	48.92 SB	3 Q	—		49.16	5	Did not advance
Samson Ngoepe	800 m	1:47.42	5	—		Did not advance
Hendrick Ramaala	Marathon	—						2:22:43	44
Ruben Ramolefi	3000 m steeplechase	8:19.86 PB	1 Q	—				8:34.58	14
Juan van Deventer	1500 m	3:36.32	1 Q	—		3:37.75	6 Q	3:34.77	6
Louis van Zyl	400 m hurdles	48.86	2 Q	—		48.57	3 Q	48.42	5
Hannes Dreyer Gert du Plessis Leigh Julius Ishmael Kumbane Thuso Mpuang Sergio Mullins Sibusiso Sishi	4 × 100 m relay	DNF		—				Did not advance
Ofentse Mogawane Alwyn Myburgh Pieter Smith Louis van Zyl	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.26 SB	6	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	Long jump	8.14	4 Q	8.24
John Robert Oosthuizen	Javelin throw	76.16	19	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
René Kalmer	1500 m	4:08.41	7	—				Did not advance
Isabel Le Roux	200 m	23.67	7	Did not advance
Tsholofelo Thipe	400 m	54.11	6	—		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Elizna Naudé	Discus throw	58.75	20	Did not advance
Justine Robbeson	Javelin throw	59.63	13	Did not advance
Sunette Viljoen		55.58	33	Did not advance

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chris Dednam Roelof Dednam	Men's doubles	—		Bach / Malaythong (USA) L 10–21, 16–21	Did not advance
Kerry-Lee Harrington	Women's singles	Bye	Wong M C (MAS) L 4–21, 4–21	Did not advance
Chantal Botts Michelle Edwards	Women's doubles	—		Chien Y-C / Cheng W-H (TPE) L 6–21, 12–21	Did not advance

Boxing

South Africa qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament. Jackson Chauke earned a spot in the flyweight competition at the second African continental qualifying tournament.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jackson Chauke	Flyweight	Yunusov (TJK) L 1–9	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Siboniso Cele	Men's C-1	162.51	16	100.42	16	262.93	16	Did not advance
Cameron McIntosh Cyprian Ngidi	Men's C-2	119.83	12	157.37	12	277.20	12	Did not advance

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Calvin Mokoto	C-1 500 m	2:03.372	7 QS	2:12.226	9	Did not advance
	C-1 1000 m	4:33.887	7 QS	4:26.650	7	Did not advance
Shaun Rubenstein	K-1 500 m	1:37.686	5 QS	1:44.154	4	Did not advance
	K-1 1000 m	3:36.134	5 QS	3:36.969	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jennifer Hodson	K-1 500 m	1:51.655	3 QS	1:53.209	3 Q	1:53.353	8
Michele Eray Bridgitte Hartley	K-2 500 m	1:43.341	8 QS	1:47.018	8	Did not advance
Michele Eray Jennifer Hodson Carol Joyce Nicola Mocke	K-4 500 m	1:37.399	3 QF	Bye		1:36.724	7

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
John-Lee Augustyn	Men's road race	6:26:17	27
David George	Men's road race	6:39:42	80
	Men's time trial	1:07:55	31
Robert Hunter	Men's road race	Did not finish
Cherise Taylor	Women's road race	3:48:33	59
Marissa van der Merwe		3:33:17	34

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Burry Stander	Men's cross-country	2:01:58	15
Yolande Speedy	Women's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	22

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Sifiso Nhlapo	Men's BMX	36.428	13	6	1 Q	8	2 Q	DNF	7

Diving

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jenna Dreyer	3 m springboard	210.90	28	Did not advance

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sello Maduma	Individual épée	Kim S-G (KOR) L 12–15	Did not advance
Dario Torrente		Videira (POR) L 10–15	Did not advance
Mike Wood		Nikishyn (UKR) L 7–15	Did not advance
Sello Maduma Dario Torrente Mike Wood George Harrop-Allin	Team épée	—		China (CHN) L 28–45	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jyoti Chetty	Individual sabre	Besbes (TUN) L 2–15	Did not advance
Adele du Plooy		Pundyk (UKR) L 7–15	Did not advance
Elvira Wood		Sassine (CAN) L 2–15	Did not advance
Jyoti Chetty Adele du Plooy Shelley Gosher Elvira Wood	Team sabre	—			United States (USA) L 8–45	Classification semi-final  Russia (RUS) L 13–45	7th place final  Canada (CAN) L 16–45	8

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the South African roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Head Coach: Gregg Clark

Reserve:

20. Shanyl Balwanth
23. Erasmus Pieterse (GK)

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	16	6	+10	13	Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	3	2	0	24	7	+17	11
3	Great Britain	5	2	2	1	10	7	+3	8	Fifth place game
4	Pakistan	5	2	0	3	11	13	−2	6	Seventh place game
5	Canada	5	1	1	3	10	17	−7	4	Ninth place game
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	4	25	−21	0	Eleventh place game

11 August 2008 21:00 Netherlands  5–0  South Africa Taekema  4', 35' Docherty  44' Hertzberger  47' M. Brouwer  66' Report Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Xavier Adell (ESP)

13 August 2008 08:30 South Africa  0–10  Australia Report Dwyer  2', 42' Matheson  14', 29', 57' Schubert  27' Guest  35+', 38' Kavanagh  47' Abbott  67' Umpires: Andy Mair (GBR) Roel van Eert (NED)

15 August 2008 21:00 South Africa  0–2  Great Britain Report Tindall  20' Daly  66' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Rob ten Cate (NED)

17 August 2008 18:00 Pakistan  3–1  South Africa Javed  9' Abbasi  44' Saqlain  60' Report Smith  31' Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

19 August 2008 18:00 Canada  5–3  South Africa R. Short  15' Fernandes  31', 46' Grimes  38', 70' Report Smith  4', 51' Tsolekile  28' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Satinder Kumar (IND)

Classification match for 11th/12th place

23 August 2008 08:30 China  4–3 (a.e.t.)  South Africa Na Yubo  32' Song Yi  53', 58', 85' Report Tsolekile  3' Symons  63' Smith  70' Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Satinder Kumar (IND)

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the South African roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[7]

Head Coach: Jennifer King

Reserve:

20. Henriette du Buisson
23. Farrah Fredericks

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Netherlands	5	5	0	0	14	3	+11	15	Advanced to semifinals
China	5	3	1	1	14	4	+10	10
Australia	5	3	1	1	17	9	+8	10
Spain	5	2	0	3	4	12	−8	6
South Korea	5	1	0	4	13	18	−5	3
South Africa	5	0	0	5	2	18	−16	0

10 August 2008 20:30 Netherlands  6–0  South Africa Mulder  5' Agliotti  27' Paumen  46', 58' Booij  56' Dijkstra  66' Report Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

12 August 2008 18:30 China  3–0  South Africa Tang Chunling  6' Fu Baorong  33' Zhao Yudiao  40' Report Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Minka Woolley (AUS)

14 August 2008 20:30 South Africa  0–3  Australia Report Hudson  10' Lambert  44' Eastham  62' Umpires: Carol Metchette (IRL) Ute Conen (GER)

16 August 2008 21:00 Spain  1–0  South Africa Romagosa  31' Report Umpires: Lee Keum-ju (KOR) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

18 August 2008 10:30 South Korea  5–2  South Africa Gim Sung-hee  6' Lee Seon-ok  23', 29' Park Mi-hyun  32' Kim Eun-sil  58' Report Hector  51' Vida Ryan  66' Umpires: Stella Bartlema (NED) Carol Metchette (IRL)

Classification match for 11th/12th place

22 August 2008 08:30 South Africa  4–1  New Zealand Marescia  14' Wilson  34' Vida Ryan  51' Brown  59' Report Flynn  17' Umpires: Lee Keum-ju (KOR) Carol Metchette (IRL)

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Odette Richard	Individual	13.975	13.950	13.800	13.775	55.500	23	Did not advance

Judo

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marlon August	Men's −73 kg	—	Al Qubaisi (UAE) W 1000–0000	Guilheiro (BRA) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Matthew Jago	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Krawczyk (POL) L 0000–0120	Did not advance
Patrick Trezise	Men's −90 kg	—	Pershin (RUS) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Rosati (ARG) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ramon di Clemente Shaun Keeling	Pair	6:45.26	3 SA/B	Bye		6:37.18	3 FA	6:47.83	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hendrika Geyser	Single sculls	8:20.26	4 QF	—		7:44.14	4 SC/D	7:59.67	1 FC	7:35.06	13
Kirsten McCann Alexandra White	Lightweight double sculls	7:20.51	6 R	7:48.04	4 FC	—		Bye		7:20.49	14

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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Penny Alison Dominique Provoyeur Kim Rew	Yngling	13	10	11	2	12	8	13	7	CAN	CAN	EL	63	12

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Dallyn McLean	DuelRace Class	18	8	3	2	1	8	4	3	6	7	EL	36	5th

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – advanced into the medal race; CAN = Final Race cancelled

Shooting

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Esmari van Reenen	50 m rifle 3 positions	578	16	Did not advance
Diane Swanton	Trap	57	17	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jean Basson	200 m freestyle	1:46.31	2 Q	1:46.13	3 Q	1:45.97	4
	400 m freestyle	3:52.90	30	—		Did not advance
William Diering	200 m breaststroke	2:10.39 AF	8 Q	2:10.21	12	Did not advance
George du Rand	100 m backstroke	54.90	22	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:58.62 AF	13 Q	1:58.61 AF	13	Did not advance
Lyndon Ferns	100 m freestyle	48.26	9 Q	48.00	7 Q	48.04	6
	100 m butterfly	52.04	15 Q	52.18	14	Did not advance
Chad Ho	10 km open water	—				1:52:13.1	9
Gideon Louw	50 m freestyle	22.17	16 Q	21.97	12	Did not advance
Ryk Neethling	100 m freestyle	49.28	30	Did not advance
Hercules Troyden Prinsloo	1500 m freestyle	15:12.64	22	—		Did not advance
Riaan Schoeman	400 m individual medley	4:14.09	12	—		Did not advance
Roland Mark Schoeman	50 m freestyle	21.76	5 Q	21.74	5 Q	21.67 AF	7
Darian Townsend	200 m freestyle	1:48.08	21	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	1:59.22	10 Q	1:59.65	11	Did not advance
Cameron van der Burgh	100 m breaststroke	59.96 AF	5 Q	1:00.57	10	Did not advance
Neil Versfeld	200 m breaststroke	2:10.50	9 Q	2:10.06 AF	9	Did not advance
Gerhard Zandberg	100 m backstroke	53.75 AF	5 Q	53.98	10	Did not advance
Lyndon Ferns Ryk Neethling Roland Schoeman Darian Townsend	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:13.06 AF	6 Q	—		3:12.66 AF	7
Jean Basson Sebastien Rousseau Darian Townsend Jan Venter	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:10.91 AF	8 Q	—		7:13.02	8
Lyndon Ferns Darian Townsend Cameron van der Burgh Gerhard Zandberg	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.16 AF	7 Q	—		3:33.70 AF	7

Women

Natalie du Toit, five time gold medallist at the Athens Paralympics in 2004, has qualified to compete, becoming the first amputee ever to qualify for the Olympic Games in the 10 kilometre open water race.^[8][9] She finished in 16th place.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Melissa Corfe	200 m freestyle	2:00.95	33	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:10.54	17	—		Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:12.64	22	Did not advance
Natalie du Toit	10 km open water	—				2:00:49.9	16
Mandy Loots	100 m butterfly	58.61 AF	18	Did not advance
Kathryn Meaklim	200 m butterfly	2:09.41	16 Q	2:11.74	16	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:37.11	10	—		Did not advance
Jessica Pengelly	200 m individual medley	2:15.80	26	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:41.04	21	—		Did not advance
Lize-Mari Retief	50 m freestyle	25.44	26	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	55.17	21	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	58.20 AF	8 Q	58.63	12	Did not advance
Wendy Trott	400 m freestyle	4:08.38 AF	12	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:26.21 AF	9	—		Did not advance
Suzaan van Biljon	100 m breaststroke	1:07.55	5 Q	1:09.56	16	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:25.51	9 Q	2:28.45	15	Did not advance
Melissa Corfe Mandy Loots Kathryn Meaklim Wendy Trott	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:51.14	15	—		Did not advance
Melissa Corfe Mandy Loots Lize-Mari Retief Suzaan van Biljon	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:04.20	12	—		Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kevin Anderson	Men's singles	Loglo (TOG) W 6–3, 6–2	Kiefer (GER) L 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6	Did not advance
Kevin Anderson Jeff Coetzee	Men's doubles	—	Almagro / Ferrer (ESP) L 6–3, 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Mari Rabie	Women's	19:54	0:29	1:06:30	0:34	42:01	2:09:28.02	43
Kate Roberts		19:58	0:30	1:06:26	0:37	38:02	2:05:33.24	32

Volleyball

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Judith Augoustides Vita Nel	Women's	Pool D  Goller – Ludwig (GER) L 0 – 2 (12–21, 14–21)  Koutroumanidou – Tsiartsiani (GRE) L 0 – 2 (12–21, 8–21)  Chen X – Zhang X (CHN) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 9–21)	4	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Darryn Anthony	Men's −77 kg	135	24	160	22	295	22

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Heinrich Barnes	−66 kg	Buyanjav (MGL) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						19

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