South Africa at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics South Africa
games=2004 Summer
competitors=106
sports=19
flagbearer=Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
gold=1
silver=3
bronze=2
total=6
rank=43

South Africa competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. South Africa athletes are represented by the National Olympic Committee of South Africa (NOCSA).

Since South Africa's return to the Olympic Games in 1992 after a four-decades long absence resulting from a ban imposed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the country's Apartheid policies, it has seen mixed success; achieving three gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta but only managing two silver medals and three bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Medalists

Gold

*Swimming:Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay team:(Roland Mark Schoeman, Ryk Neethling, Lyndon Ferns and Darian Townsend)in a time of 3:13.17, a "new world recor'

Silver

*Swimming:Men's 100 m freestyle: Roland Mark Schoeman
*Athletics:Men's 800 m: Mbulaeni Mulaudzi:Women's High Jump: Hestrie Cloete

Bronze

*Swimming:Men's 50 m freestyle: Roland Mark Schoeman
*Rowing:Men's Coxless Pairs: Donovan Cech and Ramon Di Clemente

Results by event

=Archery=

Women's individual:
* Kirstin Lewis - 16th place

=Athletics =

Women's 100 metres:
* Geraldine Pillay - Round 1: 11.44 s (did not advance)

Men's 110 metre hurdles:
* Shaun Bownes - Round 1: 13.52 s, Round 2: 13.62 s

Men's 200 metres:
* Leigh Julius - Round 1: 20.80 s

Women's 200 metres:
* Heide Seyerling - Round 1: 23.66 s

Men's 400 metres:
* Marcus la Grange - Round 1: 45.95 s

Women's 400 metres:
* Estie Wittstock - Round 1: 51.89 s, Semifinal: 51.77 s

Men's 400 metre hurdles:
* Alwyn Myburgh - Round 1: 48.44 s, Semifinal: 48.21 s, Final: 49.07 s (7th place)
* Llewellyn Herbert - Round 1: 48.70 s, Semifinal: 48.57 s
* Ockert Cilliers - Round 1: 49.12 s, Semifinal: 49.01 s

Women's 400 metre hurdles:
* Surita Febbraio - Round 1: 56.49 s

Men's 800 metres:
* Mbulaeni Mulaudzi - silver medal (1:44.61 in final)
* Hezekiel Sepeng - 6th place (1:45.53 in final)

Men's 1500 metres:
* Johan Cronje - Semifinal, 3:44.41 (did not advance)

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:
* Ruben Ramolefi - Round 1, 8:46.17 (did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metre relay:
* Marcus la Grange, Hendrick Mokganyetsi, Ockert Cilliers, and Arnaud Malherbe - Round 1, DNF (did not advance)

Women's heptathlon:
* Janice Josephs - 6074 points (19th place)

Men's marathon:
* Gert Thys - 2:16:08 (16th place)
* Hendrick Ramaala - DNF
* Ian Syster - DNF

Women's 20 km walk:
* Nicolene Cronje - 1:42:37 (47th place)

Men's triple jump:
* Godfrey Khotso Mokoena - Round 1, 16.32 metres (did not advance)

Men's high jump:
* Jacques Freitag - Round 1, 2.20 metres (did not advance)

Women's high jump:
* Hestrie Cloete - Round 1: 1.95 metres, Final: 2.02 metres (silver medal)

Men's pole vault:
* Okkert Brits - Round 1, 5.60 metres (did not advance)

Men's shot put:
* Janus Robberts - Round 1, 19.41 metres (did not advance)
* Burger Lambrechts - Round 1, 18.67 metres (did not advance)

Men's discus:
* Frantz Kruger - Final, 64.34 metres (5th place)
* Hannes Hopley - Final, 62.58 metres (8th place)

Women's discus:
* Elizna Naude - Round 1: 58.74 metres

Men's javelin:
* Gerhardus Pienaar - Round 1, 79.95 metres (did not advance)

Women's javelin:
* Sunette Viljoen - Round 1: 54.45 metres

=Badminton=

*Men's singles::Chris Dednam - defeated in round of 32

*Women's singles::Michelle Edwards - defeated in round of 32

*Men's doubles::Dorian James and Stewart Carson - defeated in round of 32

*Women's doubles::Michelle Edwards and Chantal Botts - defeated in round of 32

*Mixed doubles::Chris Dednam and Antoinette Uys - defeated in round of 32

=Boxing=

South Africa sent three boxers to Athens. Each lost his first bout, two against Azeri boxers.

Featherweight (57kg)
* Lodumo Galada
*# Round of 32 - Lost to Shahin Imranov of Azerbaijan, outscored

Welterweight (69kg)
* Bongani Mahlangu
*# Round of 32 - Lost to Rovshan Huseynov of Azerbaijan, 22-14

Middleweight (75kg)
* Khotso Motau
*# Round of 32 - Lost to Oleg Maskin of Ukraine, 25-22

=Canoeing=

Alan van Coller (k1 500 m/K1 1 000 m)

=Cycling=

Ryan Cox (Road race)
Robert Hunter (Road Race)
Tiaan Kannemeyer (Road race)
Anriette Schoeman (Road Race)

=Diving=

Women's 3 metre springboard:
* Jenna Dreyer - Prelim: 267.84, Semifinal: 196.59 (17th place)

Women's 10 metre platform:
* Jenna Dreyer - preliminary, 34th place

=Fencing=

Women's épée individual:
* Rachel Barlow - defeated in round of 64
* Natalia Tychler - defeated in round of 64
* Kelly Wilson - defeated in round of 64

Women's épée team:
* Natalia Tychler, Rachel Barlow, and Kelly Wilson - 9th place

=Gymnastics=

Women's artistic:
* Zandre Labuschagne - did not advance in any exercise

Women's rhythmic:
* Individual
** Stephanie Sandler - 22nd place

=Hockey=

Men's: 10th place
* Preliminary round: 1-0-4
* Classification (9-12): defeated Egypt, 5-1
* Classification (9/10): lost to Great Britain, 1-1 (tie-breaker, 4-3)

Players: Gregg Clark, Wayne Denne, Denzil Dolley, Iain Evans, Steve Evans, Craig Fulton, Chris Hibbert, Craig Jackson,
Bruce Jacobs, Greg Nicol, Ryan Ravenscroft, Eric Rose-Innes, Emile Smith, Gave Staniforth, Ian Symons

Women's: 9th place
* Preliminary round: 1-0-3
* Classification (9/10): defeated Spain, 4-3

Players: Kerry Bee, Caroline Birt, Fiona Butler, Lindsey Carlisle, Pietie Coetzee, Liesel Dorothy, Grazjyna Engelbrecht, Natalie Fulton, Kate Hector, Johke Koornhof, Anli Kotze, Marsha Marescia, Bronwyn Ross (had to withdraw due to injury), Tsoanelo Pholo, Susan Webber, Sharne Wehmeyer, Jenny Wilson

=Judo=

Henriette Moller (63 kg)

=Rowing=

Donovan Cech (Coxless Pairs)
Ramon Di Clemente (Coxless Pairs)

=Sailing=

Gareth Blanckenberg (Laser)

=Shooting=

Martin Senore (50 m Rifle Prone)

=Swimming=

Eugene Botes (100 Butterfly)
Lyndon Ferns (4x100 m Relay)
Ryk Neethling (50/100/200 Freestyle/4x100 Freestyle Relay)
Terence Parkin (200 Breaststroke/400 Individual Medley)
Roland Mark Schoeman (50/100 Freestyle/4x100 Freestyle Relay)
Karl Thaning (4x100 Relay)
Darian Townsend (4x100 Relay)
Gerhard Zandberg (100 Backstroke)

=Taekwondo=

Duncan Mahlangu (68 kg)

=Triathlon=

South Africa sent two triathletes to Athens. Only one, Megan Hall, finished the competition.

Women's:
* Megan Hall - 2:16:26.53 (36th place)

Men's:
* Conrad Stoltz - DNF

=Volleyball=

Men's beach:
* Gershon Rorich and Colin Pocock
** Prelims: 2-1
** Round of 16: Defeated 2-0 by Julien Prosser and Mark Williams, Australia

Women's beach:
* Julia Willand and Leigh Ann Naidoo
** Prelims: 0-3
** Round of 16: Did not qualify

=Wrestling=

Shaun Williams (60 kg Freestyle)

Officials

*President: Mr. Sam Ramsamy
*Secretary General: Mr. Dan Moyo
*Chef de Mission: Hajera Kajee
*Deputy Chef De Mission: Vernon Phakathi
*Project Manager: Tubby Reddy
*Chief Medical Officer: Wayne Derman
*Chief Physiotherapist: Neil Viranna