South Africa at the 2000 Summer Olympics

South Africa competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

South Africa at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeRSA
NOCSouth African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sascoc.co.za
in Sydney
Competitors127 (89 men and 38 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer Hezekiél Sepeng
Medals
Ranked 55th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The South African Airways had one of their Boeing 747-300s specially painted in rainbow colours to transport the South African Olympic team to Sydney. The aircraft was fondly dubbed the Ndizani.

The SAA Boeing 747-300 Ndizani that had flown the athletes to Sydney.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Silver Hestrie Cloete Athletics Women's high jump
  Silver Terence Parkin Swimming Men's 200m breaststroke
  Bronze Llewellyn Herbert Athletics Men's 400m hurdles
  Bronze Frantz Kruger Athletics Men's discus throw
  Bronze Penelope Heyns Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke

Archery

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South Africa returned two of the archers that had competed four years earlier. Again, Lewis had the nation's only victory.

Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Score Seed Score Score Score Score Score Rank
Jill Borresen Individual 635 18   Michelle Tremelling (AUS)
L 147-162
Did not advance
Kirstin Lewis 615 48   Natalia Nasaridze (TUR)
W 154-153
  Cristina Ioriatti (ITA)
L 154-145
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
Johan Botha 800 m 01:46.91 13 q 01:45.49 11 Did not advance
Werner Botha 01:47.83 22 Q 01:46.53 16 Did not advance
Shaun Bownes 100 m hurdles 13.53 5 Q 13.54 7 Q 13.41 9 Did not advance
Llewellyn Herbert 400 m hurdles 49.25 3 Q 48.38 2 Q 47.81  
Arnaud Malherbe 400 m 45.73 21 q 45.59 21 Did not advance
Johannes Maremane Marathon 2:21:25 43
Hendrick Mokganyetsi 400 m 45.22 2 Q 45.15 5 Q 45.52 8 Q 45.52 6
Alwyn Myburgh 400 m hurdles 49.57 10 q 49.25 13 Did not advance
Hendrick Ramaala Marathon 2:16:19 12
Hezekiél Sepeng 800 m 01:47.46 19 Q 01:44.85 8 q 01:45.29 4
Josia Thugwane Marathon 2:16:59 20
Mathew Quinn 100 m 10.44 37 Q 10.27 17 Did not advance
Werner Botha
Llewellyn Herbert
Arnaud Malherbe
Hendrick Mokganyetsi
Alwyn Myburgh
Hezekiél Sepeng
4 × 400 m relay 03:04.08 2 Q 03:01.25 6 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Okkert Brits Pole vault 5.65 7 q 5.80 7
Frantz Kruger Discus Throw 67.54 2 Q 68.19  
Burger Lambrechts Shot put 19.75 14 Did not advance
Frits Potgieter Discus Throw 61.56 18 Did not advance
Karel Potgieter Shot put 19.02 22 Did not advance
Janus Robberts 19.79 12 q 20.32 7
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Elana Meyer 10,000 m 32:35.32 7 Q 31:14.70 8
Colleen De Reuck Marathon 2:36:48 31
Heide Seyerling 400 m 51.92 16 Q 50.87 7 Q 51.06 7 Q 50.05 6
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Hestrie Cloete High Jump 1.94 1 Q 2.01  
Elmarie Gerryts Pole vault 4.30 7 q NM

Baseball

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South Africa's first appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament resulted in a last-place finish. The baseball team finished the preliminary round with a 1–6 record, having lost by 10 runs or more four times. The only team that South Africa defeated was the Netherlands.

Men

Preliminary round

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1   Cuba 7 6 1 50 17 +33 .857[a] Advance to knockout round
2   United States 7 6 1 42 14 +28 .857[a]
3   South Korea 7 4 3 40 26 +14 .571[b] 2
4   Japan 7 4 3 41 23 +18 .571[b] 2
5   Netherlands 7 3 4 19 29 −10 .429 3
6   Italy 7 2 5 33 43 −10 .286[c] 4
7   Australia (H) 7 2 5 30 41 −11 .286[c] 4
8   South Africa 7 1 6 11 73 −62 .143 5
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Cuba defeated the United States 6–1.
  2. ^ a b South Korea defeated Japan 7–6.
  3. ^ a b Italy defeated Australia 8–7.


17 September Cuba   16–0 (F/7)   South Africa Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,082
Boxscore

18 September United States   11–1 (F/7)   South Africa Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,474
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19 September South Africa   0–13 (F/7)   Italy Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 2,511
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20 September South Africa   4–10   Australia Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,459
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22 September South Africa   0–8   Japan Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,512
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23 September Netherlands   2–3 (F/10)   South Africa Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,484
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24 September South Korea   13–3 (F/8)   South Africa Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,864
Boxscore

Team Roster

Boxing

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Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Phumzile Matyhila Flyweight   Suleiman Wanjau Bilali (KEN)
L RSC
Did not advance
Jeffrey Mathebula Featherweight   Nouzeddine Medjehoud (ALG)
W 10-5
  Bekzat Sattarkhanov (KAZ)
L 5-16
Did not advance
Danie Venter Light heavyweight   Ihab Al-Youssef (SYR)
W 12-9
  Gurcharan Singh (IND)
L RSC
Did not advance

Canoeing

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Sprint

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Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alan van Coller K-1 500 m 01:41.805 5 Q 1:40.656 3 Q 02:04.981 8
K-1 1000 m 03:39.573 4 Q 03:41.727 4 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ruth Nortje K-1 500 m 01:51.047 3 Q BYE 02:20.274 7

Cycling

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Road Cycling

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Athlete Event Time Rank
David George Men's road race 5:45:51 86
Robert Owen Hunter DNF

Track

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Garen Bloch Men's 1000m time trial 01:04.478 8

Mountain biking

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Erica Lynn Green Women's cross-country 2:03:32.37 25

Football

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Men's Team Competition

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Team Roster
Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Brazil 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
  Japan 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
  South Africa 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Source: [citation needed]
South Africa  1–2  Japan
Nomvethe   31' Report Takahara   45+1', 79'
Attendance: 17,500

Brazil  1–3  South Africa
Edu   11' Report Fortune   10'
Nomvethe   74'
Lekoelea   90'

Slovakia  2–1  South Africa
Czinege   64'
Šlahor   72'
Report McCarthy   75'
Attendance: 14,562

Hockey

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Women's Competition

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Pool D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
  New Zealand 4 2 1 1 7 5 7
  China 4 2 0 2 4 5 6
  Netherlands 4 1 2 1 9 9 5
  Germany 4 1 2 1 6 6 5
  South Africa 4 1 1 2 4 5 1

  Advanced to medal round

17 September 2000
20:30
Germany   2–1   South Africa
Rinne   28'
Becker   50'
Report Agliotti   7'
Umpires:
Lee Mi-Ok (KOR)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

19 September 2000
13:30
Netherlands   2–2   South Africa
Boomgaardt   12'
Smabers   16'
Report Coetzee   52'
Dare   61'
Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Gill Clarke (GBR)

21 September 2000
18:30
New Zealand   1–0   South Africa
Smith   54' Report
Umpires:
Judith Barnesby (AUS)
Lee Mi-Ok (KOR)

22 September 2000
18:30
China   0–1   South Africa
Report Geyser   52'
Umpires:
Angela Lario (ESP)
Gill Clarke (GBR)

Seventh to tenth place classification

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Crossover

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25 September 2000
10:30
Great Britain   3–2   South Africa
Simpson   3'
Clewlow   12'
Smith   38'
Report Dare   6'
Coetzee   31'
Umpires:
Renee Chatas (USA)
Angela Lario (ESP)

Ninth and tenth place

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27 September 2000
08:30
South Africa   0–3   South Korea
Report Kim Eun-Jin   23'26'
Yoo Hee-Joo   35+'
Umpires:
Michele Arnold (AUS)
Renee Cohen (NED)

Team Roster

Judo

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Women
Athlete Event 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
Rank
Tania Tallie −48 kg   Zhao (CHN)
L
Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

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One female pentathlete represented South Africa in 2000.

Women
Athlete Event Shooting
(10 m air pistol)
Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Running
(3000 m)
Total points Final rank
Points Points Points Points Points
Karina Gerber Women's 928 720 1109 1040 820 4617 18

Rowing

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Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ramon di Clemente
Donovan Cech
Men's coxless pair 6:43.23 2 SA/B 6:33.15 3 FA 6:43.10 6
Mark Rowand
Ross Hawkins
Roger Tobler
Mike Hasselbach
Men's lightweight coxless four 6:17.88 3 'SA/B 6:02.09 3 FA 6:07.67 5
Helen Fleming
Colleen Orsmond
Women's coxless pair 7:17.83 1 FA 7:16.84 5

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

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Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M
Ian Richard Ainslie Finn 7 17 17 19 22 15 7 7 12 9 11 99 14
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M
Gareth Blanckenberg Laser 24 10 32 6 1 11 4 21 19 12 8 92 9

Shooting

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Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Total Rank
Corne Basson 50m rifle three positions 1125 44 Did not advance
50m rifle prone 583 47 Did not advance
Jaco Henn 50m rifle three positions 1145 36 Did not advance
50m rifle prone 585 44 Did not advance
Frans Swart Trap 109 23 Did not advance

Swimming

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Men
Athlete Event Heat Semi final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Brendon Dedekind 50 m freestyle 22.46 8 Q 22.39 9 Did not advance
Ryk Neethling 200 m freestyle DNS Did not advance
400 m freestyle 03:48.08 3 Q 03:48.52 8
1500 m freestyle 15:09.12 4 Q 15:00.48 5
Terence Parkin 100 m breaststroke 01:03.20 28 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 02:15.06 10 Q 02:13.57 6 Q 02:12.50  
200 m individual medley 02:03.33 17 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 04:18.14 Q 04:16.92 5
Brett Petersen 100 m breaststroke 01:02.20 11 Q 01:01.42 5 Q 01:01.63 7
Roland Schoeman 50 m freestyle 22.53 10 Q 22.41 10 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 49.74 10 Q 49.84 15 Did not advance
Simon Thirsk 100 m backstroke 57.06 30 Did not advance
200 m backstroke DNS Did not advance
Theo Verster 100 m butterfly 53.95 18 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 02:00.90 26 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 02:03.64 20 Did not advance
Roland Schoeman
Brendon Dedekind
Nicholas Folker
Terence Parkin
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 03:21.28 11 Did not advance
Simon Thirsk
Brett Petersen
Theo Verster
Nicholas Folker
4 × 100 m medley relay 03:42.44 13 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final B Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Penny Heyns 100 m breaststroke 01:07.85 2 Q 01:08.33 5 Q 01:07.55  
200 m breaststroke 02:30.17 20 Did not advance
Mandy Loots 100 m butterfly 59.94 16 Q 59.63 12 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 02:11.38 14 Q 02:10.58 12 Did not advance
Heleen Muller 50 m freestyle 26.07 25 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 55.45 5 Q 55.24 3 Q 55.19 6
200 m freestyle 01:59.89 2 Q 02:00.04 9 Did not advance
Renate du Plessis 100 m butterfly 01:01.32 28 Did not advance
Sarah Poewe 100 m breaststroke 01:08.06 4 Q 01:07.48 1 Q 01:07.85 4
200 m breaststroke 02:27.84 9 Q 02:25.54 5 Q 02:25.72 6
Charlene Wittstock 100 m backstroke 01:03.18 17 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:15.10 16 Q 2:14.95 14 Did not advance
Mandy Loots
Heleen Muller
Sarah Poewe
Charlene Wittstock
4 × 100 m medley relay 04:07.19 5 Q 04:05.15 5

Taekwondo

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South Africa has qualified a single taekwondo jin.

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Donald Ravenscroft Men's +80 kg   Nikolaidis (GRE)
L WO
Did not advance

Tennis

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Men
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
Wayne Ferreira Singles   Haas (GER)
L 2–6, 5–7
Did not advance =33
David Adams
John-Laffnie de Jager
Doubles   Abaroa /
Hernández (MEX)
W 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
  Kafelnikov /
Safin (RUS)
W 6–3, 3–6, 9–7
  Knowles /
Merklein (BAH)
W 4–6, 6–2, 14–12
  Lareau /
Nestor (CAN)
L 1–6, 2–6
  Corretja /
Costa (ESP)
L 6–2, 4–6, 3–6
4
Women
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
Amanda Coetzer Singles   Kis (HUN)
W 6–1, 6–1
  Kremer (LUX)
W 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
  Appelmans (BEL)
W 6–3, 6–1
  Dokic (AUS)
L 1–6, 6–1, 1–6
Did not advance =5
Amanda Coetzer
Liezel Horn
Doubles   Mandula /
Marosi-Aracama (HUN)
L 4–6, 3–6
Did not advance =17

Triathlon

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Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Conrad Stoltz Men's 18:47.39 41 57:38.60 1 33:58.40 1:50:24.39 20
Lizel Moore Women's 21:01.48 41 1:08:32.90 28 38:43.81 2:08:18.19 30

Wrestling

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Freestyle
Athlete Event Elimination Pool Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jannie du Toit −76 kg   Khinchagov (UZB)
L 1–11
  Allahverdiyev (AZE)
L 5–8
3 Did not advance 14

References

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  • sports-reference
  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
  • International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • International Olympic Committee Web Site