South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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South Africa at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeRSA
NOCSouth African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sascoc.co.za
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors149 in 21 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Akani Simbine & Caitlin Rooskrantz
Flag bearer (closing)Tatjana Smith
OfficialsLeon Fleiser, chef de mission
Medals
Ranked 44th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

South Africa competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-apartheid era and twenty-first overall in Summer Olympic history. South Africa won six medals (one gold, three silver and two bronze), good for 44th overall in the standings.

Medalists

Competitors

Leon Fleiser will be South Africa's chef de mission at the Games.[1]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 0 1
Athletics 27 11 38
Badminton 0 1 1
Canoeing 2 3 5
Cycling 4 4 8
Diving 0 1 1
Equestrian 1 0 1
Fencing 1 0 1
Field hockey 16 16 32
Golf 2 2 4
Gymnastics 0 1 1
Judo 0 1 1
Rowing 2 1 3
Rugby sevens 12 12 24
Skateboarding 2 1 3
Sport climbing 2 2 4
Surfing 2 1 3
Swimming 3 5 8
Triathlon 2 1 3
Wrestling 1 0 1
Total 80 63 143

Archery

One South African archer qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's individual recurve competitions by virtue of his result at the 2023 African Continental Qualification Tournament in Nabeul, Tunisia. Werner Potgieter of the Western Cape ranked No. 1 with a score of 652 and went on to secure the spot for South Africa by winning the silver medal. He was the first male archer to secure a spot for his country in archery since 2008.[2]

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
Wian Roux Men's individual 601 63  Kim J-d (KOR)
L 0–6
Did not advance

Athletics

Akani Simbine
Miranda Coetzee

South African track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[3]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • qR = Advanced to next round by Referee
  • NR = National record
  • DNF = Did not finish
  • DNS = Did not start
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Akani Simbine Men's 100 m 10.03 1 Q - 9.87 1 Q 9.82 NR 4
Shaun Maswanganyi 10.06 3 Q 10.02 5 Did not advance
Benjamin Richardson 10.06 4 Q 9.95 3 Did not advance
Shaun Maswanganyi Men's 200 m 20.20 3 Q Bye 20.42 4 Did not advance
Wayde van Niekerk 20.42 3 Q Bye 20.72 (.717) 7 Did not advance
Benjamin Richardson 51.86 7 DNS Did not advance
Zakithi Nene Men's 400 m 45.01 4 44.81 1 Q 45.06 6 Did not advance
Lythe Pillay 45.60 7 45.40 1 Q 45.24 7 Did not advance
Edmund du Plessis Men's 800 m 1:45.73 2 Q Bye 1:45.34 4 Did not advance
Tshepo Tshite Men's 1500 m 3:36.87 13 3:35.35 4 Did not advance
Ryan Mphahlele 3:38.48 12 3:36.64 11 Did not advance
Adriaan Wildschutt Men's 10000 m 26:50.64 NR 10
Shaun Maswanganyi
Akani Simbine
Bayanda Walaza
Bradley Nkoana
Sinesipho Dambile (reserve)
Men's 4 × 100 m relay 37.94 SB 2 Q 37.57 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Wayde van Niekerk
Lythe Pillay
Zakithi Nene
Gardeo Isaacs
Antonie Nortje
Adrian Swart (reserve)
Men's 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.19 7 qR 2:58.12 NR 5
Stephen Mokoka Men's marathon 2:10:59 27
Elroy Gelant 2:09:07 11
Miranda Coetzee Women's 400 m 51.58 4 50.66 2 q 51.60 8 Did not advance
Prudence Sekgodiso Women's 800 m 1:59.84 2 Q Bye 1:57.57 2 Q 1:58.79 8
Marione Fourie Women's 100 m hurdles 12.91 4 12.79 Q 1 13.01 6 Did not advance
Zenéy Geldenhuys Women's 400 m hurdles 54.73 3 Q Bye 53.90 3 Did not advance
Rogail Joseph 54.56 2 Q Bye 54.12 3 Did not advance
Irvette van Zyl Women's marathon 2:31:14 37
Gerda Steyn 2:32:51 45
Cian Oldknow 2:30:29 32
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Brian Raats Men's high jump 2.24 6 q 2.17 12
Jovan van Vuuren Men's long jump 7.70 11 Did not advance
Cheswill Johnson 4.49 15 Did not advance
Kyle Blignaut Men's shot put 20.78 7 Did not advance
Francois Prinsloo Men's discus throw 61.35 23 Did not advance
Victor Hogan 60.78 27 Did not advance
Miné de Klerk Women's shot put 15.63 31 Did not advance
Jo-Ané van Dyk Women's javelin throw 64.22 4 Q 63.93 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Badminton

For the first time since the nation's last participated at Rio 2016, South Africa entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarter-final Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Johanita Scholtz Women's singles  Kim G-e (KOR)
L (12–21, 6–21)
 Goh JW (MAS)
L (21–23, 11–21)
3 Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

For the first time since 2016, South African canoeists qualified two boats for the following distances through the gold medal result at the 2023 African Olympic in Abuja, Nigeria.

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hamish Lovemore Men's K-1 1000 m 3:28.19 3 QF 3:36.64 2 SF 3:33.89 8 FB 3:27.94 9
Andrew Birkett 3:53.31 5 QF 3:38.11 3 Did not advance
Hamish Lovemore
Andrew Birkett
Men's K-2 500 m 1:33.25 4 QF 1:29.75 2 SF 1:29.70 6 FB 1:31.79 12
Tiffany Koch Women's K-1 500 m 2:02.76 6 QF 1:56.81 6 Did not advance
Esti Olivier 1:55.98 5 QF 1:53.21 6 Did not advance
Tiffany Koch
Esti Olivier
Women's K-2 500 m 1:52.14 5 QF 1:46.40 6 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Jean Spies
Tiffany Keep

Road

South Africa entered one male and two female riders to compete in the road race events at the Olympics. South Africa secured those quotas through the UCI Nation Ranking.[4]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Ryan Gibbons Men's road race 6:39:27 69
Ashleigh Moolman Pasio Women's road race 4:04:23 33
Tiffany Keep DNF

Track

South Africa entered one rider for men's sprint and keirin events, based on the allocations of continental spots, through the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Round 3 Repechage 3 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals / BM
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Jean Spies Men's sprint 9.962
72.275
29 Did not advance
Keirin
Athlete Event Round 1 Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank
Jean Spies Men's keirin 6 5 Did not advance

Mountain biking

South African mountain bikers secured a men's and women's quota place each in the Olympic cross-country race through the release of the final Olympic mountain biking rankings.

Athlete Event Time Rank
Alan Hatherly Men's cross-country 1:26:33 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Candice Lill Women's cross-country 1:35:33 20

BMX

Freestyle

South African rider received a single quota spot in the men's BMX freestyle for Paris 2024, finishing among the top three eligible nations, not yet qualified, at the 2023 UCI BMX Freestyle World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[5]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Average Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Vincent Leygonie Men's freestyle 73.20 78.50 75.85 12 Did not advance
Race

South African riders secured a single quota place in the women's BMX race for Paris 2024 by reallocation quota from 2023 African Championships.[6]

Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Miyanda Maseti Women's race 23 8 Did not advance

Diving

South African divers secured a quota place for Paris 2024 by advancing to the top twelve final of the women's individual springboard at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Julia Vincent Women's 3 m springboard 283.50 13 Q 297.30 6 Q 271.25 11

Equestrian

Alexander Peternell

South Africa entered one rider in the eventing event through the establishment of final Olympics ranking for Group F (Africa & Middle East).[7]

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Alexander Peternell Figaro Des Premices Individual 39.0 56 33.2 72.2 51 5.6 77.8 43 Did not advance

Fencing

For the first time since 2008, South Africa entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Harry Saner qualified for the games by winning the gold medal in the men's individual épée events at the 2024 African Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Algiers, Algeria.[8]

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
Harry Saner Men's épée  Sharlaimov (KAZ)
L 9–15
Did not advance

Field hockey

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
South Africa men's Men's tournament  Netherlands
L 3–5
 Great Britain
D 2–2
 Germany
L 1–5
 Spain
L 0–3
 France
W 5–2
5 Did not advance
South Africa women's Women's tournament  Australia
L 1–2
 Argentina
L 2–4
 Great Britain
L 1–2
 Spain
L 0–1
 United States
L 0–1
11 Did not advance

Men's tournament

South Africa men's national field hockey team qualified by winning the 2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier.[9]

Team roster

South Africa announced their squad on 19 June 2024.[10][11]

Head coach: Cheslyn Gie[12]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
2 MF Mustapha Cassiem (2002-03-19)19 March 2002 (aged 22) 54 Netherlands HDM
3 DF Andrew Hobson (1998-03-20)20 March 1998 (aged 26) 31 South Africa Central
5 DF Jacques van Tonder (2000-04-11)11 April 2000 (aged 24) 27 South Africa WPCC Badgers
7 FW Dayaan Cassiem (Captain) (1998-12-01)1 December 1998 (aged 25) 77 Netherlands HDM
9 FW Bradley Sherwood (1999-05-28)28 May 1999 (aged 25) 42 England Oxted
10 FW Keenan Horne (1992-06-17)17 June 1992 (aged 32) 119 France Paris Jean-Bouin
11 FW Tevin Kok (1996-10-20)20 October 1996 (aged 27) 69 Ireland Pembroke Wanderers
13 DF Matthew Guise-Brown (1991-09-13)13 September 1991 (aged 32) 67 England Hampstead & Westminster
19 MF Ryan Julius (1995-06-19)19 June 1995 (aged 29) 81 South Africa Central
22 DF Daniel Bell (1994-09-28)28 September 1994 (aged 29) 106 Belgium Daring
23 MF Nicholas Spooner (1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 32) 71 Germany Harvestehuder THC
24 MF Zenani Kraai (2000-11-05)5 November 2000 (aged 23) 18 South Africa Langa
27 FW Nqobile Ntuli (1996-01-15)15 January 1996 (aged 28) 103 Germany Harvestehuder THC
29 MF Samkelo Mvimbi (1999-01-23)23 January 1999 (aged 25) 58 South Africa WPCC Badgers
32 GK Gowan Jones (1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 35) 90 South Africa Riverside
46 DF Calvin Davis (2003-11-22)22 November 2003 (aged 20) 1 South Africa Tuks
Group play
Mustapha Cassiem for celebrations to goal in Netherlands vs. South Africa

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 5 4 0 1 16 6 +10 12 Advance to quarter-finals
2  Netherlands 5 3 1 1 16 9 +7 10
3  Great Britain 5 2 2 1 11 7 +4 8
4  Spain 5 2 1 2 11 12 −1 7
5  South Africa 5 1 1 3 11 17 −6 4
6  France (H) 5 0 1 4 8 22 −14 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts
27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)
12:45
v
Netherlands  5–3  South Africa
Janssen field hockey ball 2'30'
De Geus field hockey ball 10'
Hoedemakers field hockey ball 16'
Telgenkamp field hockey ball 33'
Report M. Cassiem field hockey ball 7'
Kok field hockey ball 34'
Guise-Brown field hockey ball 44'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
20:15
v
South Africa  2–2  Great Britain
Hobson field hockey ball 11'
Sherwood field hockey ball 53'
Report Roper field hockey ball 32'
Shipperley field hockey ball 59'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
10:30
v
South Africa  1–5  Germany
Guise-Brown field hockey ball 35' Report Peillat field hockey ball 1'39'
Rühr field hockey ball 15'
Weigand field hockey ball 17'
M. Grambusch field hockey ball 58'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (GBR)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)
19:45
v
Spain  3–0  South Africa
Reyne field hockey ball 25'53'
Basterra field hockey ball 37'
Report
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

2 August 2024 (2024-08-02)
19:45
v
France  2–5  South Africa
Clément field hockey ball 16'
Charlet field hockey ball 25'
Report Guise-Brown field hockey ball 2'
Horne field hockey ball 23'
M. Cassiem field hockey ball 56'
D. Cassiem field hockey ball 57'60'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Marcin Grochal (POL)

Women's tournament

South Africa women's national field hockey team qualified by winning the 2023 Women's African Olympic Qualifier.[13]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 19 June 2024.[14][11]

Head coach: Giles Bonnet[15]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Anelle Lloyd (1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 30) 48 0 South Africa Mpumalanga
3 FW Celia Seerane (1990-06-18)18 June 1990 (aged 34) 185 48 South Africa Tuks
4 DF Stephanie Botha (1998-12-30)30 December 1998 (aged 25) 30 2 South Africa Somerset West
5 MF Edith Molikoe (2000-05-23)23 May 2000 (aged 24) 34 0 South Africa Tuks
8 FW Kristen Paton (1996-12-21)21 December 1996 (aged 27) 72 8 Netherlands HGC
10 MF Onthatile Zulu (2000-03-14)14 March 2000 (aged 24) 56 0 South Africa WPCC beavers
12 FW Dirkie Chamberlain (1986-11-03)3 November 1986 (aged 37) 243 130 South Africa North West
13 DF Paris-Gail Isaacs (2006-08-25)25 August 2006 (aged 17) 7 1 South Africa Beaulieu
14 MF Taheera Augousti (2005-09-23)23 September 2005 (aged 18) 26 2 South Africa Central
16 DF Erin Christie (Captain) (1992-03-20)20 March 1992 (aged 32) 105 9 South Africa WPCC beavers
17 FW Ntsopa Mokoena (2004-08-17)17 August 2004 (aged 19) 26 7 South Africa Central
18 DF Hannah Pearce (1998-11-17)17 November 1998 (aged 25) 41 0 England Birmingham
21 FW Ongeziwe Mali (1999-05-21)21 May 1999 (aged 25) 30 3 South Africa Maties
25 DF Marié Louw (1996-02-09)9 February 1996 (aged 28) 26 3 South Africa Bohemian
27 FW Kayla de Waal (2000-06-11)11 June 2000 (aged 24) 20 2 South Africa WPCC beavers
28 FW Quanita Bobbs (Captain) (1993-09-03)3 September 1993 (aged 30) 184 37 South Africa Central
30 MF Kayla Swarts (2003-05-24)24 May 2003 (aged 21) 24 0 South Africa Central
Group play

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 5 4 1 0 15 5 +10 13 Quarter-finals
2  Argentina 5 4 1 0 16 7 +9 13
3  Spain 5 2 1 2 6 7 −1 7
4  Great Britain 5 2 0 3 8 12 −4 6
5  United States 5 1 1 3 5 13 −8 4
6  South Africa 5 0 0 5 4 10 −6 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
12:45
v
Australia  2–1  South Africa
Kershaw field hockey ball 16'
T. Stewart field hockey ball 40'
Report De Waal field hockey ball 14'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Emi Yamada (JPN)
Rachel Williams (GBR)

29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)
17:30
v
South Africa  2–4  Argentina
Louw field hockey ball 15'
De Waal field hockey ball 29'
Report Gorzelany field hockey ball 17'49'52'
Jankunas field hockey ball 53'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Ayanna McClean (TTO)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)
10:30
v
South Africa  1–2  Great Britain
De Waal field hockey ball 6' Report Costello field hockey ball 19'
French field hockey ball 42'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Cookie Tan (SGP)

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01)
17:30
v
Spain  1–0  South Africa
Iglesias field hockey ball 15' Report
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Emi Yamada (JPN)
Hannah Harrison (GBR)

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03)
13:15
v
United States  1–0  South Africa
Sholder field hockey ball 43' Report
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Hannah Harrison (GBR)
Cookie Tan (SGP)

Golf

Ashleigh Buhai

South Africa entered four golfers into the Olympic tournament. Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Erik van Rooyen, Ashleigh Buhai, and Paula Reto; all qualified directly for the games in the individual competitions, based on their world ranking performance, on the IGF World Rankings.

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Christiaan Bezuidenhout Men's 70 71 64 69 274 −10 16
Erik van Rooyen 67 69 69 70 275 −9 17
Ashleigh Buhai Women's 68 73 74 70 285 −3 T13
Paula Reto 78 73 76 72 299 +11 T44

Gymnastics

Artistic

South Africa entered one female gymnast into the games. Caitlin Rooskrantz qualified for the games by virtue of her individual results through all-around event at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[16]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Caitlin Rooskrantz All-around DNS 13.733 11.333 10.866 DNF Did not advance

Judo

South Africa qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Geronay Whitebooi (women's extra-lightweight, 48 kg) qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Geronay Whitebooi Women's –48 kg  Solís (GUA)
W 10–01
 Tsunoda (JPN)
L 00–11
Did not advance

Rowing

South African rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and 2023 African Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.[17]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
John Smith
Christopher Baxter
Men's coxless pair 6:36.71 2 Q Bye 6:40.35 4 FB 6:27.11 9
Paige Badenhorst Women's single sculls 7:39.19 3 QF Bye 7:44.03 4 SC/D 7:55.91 1 FC 7:27.76 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

Rugby sevens

Summary
Team Event Pool round Quarterfinal Semifinal/Classification Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
South Africa men's Men's tournament  Ireland
L 5–10
 New Zealand
L 5–17
 Japan
W 49–5
3 Q  New Zealand
W 14–7
 France
L 7–19
 Australia
W 26–19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
South Africa women's Women's tournament  Australia
L 5–34
 Ireland
L 0–38
 Great Britain
L 17–26
4  Japan
L 12–15
 Fiji
W 21–15
11

Men's tournament

South Africa national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2024 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in Monaco.

Squad

South Africa's squad of 12 players was named on 10 July 2024. Additionally, Ronald Brown and Katlego Letebele were named as traveling reserves.[18][19]

Head coach: Philip Snyman

No. Player Date of birth (age)
1 Christie Grobbelaar (2000-05-25)25 May 2000 (aged 24)
2 Ryan Oosthuizen (1995-05-22)22 May 1995 (aged 29)
3 Impi Visser (1995-05-30)30 May 1995 (aged 29)
4 Zain Davids (1997-05-04)4 May 1997 (aged 27)
5 Quewin Nortje (2003-01-14)14 January 2003 (aged 21)
6 Tiaan Pretorius (2001-02-19)19 February 2001 (aged 23)
7 Tristan Leyds (1997-05-24)24 May 1997 (aged 27)
8 Selvyn Davids (c) (1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 30)
9 Shaun Williams (1998-04-13)13 April 1998 (aged 26)
10 Rosko Specman (1989-04-28)28 April 1989 (aged 35)
11 Siviwe Soyizwapi (1992-12-07)7 December 1992 (aged 31)
12 Shilton van Wyk (1999-12-22)22 December 1999 (aged 24)
13 Ronald Brown (1995-09-02)2 September 1995 (aged 28)
Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 71 29 +42 9 Advance to Quarter-finals
2  Ireland 3 2 0 1 62 24 +38 7
3  South Africa 3 1 0 2 59 32 +27 5
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 22 129 −107 3
Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.


24 July 2024 (2024-07-24)
17:30
Ireland 10–5 South Africa
Try: Conroy 8' m
Kennedy 12' m
World RugbyTry: S. Davids 14' m
Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 69,000[20][21]
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)

24 July 2024 (2024-07-24)
21:30
New Zealand 17–5 South Africa
Try: Leo (2) 2' m, 11' c
McGarvey-Black 7' m
Con: Rokolisoa (1/1) 12'
World RugbyTry: S. Davids 4' m
Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 69,000[20][21]
Referee: Reuben Keane (Australia)

25 July 2024 (2024-07-25)
16:00
South Africa 49–5 Japan
Try: Z. Davids 1' c
Visser 3' c
van Wyk (2) 4' c, 14' c
Oosthuizen (2) 6' c, 7' c
Specman 11' c
Con: Leyds (5/5) 2', 3', 4', 6', 8'
Brown (2/2) 12', 14'
World RugbyTry: Ueda 10' m
Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 70,000[22]
Referee: Nick Hogan (New Zealand)
Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 C  United States 3 1 1 1 57 67 −10 6 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 A  South Africa 3 1 0 2 59 32 +27 5
3 B  Samoa 3 1 0 2 52 49 +3 5
Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Point difference; 3) Points scored.

Quarter-final
South Africa kick off against New Zealand
25 July 2024 (2024-07-25)
21:00
New Zealand 7–14 South Africa
Try: Leo 10' c
Con: Knewstubb (1/1) 10'
World RugbyTry: S. Davids 3' c
Leyds 7' c
Con: Leyds (2/2) 4', 7'
Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 70,000[22]
Referee: Adam Leal (England/Great Britain)

Semi-final
27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)
15:30
South Africa 5–19 France
Try: Leyds 10' mWorld RugbyTry: Rebbadj (2) 11' c, 14' c
Sepho 15' m
Con: Rebbadj (2/3) 12', 14'
Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Rueben Keane (Australia)

Bronze Medal Match
27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)
19:00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) South Africa 26–19 Australia
Try: S. Davids 6' m
Z. Davids (2) 10' c, 11' c
Williams 15' c
Con: Leyds (2/3) 10', 11'
Soyizwapi (1/1) 15'
World RugbyTry: Lawson 5' c
Toole 12' c
Paterson 14' m
Con: Roache (2/3) 5', 13'
Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

Women's tournament

South Africa women's national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2023 Africa Women's Sevens in Monastir, Tunisia.

Squad

South Africa's squad of 12 players was named on 29 June 2024. Additionally, Shiniqwa Lamprecht and Shona-Leah Weston were named as traveling reserves.[23][24]

Head coach: Renfred Dazel

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 89 24 +65 9 Quarter-finals
2 United Kingdom Great Britain 3 2 0 1 52 65 −13 7
3 Republic of Ireland Ireland 3 1 0 2 64 40 +24 5
4  South Africa 3 0 0 3 22 98 −76 3
Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.


28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
16:00
Australia 34–5 South Africa
Try: M. Levi (4) 1' c, 6' c, 8' m, 10' m
Nathan 4' m
T. Levi 8' m
Con: Hinds (2/6) 2', 7'
World RugbyTry: Roos 16' m
Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Lavenia Rawaca (Fiji)

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
19:00
Ireland 38–0 South Africa
Try: Parsons (2) 6' c, 12' c
Murphy Crowe 8' c
Flood 10' c
Elmes Kinlan 14' m
Higgins 15' m
Con: Mulhall (1/1) 6'
Flood (3/5) 9', 11', 12'
World Rugby
Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Talal Chaudhry (Canada)

29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)
14:00
Great Britain 26–17 South Africa
Try: Crompton 8' c
Norman-Bell 8' c
Joyce (2) 11' m, 14' c
Con: Norman-Bell (3/3) 8', 8', 15'
World RugbyTry: Janse van Rensburg 1' c
Roos 6' m
Malinga 10' m
Con: Roos (1/3) 1'
Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Tyler Miller (Australia)

9–12 Semi-final
29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)
20:00
Japan 15–12 South Africa
Try: Hara 4' m
Kajiki (2) 12' m, 14' m
World RugbyTry: Janse van Rensburg 1' m
Roos 7'
Con: Roos (1/2) 8'
Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Cisco Lopez (United States)

Eleventh Place Match
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
16:30
South Africa 21–15 Fiji
Try: Roos (2) 1' c, 4' c
Mpupha 9' c
Con: Roos (3/3) 2', 4', 9'
World RugbyTry: Lomani 11' m
Ditavutu 12' m
Wilson 15' m
Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Ano Kuwai (Japan)

Skateboarding

South Africa entered three skateboarders (two males and one female) to compete in each of the following events at the Games.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Dallas Oberholzer Men's park 33.83 22 Did not advance
Brandon Valjalo Men's street 197.17 12 Did not advance
Boipelo Awuah Women's street 159.34 18 Did not advance

Sport climbing

South Africa qualified four climbers for Paris. All of them qualified directly for the combined and speed events by winning the gold medal at the 2023 Africa Olympic Qualifier in Pretoria.

Boulder & lead combined
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Boulder Lead Total Rank Boulder Lead Total Rank
Result Place Hold Time Place Result Place Hold Time Place
Mel Janse van Rensburg Men's 9.4 19 7.1 20 16.5 20 Did not advance
Lauren Mukheibir Women's 0.0 20 Did not advance
Speed
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Joshua Bruyns Men's 6.18 13  Maimuratov (KAZ)
L 5.84–4.94
Did not advance 13
Aniya Holder Women's 9.12 14  Miroslaw (POL)
L 9.36–6.10
Did not advance 14

Surfing

South African surfers confirmed three shortboard quota places for Tahiti. Jordy Smith and Sarah Baum topped the list of eligible surfers from Africa to secure the lone available berth in their respective shortboard races at the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games in Surf City, El Salvador.[25]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Score Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jordy Smith Men's shortboard 7.60 2 R2  Waida (INA)
W 9.50–5.40
 Correa (PER)
L 12.20–15.00
Did not advance
Matthew McGillivray 5.26 3 R2  Vaast (FRA)
L 10.67–14.03
Did not advance
Sarah Baum Women's shortboard 8.47 2 R2  Kemp (GER)
W 10.50–4.94
 Moore (USA)
L 3.87–8.16
Did not advance

Qualification legend: R3 - Qualifies to elimination rounds; R2 - Qualifies to repechage round

Swimming

Chad le Clos

South African swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[26]

Athlete Event Entry Heat Semifinal Final
Time Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Pieter Coetze Men's 100 m backstroke 52.78 52.90 2 Q 52.63 AF NR 3 Q 52.58 AF NR 5
Pieter Coetze Men's 200 m backstroke 1:55.85 1:56.92 3 Q 1:56.09 3 Q 1:55.60 AF NR 7
Chad le Clos Men's 100 m butterfly 51.48 52.24 24 Did not advance
Matthew Sates 51.66 54.53 35 Did not advance
Matthew Sates Men's 200 m butterfly 1:55.25 1:57.04 20 Did not advance
Matthew Sates Men's 200 m medley 1:57.72 2:04.01 21 Did not advance
Tatjana Smith Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:05.41 1:05.00 1 Q 1:05.00 1 Q 1:05.28 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tatjana Smith Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:19.01 2:21.57 1 Q 2:19.94 2 Q 2:19.60 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kaylene Corbett 2:23.71 2:23.85 6 Q 2:22.87 4 Q 2:24.46 7
Erin Gallagher Women's 100 m butterfly 57.32 57.80 13 Q 57.90 14 Did not advance
Aimee Canny Women's 200 m freestyle 1:56.80 1:57.81 14 Q 1:57.34 12 Did not advance
Rebecca Meder Women's 200 m medley 2:10.95 2:11.96 16 Q 2:10.67 NR 11 Did not advance

AF = Africa Record. NR = National Record / South African Record

Triathlon

South Africa entered three triathletes (two men and one woman) in the triathlon events for Paris following the release of the final individual Olympic qualification ranking.[27]

Individual
Athlete Event Time Rank
Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total
 Henri Schoeman Men's 20:11 0:51 52:24 0:25 32:02 1:45:53 20
 Jamie Riddle 20:29 0:55 52:02 0:33 33:16 1:47:15 25
 Vicky van der Merwe Women's 26:09 0:57 1:02:07 0:30 35:33 2:05:16 46

Wrestling

For the first time since 2008, South Africa qualified one wrestler for the Olympic competition. Nicolaas de Lange qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the semifinal round at the 2024 African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt.[28]

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nicolaas de Lange Men's −97 kg  Matcharashvili (GEO)
L 2-12
 McHedlidze (UKR)
L 5–3PP
Did not advance

See also

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