South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics

South Africa is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-apartheid era and twenty-first overall in Summer Olympic history.

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)
Competitors136 in 20 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
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Bronze
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Total
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 0 1
Artistic swimming 2 2
Athletics 21 7 28
Badminton 0 1 1
Canoeing 2 3 5
Cycling 4 4 8
Diving 0 1 1
Equestrian TBD TBD 1
Fencing 1 0 1
Field hockey 16 16 32
Golf 2 0 2
Gymnastics 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 6 6 12
Triathlon 2 1 3
Wrestling 1 0 1
Total 76 59 136

Archery

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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.[1]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
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Wian Roux Men's individual
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Artistic swimming

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South Africa fielded a pair of artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet as the highest-ranked African nation eligible for qualification at the 2023 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
 
 
Duet

Athletics

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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):[2]

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
  • NR = National record
  • 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
Luxolo Adams Men's 200 m
Shaun Maswanganyi
Benjamin Richardson
Zakithi Nene Men's 400 m
Wayde van Niekerk
Lythe Pillay
Edmund du Plessis Men's 800 m
Tshepo Tshite Men's 1500 m
Adriaan Wildschutt Men's 5000 m
Men's 10000 m
Shaun Maswanganyi
Akani Simbine
Bayanda Walaza
Bradley Nkoana
Benjamin Richardson
Sinesipho Dambile (reserve)
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Wayde van Niekerk
Lythe Pillay
Zakithi Nene
Gardeo Isaacs
Antonie Nortje
Adrian Swart (reserve)
Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Stephen Mokoka Men's marathon
Elroy Gelant
Prudence Sekgodiso Women's 800 m
Marione Fourie Women's 100 m hurdles
Zenéy Geldenhuys Women's 400 m hurdles
Rogail Joseph
Irvette van Zyl Women's marathon
Gerda Steyn
Cian Oldknow
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Jovan van Vuuren Men's long jump
Francois Prinsloo Men's discus throw

Badminton

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South Africa entered one badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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Rank Opposition
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Johanita Scholtz Women's singles

Canoeing

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Slalom

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South African canoeists confirmed a boat in the women's K-1 for the Games, following their results as the highest ranked eligible nation's, through the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion, France.

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
  Women's K-1

Sprint

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South African canoeists qualified two boat 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
Andrew Birkett
Men's K-2 500 m
Tiffany Koch
Esti Olivier
Women's K-2 500 m

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

Cycling

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Road

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South Africa entered one male and two female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic. South Africa secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.[3]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Ryan Gibbons Men's road race
Ashleigh Moolman Pasio Women's road race
Tiffany Keep
  Women's time trial

Track

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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)
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Speed (km/h)
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Speed (km/h)
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Speed (km/h)
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Jean Spies Men's sprint
Keirin
Athlete Event Round 1 Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank
Jean Spies Men's keirin

Mountain biking

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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
Candice Lill Women's cross-country
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.

Athlete Event Seeding Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Men's freestyle
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.[4]

Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Miyanda Maseti Women's race

Diving

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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
  Women's 3 m springboard

Equestrian

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South Africa entered one riders in the eventing event, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group F (Africa & Middle East).[5]

Eventing

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Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
  Individual

Fencing

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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.[6]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
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Harry Saner Men's épée

Field hockey

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Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
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Rank Opposition
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South Africa men's Men's tournament   Netherlands   Great Britain   Germany   Spain   France
South Africa women's Women's tournament   Australia   Argentina   Great Britain   Spain   United States

Men's tournament

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South Africa men's national field hockey team qualified by winning the 2023 Men's African Olympic Qualifier.[7]

Team roster

Head coach: Cheslyn Gie

South Africa announced their final squad on 19 June 2024.[8][9]

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2   Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   France (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6   South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. 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
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Netherlands   v   South Africa
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Pitch 1

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
20:15
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South Africa   v   Great Britain
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Pitch 2

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
10:30
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South Africa   v   Germany
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Pitch 2

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)
19:45
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Spain   v   South Africa
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Pitch 1

2 August 2024 (2024-08-02)
19:45
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France   v   South Africa
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Pitch 1

Women's tournament

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South Africa women's national field hockey team qualified by winning the 2023 Women's African Olympic Qualifier.[10]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 19 June 2024.[11][9]

Head Coach: Giles Bonnet

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2   Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6   South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. 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
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Australia   v   South Africa
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Pitch 1

29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)
17:30
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South Africa   v   Argentina
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Pitch 2

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)
10:30
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South Africa   v   Great Britain
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Pitch 2

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01)
17:30
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Spain   v   South Africa
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Pitch 2

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03)
13:15
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United States   v   South Africa
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Pitch 2

Golf

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South Africa entered two male golfers into the Olympic tournament. Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Erik van Rooyen qualified directly for the games in the men's 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
Erik van Rooyen

Gymnastics

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Artistic

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South Africa entered one female gymnasts 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.[12]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Caitlin Rooskrantz All-around

Rowing

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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.[13]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
John Smith
Christopher Baxter
Men's coxless pair
  Women's single sculls

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

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Summary
Team Event Pool round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
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Rank Opposition
Result
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Result
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Result
Rank
South Africa men's Men's tournament
South Africa women's Women's tournament

Men's tournament

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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
  • Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Women's tournament

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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

Skateboarding

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

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Dallas Oberholzer Park
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Brandon Valjalo Street

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Boipelo Awuah Street

Sport climbing

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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
Lauren Mukheibir Women's
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
Aniya Holder Women's

Surfing

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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.[14]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Score Rank Score Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
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Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jordy Smith Men's shortboard
Matthew McGillivray
Sarah Baum Women's shortboard

Swimming

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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)):[15]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
  Men's 100 m freestyle
Pieter Coetzee Men's 100 m backstroke
Pieter coetzee Men's 200 m backstroke
Chad le Clos Men's 100 m butterfly
 
Matthew Sates Men's 200 m medley
Tatjana Schoenmaker Women's 100 m breaststroke
 
Kaylene Corbett Women's 200 m breaststroke
Erin Gallagher Women's 100 m butterfly
Rebecca Meder Women's 200 m medley
Amica de Jager Women's 10 km open water

Triathlon

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South Africa entered three triathletes (two men and one women) in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final individual olympics qualification ranking.[9]

Individual
Athlete Event Time Rank
Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total
 Henri Schoeman Men's
 Jamie Riddle
 Vicky van der Merwe Women's

Wrestling

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For the first time since 2008, South Africa qualified one wrestler into 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.[16]

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
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Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nicolaas de Lange Men's −97 kg

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Olympic relay fields formed at WRE Bahamas 24". World Athletics. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
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  5. ^ "FEI publishes Olympic and Paralympic Rankings for Paris 2024". International Federation for Equestrian Sports. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  6. ^ "African Olympic Qualifier Finishes in Algiers". International Fencing Federation. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  7. ^ "South Africa seal Olympic Games Paris 2024 Qualification". fih.hockey. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Team South Africa Hockey teams named for the Paris Olympic Games". SA Hockey Association. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  9. ^ a b c Lemke, Gary (19 June 2024). "Second group of Team SA athletes for Paris named". TeamSA. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  10. ^ "SA women's hockey team cruise into Paris Olympics in style". timeslive.co.za. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Team South Africa Hockey teams named for the Paris Olympic Games". sahockey.co.za. South African Hockey Association. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  12. ^ "What we learned from the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympic qualifier in Antwerp". International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  13. ^ "African rowers secure their spots for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games". World Rowing. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Five Paris 2024 Olympians Confirmed on Day 6 of the 2023 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Surfing Games". International Surfing Association. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Samoa, Australia, South Africa end Olympic drought with Paris spots in Alexandria". United World Wrestling. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.