Team South Africa results at the Paris Olympics

31 July 2024 - 07:10 By David Isaacson in Paris
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Antonie Nortje of Team South Africa falls during the men's 4x400m relay heats, but the team advanced to Saturday's final on appeal.
Antonie Nortje of Team South Africa falls during the men's 4x400m relay heats, but the team advanced to Saturday's final on appeal.
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Latest South African results from the Paris Olympics.

Sunday August 11

Athletics

Women’s marathon

  • Gerda Steyn — 2:32:51, 45th
  • Cian Oldknow — 2:30:29, 32nd
  • Irvette van Zyl — 2:31:14, 37th

Wrestling

Men’s 97kg freestyle repechage 11am

  • Steyn de Lange lost to Murazi Mchedlidze (Ukraine) VP01 (3-5)

 

Saturday August 10

Athletics

Men’s marathon

  • Stephen Mokoka — 2:10:59, 27th
  • Elroy Gelant — 2:09:07, 11th

Men’s high jump final

  • Brian Raats — 2.17m, 12th

Women’s javelin final

  • Jo-Ane van Dyk —  63.93m, SILVER

Men’s 4x400m relay final

  • Gardeo Isaacs, Zakithi Nene, Lythe Pillay, Antonie Nortje — 2:58.12 African record, 5th

Canoeing

Men’s K1 1,000m semifinals

  • Hamish Lovemore — 3:33.89, 8th (advanced to B final)

Men’s K1 1,000m B final

  • Hamish Lovemore — 3:27.94, 1st (9th overall)

Wrestling

Men’s 97kg freestyle 

  • Steyn de Lange lost to Givi Matcharashvili (Georgia) VSU1 (12-2), but advances to repechage

Golf

Women’s tournament, Round 4

  • Ashleigh Buhai — 68 73 74 70 (-3, T13)  
  • Paula Reto — 78 73 76 72 (+11, T44)

Cycling

Men’s keirin, first round

  • Jean Spies — 6th, +1.506 (advanced to repechage)

Men’s keirin, repechage

  • Jean Spies — 5th, +0.249 (did not advance)

 

Friday August 9

Athletics

Men’s 800m semifinals (10.30am)

  • Edmund du Plessis — 1:45.34, 4th (did not advance)

Men’s 4x400m relay heats

  • Lythe Pillay & co (11.05am) — 3:03.19, 7th (advanced to final on appeal)

Women’s 100m hurdles semifinals

  • Marioné Fourie — 13.03, 6th (did not advance)

Men’s 4x100m relay final

  • Akani Simbine, Bayanda Walaza, Shaun Maswanganyi & Bradley Nkoana — 37.57 African record, SILVER

Diving

Women’s 3m springboard final

  • Julia Vincent — 271.25 pts, 11th

Canoeing

Men’s K2 500m semifinals

  • Andy Birkett & Hamish Lovemore — 1:29.70, 6th (advanced to B final)

Men’s K2 500m B final

  • Andy Birkett & Hamish Lovemore — 1:31.79, 4th (12th overall)

Golf

Women’s tournament, Round 3

  • Ashleigh Buhai — 68 73 74 (-1)  
  • Paula Reto — 78 73 76 (+11)

Thursday August 8

Athletics

Women’s shot put qualification

  • Miné de Klerk — 15.63m, 16th (did not advance)
  • Ashley Erasmus — no result (withdrew from the team injured)

Women’s 100m hurdles repechage

  • Marioné Fourie — 12.79, 1st (advanced to semifinals)

Men’s 4x100m heats

  • Bayanda Walaza, Shaun Maswanganyi, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine — 37.94, 2nd (advanced to final)

Diving

Women’s 3m springboard semifinal

  • Julia Vincent — 297.30, 6th (advanced to final)

Golf

Women’s tournament, Round 2

  • Ashleigh Buhai — 68 73 (-3, T6)
  • Paula Reto — 78 73 (+7, T47)

Wednesday August 7

Athletics

Men’s high jump qualification

  • Brian Raats — 2.24m (advanced to final)

Women’s 100m hurdles heats

  • Marioné Fourie — 12.92, 4th in heat (advanced to repechage)

Women’s javelin qualifying (10.25am)

  • Jo-Ane van Dyk — 64.22m PB (advanced to final)

Men’s 800m heats

  • Edmund du Plessis — 1:45.73, 2nd (advanced to semifinals)

Men’s 200m semifinals

  • Wayde van Niekerk — 20.72, 8th (did not advance)
  • Shaun Maswanganyi — 20.42, 4th (did not advance) 

Women’s 400m semifinals

  • Miranda Coetzee — 51.60, 8th (did not advance)

Canoeing

Women’s K1 500m heats

  • Estie Olivier — 1:55.98, 5th (advanced to quarterfinals)
  • Tiffany Koch — 2:02.76, 6th (advanced to quarterfinals)

Men’s K1 1,000m heats

  • Hamish Lovemore — 3:28.19, 3rd (advanced to quarterfinals)
  • Andy Birkett — 3:35.31, 5th (advanced to quarterfinals)

Women’s K1 500m quarterfinals

  • Estie Olivier — 1:53.21, 6th (did not advance)
  • Tiffany Koch — 1:56.81, 6th (did not advance)

Men’s K1 1,000m heats

  • Hamish Lovemore — 3:36.64, 2nd (advanced to semifinals)
  • Andy Birkett — 3:38.11, 3rd (did not advance)

Golf

Women’s tournament, Round 1

  • Ashleigh Buhai  — 68, 2nd
  • Paula Reto — 78, T50

Cycling

Men’s sprint qualifying

  • Jean Spies — 9.962sec, 29th (did not advance)

Diving

Women’s 3m springboard preliminary

  • Julia Vincent — 283.50, 13th (advanced to semifinals)

Skateboarding

Men’s park preliminary (12.30pm)

  • Dallas Oberholzer — 33.83, 22nd (did not advance)

Climbing

Men’s boulder & lead

  • Mel Janse van Rensburg — 16.5, 20th (did not advance)

 

Tuesday August 6

Athletics

Women’s 400m repechage

  • Miranda Coetzee — 50.66 PB, 2nd (advanced to semifinals)

Men’s 400m semifinals (7.35pm)

  • Lythe Pillay — 45.24, 7th (did not advance)
  • Zakithi Nene — 45.06, 6th (did not advance)

Women’s 400m hurdles semifinals (8.07pm)

  • Zeney Geldenhuys — 53.90 PB, 3rd (did not advance)
  • Rogail Joseph — 54.12 PB, 3rd (did not advance)

Canoeing

Men’s K2 500m heats (11.30am)

  • Hamish Lovemore, Andy Birkett — 1:33.25, 4th (advanced to quarterfinals)

Women’s K2 500m (12.10pm)

  • Estie Olivier, Tiffany Koch — 1:46.40, 6th (advanced to quarterfinals)

Men’s K2 500m quarterfinals

  • Hamish Lovemore, Andy Birkett — 1:29.75, 2nd (advanced to semifinals)

Women’s K2 500m quarterfinals

  • Estie Olivier, Tiffany Koch — 1:46.40, 6th (did not advance)

Climbing

Women’s boulder & lead

  • Lauren Mukheibir — 0, 20th (did not advance)

Men’s speed, seeding and elimination

  • Joshua Bruyns — lost to Amir Maimuratov

 

Monday August 5

Athletics

Men’s discus qualification

  • Francois Prinsloo — 61.35m, 13th in qualifying group (did not advance)
  • Victor Hogan — 60.78m, 13th in qualifying group (did not advance)

Men’s 400m repechage

  • Lythe Pillay — 45.40, 1st in repechage heat (advanced to semifinals)
  • Zakithi Nene — 44.81, 1st in repechage heat (advanced to semifinals)

Women’s 400m heats

  • Miranda Coetzee — 51.58, 4th in heat (advanced to repechage) 

Men’s 200m heats

  • Wayde van Niekerk — 20.42, 3rd in heat (advances to semifinals)
  • Shaun Maswanganyi — 20.20, 3rd in heat (advances to semifinals)
  • Benjamin Richardson — 51.86 (pulled up on home straight)

Women’s 800m final (9.47pm)

  • Prudence Sekgodiso — 1:58.79, EIGHTH

Climbing

Men’s lead and boulder

  • Mel Janse van Rensburg — 9.4, tied 19th (did not advance)

Women’s speed, seeding and elimination (1pm)

  • Aniya Holder — 9.12sec African record in seeding round; lost to Aleksandra Miroslaw (Poland) in heats (did not advance)

 

Sunday August 4

Athletics

Men’s long jump qualification 

  • Jovan van Vuuren — 7.70m (did not advance)
  • Cheswill Johnson — 4.49m (did not advance) 

Women’s 400m hurdles heats 

  • Zeney Geldenhuys — 54.73, 3rd in heat (advanced to semifinals)
  • Rogail Joseph — 54.56, 2nd in heat (advanced to semifinals)

Men’s 400m heats (from 7.05pm)

  • Lythe Pillay — 45.60, 7th in heat (advanced to repechage)
  • Zakithi Nene — 45.01, 4th in heat (advanced to repechage)

Men’s 100m semifinals

  • Akani Simbine — 9.87, 1st in semifinal (advanced to final)
  • Shaun Maswanganyi — 10.02, 5th in semifinal (did not advance)
  • Benjamin Richardson — 9.95, 3rd in semifinal (did not advance)

Women’s 800m semifinals

  • Prudence Sekgodiso — 1:57.57, 2nd in semifinal (advanced to final)

Men’s 100m final

  • Akani Simbine — 9.82 SA record, FOURTH

Cycling

Women’s road race

  • Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio — 33rd, 4:04:23
  • Tiffany Keep  — DNF

Golf

Men’s golf tournament, Round 4

  • Christiaan Bezuidenhout — 70 71 64 69 (-10, 16th)
  • Erik van Rooyen — 67 69 69 70 (-9, 17th)

 

Saturday August 3

Athletics

Men’s 100m heats

  • Akani Simbine — 10.03 (1st in heat, advanced to semifinals)
  • Shaun Maswanganyi — 10.06 (3rd in heat, advanced to semifinals)
  • Benjamin Richardson  — 10.06 (4th in heat, advanced to semifinals) 

Men’s 1,500m repechage

  • Tshepo Tshite — 4th (3:35.35, did not advance to semifinals)
  • Ryan Mphahlele — 11th (3:36.64, did not advance to semifinals)

Rowing

Single sculls C final

  • Paige Badenhorst — 2nd (7:27.76 — 14th overall)

Hockey

Women, group matches

  • US 1 South Africa 0

Cycling

Men's road race

  • Ryan Gibbons — 69th (6hr 39min 27sec, 19:53 behind winner)

Golf

Men, Round 3

  • Christiaan Bezuidenhout — 70 71 64 (-8 overall, T13, 6 shots behind leader)
  • Erik van Rooyen — 67 69 69 (-8 overall, T13, 6 shots behind leader)

 

Friday August 2

Swimming

Heats:

Men’s 100m butterfly

  • Chad Le Clos — 2nd in heat 2 (52.24)
  • Matt Sates — 7th in heat 2 (54.53)

Women’s 200m individual medley

  • Rebecca Meder — 4th (2:11.96 — advanced to evening semifinals)

Semfinals:

Women’s 200m individual medley

  • Rebecca Meder — 5th (2:10.67, SA record — did not advance to final)

Rowing

Men’s pair, B final

  • John Smith, Chris Baxter — 3rd (6:27.11)

Hockey

Men, group match

  • France 2 South Africa 5

Athletics

Men’s 1,500m heats 

  • Tshepo Tshite — 13th in heat 2 (3:36.87 — advanced to repechage)
  • Ryan Mphahlele — 12th in heat 1 (3:38.48 — advanced to repechage)

Women’s 800m heats

  • Prudence Sekgodiso — 1:59.84 (2nd in heat — advanced to semifinals)

Men’s shot put qualification 

  • Kyle Blignaut — 20.78m (did not advance to final)

Men’s 10,000m final

  • Adriaan Wildschutt — 26:50:64, SA record (10th)

Golf

Men’s tournament, Round 2

  • Erik van Rooyen — 67 69 (-6 — 5 shots off the pace)

Christiaan Bezuidenhout — 70 71 (-1 — 10 shots off the pace)

Thursday August 1

Surfing (in Tahiti)

Women's round 3 

  • Sarah Baum lost to Clarissa Moore (US) 

Swimming

Heats:

Men’s 200m individual medley

  • Matt Sates — 6th (2:04.01 — 21st overall — did not advance)

Finals

Men’s 200m backstroke

  • Pieter Coetzé — 7th (1:55.60 African record)

Women’s 200m breaststroke

  • Tatjana Smith — 2nd (2:19.60) 
  • Kaylene Corbett — 7th (2:24.46)

Hockey

Women, group matches

  • Spain 1 South Africa 0

Cycling

BMX racing

Quarterfinal run

  • Miyanda Maseti — 24th overall (did not advance) 

Golf

Men, Round 1

  • Christiaan Bezuidenhout — 70 (-1)
  • Erik van Rooyen — 67 (-4)

Archery

Men’s 1/32 elimination round

  • Wian Roux lost to Je Deok Kim (Korea) 0-6 

Wednesday July 31

Triathlon

Women’s race

  • Vicky van der Merwe — 46th (2:05:16)

Men’s race

  • Henri Schoeman — 20th (1:45:53)
  • Jamie Riddle — 25th (1:47:15)

Swimming

Heats:

Women’s 200m breaststroke

  • Tatjana Smith — 1st (2:21.57 — 1st overall)
  • Kaylene Corbett — 2nd (2:23.85 — 6th overall)

Men’s 200m backstroke

  • Pieter Coetzé — 1st (1:56.92 — 2nd overall)

Semifinals:

Women’s 200m breaststroke

  • Tatjana Smith — 2nd (2:19.94 — 2nd overall)
  • Kaylene Corbett — 2nd (2:22.87 — 4th overall)

Men’s 200m backstroke

  • Pieter Coetzé — 2nd (1:56.09 — 3rd overall)

Rowing

Women's single sculls, C/D semifinals

  • Paige Badenhorst —  1st (7:55.91 — advanced to C final)

Men’s pair, semifinals

  • John Smith, Chris Baxter — 4th (6:40.35 — advanced to B final)

Hockey

Women, group matches

  • South Africa 1 Great Britain 2

Men, group matches

  • South Africa 0 Spain 3

 

Tuesday July 30

Triathlon

  • Henri Schoeman, Jamie Riddle — individual (8am - POSTPONED TO WEDNESDAY)

Swimming

Heats

Men's 200m butterfly

  • Matthew Sates — 6th (1:57.04 — did not advance)

Rowing

Women's single sculls

  • Paige Badenhorst — single sculls quarterfinals, 4th (7:44.03 — advances to C/D semifinals)

Hockey

Men, group matches

  • South Africa 1 Germany 5

Rugby sevens

Women's 11th place playoff

  • SA 21 Fiji 15

Cycling

BMX freestyle

Qualifying round

  • Vincent Leygonie — 75.85 (ended 12th, didn’t advance)

Surfing

  • Sarah Ann Baum v Carissa Moore (US) — 3rd round (POSTPONED)

 

Monday July 29

Equestrian

Eventing, individual jumping qualifier

  • Alex Peternell —  overall ranking: 43rd (77.80 average)

Skateboarding

Men’s street prelims

  • Brandon Valjalo — 12th (197.17 — did not advance)

Rugby sevens

Women:

  • Pool match: Great Britain 26 South Africa 17
  • Placing 9-12th: Japan 15 South Africa 12

Cycling

Men’s cross country

  • Alan Hatherly — BRONZE (1hr 26min 33sec)

Badminton

Women’s group play

  • Johanita Scholtz 0 Jin Wei Goh (Malaysia) 2 (21-23 11-21)

Hockey

Women, group matches

  • South Africa 2 Argentina 4

Surfing

Men’s third round

  • Jordy Smith loses to Alonso Correa (Peru)

Men’s Second round

  • Jordy Smith beat Rio Waida (Indonesia)
  • Matthew McGillivray lost to Kauli Vaast (France)

Swimming

Finals:

Men’s 100m backstroke

  • Pieter Coetzé — FIFTH (52.58, African record)

Women’s 100m breaststroke

  • Tatjana Smith — GOLD (1:05.28)

 

Sunday July 28

Gymnastics

Women’s all-around qualification

  • Caitlin Rooskrantz —  DNF, withdrew injured

Fencing

Men’s epee

  • Harry Saner lost to Vadim Sharlaimov (9-15)

Equestrian

Eventing individual cross country

  • Alex Peternell —  51st overall

Rowing

Men’s pair heats

John Smith, Chris Baxter — (2nd, 6:36.71 — advance to semifinals)

Swimming

Heats:

Women’s 100m breaststroke

  • Tatjana Smith — 1st (1:05.00, advances to semifinals)

Men’s 100m backstroke

  • Pieter Coetzé — 2nd (52.90, advances to semifinals)

Women’s 200m freestyle

  • Aimee Canny — 5th (1:57.81, advances to semifinals)

Semifinals: 

Women’s 100m breaststroke

  • Tatjana Smith — 1st (1:05.00, advances to final)

Men’s 100m backstroke

  • Pieter Coetzé — joint 2nd (52.63, African record; advances to final)

Women’s 200m freestyle

  • Aimee Canny — 6th (1:57.34, did not advance)

Skateboarding

Women's street prelims

  • Boipelo Awuah — 18th (159.34 — did not advance)

Hockey

Women, group matches

  • Australia 2 South Africa 1

Men group matches

  • South Africa 2 Great Britain 2

Cycling

Women’s cross country

  • Candice Lill — 20th (1:35:33)

Rugby sevens

Women, group matches

  • Australia 34 South Africa 5
  • Ireland 38 South Africa 0

Surfing

Women, round 2

  • Sarah Baum beat Camilla Kemp (Germany)

Women, round 1

  • Sarah Baum ended second in her group to advance

 

Saturday July 27

Equestrian

Eventing, individual dressage

  • Alex Peternell — 56th overall

Rowing

Women’s single sculls, heats

  • Paige Badenhorst — 3rd (7:39.19, advances to quarterfinals)

Judo

Women’s -48kg

Round of 16

  • Geronay Whitebooi lost to Natsumi Tsunoda (Japan) 0-11

Round of 32

  • Geronay Whitebooi beat Jacqueline Solis (Guatemala) 10-1

Swimming

Women’s 100m butterfly semifinals

  • Erin Gallagher — 7th (57.90, did not advance)

Women’s 100m butterfly heats

  • Erin Gallagher — 6th (57.80, advances to semifinals0

Skateboarding

Men's street prelims

  • Brandon Valjalo — POSTPONED

Hockey

Men, group matches

  • Netherlands 5 South Africa 3

Badminton

Women’s singles group play

Johanita Scholtz 0 Ga Eun Kim (Korea) 2 (12-21 6-21)

Rugby sevens

3rd-place play-off

  • Blitzboks 26 Australia 19 — BRONZE

Men’s semifinals

  • Blitzboks 5 France 19

Surfing (in Tahiti)

Men’s round 1

  • Jordy Smith finished 2nd in group to advance to Round 2
  • Matthew McGillivray finished 3rd in group to advance to Round 2

Women’s round 1

  • Sarah Baum finished 2nd in group to advance to Round 2

 

Thursday July 25

Rugby sevens

Men

Quarterfinal

  •  Blitzboks 14 New Zealand 7

Pool match

  • Blitzboks 49 Japan 5

Archery

Men's rankings round

  • Wian Roux 601 (63rd overall)

 

Wednesday July 24

Rugby sevens

Men

Pool matches

  • Blitzboks 5 New Zealand 17
  • Blitzboks 5 Ireland 10

 

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