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 code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
in Sydney
Competitors	127 (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)
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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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Terence Parkin	Swimming	Men's 200 metre breaststroke	20 September
Silver	Hestrie Cloete	Athletics	Women's high jump	30 September
Bronze	Penelope Heyns	Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke	19 September
Bronze	Frantz Kruger	Athletics	Men's discus throw	25 September
Bronze	Llewellyn Herbert	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles	27 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	2	2
Athletics	18	5	23
Baseball	24	–	24
Boxing	3	–	3
Canoeing	1	1	2
Cycling	3	1	4
Field hockey	0	16	16
Football	16	0	16
Judo	0	1	1
Modern pentathlon	0	1	1
Rowing	6	2	8
Sailing	2	0	2
Shooting	3	0	3
Swimming	8	6	14
Tennis	3	2	5
Triathlon	1	1	2
Wrestling	1	–	1
Total	89	38	127

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Pos	Team v t e	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. Cuba defeated the United States 6–1.
2. South Korea defeated Japan 7–6.
3. Italy defeated Australia 8–7.

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

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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
		Boxscore

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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
		Boxscore

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24 September	South Korea	13–3 (F/8)	South Africa	Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance: 13,864
		Boxscore

Team Roster

Neil Adonis Clint Alfino Francisco Alfino Paul Bell Vaughn Berriman Jason Cook

Errol Davis Simon de la Rey Nick Dempsey Ashley Dove Darryl Gonsalves Brian Harrell

Tim Harrell Richard Harrell Ian Holness Kevin Johnson Willem Kemp More MacKay

Liall Mauritz Glen Morris Alan Phillips Darryn Smith Russell van Niekerk

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sprint

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

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Road Cycling

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

Track

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

Mountain biking

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

Football

Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Team Roster

• Emile Baron
• Fabian McCarthy
• David Kannemeyer
• Nkhiphitheni Matombo
• Matthew Booth
• Quinton Fortune
• Stanton Fredericks
• Daniel Matsau
• Toni Nhleko
• Steve Lekoelea
• Jabu Pule
• Dumisa Ngobe
• Abram Nteo
• Aaron Mokoena
• Siyabonga Nomvethe
• Delron Buckley
• Benni McCarthy
• Brian Baloyi
• Lebohang Kukane
• Mzunani Mgwigwi
• Patrick Mbuthu
• Rowen Fernandez

Group D

Team v t e	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'

14 September 2000

20:00

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 17,500

Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

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

17 September 2000

19:00

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane

Attendance: 36,326

Referee: Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand)

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Slovakia	2–1	South Africa
Czinege 64' Šlahor 72'	Report	McCarthy 75'

20 September 2000

20:00

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 14,562

Referee: Mario Sánchez Yantén (Chile)

Hockey

Main article: Hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women's Competition

Pool D

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)

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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)

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

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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

Crossover

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

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

' Marilyn Agliotti Kerry Bee Caryn Bentley Lindsey Carlisle

Pietie Coetzee Alison Dare Jacqueline Geyser Anli Kotze

Michele MacNaughton Luntu Ntloko Karen Roberts Karen Symons

Inke van Wyk Carina van Zyl Paola Vidulich Susan Wessels

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Further information: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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