South Africa at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

South Africa competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 51 athletes, 31 men and 20 women.^[1] Competitors from South Africa won 35 medals, including 15 gold, 13 silver and 7 bronze to finish 13th in the medal table.^[2]

South Africa at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	RSA
NPC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
in Athens
Competitors	51
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 15 Silver 13 Bronze 7 Total 35
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Teboho Mokgalagadi	Athletics	Men's 100m T35
Gold	Teboho Mokgalagadi	Athletics	Men's 200m T35
Gold	Oscar Pistorius	Athletics	Men's 200m T44
Gold	Malcolm Pringle	Athletics	Men's 800m T38
Gold	Fanie Lombaard	Athletics	Men's shot put F42
Gold	Michael Louwrens	Athletics	Men's shot put F57
Gold	Fanie Lombaard	Athletics	Men's discus throw F42
Gold	Nicholas Newman	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F36/38
Gold	Zanele Situ	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F54/55
Gold	Tadhg Slattery	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke SB5
Gold	Natalie du Toit	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle S9
Gold	Natalie du Toit	Swimming	Women's 100m freestyle S9
Gold	Natalie du Toit	Swimming	Women's 400m freestyle S9
Gold	Natalie du Toit	Swimming	Women's 100m butterfly S9
Gold	Natalie du Toit	Swimming	Women's 200m individual medley SM9
Silver	Nathan Meyer	Athletics	Men's 200m T13
Silver	Malcolm Pringle	Athletics	Men's 400m T38
Silver	Ernst van Dyk	Athletics	Men's 800m T54
Silver	Ernst van Dyk	Athletics	Men's 1500m T54
Silver	Hilton Langenhoven	Athletics	Men's long jump F12
Silver	Fabian Michaels	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F35
Silver	Fanie Lombaard	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F42
Silver	Philippa Johnson	Equestrian	Mixed individual championship dressage grade IV
Silver	Philippa Johnson	Equestrian	Mixed individual freestyle dressage grave IV
Silver	Scott Field	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S13
Silver	Scott Field	Swimming	Men's 400m freestyle S13
Silver	Scott Field	Swimming	Men's 100m butterfly S13
Silver	Natalie du Toit	Swimming	Women's 100m backstroke S9
Bronze	Oscar Pistorius	Athletics	Men's 100m T44
Bronze	Ernst van Dyk	Athletics	Men's 5000m T54
Bronze	Duane Strydom	Athletics	Men's discus throw F36
Bronze	Ilse Hayes	Athletics	Women's 400m T13
Bronze	Beverly Mashinini	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F35-38
Bronze	Adriaan Nel	Cycling	Men's tricycle time trial CP 1/2
Bronze	Scott Field	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S13

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Le Irvine de Kock	T37	100m	12.20	1 Q	N/A		12.56	4
		200m	24.98	1 Q	N/A		25.24	5
		400m	N/A				56.43	5
Hilton Langenhoven	T12	100m	11.33	8 q	11.28	7 B	11.40	4
		200m	22.62	4 Q	22.49	5 B	DNS
Nathan Meyer	T13	100m	11.22	4 Q	N/A		11.34	5
		200m	22.67	3 Q	N/A		22.96
Teboho Mokgalgadi	T35	100m	13.07 WR	1 Q	N/A		13.05 WR
		200m	N/A				26.80 PR
Jonathan Ntutu	T13	100m	11.34	9	did not advance
Oscar Pistorius	T44	100m	11.43	4 Q	N/A		11.16
		200m	23.42 WR	1 Q	N/A		21.97 WR
Malcolm Pringle	T38	200m	24.60	6 Q	N/A		23.76	6
		400m	52.91	3 Q	N/A		51.51
		800m	N/A				1:58.87 WR
David Roos	T46	200m	24.22	11	did not advance
Krige Schabort	T54	10000m	21:08.97	3 Q	N/A		20:54.56	8
		Marathon	N/A				1:39:53	15
Ernst van Dyk	T54	800m	1:35.30	3 Q	N/A		1:32.53
		1500m	3:04.50	8 Q	3:07.18	8 Q	3:05.29
		5000m	10:25.20	4 Q	N/A		10:24.07
		Marathon	N/A				1:41:59	18
Le Irvine de Kock Fabian Michaels Teboho Mokgalagadi Malcolm Pringle	T35-38	4 × 100 m relay	N/A				49.09	4

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Hilton Langenhoven	F12	Javelin	48.26	-	7
		Long jump	7.03	-
Fanie Lombaard	F42	Discus	45.56	-
		Javelin	47.02	-
		Shot put	13.81 WR	-
Michael Louwrens	F57	Discus	DNS
		Shot put	13.31 PR	-
Fabian Michaels	F35	Discus	28.48	-	9
		Javelin	42.22	-
	F38	Shot put	9.68	-	8
Nicholas Newman	F36	Shot put	10.08	-	5
	F36/38	Javelin	38.09	-
Jonathan Ntutu	F13	Long jump	6.15	-	6
David Roos	F44/46	High jump	1.85	-	5
	F46	Long jump	6.57	-	4
Duane Strydom	F36	Discus	32.96	-
		Shot put	9.82	-	6

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ilse Hayes	T13	100m	N/A				13.23	5
		400m	N/A				1:00.17
Dominique Vogel	T37	100m	N/A				15.54	5
		200m	N/A				32.86	4
	T38	400m	N/A				1:19.94	7

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Sonja Lloyd	F32-34/52/53	Discus	12.19	891	6
		Javelin	10.13	957	9
		Shot put	5.68	1047	7
Jane Mandean	F35/36	Shot put	7.58	1091	4
	F35/36/38	Discus	19.38	1093	6
	F35-38	Javelin	17.69	1003	7
Beverly Mashinini	F35/36	Shot put	5.87	844	12
	F35/36/38	Discus	16.31	919	10
	F35-38	Javelin	21.94	1245
Zanele Situ	F54/55	Discus	13.41	888	7
		Javelin	14.75 WR	1145
		Shot put	5.37	883	6
Carine Swanepoel	F42	Long jump	2.82	-	10
Tanya Swanepoel	F32-34/52/53	Discus	11.85	866	7
		Shot put	5.35	986	8
Chennele van Zyl	F35/36	Shot put	6.41	922	9
	F35/36/38	Discus	18.21	1027	8
	F35-38	Javelin	17.35	984	8

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stephan Herholdt	Men's road race / time trial CP div 4	1:52:47	9
Adriaan Nel	Men's tricycle road race CP div 1/2	DNF
	Men's tricycle time trial CP div 1/2	10:10.58
Janos Plekker	Men's road race / time trial CP div 4	1:53:16	10

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Stephan Herholdt	Men's 1km time trial CP div 3/4	N/A				1:15.71	8
	Men's individual pursuit CP div 4	3:56.17	6 Q	Bouska (CZE) L OVL	6	did not advance
Janos Plekker	Men's 1km time trial CP div 3/4	N/A				1:16.98	11
	Men's individual pursuit CP div 4	3:58.45	7	Homann (AUS) L OVL	6	did not advance

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Susan van Staden	Women's time trial LC1-4/CP 3/4	31:10.03	10

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Susan van Staden	Women's 1km time trial LC1-4/CP 3/4	N/A		1:24.06	10

Equestrian

Athlete	Event	Total
		Score	Rank
Philippa Johnson	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	69.871
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV	78.273
Wendy Olivier	Mixed individual championship test grade II	53.727	19
	Mixed individual championship test grade II	57.278	20

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Coetzee Wium	90kg	190.0	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Moekie Grobbelaar	56kg	87.5	5
Annah Mooketshi	52kg	87.5	4
Chantell Stierman	60kg	85.0	7

Sailing

Shooting

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Vonnie Koehne	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	DNS		did not advance
	Mixed 25m sport pistol SH1	563	5	97.4	660.4	6

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Charl Bouwer	S13	400m freestyle	4:47.31	6 Q	4:49.39	8
		100m backstroke	1:12.77	7 Q	1:12.11	7 Q
	SM13	200m individual medley	2:43.46	10	did not advance
Tiaan du Plessis	S8	50m freestyle	30.76	8 Q	30.26	8
		100m freestyle	1:05.73	7 Q	1:06.11	8
		100m backstroke	1:19.55	8 Q	1:19.67	8
Scott Field	S13	50m freestyle	25.54	2 Q	25.48
		100m freestyle	57.29	1 Q	55.36
		400m freestyle	4:44.98	2 Q	4:30.19
		100m butterfly	1:01.65	2 Q	1:01.75
Ebert Kleynhans	S12	50m freestyle	26.68	7 Q	26.60	7
		100m freestyle	58.95	8 Q	59.38	8
		100m butterfly	1:08.59	9	did not advance
Oliver Nathan	S8	100m freestyle	1:07.48	14	did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:20.56	10	did not advance
		100m butterfly	1:15.17	6 Q	1:14.57	6
Tadhg Slattery	S7	50m butterfly	40.53	15	did not advance
	SB5	100m breaststroke	1:33.03	1 Q	1:33.01
	SM6	200m individual medley	3:06.18	5 Q	3:06.00	6

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Handri de Beer	S12	50m freestyle	32.41	9	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:09.49	11	did not advance
		400m freestyle	N/A		5:23.99	7
		100m butterfly	1:16.85	4 Q	1:16.79	5
	SM12	200m individual medley	3:02.64	10	did not advance
Natalie du Toit	S9	50m freestyle	29.54 PR	1 Q	29.52 WR
		100m freestyle	1:02.92 PR	1 Q	1:02.83 PR
		400m freestyle	4:43.66 PR	1 Q	4:28.09 WR
		100m backstroke	1:12.12	1 Q	1:11.41
		100m butterfly	1:07.69 WR	1 Q	1:07.54 WR
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:30.95	4 Q	1:30.17	4
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:32.19 WR	1 Q	2:29.98 WR
Elizabeth Freiin von Wechmar	S6	400m freestyle	7:21.61	9	did not advance
	SB5	100m breaststroke	N/A		2:10.16	7

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Johan du Plooy	Men's singles 8	Ledoux (BEL) L 0-3	Soukup (CZE) L 1-3	Lo (USA) L 1-3	4	did not advance
Pieter du Plooy	Men's singles 6	Rosenmeier (DEN) L 0-3	Buzin (RUS) L 0-3	Ono (JPN) W 3-0	3	did not advance
Mark Nilsen	Men's singles 5	Robles (ESP) L 1–3	Bolldén (SWE) L 1-3	Kalyvas (GRE) W 3–0	3	did not advance
Johan du Plooy Pieter du Plooy	Men's team 8	France (FRA) L 0-3	Slovakia (SVK) L 0-3	N/A	3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aletta Moll	Women's singles 3	Pintar (SLO) L 0–3	Fujiwara (JPN) L 0–3	N/A	3	did not advance
Rosabelle Riese	Women's singles 4	Pape (GER) L 1-3	Rast (SUI) L 1-3	Pillarova (SVK) L 0-3	4	did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Adrian Hubbard	Open	Men's singles	Brychta (CZE) L 0-6, 0-6	did not advance
Joppie Victor			Weekes (AUS) L 1-6, 2-6	did not advance
Adrian Hubbard Joppie Victor		Men's doubles	N/A	Legner (AUT)  Baumgartner (AUT) L 0-6, 1-6	did not advance

See also

• South Africa at the Paralympics
• South Africa at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
2. "Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.