South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics

South Africa at the Olympic Games
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	107 in 12 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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South Africa is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-apartheid era, and nineteenth overall in Summer Olympic history.

Athletics

South African athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1][2]

• Men's 100 m – 3 quota places (Henricho Bruintjies, Akani Simbine, Anaso Jobodwana)
• Men's 200 m – 3 quota places (Anaso Jobodwana, Wayde van Niekerk, Akani Simbine)
• Men's 400 m – 1 quota place (Wayde van Niekerk)
• Men's 800 m – 2 quota places (André Olivier, Reinhardt van Rensburg)
• Men's 5000 m – 2 quota places (Stephen Mokoka, Elroy Gelant)
• Men's 10000 m – 2 quota places (Stephen Mokoka, Gladwin Mzazi)
• Men's 110 m hurdles – 1 quota place (Antonio Alkana)
• Men's 400 m hurdles – 2 quota places (L. J. van Zyl, Cornel Fredericks)
• Men's marathon – 3 quota places
• Men's 20 km walk – 2 quota places (Lebogang Shange, Wayne Snyman)
• Men's 50 km walk – 1 quota place (Marc Mundell)
• Men's long jump – 3 quota places (Zarck Visser, Luvo Manyonga, Rushwahl Samaai)
• Men's triple jump – 1 quota place (Godfrey Khotso Mokoena)
• Men's javelin throw – 1 quota place (Rocco van Rooyen)
• Men's Discus throw– 1 quota place (Victor Hogan)
• Men's decathlon – 1 quota place (Willem Coertzen)
• Women's 100 m – 2 quota places (Carina Horn, Alyssa Conley)
• Women's 400 m – 1 quota place (Justine Palframan, Caster Semenya, Tsholofelo Thipe)
• Women's 800 m – 1 quota place (Caster Semenya)
• Women's 10.000 m – 1 quota place (Dominique Scott)
• Women's 400 m hurdles – 1 quota place (Wenda Nel)
• Women's marathon – 3 quota places
• Women's javelin throw – 1 quota place (Sunette Viljoen)

Boxing

South Africa has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Sibusiso Bandla and Sikho Nqothole had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sibusiso Bandla	Light flyweight
Sikho Nqothole	Flyweight

Canoeing

Sprint

South African canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Women's K-1 500 m

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

Cycling

Road

South African riders qualified for the following places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 4 national ranking in the 2015 UCI Africa Tour (for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women).^[5][6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race

Equestrian

South Africa has entered one dressage rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top national finish from Africa and the Middle East at the FEI qualification event in Perl, Germany.^[7]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
		Individual

Football

Men's tournament

South Africa men's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the third-place playoff of the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations.^[8]

Team roster

• Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 4 August 2016. Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal differential; 3) Goals scored; 4) Repeat 1–3 for matches between teams still tied; 5) Lots drawn by FIFA
(H) Host.

Brazil  v  South Africa

4 August 2016 16:00

Brazil	Match 3	South Africa

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Denmark  v  South Africa

7 August 2016 19:00

Denmark	Match 14	South Africa

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

South Africa  v  Iraq

10 August 2016 22:00

South Africa	Match 24	Iraq

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Women's tournament

South Africa women's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the fourth round play-off of the 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.^[9]

Team roster

• Women's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	China PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals or elimination[lower-alpha 1]
4	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 3 August 2016. Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal differential; 3) Goals scored; 4) Repeat 1–3 for matches between teams still tied; 5) Lots drawn by FIFA
(H) Host.
Notes:

1. The two best third-placed teams across all three groups will advance to the quarter-finals.

Sweden  v  South Africa

3 August 2016 13:00

Sweden	Match 1	South Africa

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

South Africa  v  China PR

6 August 2016 19:00

South Africa	Match 10	China PR

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

South Africa  v  Brazil

9 August 2016 21:00^*

South Africa	Match 15	Brazil

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Golf

South Africa is expecting golfers for the sport's first Olympic appearance since 1904. A maximum of four golfers from each country who are listed in the top 15 players, or two from the top 60, on the International Golf Federation's Olympic rankings on 11 July 2016 will be permitted to compete.^[10]

Former major winners Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel, ranked twelfth and twentieth in the men's world rankings respectively, announced in April 2016 that they would not compete in Rio.^[11][12]

Gymnastics

Artistic

South Africa has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition for the first time since 2004. Ryan Patterson had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Ryan Patterson

Rowing

South African rowers have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 FISA World Championships.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Pair
	Lightweight double sculls

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Pair
	Lightweight double 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

Men's tournament

The South Africa men's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved one of the top four places at the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.^[13]

Team roster

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

Sailing

South African sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships.^[14][15]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
	Laser
	470

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

South African swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[16][17] To be added to the Olympic roster, swimmers must finish in the top two of each individual pool event under the Olympic Qualifying Time at the South African Aquatics Championships (April 10 to 16) in Durban.^[18]

A total of 11 male swimmers, led by London 2012 champions Chad Le Clos and Cameron van der Burgh, had been selected to the South African roster for the Olympics; failing to send the women for the second time in history (the first being done in 2004).^[19]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Myles Brown	200 m freestyle
	400 m freestyle			N/A
Jarred Crous	200 m breaststroke
Douglas Erasmus	50 m freestyle
Chad Le Clos	200 m freestyle
	100 m butterfly
	200 m butterfly
Matthew Meyer	1500 m freestyle			N/A
Michael Meyer	400 m individual medley			N/A
Christopher Reid	100 m backstroke
Sebastien Rousseau	400 m individual medley			N/A
Brad Tandy	50 m freestyle
Cameron van der Burgh	100 m breaststroke
	200 m breaststroke

Triathlon

South Africa has secured a quota in the men's triathlon event as a result of a top three finish from Richard Murray at the ITU World Qualification Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[20][21]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Richard Murray	Men's

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