South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics

South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	137 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Wayde van Niekerk (opening)[1] Caster Semenya (closing)
Medals Ranked 30th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 6 2 10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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South Africa competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-apartheid era, and nineteenth overall in Summer Olympic history.

To ensure only world class athletes compete for South Africa, South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) decided to decline all qualification slots earned through continental qualifiers, except for some sports where continental qualification was the only available path.^[2]

Medalists

Athletics (track and field)

South African athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[3][4]

On May 25, 2016, six marathon runners (three per gender) were named as part of the initial batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster for Rio 2016, including London 2012 Olympians Lusapho April and Irvette van Zyl.^[5] Following the end of the qualifying period on July 11, thirty-three further athletes (21 men and 12 women) rounded out the nation's track and field roster for the Games three days later, with triple jumper and Beijing 2008 silver medalist Godfrey Khotso Mokoena leading the team for his fourth straight Olympics.^[6]

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
• NM = No mark

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Antonio Alkana	110 m hurdles	13.64	5 q	N/A		13.55	7	Did not advance
Lusapho April	Marathon	N/A						2:15:24	24
Henricho Bruintjies	100 m	Bye		10.33	6	Did not advance
Elroy Gelant	5000 m	13:22.00	7 q	N/A				13:17.47	14
Lungile Gongqa	Marathon	N/A						DNF
Le Roux Hamman	400 m hurdles	49.72	7	N/A		Did not advance
Lindsay Hanekom		50.22	7	N/A		Did not advance
Tlotliso Leotlela	200 m	20.59	4	N/A		Did not advance
Anaso Jobodwana	200 m	20.53	4	N/A		Did not advance
Stephen Mokoka	10000 m	N/A						27:54.57	18
Marc Mundell	50 km walk	N/A						4:11:03	38
Clarence Munyai	200 m	20.66	3	N/A		Did not advance
Sibusiso Nzima	Marathon	N/A						2:25:33	97
Jacob Rozani	800 m	1:49.79	5	N/A		Did not advance
Lebogang Shange	20 km walk	N/A						1:25:07	44
Akani Simbine	100 m	Bye		10.14	1 Q	9.98	3 q	9.94	5
Wayne Snyman	20 km walk	N/A						1:29:20	58
Wayde van Niekerk	400 m	45.26	1 Q	N/A		44.45	2 Q	43.03 WR	01 !
Reinhardt van Rensburg	800 m	1:45.67	2 Q	N/A		1:45.33	5	Did not advance
Louis van Zyl	400 m hurdles	49.12	2 Q	N/A		49.00	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Stefan Brits	Long jump	7.71	22	Did not advance
Luvo Manyonga		8.12	4 q	8.37	02 !
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	Triple jump	16.51	21	Did not advance
Rushwahl Samaai	Long jump	8.03	5 q	7.97	9
Rocco van Rooyen	Javelin throw	78.48	24	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Willem Coertzen	Result	11.12	6.98	14.00	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Points	834	809	728	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alyssa Conley	100 m	Bye		11.57	6	Did not advance
	200 m	23.17	4	N/A		Did not advance
Carina Horn	100 m	Bye		11.32	2 Q	11.20	6	Did not advance
Christine Kalmer	Marathon	N/A						2:48:24	96
Wenda Nel	400 m hurdles	55.55	2 Q	N/A		55.83	6	Did not advance
Justine Palframan	200 m	23.33	5	N/A		Did not advance
	400 m	53.96	7	N/A		Did not advance
Anél Oosthuizen	20 km walk	N/A						1:45:06	63
Dina Lebo Phalula	Marathon	N/A						2:41:46	63
Dominique Scott	10000 m	N/A						31:51.47	21
Caster Semenya	800 m	1:59.31	1 Q	N/A		1:58.15	1 Q	1:55.28 NR	01 !
Tsholofelo Thipe	400 m	52.80	4	N/A		Did not advance
Irvette van Zyl	Marathon	N/A						DNS

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lynique Prinsloo	Long jump	6.10	33	Did not advance
Sunette Viljoen	Javelin throw	63.54	6 Q	64.92	02 !

Badminton

Jacob Maliekal qualified for the men's singles into the Olympic tournament. He picked up a continental berth as Africa's top shuttler based on his performance in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jacob Maliekal	Men's singles	Son W-h (KOR) L (10–21, 10–21)	Pochtarev (UKR) W (21–18, 21–19)	2	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Bridgitte Hartley qualified for the Women's K-1 500 metres through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bridgitte Hartley	Women's K-1 200 m	41.698	3 Q	41.478	3 FB	42.066	13
	Women's K-1 500 m	1:55.737	3 Q	1:58.397	5 FB	2:01.890	16

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

Cycling

Road

Four 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).^[9][10][11] The men's road cycling team, Daryl Impey and Louis Meintjes, were named as part of the initial batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 25 May 2016, with the women, Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and An-Li Kachelhoffer joining them on July 14. Moolman-Pasio also qualified for the time trial.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Daryl Impey	Men's road race	6:19:43	28
Louis Meintjes		6:10:27	7
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio	Women's road race	3:52:41	10
	Women's time trial	46:29.11	12
An-Li Kachelhoffer	Women's road race	4:01:29	39

Mountain biking

South African mountain bikers, Alan Hatherly and James Reid qualified for the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's twelfth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alan Hatherly	Men's cross-country	1:42:03	26
James Reid		LAP (3 laps)	42

BMX

Kyle Dodd qualified for one men's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of his top three placement for men, not yet qualified, at the 2016 UCI BMX World Championships.

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Kyle Dodd	Men's BMX	36.45	26	14	6	Did not advance

Diving

Julia Vincent qualified by virtue of her top national finish from Africa at the 2015 FINA World Championships.^[5][12]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Julia Vincent	3 m springboard	220.30	29	Did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage rider, Tanya Seymour, qualified for the equestrian competition by virtue of her top national finish from Africa and the Middle East at the FEI qualification event in Perl, Germany.^[13]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Tanya Seymour	Ramoneur	Individual	63.929	56	Did not advance

Football

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
South Africa men's	Men's tournament	Brazil D 0–0	Denmark L 0–1	Iraq D 1–1	4	Did not advance			13
South Africa women's	Women's tournament	Sweden L 0–1	China PR L 0–2	Brazil D 0–0	4	Did not advance			10

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.^[14]

Team roster

The following is the South Africa squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 14 July.^[15]

Head coach: Owen Da Gama

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jody February	(1996-05-12)12 May 1996 (aged 20)	0	0	Ajax Cape Town
2	2DF	Eric Mathoho*	(1990-03-01)1 March 1990 (aged 26)	0	0	Kaizer Chiefs
3	2DF	Repo Malepe	(1997-02-18)18 February 1997 (aged 19)	0	0	Orlando Pirates
4	4FW	Mothobi Mvala	(1994-06-14)14 June 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Highlands Park
5	2DF	Rivaldo Coetzee	(1996-10-16)16 October 1996 (aged 19)	0	0	Ajax Cape Town
6	2DF	Kwandakwensizwa Mngonyama	(1993-09-25)25 September 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Maritzburg United
7	3MF	Menzi Masuku	(1993-04-15)15 April 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Orlando Pirates
8	3MF	Tyroane Sandows	(1995-02-12)12 February 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Grêmio
9	4FW	Tashreeq Morris	(1994-05-13)13 May 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Ajax Cape Town
10	4FW	Keagan Dolly (c)	(1993-01-22)22 January 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Mamelodi Sundowns
11	3MF	Maphosa Modiba	(1995-07-22)22 July 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Mpumalanga Black Aces
12	4FW	Lebo Mothiba	(1996-01-28)28 January 1996 (aged 20)	0	0	Lille
13	2DF	Abbubaker Mobara	(1994-02-18)18 February 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Orlando Pirates
14	3MF	Gift Motupa	(1994-09-23)23 September 1994 (aged 21)	0	0	Orlando Pirates
15	3MF	Phumlani Ntshangase	(1994-12-24)24 December 1994 (aged 21)	0	0	Bidvest Wits
16	1GK	Itumeleng Khune*	(1987-06-20)20 June 1987 (aged 29)	0	0	Kaizer Chiefs
17	2DF	Tebogo Moerane	(1995-04-07)7 April 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Bidvest Wits
18	3MF	Deolin Mekoa	(1993-08-10)10 August 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Maritzburg United
19	4FW	Andile Fikizolo	(1994-05-13)13 May 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Lamontville Golden Arrows
21	4FW	Thabiso Kutumela	(1993-07-03)3 July 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Baroka

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	3	1	2	0	4	0	+4	5	Quarter-finals
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	1	4	−3	4
3	Iraq	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
4	South Africa	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

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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.^[19]

Team roster

The following is the South Africa squad in the women's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 athletes was officially named on 14 July 2016.^[20] Thembi Kgatlana replaced the injured Shiwe Nongwanya after the first group stage match.^[21]

Head coach: Vera Pauw

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2016 club
1	1GK	Roxanne Barker	(1991-05-06)6 May 1991 (aged 25)	28	0	Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar
2	2DF	Lebogang Ramalepe	(1991-12-03)3 December 1991 (aged 24)	27	1	MaIndies
3	2DF	Nothando Vilakazi	(1988-10-28)28 October 1988 (aged 27)	86	5	Palace Super Falcons
4	2DF	Noko Matlou	(1985-09-30)30 September 1985 (aged 30)	124	63	MaIndies
5	2DF	Janine van Wyk (c)	(1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 29)	131	11	JVW
6	3MF	Mamello Makhabane	(1988-02-24)24 February 1988 (aged 28)	71	18	JVW
7	3MF	Stephanie Malherbe	(1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 20)	7	0	Texas A&M University
8	3MF	Robyn Moodaly	(1994-06-16)16 June 1994 (aged 22)	14	2	University of Northwestern Ohio
9	3MF	Amanda Dlamini	(1988-07-22)22 July 1988 (aged 28)	100	24	University of Johannesburg
10	3MF	Linda Motlhalo	(1998-07-01)1 July 1998 (aged 18)	8	3	FKM Nové Zámky
11	4FW	Shiwe Nongwanya	(1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 22)	28	4	Bloemfontein Celtic
12	4FW	Jermaine Seoposenwe	(1993-10-12)12 October 1993 (aged 22)	41	10	Samford University
13	2DF	Bambanani Mbane	(1990-03-12)12 March 1990 (aged 26)	2	0	Bloemfontein Celtic
14	4FW	Sanah Mollo	(1987-01-30)30 January 1987 (aged 29)	69	21	Mamelodi Sundowns
15	3MF	Refiloe Jane	(1992-08-04)4 August 1992 (aged 23)	62	5	Vaal University of Technology
16	1GK	Andile Dlamini	(1992-09-02)2 September 1992 (aged 23)	19	0	Mamelodi Sundowns
17	3MF	Leandra Smeda	(1989-07-22)22 July 1989 (aged 27)	60	13	University of the Western Cape
18	3MF	Nompumelelo Nyandeni	(1987-08-19)19 August 1987 (aged 28)	125	38	JVW
20	4FW	Thembi Kgatlana	(1996-05-02)2 May 1996 (aged 20)	0	0	University of the Western Cape

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Quarter-finals
2	China PR	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4
4	South Africa	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

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Golf

South Africa has entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Brandon Stone (world no. 92), Jaco van Zyl (world no. 67), Paula Reto (world no. 122) and Ashleigh Simon (world no. 214) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.^[25][26]

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.^[27][28]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Brandon Stone	Men's	75	72	71	75	293	+ 9	=55
Jaco van Zyl		71	74	70	71	286	+2	=43
Paula Reto	Women's	74	67	68	71	280	−4	=16
Ashleigh Simon		75	69	77	75	296	+12	50

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.^[5] Patterson is the first male South African gymnast to compete at the Olympics since 1956.^[29]

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	All-around	14.300	13.033	13.333	13.733	13.000	13.291	80.690	46	Did not advance

Judo

South Africa has qualified one judoka for the men's middleweight category (90 kg) at the Games. Zack Piontek was directly ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.^[30]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zack Piontek	Men's −90 kg	Bye	Camilo (BRA) L 000–101	Did not advance

Rowing

South Africa has qualified a total of five boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Four rowing crews had confirmed Olympic places for their boats each in the coxless pair and lightweight double sculls (both men and women) at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while the men's four rowers were further added to the South African roster as a result of their top two finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The rowing team, led by London 2012 gold medalists John Smith and James Thompson, was named as part of the full nomination of South African athletes for the Games on July 14, 2016.^[31]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lawrence Brittain Shaun Keeling	Pair	6:41.42	2 SA/B	Bye		6:27.59	3 FA	7:02.51	02 !
John Smith James Thompson	Lightweight double sculls	6:23.10	1 SA/B	Bye		6:38.01	1 FA	6:33.29	4
Vincent Breet Jake Green David Hunt Jonty Smith	Four	6:01.64	4 R	6:34.97	1 SA/B	6:15.22	2 FA	6:05.80	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kate Christowitz Lee-Ann Persse	Pair	7:11.29	2 SA/B	Bye		7:24.03	3 FA	7:28.50	5
Ursula Grobler Kirsten McCann	Lightweight double sculls	7:07.37	1 SA/B	Bye		7:19.09	1 FA	7:11.26	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; 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.^[32]

Team roster

The following is the South Africa roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[33]

Head coach: Neil Powell

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	BK	Dylan Sage	(1992-01-24)January 24, 1992 (aged 24)	7	40	SARU
2	FW	Philip Snyman	(1987-04-26)April 26, 1987 (aged 29)	37	211	SARU
3	FW	Tim Agaba	(1989-07-23)July 23, 1989 (aged 27)	7	25	SARU
4	FW	Kwagga Smith	(1993-06-11)June 11, 1993 (aged 23)	24	250	SARU
5	FW	Werner Kok	(1993-01-17)January 17, 1993 (aged 23)	19	210	SARU
6	FW	Kyle Brown (c)	(1987-02-06)February 06, 1987 (aged 29)	56	385	SARU
7	BK	Cheslin Kolbe	(1993-10-28)October 28, 1993 (aged 22)	12	192	Stormers
8	BK	Roscko Speckman	(1989-04-28)April 28, 1989 (aged 27)	13	169	SARU
9	BK	Justin Geduld	(1993-10-01)October 01, 1993 (aged 22)	25	558	SARU
10	BK	Cecil Afrika	(1988-03-03)March 03, 1988 (aged 28)	45	1,123	SARU
11	BK	Seabelo Senatla	(1993-03-10)March 10, 1993 (aged 23)	29	785	Stormers
12	BK	Juan de Jongh	(1988-04-15)April 15, 1988 (aged 28)	6	40	Stormers
13	BK	Francois Hougaard	(1988-04-06)April 06, 1988 (aged 28)	6	25	Worcester Warriors

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	2	0	1	55	12	+43	7	Quarter-finals
2	France	3	2	0	1	57	45	+12	7
3	Australia	3	2	0	1	52	48	+4	7
4	Spain	3	0	0	3	17	76	−59	3

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Quarterfinal

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Semifinal

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Bronze medal match

Sailing

South African sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships.^[34][35] The sailing crew was announced as part of the first batch being nominated to the Olympic roster on 25 May 2016.^[5][36]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Stefano Marcia	Laser	30	25	42	38	43	38	44	36	39	40	EL	331	40
Jim Asenathi Roger Hudson	470	18	24	15	14	11	18	11	20	18	23	EL	148	20

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

Swimming

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. One woman, Michelle Weber, entered the 10 km open water race while no women qualified for pool events for the second time at the Olympics since the post-apartheid era (the first being done in 2004).^[37]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Myles Brown	200 m freestyle	1:46.78	13 Q	1:46.57	12	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:45.92	12	N/A		Did not advance
Jarred Crous	200 m breaststroke	2:12.64	25	Did not advance
Douglas Erasmus	50 m freestyle	22.37	29	Did not advance
Chad Ho	10 km open water	N/A				1:53:04.8	10
Chad le Clos	200 m freestyle	1:45.89	3 Q	1:45.94	7 Q	1:45.20	02 !
	100 m butterfly	51.75	7 Q	51.43	2 Q	51.14	02 !
	200 m butterfly	1:55.57	3 Q	1:55.19	4 Q	1:54.06	4
Matthew Meyer	1500 m freestyle	15:36.22	41	N/A		Did not advance
Michael Meyer	400 m individual medley	4:18.13	17	N/A		Did not advance
Christopher Reid	100 m backstroke	53.68	12 Q	53.70	10	Did not advance
Sebastien Rousseau	400 m individual medley	4:18.72	21	N/A		Did not advance
Brad Tandy	50 m freestyle	21.94	12 Q	21.80	8 Q	21.79	6
Cameron van der Burgh	100 m breaststroke	59.35	7 Q	59.21	3 Q	58.69	02 !
	200 m breaststroke	2:12.67	26	Did not advance
Dylan Bosch Myles Brown Calvyn Justus Sebastien Rousseau	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:12.61	11	N/A		Did not advance
Christopher Reid Cameron van der Burgh Dylan Bosch Myles Brown	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:35.50	13	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Michelle Weber	10 km open water	1:59:05.0	18

Triathlon

South Africa has qualified a total of four triathletes for the Olympics. London 2012 Olympian Richard Murray secured the men's triathlon spot with a top three finish at the ITU World Qualification Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[38] Meanwhile, Henri Schoeman, Mari Rabie, and Gillian Sanders were ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes each in the men's and women's event, respectively, based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.^[39]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Richard Murray	Men's	18:20	0:46	55:35	0:35	30:34	1:45:50	4
Henri Schoeman		17:25	0:53	55:32	0:34	32:30	1:45:43	03 !
Mari Rabie	Women's	19:04	0:52	1:01:32	0:35	37:10	1:59:13	11
Gillian Sanders		19:50	0:56	1:03:59	0:39	36:05	2:01:29	23

See also

• South Africa at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

References