South Africa at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	RSA
Nocname:	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2000
Location:	Sydney
Competitors:	127 (89 men and 38 women)
Sports:	17
Flagbearer:	Hezekiél Sepeng
Rank:	55
Gold:	0
Silver:	2
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1904

South Africa competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

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.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Women's high jump
			Men's 200m breaststroke
			Men's 400m hurdles
			Men's discus throw
			Women's 100m breaststroke

Archery

See main article: article and 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	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	635	18	L 147-162	Did not advance
Kirstin Lewis	615	48	W 154-153	L 154-145	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: article and 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	align=left rowspan=2	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	align=left rowspan=2	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

See main article: article and 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

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Team Roster

• Neil Adonis

• Clint Alfino

• Francisco Alfino

• Vaughn Berriman

• Jason Cook

• Errol Davis

• Simon de la Rey

• Willem Kemp

• Darryn Smith

• Russell van Niekerk

Boxing

See main article: article and 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		L RSC	Did not advance
Jeffrey Mathebula	Featherweight	W 10-5	L 5-16	Did not advance
Danie Venter	Light heavyweight	W 12-9	L RSC	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=center rowspan=2	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	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance

Women

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Road Cycling

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
David George	align=left rowspan=2	Men's road race	5:45:51	86
Robert Owen Hunter	align=center colspan=2	DNF

Mountain biking

Football

See main article: article and 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--------

Hockey

See main article: article and Hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	4	2	1	1	7	5	7
	4	2	0	2	4	5	6
	4	1	2	1	9	9	5
	4	1	2	1	6	6	5
	4	1	1	2	4	5	1

Advanced to medal round

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Ninth and tenth place

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

See main article: article and Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Women

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. One female pentathlete represented South Africa in 2000.

Women

Rowing

See main article: article and 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

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Open

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Corne Basson	50m rifle three positions	1125	44	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
50m rifle prone	583	47	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Jaco Henn	50m rifle three positions	1145	36	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
50m rifle prone	585	44	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Frans Swart	Trap	109	23	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and 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	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
align=center rowspan=3	Ryk Neethling	200 m freestyle	align=center colspan=2	DNS	align=center colspan=4	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
align=center rowspan=4	Terence Parkin	100 m breaststroke	01:03.20	28	align=center colspan=4	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	align=center colspan=4	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
align=center rowspan=2	Roland Schoeman	50 m freestyle	22.53	10 Q	22.41	10	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	49.74	10 Q	49.84	15	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
align=center rowspan=2	Simon Thirsk	100 m backstroke	57.06	30	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	align=center colspan=2	DNS	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
align=center rowspan=3	Theo Verster	100 m butterfly	53.95	18	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	02:00.90	26	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	02:03.64	20	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Roland Schoeman Brendon Dedekind Nicholas Folker Terence Parkin	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	03:21.28	11	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Simon Thirsk Brett Petersen Theo Verster Nicholas Folker	4 × 100 m medley relay	03:42.44	13	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=center rowspan=2	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	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
align=center rowspan=2	Mandy Loots	100 m butterfly	59.94	16 Q	59.63	12	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	02:11.38	14 Q	02:10.58	12	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
align=center rowspan=3	Heleen Muller	50 m freestyle	26.07	25	align=center colspan=4	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	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Renate du Plessis	100 m butterfly	01:01.32	28	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
align=center rowspan=2	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
align=center rowspan=2	Charlene Wittstock	100 m backstroke	01:03.18	17	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:15.10	16 Q	2:14.95	14	align=center colspan=4	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

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics. South Africa has qualified a single taekwondo jin.

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Wayne Ferreira	Singles	L 2–6, 5–7	Did not advance					=33
David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	Doubles		W 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)	W 6–3, 3–6, 9–7	W 4–6, 6–2, 14–12	L 1–6, 2–6	L 6–2, 4–6, 3–6	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Amanda Coetzer	Singles	W 6–1, 6–1	W 4–6, 6–3, 6–4	W 6–3, 6–1	L 1–6, 6–1, 1–6	Did not advance		=5
Amanda Coetzer Liezel Horn	Doubles		L 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance				=17

Triathlon

See main article: article and 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

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Freestyle

References

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• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site