South Africa at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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| South Africa at the Olympic Games | ||||||||||
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| At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona | ||||||||||
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| Medals Rank: 41 |
Gold 0 |
Silver 2 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 2 |
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South Africa competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time since 1960 at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. South Africa was permitted to re-join the Olympic Movement after its citizens voted to abolish apartheid.
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[edit] Medals
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Silver
- Elana Meyer — Athletics, Women's 10.000m
- Wayne Ferreira and Piet Norval — Tennis, Men's Doubles
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Archery
In South Africa's debut appearance in Olympic archery, the nation was represented by two archers. Neither advanced past the ranking round.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Johanna Schenk — Ranking round, 56th place (0-0)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Malcolm Todd — Ranking round, 68th place (0-0)
[edit] Athletics
Men's 400m Hurdles
- Andries Vorster
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- Heat — 49.75 (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 10.000 metres
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- Heat — 28:28.78
- Final — 28:37.18 (→ 13th place)
Men's Marathon
- Abel Mokibe — 2:17.24 (→ 25th place)
- Zithulele Sinqe — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Jan Tau — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's 400m Hurdles
- Myrtle Bothma
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- Heat — 55.60
- Semifinal — 54.53
- Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's 10.000 metres
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- Heat — 32:05.45
- Final — 31:11.75 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's Marathon
- Colleen De Reuck — 2:39.03 (→ 9th place)
Women's High Jump
- Charmaine Weavers
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- Qualification — 1.75 m (→ did not advance)
[edit] Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Abram Thwala
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- First Round – Lost to Rafael Lozano (Spain), 0:9
[edit] Cycling
Women's Individual Road Race
- Jacqueline Martin
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- Final — 2:15:42 (→ 46th place)
[edit] Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle
- Peter Williams
- Heat – 22.65
- Final – 22.50 (→ 4th place)
- Darryl Cronje
- Heat – 23.39 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Seddon Keyter
- Heat – 51.42 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Seddon Keyter
- Heat – 57.94 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Kenneth Cawood
- Heat – 1:04.02 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Kenneth Cawood
- Heat – 2:21.88 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
- Clifford Lyne
- Heat – 2:25.66 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Craig Jackson
- Heat – 55.45 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Craig Jackson
- Heat – 2:02.17 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Clifford Lyne
- Heat – 2:06.62 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Clifford Lyne
- Heat – 4:32.64 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
- Darryl Cronje, Peter Williams, Seddon Keyter, and Craig Jackson
- Heat – 3:23.53 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
- Seddon Keyter, Kenneth Cawood, Peter Williams, and Darryl Cronje
- Heat – 3:46.86 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
- Marianne Kriel
- Heat – 26.05
- B-Final – 26.47 (→ 13th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Marianne Kriel
- Heat – 57.50 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Jeanine Steenkamp
- Heat – 4:23.33 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Jeanine Steenkamp
- Heat – 8:59.62 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Marianne Kriel
- Heat – 1:03.20
- B-Final – 1:03.12 (→ 10th place)
- Jill Brukman
- Heat – 1:04.57 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Jill Brukman
- Heat – 2:18.56 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
- Penny Heyns
- Heat – 1:14.99 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Penny Heyns
- Heat – 2:45.04 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Marianne Kriel
- Heat – 1:02.49 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Jill Brukman
- Heat – 2:23.07 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Jeanine Steenkamp
- Heat – 4:58.48 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
- Jill Brukman
- Heat – 5:03.34 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
- Jill Brukman, Jeanine Steenkamp, Penny Heyns, and Marianne Kriel
- Heat – 4:24.28 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
[edit] Tennis
Men's Singles Competition
- Wayne Ferreira
- First Round — Defeated Christo Van Rensburg (South Africa) 7-5, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
- Second Round — Lost to Marc Rosset (Switzerland) 4-6, 0-6, 2-6
- Christo Van Rensburg
- First Round — Lost to Wayne Ferreira (South Africa) 5-7, 2-6, 6-2, 4-6
Men's Doubles Competition
- Wayne Ferreira and Piet Norval → Silver Medal
- First Round — Defeated Bent-Ove Pedersen and Christian Ruud (Norway) 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
- Second Round — Defeated Brian Gyetko and Sebastien LeBlanc (Canada) 6-3, 7-6, 6-4
- Quarterfinals — Defeated George Cosac and Dinu Pescariu (Romania) 6-0, 6-3, 6-2
- Semifinals — Defeated Goran Ivanišević and Goran Prpic (Croatia) 7-6, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
- Final — Lost to Boris Becker and Michael Stich (Germany) 6-7, 6-4, 6-7, 3-6
Women's Singles Competition
- Amanda Coetzer
- First Round — Defeated Zina Garrison (USA) 7-5, 6-1
- Second Round — Defeated Agnese Blumberga (LAT) 6-2, 6-4
- Third Round — Lost to Conchita Martinez (Spain) 4-6, 3-6
- Mariaan de Swardt
- First round — Lost to Patricia Tarabini (Argentina) 4-6, 2-6
- Elna Reinach
- First round — Lost to Jennifer Capriati (USA) 1-6, 0-6
