South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics

South Africa at the; 2020 Summer Olympics
	Flag of South Africa
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
in Tokyo, Japan; July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021
Competitors	179 in 19 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Phumelela Mbande; Chad le Clos
Flag bearer (closing)	Anaso Jobodwana
Summer Olympics appearances
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South Africa competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-apartheid era, and twentieth overall in Summer Olympic history.

A week before the Games started, two football players and a video analyst were tested positive for COVID-19 while staying at the Olympic Village.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Tatjana Schoenmaker	Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	30 July
Silver	Tatjana Schoenmaker	Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke	27 July
Silver	Bianca Buitendag	Surfing	Women's shortboard	27 July

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Surfing	0	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	0	2
Total	1	2	0	3

Multiple medallists

The following competitors won several medals at the 2020 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Tatjana Schoenmaker	Gold Silver	Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke Women's 100 metre breaststroke

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in field hockey and football are not counted:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	2	2
Athletics	25	5	30
Cycling	7	4	11
Diving	0	2	2
Equestrian	0	2	2
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	17	0	17
Golf	2	1	3
Gymnastics	0	2	2
Judo	0	1	1
Rowing	6	0	6
Rugby sevens	12	0	12
Sailing	3	0	3
Skateboarding	2	2	4
Sport climbing	1	1	2
Surfing	0	1	1
Swimming	8	9	17
Triathlon	2	2	4
Water polo	13	13	26
Total	115	64	179

Artistic swimming

South Africa fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by securing a berth as the highest-ranked pair, not yet qualified, from Africa at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, heralding the country's return to the sport for the first time since Barcelona 1992.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Clarissa Johnston Laura Strugnell	Duet	70.9099	21	72.1667	143.0766	21	Did not advance

Athletics (track and field)

Thirty South African athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[3]^[4]

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
DNF = Did not finish

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gift Leotlela	100 m	Bye		10.04	1 Q	10.03	4	Did not advance
Shaun Maswanganyi		Bye		10.12	3 Q	10.10	6	Did not advance
Akani Simbine		Bye		10.08	1 Q	9.90	4 q	9.93	4
Anaso Jobodwana	200 m	20.78	3 Q	N/A		20.88	8	Did not advance
Shaun Maswanganyi		20.58	2 Q			20.18	4	Did not advance
Clarence Munyai		20.49	4 q			20.49	6	Did not advance
Zakithi Nene	400 m	45.74	5	N/A	Did not advance
Wayde van Niekerk		45.25	3 Q		45.14	5	Did not advance
Thapelo Phora		45.83	5		Did not advance
Lesiba Mashele	5000 m	13:48.25	15	N/A	Did not advance
Antonio Alkana	110 m hurdles	13.55	6	N/A		Did not advance
Sokwakhana Zazini	400 m hurdles	49.51	3 Q	N/A		48.99	6	Did not advance
Gift Leotlela Shaun Maswanganyi Clarence Munyai Galaletsang Ramorwa Akani Simbine	4 × 100 m relay	DNF		N/A				Did not advance
Ranti Dikgale Zakithi Nene Thapelo Phora Lythe Pillay Wayde van Niekerk	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.18	7	N/A				Did not advance
Elroy Gelant	Marathon	N/A						2:16:43	34
Desmond Mokgobu								DNF
Stephen Mokoka								DNF
Wayne Snyman	20 km walk	N/A						1:24.33	20
Marc Mundell	50 km walk	N/A						4:14:37	40

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dominique Scott	5000 m	15:13.94	13	N/A		Did not advance
Dominique Scott	10000 m	N/A				32:14.05	20
Wenda Nel	400 m hurdles	56.06	3 Q	56.35	7	Did not advance
Gerda Steyn	Marathon	N/A				2:32.10	15
Irvette van Zyl	Marathon	N/A				DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Cheswill Johnson	Men's long jump	NM	—	Did not advance
Ruswahl Samaai	Men's long jump	7.74	22	Did not advance
Kyle Blignaut	Men's shot put	20.97	8 q	21.00	6
Jason van Rooyen	Men's shot put	20.29	19	Did not advance
Rocco van Rooyen	Men's javelin throw	77.41	23	Did not advance
Jo Ane van Dyk	Women's javelin throw	57.69	24	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

South Africa entered a squad of five riders (three men and two women) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stefan de Bod	Men's road race	6:16:53	52
Stefan de Bod	Men's time trial	57:57.10	14
Nicholas Dlamini	Men's road race	Did not finish
Ryan Gibbons	Men's road race	Did not finish
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio	Women's road race	3:54:31	13
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio	Women's time trial	32:37.60	8
Carla Oberholzer	Women's road race	Did not finish

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, South African riders accumulated spots for both men and women in the sprint and keirin, as well as the men's omnium and madison, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Jean Spies	Men's sprint	9.787 73.567	27	Did not advance
Charlene du Preez	Women's sprint	10.974 65.610	22 Q	Hinze (GER) L	McCulloch (AUS) Verdugo (MEX) L	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	3rd Round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Jean Spies	Men's keirin	5 R	5	Did not advance
Charlene du Preez	Women's keirin	4 R	5	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
David Maree	Men's omnium	20	2	18	6	15	12	−37	18	−17	19

Mountain biking

South Africa entered one rider each to compete in both men's and women's cross-country race, respectively, by virtue of their best individual ranking at the 2019 African Championships.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alan Hatherly	Men's cross-country	1:26:33	8
Candice Lill	Women's cross-country	1:26:20	24

BMX

South African riders qualified for one men's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, by accepting a continental berth for Africa from the Union Cycliste Internationale based on its rankings of June 1, 2021.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Alex Limberg	Men's race	20	6	did not advance

Diving

South African divers qualified for two individual spots each in the women's springboard, respectively, at the Games through the 2019 African Qualifying Meet in Durban and the 2021 FINA World Cup series in Tokyo.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Micaela Bouter	Women's 3 m springboard	216.15	26	Did not advance
Julia Vincent	Women's 3 m springboard	228.90	25	Did not advance

Equestrian

South Africa entered two riders into the Olympic equestrian competition by the following results: a top two finish each, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group F (Africa and Middle East) in both dressage and eventing, respectively.^[7]

Dressage

Rio 2016 pair of Seymour and Ramoneur got nominated to compete on June 18, 2021. The Tokyo Olympics are to be the final career international competition for the Oldenburg stallion.^[8] Seymour was forced to withdraw while in Tokyo after Ramoneur suffered laminitis.^[9]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Tanya Seymour	Ramoneur	Individual	Withdrew due to her horse Ramoneur's laminitis

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Victoria Scott-Legendre	Valtho des Peupliers	Individual	39.50	53	19.80	59.30	34	Withdrew

Field hockey

Summary

Key:

FT – After full time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
South Africa men's	Men's tournament	Great Britain L 1–3	Netherlands L 3–5	Belgium L 4–9	Germany W 4–3	Canada D 4–4	5	Did not advance
South Africa women's	Women's tournament	Ireland L 0–2	Great Britain L 1–4	Netherlands L 0–5	Germany L 1–4	India L 3–4	6	Did not advance

Men's tournament

South Africa men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2019 Men's African Olympic Qualifier in Stellenbosch.^[10]

Team roster

Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Group play

Women's tournament

South Africa women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2019 Women's African Olympic Qualifier in Stellenbosch.^[10]

Team roster

Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Group play

Football (soccer)

Summary

Key:

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

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
South Africa men's	Men's tournament	Japan L 0–1	France L 3–4	Mexico L 0–3	4	Did not advance

Men's tournament

South Africa men's football team qualified for the Games by winning the bronze medal and securing the last of three available berths of the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.^[11]

Team roster

South Africa's final squad was announced on 3 July 2021.^[12]

Head coach: David Notoane

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ronwen Williams*	(1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 29)	SuperSport United
2	2DF	James Monyane	(2000-04-30)30 April 2000 (aged 21)	Orlando Pirates
3	2DF	Katlego Mohamme	(1998-03-10)10 March 1998 (aged 23)	University of Pretoria
4	3MF	Teboho Mokoena	(1997-01-24)24 January 1997 (aged 24)	SuperSport United
5	2DF	Luke Fleurs	(2000-03-03)3 March 2000 (aged 21)	SuperSport United
6	3MF	Kamohelo Mahlatsi	(1998-08-23)23 August 1998 (aged 22)	Moroka Swallows
7	3MF	Nkosingiphile Ngcobo	(1999-11-16)16 November 1999 (aged 21)	Kaizer Chiefs
8	3MF	Thabo Cele	(1997-01-15)15 January 1997 (aged 24)	Cova Piedade
9	4FW	Evidence Makgopa	(2000-06-05)5 June 2000 (aged 21)	Baroka
10	4FW	Luther Singh	(1997-08-05)5 August 1997 (aged 23)	Paços de Ferreira
11	2DF	MacBeth Mahlangu	(2001-10-11)11 October 2001 (aged 19)	TS Galaxy
12	3MF	Goodman Mosele	(1999-11-18)18 November 1999 (aged 21)	Baroka
13	2DF	Reeve Frosler	(1998-01-11)11 January 1998 (aged 23)	Kaizer Chiefs
14	2DF	Sibusiso Mabiliso	(1999-04-14)14 April 1999 (aged 22)	AmaZulu
15	2DF	Tercious Malepe(captain)	(1997-02-18)18 February 1997 (aged 24)	Mynai
16	1GK	Mondli Mpoto	(1998-07-24)24 July 1998 (aged 22)	Bloemfontein Celtic
17	2DF	Thendo Mukumela	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 23)	Cape Town Spurs
18	4FW	Kobamelo Kodisang	(1999-08-28)28 August 1999 (aged 21)	Braga
22	1GK	Sifiso Mlungwana	(1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (aged 24)	Lamontville Golden Arrows

|}* Overage player.

Group play

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Japan v South Africa

22 July 2021
20:00

Japan	1–0	South Africa
Kubo 71'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)

Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

France v South Africa

25 July 2021
17:00

France	4–3	South Africa
Gignac 57', 78', 86' (pen.) Savanier 90+2'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Kodisang 53' Makgopa 73' Mokoena 82'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

South Africa v Mexico

28 July 2021
20:30

South Africa	0–3	Mexico
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Vega 18' Romo 45+1' Martín 60'

Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Golf

South Africa entered two golfers (both men) into the Olympic tournament. Christiaan Bezuidenhout (world no. 46), Garrick Higgo (world no. 38), and Ashleigh Buhai (world no. 76) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective events based on the IGF World Rankings.^[13]^[14] Louis Oosthuizen and Lee-Anne Pace were initially selected but opted not to play.^[15]^[16] Ashleigh Buhai later withdrew and was replaced by Paula Reto who also withdrew.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Christiaan Bezuidenhout	Men's	68	70	68	67	273	−7	=16
Garrick Higgo	Men's	71	71	70	72	284	E	=53

Gymnastics

Artistic

South Africa entered two artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Caitlin Rooskrantz received a spare berth from the women's apparatus events, as one of the twelve highest-ranked gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified directly through the all-around, at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Meanwhile, Naveen Daries claimed an additional place to join Rooskrantz on the South African squad with a bronze-medal finish in the women's individual all-around at the 2021 African Championships in Cairo, Egypt.^[17]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Naveen Daries	All-around	13.300	12.366	8.933	11.766	46.365	76	Did not advance
Caitlin Rooskrantz	All-around	12.800	13.300	12.200	11.633	49.933	61	Did not advance

Judo

South Africa qualified one judoka for the women's extra-lightweight category (48 kg) at the Games. Geronay Whitebooi received a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Geronay Whitebooi	Women's −48 kg	Pareto (ARG) L 001–100	Did not advance

Rowing

South Africa qualified one boat in the men's pair by finishing third in the B-final and securing ninth out of eleven berths available at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.^[19] Meanwhile, the men's coxless four rowers were added to the South African roster with their top-two finish at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.^[20]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Luc Daffarn Jake Green	Men's pair	7:04.03	5 R	6:57.01	4	did not advance
Lawrence Brittain Kyle Schoonbee John Smith Sandro Torrente	Men's four	6:25.34	5 R	6:30.34	6 FB	N/A		6:09.85	10

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

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal/ Classification	Semifinal/ Classification	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
South Africa men's	Men's tournament	Ireland W 33–14	Kenya W 14–5	United States W 17–12	1 Q	Argentina L 19–14	Australia W 22–19	United States W 28–7	5

Men's tournament

The South Africa national rugby sevens team qualified by advancing to the quarterfinals in the 2019 London Sevens, securing a top four spot in the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.^[21]

Team roster

Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Group play

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

5th place match

Sailing

South African sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Leo Davis	Men's Finn	17	19	19	19	18	19	12	18	18	19	N/A		EL	159	19
Alex Burger Benjamin Talbot	Men's 49er	13	15	18	17	17	14	12	13	17	10	19	17	EL	163	19

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

Skateboarding

South Africa entered four skateboarders (two per gender) to compete across all events at the Games. Dallas Oberholtzer (men's park), Brandon Valjalo (men's street), Melissa Williams (women's park), and Boipelo Awuah (women's street) granted an invitation from the World Skate as the highest-ranked skateboarders from Africa vying for qualification in the street and park events based on their performances in the federation's Olympic Rankings of June 30, 2021.^[23]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Dallas Oberholtzer	Men's park	24.08	20	Did not advance
Brandon Valjalo	Men's street	16.41	18	Did not advance
Melissa Williams	Women's park	8.30	20	Did not advance
Boipelo Awuah	Women's street	Withdrew due to injury

Sport climbing

South Africa entered two sport climbers into the Olympic tournament. Erin Sterkenburg and Christopher Cosser qualified directly for the women's and men's combined events, respectively, by advancing to the final stage and eventually winning the gold medal at the 2020 IFSC African Championships in Cape Town.^[24]

Athlete	Event	Qualification									Final
		Speed		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank	Speed		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank
		Best	Place	Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place	Total	Rank	Best	Place	Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place	Total	Rank
Christopher Cosser	Men's	6.48	9	0T2z 0 15	16	29	—	10	1440.00	16	did not advance
Erin Sterkenburg	Women's	11.10	20	0T1z 0 1	17	7+	—	20	6800.00	20	did not advance

Surfing

South Africa sent two surfers (one per gender) to compete in their respective shortboard races at the Games. Bianca Buitendag secured a qualification slot for her nation in the women's shortboard as the highest-ranked and last remaining surfer from Africa at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games in Miyazaki, Japan.^[25] On the men's side, Jordy Smith finished within the top ten of those eligible for qualification in the World Surf League rankings to join Buitendag on the South African roster for Tokyo 2020.^[26]

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bianca Buitendag	Women's shortboard	11.44	3 q	10.40	2 Q	Gilmore (AUS) W 13.93–10.00	Hopkins (POR) W 9.50–5.46	Marks (USA) W 11.00–3.67	Moore (USA) L 8.46–14.93

Swimming

Seventeen South African swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of two swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially one at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[27]^[28] To assure their selection to the Olympic team, swimmers must attain an Olympic qualifying cut in each individual pool event at the 2021 South African National Championships (April 8 to 12) in Johannesburg.^[29]

Seventeen swimmers (eight men and nine women) were officially named to the South African roster for the Games on June 24, 2021, including London 2012 gold medalist Chad Le Clos in the men's butterfly double and 2019 world silver medalist and national record holder Tatjana Schoenmaker in the women's breaststroke double.^[30]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Binedell	200 m backstroke	1:58.47	21	Did not advance
Pieter Coetze	100 m backstroke	54.05	24	Did not advance
Ethan du Preez	200 m butterfly	1:58.50	30	Did not advance
Michael Houlie	100 m breaststroke	1:01.22	37	Did not advance
Chad Le Clos	100 m butterfly	51.89	=18	Did not advance
Chad Le Clos	200 m butterfly	1:55.96	16 Q	1:55.06	3 Q	1:54.93	5
Michael McGlynn	10 km open water	N/A				1:51:32.7	8
Matthew Sates	100 m butterfly	52.34	32	Did not advance
Matthew Sates	200 m individual medley	1:58.08	15 Q	1:58.75	14	Did not advance
Brad Tandy	50 m freestyle	22.22	=24	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emma Chelius	50 m freestyle	24.65	=11 Q	24.64	13	Did not advance
Kaylene Corbett	200 m breaststroke	2:22.48	4 Q	2:22.08	4 Q	2:22.06	5
Erin Gallagher	100 m butterfly	59.69	26	Did not advance
Erin Gallagher	100 m freestyle	54.75	25	Did not advance
Rebecca Meder	200 m individual medley	2:14.79	23	Did not advance
Tatjana Schoenmaker	100 m breaststroke	1:04.82 OR	1 Q	1:05.07	1 Q	1:05.22
Tatjana Schoenmaker	200 m breaststroke	2:19.16 OR	1 Q	2:19.33	1 Q	2:18.95 WR
Michelle Weber	10 km open water	N/A				2:06:56.5	21
Aimee Canny Duné Coetzee Erin Gallagher Rebecca Meder	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:01.56	11	N/A		Did not advance
Aimee Canny Erin Gallagher Tatjana Schoenmaker Mariella Venter	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:03.02	14	N/A		Did not advance

Triathlon

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Henri Schoeman	Men's	17:55	0:45	56:41	0:28	Did not finish
Simone Ackermann	Women's	19:08	0:45	1:03:17	0:34	37:30	2:01:14	17
Gillian Sanders	Women's	20:18	0:45	Lapped

Water polo

South Africa qualified to compete in the men's water polo tournament for the first time since Rome 1960, and in the women's water polo tournament for the first time ever.

Summary

Key:

FT – After full time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
South Africa men's	Men's tournament	Italy L 2–21	United States L 3–20	Hungary L 1–23	Greece L 5–28	Japan L 9–24	6	Did not advance
South Africa women's	Women's tournament	Spain L 4–29	Canada L 1–21	Netherlands L 1–31	Australia L 1–14	N/A	5	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Team roster

Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Group play

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25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 10:00 v	Report	South Africa	2–21	Italy	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–8, 0–7, 0–4
		Rezelman, Stone 1	Goals	Di Fulvio 5

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 10:00 v	Report	South Africa	3–20	United States	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–9, 1–3, 1–5
		three players 1	Goals	Hallock 4

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 10:00 v	Report	Hungary	23–1	South Africa	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Daniel Daners (URU), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 5–0, 8–0, 6–1
		Manhercz 5	Goals	Rodda 1

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 19:50 v	Report	South Africa	5–28	Greece	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 2–5, 1–7, 1–9
		Stone 2	Goals	Fountoulis 5

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 18:20 v	Report	Japan	24–9	South Africa	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 7–4, 6–1, 6–0
		Adachi, Arai 4	Goals	Neill 4

Women's tournament

Team roster

Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Group play

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24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 18:20 v	Report	South Africa	4–29	Spain	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–9, 1–5, 0–10
		Wedderburn 2	Goals	Ruiz 5

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 15:30 v	Report	Canada	21–1	South Africa	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), John Waldow (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–0, 4–0, 8–0
		Sohi 4	Goals	Moir 1

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 14:00 v	Report	South Africa	1–33	Netherlands	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–9, 1–9, 0–8
		Wedderburn 1	Goals	Keuning 6

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 19:50 v	Report	Australia	14–1	South Africa	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Daniel Daners (URU), Jeremy Cheng (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 6–1, 4–0, 3–0
		five players 2	Goals	Vaughan 1

References

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v t e National Olympic Committees at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China East Timor Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan (host nation) Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Others	IOC Refugee Olympic Team ROC athletes
Withdrawn	North Korea

South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Multiple medallists

Competitors

Artistic swimming

Athletics (track and field)

Field events

Cycling

Road

Track

Mountain biking

BMX

Diving

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Football (soccer)

Men's tournament

Golf

Gymnastics

Artistic

Judo

Rowing

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

5th place match

Sailing

Skateboarding

Sport climbing

Surfing

Swimming

Triathlon

Water polo

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

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