South_Africa_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics

South Africa at the 1904 Summer Olympics

South Africa at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation


The future Union of South Africa, 4 British colonies with a Boer delegation from the “Anglo-Boer War Historical Libretto”, competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, United States. It was first time to compete at the Summer Olympics, including 2 Tswanas, the first ever Black Africans to compete.

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1904 Olympic Marathon participants, Len Taunyane (left) and Jan Mashiani of the Tswana ethnicity

Results by event

Athletics

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Tug of war

Roster
  • Pieter Hillense
  • Pieter Lombard
  • Johannes Schutte
  • Paulus Visser
  • Christopher Walker
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