South_Africa_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics

South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics

South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

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.

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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

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners
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Multiple medallists

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

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Competitors

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

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Artistic swimming

Main articles: Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.

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Athletics (track and field)

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

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  • 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
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Women
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Field events

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Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

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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
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Keirin
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Omnium
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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.

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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]

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Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.

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Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

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

Eventing

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Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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Men's tournament

Main articles: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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

The squad was announced on 27 May 2021.[11]

Head coach: Garreth Ewing[12]

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Group play

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Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
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Women's tournament

Main articles: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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

The squad was announced on 27 May 2021.[13]

Head coach: Robin Van Ginkel

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Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
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Football (soccer)

Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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Men's tournament

Main articles: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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.[14]

Team roster

South Africa's final squad was announced on 3 July 2021.[15]

Head coach: David Notoane

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Group play
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Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
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Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
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Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
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Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.[16][17] Louis Oosthuizen and Lee-Anne Pace were initially selected but opted not to play.[18][19] Ashleigh Buhai later withdrew and was replaced by Paula Reto who also withdrew.

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Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.[20]

Women
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Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.[21]

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Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.[22] 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.[23]

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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

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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Men's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 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.[24]

Team roster

South Africa's 12-man squad plus one alternate was named on 6 July 2021.[25]

Head coach: Neil Powell

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Group play
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Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2021. Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
11:00
South Africa 33–14 Ireland
Try: Z. Davids 2' c
Visser 6' c
Geduld 8' c
Dry 12' c
Gans 13' m
Con: S. Davids (4/5) 2', 6', 8', 12'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Mullin 7' c
Kennedy 10' c
Con: Dardis (2/2) 7', 10'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
19:00
South Africa 14–5 Kenya
Try: S. Davids 2' c
Soyizwapi 3' c
Con: du Preez (2/2) 2', 4'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Injera 6' m
Con: Agero (0/1)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
11:30
South Africa 17–12 United States
Try: S. Davids (2) 6' m, 10' m
Gans 8' c
Con: S. Davids (1/3) 9'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Schroeder 1' m
Thompson 12' c
Con: Melphy (0/1)
Hughes (1/1) 13'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
Quarterfinals
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
18:30
South Africa 14–19 Argentina
Try: S. Davids 1' c
Penalty try 13'
Con: Geduld (1/1) 1'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Moneta (2) 4' c, 7' c
Álvarez 12' m
Con: Mare (2/2) 5', 7'
Bazán (0/1)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
Semifinals
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
10:30
South Africa 22–19 Australia
Try: Soyizwapi 1' m
Brown (2) 5' m, 7' c
Pretorius 11' m
Con: Brown (0/1)
Geduld (1/2) 7'
du Preez (0/1)		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Miller 8' c
Turner 10' m
Longbottom 12' c
Con: Miller (1/1) 9'
Coward (0/1)
Longbottom (1/1) 13'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
Fifth place match
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
17:00
United States 7–28 South Africa
Try: Tomasin 4' c
Con: Hughes (1/1) 4'		(Tokyo 2020)Try: Geduld 2' c
Makata 7' c
Arendse 12' c
Gans 14' c
Con: Brown (2/2) 2', 7'
du Preez (2/2) 13', 14'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.[26]

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

Skateboarding

Main articles: Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.[27]

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Sport climbing

Main articles: Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.[28]

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Surfing

Main articles: Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.[29] 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.[30]

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Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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)):[31][32] 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.[33]

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.[34]

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Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification
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Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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.

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Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Team roster

South Africa's squad was announced on 24 June 2021.[35][36] Roarke Olver was replaced by Timothy Rezelman.

Head coach: Paul Martin[37]

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Note: Age as of 23 July 2021
Source: South Africa Men | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Archived 2021-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

Group play
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Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts
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

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Team roster

South Africa's squad was announced on 24 June 2021.[51][52] Daniela Passoni and Kelsey White were replaced by Hannah Calvert and Nicola Macleod.

Head coach: Delaine Mentoor[53]

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Note: Age as of 23 July 2021
Source: South Africa Women | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Archived 2021-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

Group play
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Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:
  1. Spain 2 Pts, +5 GD; Netherlands 2 Pts, −2 GD; Australia 2 Pts, −3 GD. Spain first and after that the head-to head results between Australia and Netherlands (15–12) came into effect.
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

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