23 August 2004

South Africa first took part in the Olympic Games as a united nation at Barcelona in 1992, with very little preparation, placing 46th in the overall medals standings. In Atlanta in 1996 South Africa placed 33rd, and in Sydney in 2000 the country came in at 27th overall.

Team South Africa 2004 includes the men's and women's hockey teams, the first badminton players to represent South Africa at an Olympics, a swimming team that's short on size but not on punch, and lone representatives in archery, canoeing, diving, judo, sailing, shooting, taekwondo and wrestling.

Meet the men and women - 106 athletes, in 19 sporting codes - chosen to paddle, swim, shoot, cycle, box, fence, row, run, wrestle ... try for South Africa at Athens 2004! (Click on the links for individual athlete profiles from the National Olympic Committee of SA.)

• Update 5 - Medals dry up for South Africa
• Update 4 - SA adds to Athens medal tally
• Update 3 - Archer, beach volleyballers shine
• Update 2 - Schoeman bags another medal
• Update 1 - SA swimmers stun the world
• Athens 2004 schedule for SA athletes

• Kirsten Lewis

Women

• Hestrie Cloete (High Jump)
• Nicoleen Cronje (20km Walk)
• Surita Febbraio (400m Hurdles)
• Janice Josephs (Heptathlon)
• Elizna Naude (Discus)
• Geraldine Pillay (100m)
• Heide Seyerling (200m)
• Sunette Viljoen (Javelin)
• Estie Wittstock (400m)

Men


• Shaun Bownes (110m Hurdles)
• Okkert Brits (Pole vault)
• Ockert Cilliers (400m Hurdles)
• Johan Cronje (1 500m)
• Jacques Freitag (High Jump)
• Llewellyn Herbert (400m Hurdles)
• Hannes Hopley (Discus)
• Frantz Kruger (Discus)
• Leigh Julius (200m)
• Marcus La Grange (400m)
• Burger Lambrechts (Shot Put)
• Arnaud Malherbe (4x400m Relay)
• Hendrick Mokganyetsi (4x400m Relay)
• Khotso Mokoena (Triple Jump)
• Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (800m)
• Alwyn Myburgh (400m Hurdles)
• Gerhardus Pienaar (Javelin)
• Hendrick Ramaala (Marathon)
• Ruben Ramolefi (3 000m Steeplechase)
• Janus Robberts (Shot Put)
• Hezekiel Sepeng (800m)
• Ian Syster (Marathon)
• Gert Thys (Marathon)

• Chantal Botts
• Stuart Carson
• Chris Dednam
• Michelle Edwards
• Dorian James
• Antoinette Uys

Women

• Leigh Ann Naidoo
• Julia Willand

  Men
  

• Colin Pocock
• Gershon Rorich

• Bongani Mahlangu
• Khotso Motau
• Lodumo Galada

• Alan van Coller

• Ryan Cox
• Robert Hunter
• Tiaan Kannemeyer
• Anriette Schoeman

• Jenna Dreyer

• Rachel Barlow
• Natalia Tychler
• Kelly Wilson

• Zandre Labuschagne
• Stephanie Sandler

Women

• Kerry Bee
• Caroline Birt
• Fiona Butler
• Lindsey Carlisle
• Pietie Coetzee
• Liesel Dorothy
• Grazjyna Engelbrecht
• Natalie Fulton
• Kate Hector
• Johke Koornhof
• Anli Kotze
• Marsha Marescia
• Pholo Tsoanelo
• Susan Webber
• Sharne Wehmeyer
• Jennifer Wilson

Men


• Gregg Clark
• Wayne Denne
• Denzil Dolley
• Iain Evans
• Steve Evans
• Craig Fulton
• Chris Hibbert
• Craig Jackson
• Bruce Jacobs
• Greg Nicol
• Jody Paul
• Ryan Ravenscroft
• Eric Rose-Innes
• Emile Smith
• David Staniforth
• Ian Symons

• Henriette Moller

• Donovan Cech
• Ramon Di Clemente

• Gareth Blanckenberg

• Martin Senore

• Eugene Botes
• Lyndon Ferns
• Ryk Neethling
• Terence Parkin
• Roland Schoeman
• Karl Thaning
• Darian Townsend
• Gerhard Zandberg

• Duncan Mahlangu

• Megan Hall
• Conrad Stoltz

• Shaun Williams

	Archer Kirsten Lewis, ranked 52nd in the world going into Athens, fought through to the last 16 of the 70m competition before being eliminated (Photo: National Olympic Committee SA)

	Middleweight boxer Khotso Motau came close against World Championship silver medal winner Oleg Mashkin of Ukraine (Photo: National Olympic Committee of SA)

	Olympic gold in the four by 100 metres relay (left to right, top to bottom): Darian Townsend, Ryk Neethling, Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns (Photos: National Olympic Committee of SA)

	Medals dry up for South Africa SA adds to Athens medal tally Archer, beach volleyballers shine Schoeman bags another medal SA swimmers stun the world SA's Olympic torchbearers

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