South Africa competed at the Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

 for the first time since 1960

1960 Summer Olympics

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

 at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

in Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, Spain. South Africa was permitted to re-join the Olympic Movement after its citizens voted to abolish apartheid

South African referendum, 1992

The 1992 referendum was held in South Africa on 17 March of that year. In it, white South Africans were asked to vote in the country's last whites-only referendum to determine whether or not they supported the negotiated reforms begun by State President F.W. de Klerk two years earlier, in which he...

.

Silver

• Elana Meyer
  Elana Meyer
  Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event....
  
   — Athletics, Women's 10.000m

• Wayne Ferreira
  Wayne Ferreira
  Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....
  
   and Piet Norval
  Piet Norval
  Pieter Norval is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1988. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he partnered Wayne Ferreira...
  
   — Tennis, Men's Doubles

Archery

Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

There were 4 different Archery competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The format of the previous Olympics was dropped for this Olympiad, with an entirely new system being put in place....

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)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders were among the contenders...

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Andries Vorster
• Heat — 49.75 (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Xolile Yawa
  Xolile Yawa
  Xolile Yawa is a retired athlete from South Africa. He specialised in long-distance running, including marathons....
  
  
• Heat — 28:28.78
• Final — 28:37.18 (→ 13th place)

Men's Marathon

• Abel Mokibe — 2:17.24 (→ 25th place)
• Zithulele Sinqe
  Zithulele Sinqe
  Zithulele Sinqe is a South African long distance athlete. In the 1980s, and despite restrictions under Apartheid, Sinqe emerged as one of the leading marathon and half-marathon athletes in the world....
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Jan Tau — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Myrtle Bothma
• Heat — 55.60
• Semifinal — 54.53
• Final — DNF (→ no ranking)

Women's 3000 metres

• Zola Pieterse
• Heat — 9:07.10 (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 10.000 metres

• Elana Meyer
  Elana Meyer
  Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event....
  
  
• Heat — 32:05.45
• Final — 31:11.75 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Marathon

• Colleen De Reuck
  Colleen De Reuck
  Colleen S. De Reuck is a long-distance runner from South Africa, who became an American citizen on December 11, 2000...
  
   — 2:39.03 (→ 9th place)

Women's High Jump

• Charmaine Weavers
• Qualification — 1.75 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place in the old Pavelló Club Joventut de Badalona in Barcelona. The boxing schedule began on July 26 and ended on August 9...

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Abram Thwala
• First Round – Lost to Rafael Lozano
  Rafael Lozano
  Rafael Lozano Muñoz is a former boxer from Spain.- Professional career :Known as "Balita", Lozano turned pro in 2001...
  
   (Spain), 0:9

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Giovanni Pretorius
• First Round – Lost to Søren Antman (Sweden), RSC-1

Cycling

Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics. There were two categories of events – road cycling and track cycling...

Women's Individual Road Race

• Jacqueline Martin
• Final — 2:15:42 (→ 46th place)

Diving

Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc, from 26 July to 4 August , comprising 95 divers from 30 nations.-Medal summary:...

Men's 3m Springboard

• Craig Vaughan
• Preliminary Round — 297.51 points (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Sailing

Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

• William Tyson
• Final Ranking — 344.0 points (→ 35th place)

Swimming

Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, 31 swimming events were contested. There was a total of 641 participants from 92 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals....

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Peter Williams
  Peter Williams (swimmer)
  Peter Rowan Williams is a South African former swimmer who set a world record in the 50 metre freestyle. He placed third in the 50 metre freestyle at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, and fourth at the 1992 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• 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
  Craig Jackson (swimmer)
  Craig Jackson is a former Olympic swimmer who represented South Africa in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He competed in the men's 100 metre butterfly, 200 metre butterfly and 4×100 metre freestyle relay....
  
  
• Heat — 55.45 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Craig Jackson
  Craig Jackson (swimmer)
  Craig Jackson is a former Olympic swimmer who represented South Africa in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He competed in the men's 100 metre butterfly, 200 metre butterfly and 4×100 metre freestyle relay....
  
  
• 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
  Peter Williams (swimmer)
  Peter Rowan Williams is a South African former swimmer who set a world record in the 50 metre freestyle. He placed third in the 50 metre freestyle at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, and fourth at the 1992 Summer Olympics...
  
  , Seddon Keyter, and Craig Jackson
  Craig Jackson (swimmer)
  Craig Jackson is a former Olympic swimmer who represented South Africa in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He competed in the men's 100 metre butterfly, 200 metre butterfly and 4×100 metre freestyle relay....
  
  
• Heat — 3:23.53 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Seddon Keyter, Kenneth Cawood, Peter Williams
  Peter Williams (swimmer)
  Peter Rowan Williams is a South African former swimmer who set a world record in the 50 metre freestyle. He placed third in the 50 metre freestyle at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, and fourth at the 1992 Summer Olympics...
  
  , and Darryl Cronje
• Heat — 3:46.86 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Heat — 26.05
• B-Final — 26.47 (→ 13th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• 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
  Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Heat — 1:03.20
• B-Final — 1:03.12 (→ 10th place)

• Jill Brukman
  Jill Brukman
  Jill Brukman is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from South Africa. She competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, swimming a total number of four events. Brukman didn't reach the final in any of those starts.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 1:04.57 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Jill Brukman
  Jill Brukman
  Jill Brukman is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from South Africa. She competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, swimming a total number of four events. Brukman didn't reach the final in any of those starts.-References:*...
  
  
• 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
  Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Heat — 1:02.49 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Jill Brukman
  Jill Brukman
  Jill Brukman is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from South Africa. She competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, swimming a total number of four events. Brukman didn't reach the final in any of those starts.-References:*...
  
  
• 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
  Jill Brukman
  Jill Brukman is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from South Africa. She competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, swimming a total number of four events. Brukman didn't reach the final in any of those starts.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 5:03.34 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Jill Brukman
  Jill Brukman
  Jill Brukman is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from South Africa. She competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, swimming a total number of four events. Brukman didn't reach the final in any of those starts.-References:*...
  
  , Jeanine Steenkamp, Penny Heyns, and Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel
  Marianne Kriel is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Heat — 4:24.28 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Tennis

Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

These are the final results for the tennis competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.American teenager Jennifer Capriati stunned German Steffi Graf in the women's singles final to win the gold medal...

Men's Singles Competition

• Wayne Ferreira
  Wayne Ferreira
  Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Christo van Rensburg
  Christo Van Rensburg
  Christo van Rensburg is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983...
  
   (South Africa) 7-5, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
• Second Round — Lost to Marc Rosset
  Marc Rosset
  Marc Rosset is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games....
  
   (Switzerland) 4-6, 0-6, 2-6

• Christo van Rensburg
  Christo Van Rensburg
  Christo van Rensburg is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Wayne Ferreira
  Wayne Ferreira
  Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....
  
   (South Africa) 5-7, 2-6, 6-2, 4-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• Wayne Ferreira
  Wayne Ferreira
  Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....
  
   and Piet Norval
  Piet Norval
  Pieter Norval is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1988. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he partnered Wayne Ferreira...
  
   → Silver Medal
• First Round — Defeated Bent-Ove Pedersen
  Bent-Ove Pedersen
  Bent-Ove Pedersen is a former tennis player from Norway, who turned professional in 1992. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he partnered Christian Ruud. The pair was defeated in the first round by South...
  
   and Christian Ruud
  Christian Ruud
  Christian Ruud is a former tennis player who turned professional in 1991. Ruud reached his highest singles ranking of 39 on 9 October 1995....
  
   (Norway) 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
• Second Round — Defeated Brian Gyetko and Sebastien LeBlanc
  Sébastien Leblanc
  Sébastien Leblanc is a former tour professional tennis player. Leblanc captured three junior Grand Slam titles and played Davis Cup for Canada. More of a doubles specialist, he won five Challenger events in doubles and reached a career-high doubles ranking of World No...
  
   (Canada) 6-3, 7-6, 6-4
• Quarterfinals — Defeated George Cosac
  George Cosac
  George Cosac is a former tennis player from Romania, who represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Partnering Dinu Pescariu, the pair was eliminated in the quarter finals...
  
   and Dinu Pescariu
  Dinu Pescariu
  Dinu Dănuţ Mihai Pescariu is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1991. The right-hander represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in Barcelona and in Atlanta . He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on August 6, 1998, when he became the number 75 of...
  
   (Romania) 6-0, 6-3, 6-2
• Semifinals — Defeated Goran Ivanišević
  Goran Ivaniševic
  Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...
  
   and Goran Prpić
  Goran Prpic
  Goran Prpić is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. He played also for, then, Yugoslavia, prior to 1991....
  
   (Croatia) 7-6, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
• Final — Lost to Boris Becker
  Boris Becker
  Boris Franz Becker is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17...
  
   and Michael Stich
  Michael Stich
  Michael Detlef Stich is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991...
  
   (Germany) 6-7, 6-4, 6-7, 3-6

Women's Singles Competition

• Amanda Coetzer
  Amanda Coetzer
  Amanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Zina Garrison
  Zina Garrison
  Zina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games.-Career:An African-American...
  
   (USA) 7-5, 6-1
• Second Round — Defeated Agnese Blumberga (LAT) 6-2, 6-4
• Third Round — Lost to Conchita Martínez
  Conchita Martínez
  Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...
  
   (Spain) 4-6, 3-6

• Mariaan de Swardt
  Mariaan de Swardt
  Mariaan de Swardt is a former tennis player from South Africa, who played as a professional from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996, and was a member of the South African Fed Cup Team in 1992 and 1994-1997. In 2006, de Swardt became a U.S...
  
  
• First round — Lost to Patricia Tarabini
  Patricia Tarabini
  Patricia Tarabini was an Argentine tennis player. Tarabini represented her country and won the Bronze Olympic medal at the 2004 Athens games, with Paola Suárez, where they lost 7–9 in the third set to eventual gold medalists from China, Sun Tiantian and Li Ting. On May 9, 1988, Tarabini reached...
  
   (Argentina) 4-6, 2-6

• Elna Reinach
  Elna Reinach
  Elna Reinach is a South African former pro tennis player.With Patrick Galbraith, she won the US Open mixed doubles championship in 1994. She played in the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she lost in the first round to Jennifer Capriati. Reinach was runner-up at the French Open with Danie Visser in 1993...
  
  
• First round — Lost to Jennifer Capriati
  Jennifer Capriati
  Jennifer Marie Capriati is a former world number one ranked professional tennis player, and the winner of three women's singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments. Capriati made her professional debut in 1990 at the age of 14 when she reached the finals of the hard court tournament in Boca...
  
  (USA) 1-6, 0-6