South Africa at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

South Africa at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeRSA
NPCSouth African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sascoc.co.za
in Athens
Competitors51
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
15
Silver
13
Bronze
7
Total
35
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

South Africa competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 51 athletes, 31 men and 20 women.[1] Competitors from South Africa won 35 medals, including 15 gold, 13 silver and 7 bronze to finish 13th in the medal table.[2]

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Teboho Mokgalagadi Athletics Men's 100m T35
 Gold Teboho Mokgalagadi Athletics Men's 200m T35
 Gold Oscar Pistorius Athletics Men's 200m T44
 Gold Malcolm Pringle Athletics Men's 800m T38
 Gold Fanie Lombaard Athletics Men's shot put F42
 Gold Michael Louwrens Athletics Men's shot put F57
 Gold Fanie Lombaard Athletics Men's discus throw F42
 Gold Nicholas Newman Athletics Men's javelin throw F36/38
 Gold Zanele Situ Athletics Women's javelin throw F54/55
 Gold Tadhg Slattery Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke SB5
 Gold Natalie du Toit Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S9
 Gold Natalie du Toit Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S9
 Gold Natalie du Toit Swimming Women's 400m freestyle S9
 Gold Natalie du Toit Swimming Women's 100m butterfly S9
 Gold Natalie du Toit Swimming Women's 200m individual medley SM9
 Silver Nathan Meyer Athletics Men's 200m T13
 Silver Malcolm Pringle Athletics Men's 400m T38
 Silver Ernst van Dyk Athletics Men's 800m T54
 Silver Ernst van Dyk Athletics Men's 1500m T54
 Silver Hilton Langenhoven Athletics Men's long jump F12
 Silver Fabian Michaels Athletics Men's javelin throw F35
 Silver Fanie Lombaard Athletics Men's javelin throw F42
 Silver Philippa Johnson Equestrian Mixed individual championship dressage grade IV
 Silver Philippa Johnson Equestrian Mixed individual freestyle dressage grave IV
 Silver Scott Field Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S13
 Silver Scott Field Swimming Men's 400m freestyle S13
 Silver Scott Field Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S13
 Silver Natalie du Toit Swimming Women's 100m backstroke S9
 Bronze Oscar Pistorius Athletics Men's 100m T44
 Bronze Ernst van Dyk Athletics Men's 5000m T54
 Bronze Duane Strydom Athletics Men's discus throw F36
 Bronze Ilse Hayes Athletics Women's 400m T13
 Bronze Beverly Mashinini Athletics Women's javelin throw F35-38
 Bronze Adriaan Nel Cycling Men's tricycle time trial CP 1/2
 Bronze Scott Field Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S13

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Le Irvine de Kock T37 100m 12.20 1 Q N/A 12.56 4
200m 24.98 1 Q N/A 25.24 5
400m N/A 56.43 5
Hilton Langenhoven T12 100m 11.33 8 q 11.28 7 B 11.40 4
200m 22.62 4 Q 22.49 5 B DNS
Nathan Meyer T13 100m 11.22 4 Q N/A 11.34 5
200m 22.67 3 Q N/A 22.96 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Teboho Mokgalgadi T35 100m 13.07 WR 1 Q N/A 13.05 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200m N/A 26.80 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jonathan Ntutu T13 100m 11.34 9 did not advance
Oscar Pistorius T44 100m 11.43 4 Q N/A 11.16 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200m 23.42 WR 1 Q N/A 21.97 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Malcolm Pringle T38 200m 24.60 6 Q N/A 23.76 6
400m 52.91 3 Q N/A 51.51 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
800m N/A 1:58.87 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
David Roos T46 200m 24.22 11 did not advance
Krige Schabort T54 10000m 21:08.97 3 Q N/A 20:54.56 8
Marathon N/A 1:39:53 15
Ernst van Dyk T54 800m 1:35.30 3 Q N/A 1:32.53 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1500m 3:04.50 8 Q 3:07.18 8 Q 3:05.29 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
5000m 10:25.20 4 Q N/A 10:24.07 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Marathon N/A 1:41:59 18
Le Irvine de Kock
Fabian Michaels
Teboho Mokgalagadi
Malcolm Pringle 		T35-38 4 × 100 m relay N/A 49.09 4

Men's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Hilton Langenhoven F12 Javelin 48.26 - 7
Long jump 7.03 - 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Fanie Lombaard F42 Discus 45.56 - 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Javelin 47.02 - 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Shot put 13.81 WR - 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Michael Louwrens F57 Discus DNS
Shot put 13.31 PR - 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Fabian Michaels F35 Discus 28.48 - 9
Javelin 42.22 - 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
F38 Shot put 9.68 - 8
Nicholas Newman F36 Shot put 10.08 - 5
F36/38 Javelin 38.09 - 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jonathan Ntutu F13 Long jump 6.15 - 6
David Roos F44/46 High jump 1.85 - 5
F46 Long jump 6.57 - 4
Duane Strydom F36 Discus 32.96 - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shot put 9.82 - 6

Women's track

Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Ilse Hayes T13 100m N/A 13.23 5
400m N/A 1:00.17 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dominique Vogel T37 100m N/A 15.54 5
200m N/A 32.86 4
T38 400m N/A 1:19.94 7

Women's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Sonja Lloyd F32-34/52/53 Discus 12.19 891 6
Javelin 10.13 957 9
Shot put 5.68 1047 7
Jane Mandean F35/36 Shot put 7.58 1091 4
F35/36/38 Discus 19.38 1093 6
F35-38 Javelin 17.69 1003 7
Beverly Mashinini F35/36 Shot put 5.87 844 12
F35/36/38 Discus 16.31 919 10
F35-38 Javelin 21.94 1245 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Zanele Situ F54/55 Discus 13.41 888 7
Javelin 14.75 WR 1145 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shot put 5.37 883 6
Carine Swanepoel F42 Long jump 2.82 - 10
Tanya Swanepoel F32-34/52/53 Discus 11.85 866 7
Shot put 5.35 986 8
Chennele van Zyl F35/36 Shot put 6.41 922 9
F35/36/38 Discus 18.21 1027 8
F35-38 Javelin 17.35 984 8

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Stephan Herholdt Men's road race / time trial CP div 4 1:52:47 9
Adriaan Nel Men's tricycle road race CP div 1/2 DNF
Men's tricycle time trial CP div 1/2 10:10.58 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Janos Plekker Men's road race / time trial CP div 4 1:53:16 10

Men's track

Athlete Event Qualification 1st round Final
Time Rank Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Stephan Herholdt Men's 1km time trial CP div 3/4 N/A 1:15.71 8
Men's individual pursuit CP div 4 3:56.17 6 Q  Bouska (CZE)
L OVL 		6 did not advance
Janos Plekker Men's 1km time trial CP div 3/4 N/A 1:16.98 11
Men's individual pursuit CP div 4 3:58.45 7  Homann (AUS)
L OVL 		6 did not advance

Women's road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Susan van Staden Women's time trial LC1-4/CP 3/4 31:10.03 10

Women's track

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Susan van Staden Women's 1km time trial LC1-4/CP 3/4 N/A 1:24.06 10

Equestrian

Athlete Event Total
Score Rank
Philippa Johnson Mixed individual championship test grade IV 69.871 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV 78.273 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Wendy Olivier Mixed individual championship test grade II 53.727 19
Mixed individual championship test grade II 57.278 20

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete Event Result Rank
Coetzee Wium 90kg 190.0 7

Women

Athlete Event Result Rank
Moekie Grobbelaar 56kg 87.5 5
Annah Mooketshi 52kg 87.5 4
Chantell Stierman 60kg 85.0 7

Sailing

Shooting

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Vonnie Koehne Men's 10m air pistol SH1 DNS did not advance
Mixed 25m sport pistol SH1 563 5 97.4 660.4 6

Swimming

Men

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Charl Bouwer S13 400m freestyle 4:47.31 6 Q 4:49.39 8
100m backstroke 1:12.77 7 Q 1:12.11 7 Q
SM13 200m individual medley 2:43.46 10 did not advance
Tiaan du Plessis S8 50m freestyle 30.76 8 Q 30.26 8
100m freestyle 1:05.73 7 Q 1:06.11 8
100m backstroke 1:19.55 8 Q 1:19.67 8
Scott Field S13 50m freestyle 25.54 2 Q 25.48 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100m freestyle 57.29 1 Q 55.36 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
400m freestyle 4:44.98 2 Q 4:30.19 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100m butterfly 1:01.65 2 Q 1:01.75 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ebert Kleynhans S12 50m freestyle 26.68 7 Q 26.60 7
100m freestyle 58.95 8 Q 59.38 8
100m butterfly 1:08.59 9 did not advance
Oliver Nathan S8 100m freestyle 1:07.48 14 did not advance
400m freestyle 5:20.56 10 did not advance
100m butterfly 1:15.17 6 Q 1:14.57 6
Tadhg Slattery S7 50m butterfly 40.53 15 did not advance
SB5 100m breaststroke 1:33.03 1 Q 1:33.01 1st place, gold medalist(s)
SM6 200m individual medley 3:06.18 5 Q 3:06.00 6

Women

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Handri de Beer S12 50m freestyle 32.41 9 did not advance
100m freestyle 1:09.49 11 did not advance
400m freestyle N/A 5:23.99 7
100m butterfly 1:16.85 4 Q 1:16.79 5
SM12 200m individual medley 3:02.64 10 did not advance
Natalie du Toit S9 50m freestyle 29.54 PR 1 Q 29.52 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100m freestyle 1:02.92 PR 1 Q 1:02.83 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400m freestyle 4:43.66 PR 1 Q 4:28.09 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100m backstroke 1:12.12 1 Q 1:11.41 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100m butterfly 1:07.69 WR 1 Q 1:07.54 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
SB8 100m breaststroke 1:30.95 4 Q 1:30.17 4
SM9 200m individual medley 2:32.19 WR 1 Q 2:29.98 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Elizabeth Freiin von Wechmar S6 400m freestyle 7:21.61 9 did not advance
SB5 100m breaststroke N/A 2:10.16 7

Table tennis

Men

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Johan du Plooy Men's singles 8  Ledoux (BEL)
L 0-3 		 Soukup (CZE)
L 1-3 		 Lo (USA)
L 1-3 		4 did not advance
Pieter du Plooy Men's singles 6  Rosenmeier (DEN)
L 0-3 		 Buzin (RUS)
L 0-3 		 Ono (JPN)
W 3-0 		3 did not advance
Mark Nilsen Men's singles 5  Robles (ESP)
L 1–3 		 Bolldén (SWE)
L 1-3 		 Kalyvas (GRE)
W 3–0 		3 did not advance
Johan du Plooy
Pieter du Plooy 		Men's team 8  France (FRA)
L 0-3 		 Slovakia (SVK)
L 0-3 		N/A 3 did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Aletta Moll Women's singles 3  Pintar (SLO)
L 0–3 		 Fujiwara (JPN)
L 0–3 		N/A 3 did not advance
Rosabelle Riese Women's singles 4  Pape (GER)
L 1-3 		 Rast (SUI)
L 1-3 		 Pillarova (SVK)
L 0-3 		4 did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete Class Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Adrian Hubbard Open Men's singles  Brychta (CZE)
L 0-6, 0-6 		did not advance
Joppie Victor  Weekes (AUS)
L 1-6, 2-6 		did not advance
Adrian Hubbard
Joppie Victor 		Men's doubles N/A  Legner (AUT)
 Baumgartner (AUT)
L 0-6, 1-6 		did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.