South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics
South Africa is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-apartheid era and twenty-first overall in Summer Olympic history.
| South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | RSA |
| NOC | South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
| Competitors | 43 in 9 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artistic swimming | — | 2 | 2 |
| Athletics | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Cycling | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Diving | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rowing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rugby sevens | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Surfing | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Swimming | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Total | 16 | 27 | 43 |
Artistic swimming
South Africa fielded a pair of artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet as the highest-ranked African nation eligible for qualification at the 2023 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
| Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (final) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | ||
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Duet | ||||||||
Athletics
South African track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1]
- Key
- 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
- Track and road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | ||||||||
| Luxolo Adams | Men's 200 m | ||||||||
| Zakithi Nene | Men's 400 m | ||||||||
| Wayde van Niekerk | |||||||||
| Adriaan Wildschutt | Men's 5000 m | — | |||||||
| Stephen Mokoka | Men's marathon | — | |||||||
| Marione Fourie | Women's 100 m hurdles | ||||||||
| Irvette van Zyl | Women's marathon | — | |||||||
Cycling
Road
South Africa entered one male and two female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic. South Africa secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.[2]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's road race | |||
| Women's road race | |||
| Women's time trial |
Mountain biking
South African mountain bikers secured a men's and women's quota place each in the Olympic cross-country race by topping the field of nations vying for qualification at the 2023 African Championships in Johannesburg.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's cross-country | |||
| Women's cross-country |
Diving
South African divers secured a quota place for Paris 2024 by advancing to the top twelve final of the women's individual springboard at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Women's 3 m springboard | |||||||
Gymnastics
Artistic
South Africa entered one female gymnasts into the games. Caitlin Rooskrantz qualified for the games by virtue of her individual results, through all-around event at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[3]
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
| V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | F | ||||||
| Caitlin Rooskrantz | All-around | ||||||||||||
Rowing
South African rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
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Men's coxless pair | ||||||||
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
- Summary
| Team | Event | Pool round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| South Africa women's | Women's tournament | ||||||||
Women's tournament
South Africa women's national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2023 Africa Women's Sevens in Monastir, Tunisia.
- Squad
- Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players
Surfing
South African surfers confirmed three shortboard quota places for Tahiti. Jordy Smith and Sarah Baum topped the list of eligible surfers from Africa to secure the lone available berth in their respective shortboard races at the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games in Surf City, El Salvador.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Jordy Smith | Men's shortboard | |||||||||
| Matthew McGillivray | ||||||||||
| Sarah Baum | Women's shortboard | |||||||||
Swimming
South African swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[5]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Men's 100 m backstroke | |||||||
| Men's 200 m backstroke | |||||||
| Men's 100 m butterfly | |||||||
| Men's 200 m medley | |||||||
| Women's 100 m breaststroke | |||||||
| Women's 200 m breaststroke | |||||||
| Women's 100 m butterfly | |||||||
| Women's 200 m medley | |||||||
References
- "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- "What we learned from the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympic qualifier in Antwerp". International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- "Five Paris 2024 Olympians Confirmed on Day 6 of the 2023 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Surfing Games". International Surfing Association. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.