South Africa at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

South Africa at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
South Africa at the; 2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	RSA
NPC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
in Athens
Competitors	51
Medals; Ranked 13th	Gold 15 Silver 13 Bronze 7 Total 35
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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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[edit]

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[edit]

Athletics[edit]

Men's track[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	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
Hilton Langenhoven	T12	200m	22.62	4 Q	22.49	5 B	DNS
Nathan Meyer	T13	100m	11.22	4 Q	N/A		11.34	5
Nathan Meyer	T13	200m	22.67	3 Q	N/A		22.96
Teboho Mokgalgadi	T35	100m	13.07 WR	1 Q	N/A		13.05 WR
Teboho Mokgalgadi	T35	200m	N/A				26.80 PR
Jonathan Ntutu	T13	100m	11.34	9	did not advance
Oscar Pistorius	T44	100m	11.43	4 Q	N/A		11.16
Oscar Pistorius	T44	200m	23.42 WR	1 Q	N/A		21.97 WR
Malcolm Pringle	T38	200m	24.60	6 Q	N/A		23.76	6
		400m	52.91	3 Q	N/A		51.51
		800m	N/A				1:58.87 WR
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
Krige Schabort	T54	Marathon	N/A				1:39:53	15
Ernst van Dyk	T54	800m	1:35.30	3 Q	N/A		1:32.53
		1500m	3:04.50	8 Q	3:07.18	8 Q	3:05.29
		5000m	10:25.20	4 Q	N/A		10:24.07
		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[edit]

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

Women's track[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ilse Hayes	T13	100m	N/A				13.23	5
Ilse Hayes	T13	400m	N/A				1:00.17
Dominique Vogel	T37	100m	N/A				15.54	5
	T37	200m	N/A				32.86	4
	T38	400m	N/A				1:19.94	7

Women's field[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	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
Zanele Situ	F54/55	Discus	13.41	888	7
		Javelin	14.75 WR	1145
		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
Tanya Swanepoel	F32-34/52/53	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[edit]

Men's road[edit]

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
Adriaan Nel	Men's tricycle time trial CP div 1/2	10:10.58
Janos Plekker	Men's road race / time trial CP div 4	1:53:16	10

Men's track[edit]

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

Women's road[edit]

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

Women's track[edit]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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[edit]

Athlete	Event	Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Philippa Johnson	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	69.871
Philippa Johnson	Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV	78.273
Wendy Olivier	Mixed individual championship test grade II	53.727	19
Wendy Olivier	Mixed individual championship test grade II	57.278	20

Powerlifting[edit]

Men[edit]

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Coetzee Wium	90kg	190.0	7

Women[edit]

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

Sailing[edit]

Shooting[edit]

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

Swimming[edit]

Men[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Charl Bouwer	S13	400m freestyle	4:47.31	6 Q	4:49.39	8
	S13	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
		100m freestyle	57.29	1 Q	55.36
		400m freestyle	4:44.98	2 Q	4:30.19
		100m butterfly	1:01.65	2 Q	1:01.75
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
	SM6	200m individual medley	3:06.18	5 Q	3:06.00	6

Women[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	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
		100m freestyle	1:02.92 PR	1 Q	1:02.83 PR
		400m freestyle	4:43.66 PR	1 Q	4:28.09 WR
		100m backstroke	1:12.12	1 Q	1:11.41
		100m butterfly	1:07.69 WR	1 Q	1:07.54 WR
	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
Elizabeth Freiin von Wechmar	S6	400m freestyle	7:21.61	9	did not advance
Elizabeth Freiin von Wechmar	SB5	100m breaststroke	N/A		2:10.16	7

Table tennis[edit]

Men[edit]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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[edit]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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[edit]

Men[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Class	Event	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		Men's singles	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

References[edit]

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

[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.

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v t e Nations at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Cape Verde Central African Republic Ivory Coast Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Libya Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal South Africa Sudan Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Zimbabwe
America	Argentina Barbados Bermuda Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Peru Puerto Rico Suriname United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Macau Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe	Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia‑Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Macedonia Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia‑Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand Samoa Tonga

Medallists[edit]

Sports[edit]

Athletics[edit]

Men's track[edit]

Men's field[edit]

Women's track[edit]

Women's field[edit]

Cycling[edit]

Men's road[edit]

Men's track[edit]

Women's road[edit]

Women's track[edit]

Equestrian[edit]

Powerlifting[edit]

Men[edit]

Women[edit]

Sailing[edit]

Shooting[edit]

Swimming[edit]

Men[edit]

Women[edit]

Table tennis[edit]

Men[edit]

Women[edit]

Wheelchair tennis[edit]

Men[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]