South Africa at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

South Africa at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
South Africa at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	RSA
NPC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
in Beijing
Competitors	61 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Natalie du Toit
Medals; Ranked 6th	Gold 21 Silver 3 Bronze 6 Total 30
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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South Africa sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China and finished 6th on the medal table.^[1]

Natalie du Toit, five time gold medallist at the Athens Paralympics in 2004, competed in six swimming events.^[2] She also represented South Africa at the Beijing Olympics.^[3]^[4]^[5] Other members of the swim team included Charl Bouwer, Kevin Paul, Tadgh Slattery, Achmat Hassiem, Shireen Sapiro, Emily Gray, Sarah Shannon, Adri Visser and Beth Nothling. South Africa also sent a swimming official, Sharief Gamiet, to the games.^[6]

Oscar Pistorius represented South Africa in athletics.^[7]

South African representatives also competed in wheelchair basketball.^[8]

Medalists

The following South African athletes won medals at the games:^[9]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Natalie du Toit	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle - S9
Gold	Natalie du Toit	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle - S9
Gold	Oscar Pistorius	Athletics	Men's 400 m - T44
Gold	Ernst van Dyk	Cycling	Men's individual road race HC C
Gold	Shireen Sapiro	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke - S9
Gold	Hilton Langenhoven	Athletics	Men's long jump - F12
Gold	Natalie du Toit	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly - S9
Gold	Fanie Lombard	Athletics	Men's discus throw - F42
Gold	Charl Bouwer	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle - S13
Gold	Natalie du Toit	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley - SM9
Gold	Hilton Langenhoven	Athletics	Men's pentathlon - P12
Gold	Philippa Johnson	Equestrian	Individual championship test - grade IV
Gold	Philippa Johnson	Equestrian	Individual freestyle test - grade IV
Gold	Kevin Paul	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke - S9
Gold	Fanie van der Merwe	Athletics	Men's 100 m - T37
Gold	Oscar Pistorius	Athletics	Men's 100 m - T44
Gold	Hilton Langenhoven	Athletics	Men's 200 m - T12
Gold	Fanie van der Merwe	Athletics	Men's 200 m - T37
Gold	Oscar Pistorius	Athletics	Men's 200 m - T44
Gold	Natalie du Toit	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle - S9
Gold	Ilse Hayes	Athletics	Women's long jump - F13
Silver	David Roos	Athletics	Men's long jump - F46
Silver	Riaan Nel	Cycling	Mixed Individual Road race CP 1/CP 2
Silver	Ilse Hayes	Athletics	Women's 100 m - T13
Bronze	Ernst van Dyk	Athletics	Men's marathon - T54
Bronze	Gavin Kilpatrick Michael Thomson	Cycling	Men's sprint (B&VI 1-3)
Bronze	Fanie Lombard	Athletics	Men's shot put - F42
Bronze	Nicholas Newman	Athletics	Men's javelin throw - F35/36
Bronze	Tadhg Slattery	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke - S5
Bronze	Teboho Mokgalagadi	Athletics	Men's 100 m - T35

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arnu Fourie	T44	100m	12.05	8 q	—		11.65	4
Hilton Langenhoven	T12	200m	22.20	1 Q	22.06	1 Q	21.94
Teboho Mokgalagadi	T35	100m	—				12.82
Jonathan Ntutu	T13	100m	11.32	5 q	—		11.06	5
Jonathan Ntutu	T13	200m	22.71	8 Q	—		22.85	8
Oscar Pistorius	T44	100m	11.16 =PR	1 Q	—		11.17
		200m	22.71	1 Q	—		21.67 PR
		400m	—				47.49 WR
David Roos	T46	100m	11.73	16	did not advance
David Roos	T46	200m	23.54	15	did not advance
Marius Stander	T38	200m	24.35	8 Q	—		24.23	8
Marius Stander	T38	400m	—				52.56	4
Fanie van der Merwe	T37	100m	11.97 PR	1 Q	—		11.83 PR
Fanie van der Merwe	T37	200m	24.04 PR	1 Q	—		23.84 WR
Ernst van Dyk	T54	Marathon	—				1:23:18

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Hilton Langenhoven	F12	Long jump	7.31 PR	-
Hilton Langenhoven	P12	Pentathlon	3403
Fanie Lombaard	F42	Discus throw	46.75	-
Fanie Lombaard	F42	Shot put	13.87	-
Nicholas Newman	F35-36	Javelin throw	42.48 SB	1147
David Roos	F44/46	High jump	1.84	920	8
David Roos	F46	Long jump	6.64 SB	-
Duane Strydom	F35-36	Discus throw	36.47	1044	4

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ilse Hayes	T13	100m	12.58	2 Q	—		12.45
Ilse Hayes	T13	200m	26.46	5 Q	—		26.22	5
Sarisa Marais	T44	100m	15.19	11	did not advance
Sarisa Marais	T44	200m	—				30.41	7

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Ilse Hayes	F13	Long jump	5.68	-
Zanele Situ	F54-56	Discus throw	13.83 SB	820	9
		Javelin throw	14.82	1012	7
		Shot put	5.07	817	12
Chenelle van Zyl	F35-36	Discus throw	22.16	923	6
	F35-36	Shot put	7.42	795	5
	F35-38	Javelin throw	17.86 SB	810	14

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Riaan Nel	Mixed road race	48:32
Riaan Nel	Mixed road time trial	24:23.26	5
Janos Plekker	Men's road race CP4	2:01:23	23
Janos Plekker	Men's road time trial CP4	38:43.17	8
Ernst van Dyk	Men's road race HC C	1:21:40
Ernst van Dyk	Men's road time trial HC C	21:01.59	4
Gavin Kilpatrick Michael Thomson (pilot)	Men's individual road race B&VI 1-3	2:29:18	12
Gavin Kilpatrick Michael Thomson (pilot)	Men's individual time trial B&VI 1-3	36:24.91	17

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Roxy Burns	Women's road time trial LC1/2/CP4	53:07.14	10
Susan van Staden	Women's road time trial LC3/4/CP3	50:15.34	9

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Janos Plekker	Men's 1km time trial CP4	—						1:15.55	5
Janos Plekker	Men's individual pursuit CP4	3:55.933	8	did not advance
Gavin Kilpatrick Michael Thomson	Men's 1km time trial B&VI 1-3	—						1:04.130	4
	Men's individual pursuit B&VI 1-3	4:32.191	6	did not advance
	Men's sprint	10.641	3 Q	Delaney (IRL) / Peelo (IRL) W 11.529 W 11.728	Q	Demery (AUS) / Hopkins (AUS) L	q	Oshiro (JPN) / Takahashi (JPN) W 11.517

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Roxy Burns	Women's individual pursuit LC1-2/CP4	4:07.368	9	did not advance
Roxy Burns	Women's time trial LC1-2/CP4	—				38.9	6
Susan van Staden	Women's individual pursuit LC3-4/CP3	4:44.792	9	did not advance
Susan van Staden	Women's time trial LC3-4/CP3	—				47.1	7

Equestrian

Individual events

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Mark Frenzel	Waldfee 697	Mixed individual championship test grade Ia	52.100	12
Mark Frenzel	Waldfee 697	Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ia	49.166	13
Philippa Johnson	Benedict	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	69.290
Philippa Johnson	Benedict	Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV	77.272
Marion Milne	Waldfee 697	Mixed individual championship test grade Ib	58.095	13
Marion Milne	Waldfee 697	Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib	62.333	10
Kerry Noble	De Vito	Mixed individual championship test grade II	51.909	17
Kerry Noble	De Vito	Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	55.053	17

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score			Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	TT	CT	Total	Score	Rank
Mark Frenzel	See above	Team	48.706	52.100	100.806*	352.948	12
Philippa Johnson			70.286	69.290	139.576*
Marion Milne			54.471	58.095	112.566*
Kerry Noble			48.667	51.909	100.576

* Indicated the three best individual scores that count towards the team total.

Powerlifting

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Moekie Grobbelaar	52kg	80.0	8

Rowing

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jarred Clarke Gordon Eddey Kevin du Toit Kim Robinson Masego Mokhine	Mixed coxed four	3:42.40	7 R	3:55.03	6 FB	3:51.91	2

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Charl Bouwer	S13	100m backstroke	1:03.76	3 Q	1:03.86	4
		100m butterfly	1:02.37	6 Q	1:01.72	6
		50m freestyle	25.41	10	did not advance
		100m freestyle	55.14	5 Q	54.99	6
		400m freestyle	4:21.58	1 Q	4:14.02 WR
Achmat Hassiem	S10	100m butterfly	1:01.61	9	did not advance
Kevin Paul	S10	400m freestyle	4:27.57	7 Q	4:27.68	7
	SB9	100m breaststroke	1:08.70 WR	1 Q	1:08.58 WR
	SM10	200m individual medley	2:22.15	9	did not advance
Tadhg Slattery	SB5	100m breaststroke	1:37.44	3 Q	1:36.11
Tadhg Slattery	SM6	200m individual medley	3:12.49	9	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Natalie du Toit	S9	100m butterfly	1:07.08 PR	1 Q	1:06.74 WR
		50m freestyle	29.45 PR	1 Q	29.20 PR
		100m freestyle	1:02.19 PR	1 Q	1:01.44 PR
		400m freestyle	4:24.75 PR	1 Q	4:23.81 WR
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:30.13	1 Q	2:27.83 WR
Emily Gray	S9	100m backstroke	1:20.01	13	did not advance
Beth Nothling	S5	50m backstroke	55.88	8 Q	54.29	7
Shireen Sapiro	S10	100m backstroke	1:13.04	2 Q	1:10.57 WR
		100m butterfly	1:16.02	8 Q	1:17.07	7
		50m freestyle	31.85	13	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:08.50	13	did not advance
Sarah Shannon	S3	50m backstroke	1:14.24	6 Q	1:13.83	6
Sarah Shannon	S3	50m freestyle	1:15.59	8 Q	1:13.39	7
Adri Visser	S5	100m freestyle	1:49.61	11	did not advance
Adri Visser	S5	200m freestyle	3:52.72	13	did not advance

Table Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Johan du Plooy	Men's singles C7	Seidenfeld (USA) L 0-3	Messi (FRA) L 0-3	Jurasz (POL) L 1-3	4	did not advance
Pieter du Plooy	Men's singles C6	Rosenmeier (DEN) L 0–3	Buzin (RUS) L 0–3	Arguello Garcia (CRC) W 3–0	3	did not advance
Johan du Plooy Pieter du Plooy	Men's team C6-8	No preliminaries				Israel (ISR) L 0-3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alisha Almeida	Women's singles C4	Zhou Y (CHN) L 0–3	Gilroy (GBR) L 0–3	Matic (SRB) L 0–3	4	did not advance
Alet Moll	Women's singles C3	Brunelli (ITA) L 0-3	Ahlquist (SWE) L 1-3	Fillou (FRA) L 0-3	4	did not advance
Alisha Almeida Alet Moll	Women's team C4-5	No preliminaries				Jordan (JOR) L 0-3	did not advance

Wheelchair Basketball

Players

Tournament

Group A Matches

7 September 2008
09:00

Iran (IRI)	73–62	South Africa (RSA)
Scoring by quarter: 13 - 10, 20 - 18, 23 - 15, 17 - 19

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11500
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

8 September 2008
17:45

South Africa (RSA)	55–80	Canada (CAN)
Scoring by quarter: 12 - 25, 12 - 21, 24 - 16, 7 - 18

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1376
Referees: Matias Quintana (ARG)

9 September 2008
12:15

Germany (GER)	96–43	South Africa (RSA)
Scoring by quarter: 21 - 8, 25 - 8, 26 - 10, 24 - 17

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1095
Referees: Andre Bosveld (NED)

10 September 2008
11:15

South Africa (RSA)	64–58	Sweden (SWE)
Scoring by quarter: 11 - 15, 16 - 4, 11 - 13, 26 - 16

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7262
Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

11 September 2008
12:15

Japan (JPN)	60–58	South Africa (RSA)
Scoring by quarter: 15 - 17, 11 - 10, 14 - 16, 20 - 15

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1302
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

Classification 9-12

12 September 2008
11:15

South Africa (RSA)	67–60	China (CHN)
Scoring by quarter: 13 - 14, 19 - 15, 19 - 27, 16 - 4

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8854
Referees: Jonathon Blake Burford (USA)

Ninth place

16 September 2008
11:15

Brazil (BRA)	68–46	South Africa (RSA)
Scoring by quarter: 19 - 17, 18 - 11, 19 - 9, 12 - 9

National Indoor Station, Beijing
Attendance: 11204
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

Wheelchair Tennis

Men

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
Sydwell Mathonsi	Open	Men's singles	Batycki (POL) L 2-6, 1-6	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Class	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kgothatso Montjane	Open	Women's singles	Verfuerth (USA) L 4-6, 0-6	did not advance

References

^ "Team South Africa (2008 Beijing Paralympics)". South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 September 2008.
^ "Du Toit to make history at Games". BBC Sport. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
^ "Du Toit, who lost leg in scooter accident, will swim in Beijing Games", Reuters, 3 May 2008
^ "Du Toit in Paralympics and Olympics". Television New Zealand. Reuters. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
^ "Olympics, Paralympics for Du Toit", Al Jazeera, 12 June 2008
^ Martin, Peter (27 August 2008). "Border man off to Beijing". Daily Dispatch Online. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
^ "Pistorius, Du Toit headline Paralympics roster", International Herald Tribune, 11 June 2008
^ "SA wheelchair basketball team trains for Beijing Paralympics", Xinhua, 17 June 2008
^ "Medallists - the Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games". Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2008.

External links

[1] "Team South Africa (2008 Beijing Paralympics)". South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 September 2008.

[2] "Du Toit to make history at Games". BBC Sport. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

[3] "Du Toit, who lost leg in scooter accident, will swim in Beijing Games", Reuters, 3 May 2008

[TVNZ_1844866-4] "Du Toit in Paralympics and Olympics". Television New Zealand. Reuters. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

[5] "Olympics, Paralympics for Du Toit", Al Jazeera, 12 June 2008

[6] Martin, Peter (27 August 2008). "Border man off to Beijing". Daily Dispatch Online. Retrieved 27 August 2008.

[7] "Pistorius, Du Toit headline Paralympics roster", International Herald Tribune, 11 June 2008

[8] "SA wheelchair basketball team trains for Beijing Paralympics", Xinhua, 17 June 2008

[9] "Medallists - the Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games". Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2008.

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South Africa at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Medalists

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Men's field

Women's track

Women's field

Cycling

Men's road

Women's road

Men's track

Women's track

Equestrian

Individual events

Team

Powerlifting

Women

Rowing

Swimming

Men

Women

Table Tennis

Men

Women

Wheelchair Basketball

Players

Tournament

Wheelchair Tennis

Men

Women

See also

References

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