South Africa at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
South Africa at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | ||
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Flag bearer Oscar Pistorius[1] | | |
Officials | 45 | |
Medals Ranked 17th |
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Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | ||
South Africa competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London with a team of 62 athletes and finished 18th on the medal table.
The
In a surprise announcement in London on 8 September the South African
Medalists
The following South African competitors won medals at the games.
Athletics
South African track and field athletes won a combined 17 medals at the Games, four gold, seven silver and six bronze. Sprinter
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for preliminary rounds are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or by position without achieving the qualifying target
- AF = African record
- NR = National record
- SB = Seasonal Best
- PB = Personal Best
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- DNS = Did not start/Withdrawn
- Men—track
Athlete | Events | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Tshepo Bhebe | 400 m T46 | 52.24 | 5 | — | did not advance | ||
Dyan Buis | 100 m T38
|
— | 11.11 AF | ||||
200 m T38 | 22.57 AF | 1 Q | — | 22.51 AF | |||
Andrea Dalle Ave | 100 m T37 | 12.18 PB | =7 | — | did not advance | ||
Pieter du Preez | 100 m T51 | — | 24.21 | 6 | |||
Charl du Toit | 100 m T37 | 12.11 | 5 | — | did not advance | ||
800 m T37
|
— | 2:06.67 | 6 | ||||
Arnu Fourie | 100 m T44 | 11.29 | 1 Q | — | 11.08 AF | ||
200 m T44 | 22.57 WR | 2 Q | — | 22.49 WR | 4 | ||
Hilton Langenhoven | 200 m T12 | 22.44 SB | 1 Q | 22.24 PB | 1 Q | 22.29 | 4 |
400 m T12 | 49.86 | 1 Q | 49.42 =PB | 1 Q | 49.04 PB | ||
Teboho Mokgalagadi | 100 m T35 | 13.07 | 2 Q | — | 13.10 | ||
200 m T35 | 27.37 PB | 2 Q | — | 27.02 PB | 5 | ||
Jan Nehro (guide: Duane Fortuin) | 5000 m T11 | — | 16:09.51 SB | 6 | |||
Jonathan Ntutu | 100 m T13 | 11.00 AF | 1 Q | — | 11.03 | ||
200 m T13 | 22.40 AF | 1 Q | — | 22.37 AF | 6 | ||
Oscar Pistorius | 100 m T44 | 11.18 SB | 1 Q | — | 11.17 | 4 | |
200 m T44 | 21.30 WR | 1 Q | — | 21.52 | |||
400 m T44 | 48.31 SB | 1 Q | — | 46.68 PR | |||
Samkelo Radebe | 100 m T46 | 11.53 | 6 | — | did not advance | ||
Union Sekailwe | 200 m T38 | 24.01 PB | 3 Q | — | 23.66 PB | 6 | |
400 m T38 | 53.28 | 3 Q | — | 51.97 PB | |||
Marius Stander | 400 m T38 | 53.52 | 1 Q | — | 53.62 | 6 | |
Fanie van der Merwe | 100 m T37 | 11.52 =WR | 1 Q | — | 11.51 WR | ||
200 m T37 | 23.83 | 2 Q | — | 23.79 | 6 | ||
Oscar Pistorius Arnu Fourie Samkelo Radebe Zivan Smith |
4 × 100 m relay T42–46 | — | 41.78 WR |
- Men—field
Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Dyan Buis | Long jump F37–38 | 6.48 =WR | |
Andrea Dalle Ave | Long jump F37–38 | 6.02 AF | 5 |
Michael Louwrens | Shot put F57–58 | 13.64 | |
Casper Schutte | Javelin F42 | 48.12 AF | 4 |
Union Sekailwe | Long jump F37–38 | 5.10 | 10 |
Duane Strydom | Discus F35–36 | 35.64 | 8 |
- Women—track
Athlete | Events | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Anrune Liebenberg
|
200 m T46 | 25.79 AF | 2 Q | — | 25.55 AF | ||
400 m T46 | — | 56.65 PB | |||||
Ilse Hayes | 100 m T13; | 12.63 | 2 Q | — | 12.41 | ||
Anika Pretorius | 100 m T13; | 13.11 SB | 3 Q | — | 13.50 | 8 |
- Women—field
Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Ilse Hayes | Long jump F13 | 5.70 | |
Zandile Nhlapo | Javelin F33–34&52-53 | 15.43 SB | 8 |
Shot put F32–34 | 6.41 SB | 12 | |
Anika Pretorius | Long jump F13 | DNS | |
Zanele Situ | Javelin F54–56 | 16.22 | 4 |
Chenelle van Zyl | Discus F35–36 | 24.57 | 6 |
Shot put F35–36 | 7.83 | 9 |
- Management Team[2]
- Manager: Dion Bishop
- Coaches: Suzanne Ferreira, Zelda Hansen, Hennie Koekemoer, Karin le Roux, Ampie Louw
- Team assistant: Neels Matthyser
- Helper: Illse du Preez.
Cycling
- Key
- DNF = Did not finish
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Road
Athlete | Event | Classification | Final | |
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Time | Rank | |||
Roxanne Burns | Women's time trial | C4 | 32:39.24 | 6 |
Madre Carinus | Mixed road race | T1/2 | 1:00:00 | 10 |
Mixed time trial | T1/2 | 16:54.16 | 12 | |
Stuart McCreadie | Men's road race | H2 | 1:43:51 | 8 |
Men's time trial | H2 | 29:03.51 | 7 | |
Jaco Nel | Men's road race | C2 | DNF | |
Men's time trial | C2 | 28:12.44 | 14 | |
Ernst van Dyk | Men's road race | H4 | 2:00:33 | |
Men's time trial | H4 | 26:35.95 | 5 | |
Gerhard Viljoen | Mixed road race | T1/2 | 48:37 | 4 |
Mixed time trial | T1/2 | 15:26.41 | 7 |
Track
Athlete | Event | Classification | Qualification | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
Roxanne Burns | Women's individual pursuit | C4 | 4:40.874 | 6 | did not advance | |
Women's time trial | C4/5 | — | 42.621 | 11 | ||
Jaco Nel | Men's individual pursuit | C2 | 4:12.794 | 10 | did not advance | |
Men's time trial | C1/2/3 | — | 1:12.405 | 11 |
- Management team[2]
- Manager: Mike Burns
- Coach: Ricky Kulsen
- Mechanic: Pieter Jansen.
Equestrian
A team of four represented South Africa in the equestrian competition, one man and three women,[2] although Paralympic equestrian competition is not divided by gender. The competition consists of three dressage events, a championship test, a freestyle test and a team test. There are five competitor classes: Ia, Ib, II, III and IV, with Ia being the most and IV the least impaired.
- Individual
Athlete | Horse | Event | Final | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | |||
Anthony Dawson | Roffelaar | Individual championship test grade II | 64.571 | 18 |
Individual freestyle test grade II | 63.450 | 16 | ||
Philipa Johnson | Lord Louis | Individual championship test grade IV | 65.774 | 10 |
Individual freestyle test grade IV | 67.200 | 12 | ||
Marion Milne | Shadow | Individual championship test grade Ib | 62.826 | 13 |
Individual freestyle test grade Ib | 63.550 | 13 | ||
Wendy Moller | First Lady Van Prins | Individual championship test grade II | 66.000 | 15 |
Individual freestyle test grade II | 69.900 | 9 |
- Team
Athlete | Horse | Event | Individual score | Total | |||
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TT | CT | Total | Score | Rank | |||
Anthony Dawson | See above | Team | 62.143 | 64.571 | 126.714 | 387.972 | 14 |
Philipa Johnson | 63.125 | 65.774 | 128.899* | ||||
Marion Milne | 65.818 | 62.826 | 128.644* | ||||
Wendy Moller | 64.429 | 66.000 | 130.429* |
* Indicates the three best individual scores that count towards the team total.
- Management team[2]
- Manager: Tracey Cumming
- Coach: Chris Haazen
- Vet: Sheelagh Higgerty
- Grooms: Enoch Cele, Anton Chimbuanda, Elizabeth Newsome, Teri Smith
Rowing
Qualification Key: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage
Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Sandra Khumalo | Women's single sculls | 6:02.38 | 5 | 6:13.23 | 4 FB | 6:18.88 | 2 B |
- Management[2]
- Manager/coach: Marco Galeone
Swimming
Natalie du Toit, a veteran of three Paralympics and one Olympics, announced her retirement from competitive swimming after this event.[12] South Africa's first gold medal came from du Toit winning gold in the women's 100 m butterfly S9.[13]
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for preliminary rounds are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or by position without achieving the qualifying target
- AF = African record
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- DNS = Did not start/Withdrawn
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Charl Bouwer | 50 m freestyle S13 | 24.36 AF | 2 Q | 23.99 AF | |
100 m freestyle S13 | 53.28 PB | 1 | 52.97 AF | ||
400 m freestyle S13 | 4:17.74 | 1 Q | 4:14.13 | 5 | |
100 m butterfly S13 | 59.03 AF | 2 Q | 59.39 | 7 | |
100 m backstroke S13 | 1:01.16 | 1 Q | 59.92 AF | ||
200 m individual medley SM13 | 2:15.28 | 2 Q | 2:14.71 | 4 | |
Achmat Hassiem[14] | 100 m freestyle S10 | 57.61 | 7 | did not advance | |
400 m freestyle S10 | 4:27.86 | 6 | did not advance | ||
100 m butterfly S10 | 58.46 AF | 2 Q | 57.76 AF | ||
Hendri Herbst | 50 m freestyle S11 | 27.02 AF | 2 Q | 27.57 | 7 |
100 m freestyle S11 | 59.64 | 1 Q | 59.60 | ||
400 m freestyle S11 | 5:08.87 AF | 4 Q | 4:59.51 AF | 7 | |
100 m backstroke S11 | 1:14.76 | 5 | did not advance | ||
Kevin Paul | 50 m freestyle S10 | 25.49 AF | 4 | did not advance | |
100 m freestyle S10 | 55.55 AF | 5 | did not advance | ||
400 m freestyle S10 | 4:19.64 AF | 3 Q | 4:16.46 AF | 7 | |
100 m breaststrokeSB9 | 1:06.21 PR | 1 Q | 1:05.70 AF | ||
200 m individual medley SM10 | 2:14.97 AF | 1 Q | 2:15.26 | 4 | |
Tadhg Slattery | 100 m breaststroke SB5 | 1:39.55 | 3 Q | 1:39.16 | 5 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Renette Bloem | 50 m freestyle S11 | 38.00 AF | 7 | did not advance | |
100 m freestyle S11 | 1:25.72 AF | 6 | did not advance | ||
100 m breaststroke SB11 | 1:40.61 | 6 | did not advance | ||
200 m individual medley SM11 | 3:37.13 | 5 | did not advance | ||
Natalie du Toit | 50 m freestyle S9 | 30.16 | 3 Q | 29.84 | 7 |
100 m freestyle S9 | 1:02.95 | 1 Q | 1:03.45 | ||
400 m freestyle S9 | 4:32.59 | 1 Q | 4:30.18 | ||
100 m backstroke S9 | 1:12.52 | 2 Q | 1:12.56 | 4 | |
100 m breaststroke SB8 | 1:30.24 | 4 Q | 1:30.85 | 7 | |
100 m butterfly S9 | 1:09.94 | 1 Q | 1:09.30 | ||
200 m individual medley SM9 | 2:36.92 | 1 Q | 2:34.22 | ||
Emily Gray | 100 m freestyle S9 | 1:08.81 | 6 | did not advance | |
400 m freestyle S9 | 5:00.44 | 5 Q | 4:59.77 | 7 | |
100 m backstroke S9 | 1:15.59 | 4 Q | 1:16.65 | 7 | |
200 m individual medley SM9 | 2:54.03 | 6 | did not advance | ||
Marike Naudé[15] | 50 m freestyle S13 | 32.07 | 7 | did not advance | |
100 m freestyle S13 | 1:11.45 | 7 | did not advance | ||
100 m breaststroke SB13 | 1:46.57 | 7 | did not advance | ||
Shireen Sapiro | 50 m freestyle S10 | 30.87 AF | 5 | did not advance | |
100 m freestyle S10 | 1:07.42 AF | 8 | did not advance | ||
400 m freestyle S10 | 4:59.54 AF | 4 Q | 5:01.30 | 8 | |
100 m backstroke S10 | 1:09.46 | 1 Q | 1:09.02 AF | ||
100 m butterfly S10 | DNS | did not advance |
- Management team[2]
- Manager: Queeneth Ndlovu
- Coach: Karoly Toros
- Coach/tapper: Karin Hugo
- Tapper/helper: Eeden Meyer
Wheelchair basketball
South Africa's men's wheelchair basketball team were in Group A with Australia, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the United States. Competing athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5 with lower scores representing a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.[16]
Men's tournament
Squad list (classification points) |
Group stage[17] | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final | ||
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Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | |
From:
|
Australia L 39–93 |
6 | did not advance | |||
Spain L 50–74 | ||||||
United States L 29–91 | ||||||
Italy L 32–61 | ||||||
Turkey L 54–79 |
- Group stage
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 372 | 259 | +113 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
Turkey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 331 | 302 | +29 | 8[a] | |
United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 330 | 259 | +71 | 8[a] | |
Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 322 | 292 | +30 | 8[a] | |
Italy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 260 | 309 | −49 | 6 | Eliminated |
South Africa | 5 | 0 | 5 | 204 | 398 | −194 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) Table points, 2) Head-to-head score differential
Notes:
30 August 2012
20:45 |
Australia | 93–39 | South Africa |
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 20–4, 26–10, 20–9 | ||
5 | Pts: Nortje 14 Rebs: Nortje 10 Asts: three players 2 |
31 August 2012
15:15 |
South Africa | 50–74 | Spain |
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 13–20, 9–19, 17–14 | ||
5 | Pts: Muiño Gámez 7 |
North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Karen Molina (COL) |
1 September 2012
13:00 |
United States | 91–29 | South Africa |
Scoring by quarter: 30–10, 25–4, 17–8, 19–7 | ||
5 | Pts: Nortje 11 Rebs: Nortje 7 Asts: Papenfus 5 |
North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Mauro Retiz (MEX) |
2 September 2012
13:00 |
South Africa | 32–61 | Italy |
Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 2–12, 13–12, 5–24 | ||
3 | Pts: Cavagnini 33 Rebs: Cavagnini 17 Asts: Moukhariq 7 |
3 September 2012
19:00 |
Turkey | 79–54 | South Africa |
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–18, 20–12, 25–14 | ||
5 | Pts: Nortje 24 Rebs: Nortje 9 Asts: Papenfus 9 |
North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Mati Quintana (ARG) |
- 11th/12th place match
5 September 2012
8:30 |
South Africa | 36–83 | Colombia |
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 7–19, 4–22, 14–24 | ||
4 | Pts: Sanz Londoño 30 Rebs: Hawkins 16 Asts: Sanz Londoño 6 |
North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Philip Haines (AUS) |
- Management team[2]
- Manager: Willie Riechert
- Coach: Patrick Fick
- Assistant coach: Shadrack Moepeng
- Technical coach: Franck Belen
Wheelchair tennis
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | |||
Evans Maripa | Men's singles | Hamdan (IRI) W 2–1 | Cattaneo (FRA) L 0–2 | did not advance | ||||
Sydwell Mathonsi | Men's singles | Welch (USA) L 1–2 | did not advance | |||||
Kgothatso Montjane | Women's singles | — | Ochoa Ribes (ESP ) W 2–1
|
Griffioen (NED) L 0–2 | did not advance | |||
Lucas Sithole | Quad singles
|
— | Wagner (USA) L 0–2 | did not advance | ||||
Evans Maripa Sydwell Mathonsi |
Men's doubles | Denayer / Gerhard (BEL) L 0–2 | did not advance |
- Management team[2]
- Manager/coach: Holger Losch
- Assistant coach: Khotso Matshego.
General team management
The following people made-up the team's senior management:[2]
- Chef de Mission: Pieter Badenhorst
- Project manager: Vinesh Maharaj
- Manager (logistics): Clifford Cobers
- Logistics: Madira Sehlapelo
- Manager (athletes services): Chantelle Jardim
- Athlete services: Dumisani Mtwa
- Chief medical officer: Wayne Derman
- Chief physiotherapist: Grace Hughes
- Doctor: Paul Maphoto
- Physiotherapists: Given Baloyi, Edwin Bodha, Greshne Davids, Shantal Edwards, Dan Ntseke, Evah Ramashala
- Classifier: Tarina van der Stockt
See also
References
- General
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- Specific
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- ^ Saj Chowdhury (8 September 2012), Paralympics 2012: Oscar Pistorius powers to T44 400m gold, retrieved 26 April 2016
- ^ "Oscar Pistorius: I proved my doubters wrong with world record in 200m heats at Paralympic Games". The Telegraph. London. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "Oscar Pistorius moves to diffuse row over rival's blades after unexpected Paralympics loss", The Washington Post, 4 September 2012, archived from the original on 4 September 2012
- ^ Kevin McCallum (4 September 2012), "IPC considers action against Oscar", Independent Online, archived from the original on 6 September 2012
- ^ "Du Toit happy to retire after Paralympics". SABC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ Morgan, Brad (31 August 2012). "South Africa: Natalie Wins SA's First Paralympic Gold". allafrica.com. southafrica.info. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "BBC News – South Africa shark survivor's hope for Paralympic medal". BBC. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "IPC Biography – Marike Naudé". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "Wheelchair Basketball – Schedule & Results". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.