South Africa at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

South Africa at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
South Africa at the; 2024 Summer Paralympics
	Flag of South Africa
IPC code	RSA
NPC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
in Paris, France; 28 August 2024 – 8 September 2024
Competitors	32 in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Mpumelelo Mhlongo; Kat Swanepoel
Medals; Ranked 46th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 4 Total 6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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South Africa competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	10	5	15
Boccia	1	1	2
Cycling	1	0	1
Equestrian	0	1	1
Judo	1	0	1
Paratriathlon	0	1	1
Swimming	2	3	5
Wheelchair tennis	3	2	5
Total	19	13	32

Archery

South Africa secured a quota place in the men's W1, event by virtue of their result at the 2024 Africa–Oceania Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shaun Anderson	Men's individual W1	638	9	—	Aydın (TUR) W 133–132	Zhang (CHN) L 134–136	Did not advance

Athletics

South African track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

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
DQ = Disqualified
PR = Paralympic Record
AR = Area (or continental) Record
NR = National Record
SB = Season's Best
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jaco Smit	Men's 100 metres T12	11.12	2	Did not advance
Michael Puseletso Mabote	Men's 100 metres T63	12.05	1 Q	12.16	5
Mpumelelo Mhlongo	Men's 100 metres T44	—		11.12
Mpumelelo Mhlongo	Men's 200 metres T64	22.92	1 Q	22.62
Collen Mahlalela	Men's 400 metres T47	48.65	2 Q	49.95	7
Paul Daniels	Men's 100 metres T64	11.23	4	Did not advance
Paul Daniels	Men's 400 metres T62	—		50.63	6
Daniel du Plessis	Men's 100 metres T64	11.75	7	Did not advance
Daniel du Plessis	Men's 400 metres T62	—		52.91	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sheryl James	Women's 100 metres T37	13.69	3 Q	13.90	8
	Women's 200 metres T37	—		29.08	7
	Women's 400 metres T37	—		1:06.88	4
Liezel Gouws	Women's 400 metres T37	—		1:08.33	5
Louzanne Coetzee	Women's 1500 metres T11	4:45.25	2 q	4:35.49
Louzanne Coetzee	Women's marathon T11	—		3:25:53	7
Tezna Kirstin Abrahams	Women's 200 metres T64	31.17	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Michael Puseletso Mabote	Men's long jump T63	6.44	6
Mpumelelo Mhlongo	Men's long jump T64	7.12	5
Khumo Neo Pitso	Men's high jump T47	1.98	5
Hermanus Blom	Men's shot put F12	13.16	7
Kerwin Noemdo	Men's shot put F46	15.63	5
Yane Van der Merwe	Women's discus throw F64	NM
Liezel Gouws	Women's long jump T37	3.62	8
Tezna Kirstin Abrahams	Women's long jump T64	4.46	11
Simone Kruger	Women's discus throw F38	38.70

Boccia

South Africa confirmed two quotas (one man and one woman), by virtue of their result as the highest rank nation's in the BC3 pairs event, at the 2023 Africa Regional Championship in Cairo.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Pool matches					Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Karabo Morapedi	Men's individual BC3	Michel (AUS) L 2-10	Arnott (GBR) L 1-7	Wilson (GBR) L 0-9	—	4	Did not advance
Elanza Jordaan	Women's individual BC3	Ho (HKG) L 0-8	Costa (POR) L 2-4	Calado (BRA) L 0-5	—	4	Did not advance
Karabo Morapedi Elanza Jordaan	Mixed pairs BC3	Brazil L 0-7	Greece L 0-10	—		3	Did not advance

Cycling

South Africa entered one male para-cyclist after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.^[2]

Road Events — Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Nicholas Pieter du Preez	Men's road race H1-2	DNF
Nicholas Pieter du Preez	Men's road time trial H1	36:07.05

Equestrian

South Africa entered one para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition, by virtue of the nations individual final world para dressage rankings.

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Philippa Johnson	Just In Time	Individual championship test grade IV	63.889	14
Philippa Johnson	Just In Time	Individual freestyle test grade IV	Did not advance

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Repechage Final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ndyebo Lamani	Men's 73 Kg J1	Gauto (ARG) L 0-10	Did not advance

Paratriathlon

Athlete	Class	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Time	Rank
Kirsty Weir	Women's PTS4	19:49	1:18	38:49	0:41	20:37	1:21:14	8

Swimming

South Africa entered five swimmers (two men and three women), through the results at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines; and by achieving the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) allocation slots.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Christian Sadie	50 m freestyle S7	29.27	7 Q	28.75	7
	100 m backstroke S7	1:14.82	6 Q	1:13.03	5
	50 m butterfly S7	30.23	3 Q	29.94	5
	200 m individual medley SM7	2:35.98	2 Q	2:35.02	5
Nathan Hendricks	400 m freestyle S13	4:17.07	5 Q	4:18.05	6
	100 m backstroke S13	1:03.53	8 Q	1:03.43	7
	100 m breaststroke SB13	1:13.04	14	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S13	59.51	6 Q	59.91	8
	200 m individual medley SM13	2:18.36	8 Q	2:17.15	7

Women

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kat Swanepoel	50 m backstroke S4	49.63	11	Did not advance
Alani Ferreira	100 m freestyle S12	1:09.69	12	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S13	4:58.06	8 Q	4:55.95	8
	100 m breaststroke SB12	1:21.95	4 Q	1:21.36	5
Danika Vyncke	400 m freestyle S13	5:10.91	10	Did not advance
Danika Vyncke	100 m breaststroke SB13	1:24.91	8 Q	1:23.82	8

Wheelchair tennis

South Africa entered five players into the Paralympics by virtue of the gold medal results at the 2023 African Para Games in Accra, Ghana.

Quad doubles semi-final Schroder / Vink (Netherlands) vs Ramphadi / Sithole (South Africa)

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alwande Sikhosana	Men's singles	Carneiro (BRA) W 6-4, 7-5	Arai (JPN) L 1-6, 0-6	Did not advance
Kgothatso Montjane	Women's singles	—	Guo (CHN) L W/O	Did not advance
Mariska Venter	Women's singles	—	Kamiji (JPN) L 2-6, 1-6	Did not advance
Kgothatso Montjane Mariska Venter	Women's doubles	—	Fairbank / Mörch (FRA) W 4-6, 6-1, 10-4	Li /Zhu (CHN) L W/O	Did not advance
Donald Ramphadi	Quads singles	—	Pena (BRA) L 6-2, 5-7, 1-6	Did not advance
Lucas Sithole	Quads singles	—	Vink (NED) L 0-6, 2-6	Did not advance
Donald Ramphadi Lucas Sithole	Quads doubles	—	Cayulef / Pérez (CHI) W 4–6, 7–6⁽¹⁾, [6–10]	Schröder/ Vink (NED) L 1-6, 1-6	Pena/ Silva (BRA) W 6-2, 4-6, 10-8

References

^ "SA Boccia athletes make history as they qualify for their first Paralympics". Microsoft Start. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^ "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.
^ "World Para Swimming Rankings Paris 2024 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

[1] "SA Boccia athletes make history as they qualify for their first Paralympics". Microsoft Start. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

[2] "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.

[3] "World Para Swimming Rankings Paris 2024 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

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