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Pietersburg, South Africa 4 × 200 m relay: 1:32.72 South Africa Ina van Rensburg Mari-Lise Furstenberg Evette de Klerk Maryke Doubell: 9 March 1987 Bloemfontein, South Africa 4 × 400 m relay: 3:28.49 South Africa Caster Semenya Jeanelle Griessel Wenda Nel Justine Palframan: 26 June 2016 African Championships: Durban, South Africa [91] [92] 4 ...
The first South African woman in the Olympics was swimmer Barbara Nash in 1920, and the first women to win medals were the 1928 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay quartet, who came third. [2] The South African Olympic and Empire Games Association was awarded the 1934 British Empire Games in Johannesburg but backed out when it became evident that ...
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) sent the nation's largest ever delegation to the Olympics, with a total of 138 athletes, 93 men and 45 women, competing across 15 sports. South Africa left Rio de Janeiro with a total of 10 medals (2 gold, 6 silver, and 2 bronze), making it the nation's most successful ...
South Africa 5 June 2017 Josef Odložil Memorial: Prague, Czech Republic [45] 200 m hurdles (straight) 22.10 (+1.8 m/s) L. J. van Zyl South Africa 9 May 2015 Manchester City Games: Manchester, United Kingdom [46] 200 m hurdles (bend) 22.6 h OT: Hendrik Serfontein: South Africa 23 March 1967 Bloemfontein, South Africa 300 m hurdles: 34.8 h ...
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
The men's 400 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 12 and 14 August at the Olympic Stadium. [1] Fifty-three athletes from 35 nations competed. [2] The event was won by 0.73 seconds by Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa, who broke the world record and won the nation's second gold medal in the men's 400 metres (after Bevil Rudd in 1920).
Medal Athlete Games Sport Event Gold: Reggie Walker: 1908 London: Athletics: Men's 100 m Silver: Charles Hefferon: 1908 London: Athletics: Men's marathon Gold: Ken McArthur: 1912 Stockholm: Athletics: Men's marathon Silver: Christian Gitsham: 1912 Stockholm: Athletics: Men's marathon Gold: Bevil Rudd: 1920 Antwerp: Athletics: Men's 400 m Silver ...
Akani Simbine (born 21 September 1993) is a South African sprinter specialising in the 100 metres event. [1] He was fifth at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metres and was the 100 metres African record holder with a time of 9.84 seconds set in July 2021 until broken by Ferdinand Omanyala in September 2021.