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	20 in 7 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	6	3	9
Boccia	1	1	2
Cycling	1	0	1
Equestrian	0	1	1
Swimming	2	3	5
Wheelchair tennis	1	0	1
Total	12	8	20

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
Mpumelelo Mhlongo	100 m T44
Mpumelelo Mhlongo	100 m T63
Collen Mahlalela	400 m T47
Collen Mahlalela	400 m T62

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sheryl James	200 m T37			29.08	7
Louzanne Coetzee	1500 m T11	—

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Hermanus Blom	Men's shot put F12	13.16	7
Kerwin Noemdo	Men's shot put F46
Tezna Kirstin Abrahams	Women's long jump T64	4.46	11
Simone Kruger	Women's discus throw F38

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	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Karabo Morapedi	Men's individual BC3					—
Elanza Jordaan	Women's individual BC3					—
Karabo Morapedi Elanza Jordaan	Mixed pairs BC3								—

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

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
Philippa Johnson	Just In Time	Individual freestyle test grade IV

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
	100 m backstroke S7
	50 m butterfly S7
	200 m freestyle SM7
Nathan Hendricks	400 m freestyle S13
	100 m backstroke S13
	100 m breaststroke SB13
	100 m butterfly S13

Women

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kat Swanepoel	50 m freestyle S4
	100 m freestyle S5
	50 m backstroke S4
	50 m breaststroke SB3
	150 m individual medley SM4
Alani Ferreira	100 m freestyle S12
	400 m freestyle S13
	50 m breaststroke SB12
Danika Vyncke	400 m freestyle S13
Danika Vyncke	100 m breaststroke SB13

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.

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)
Kgothatso Montjane	Women's singles	—	Guo (CHN)
Mariska Venter	Women's singles	—	Kamiji (JPN)
Kgothatso Montjane Mariska Venter	Women's doubles	—	Fairbank / Mörch (FRA)
Donald Ramphadi	Quads singles	—	Pena (BRA)
Lucas Sithole	Quads singles	—	Vink (NED)
Donald Ramphadi Lucas Sithole	Quads doubles	—	Cayulef / Pérez (CHI) W 4–6, 7–6⁽¹⁾, [6–10]	Sam Schröder/ Niels Vink (NED)

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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