View source for South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use South African English|date=July 2023}}
{{infobox country at games
| NOC = RSA
| NOCname = [[South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 2008
| flagcaption = 
| oldcode = 
| website = {{url|www.sascoc.co.za }}
| location = [[Beijing]]
| competitors = '''136'''<ref>[https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/athletes?name=&country_codes=RSA&us_sport_codes= South Africa athletes index], ''Yahoo! Sports''</ref>
| sports = '''19'''
| flagbearer = [[Natalie du Toit]] (opening)<br />[[Sifiso Nhlapo]] (closing)<ref>http://www.sascoc.co.za/article.asp?id=267116{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| rank = 70
| gold = 0
| silver = 1
| bronze = 0
| officials = 
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1904
| app_end_year = 
| summerappearances = 
| winterappearances = 
| seealso = 
}}
[[South Africa]] competed at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China]]. The team included 136 athletes, as of 10 July 2008.<ref>[http://www.sascoc.co.za/default.asp?cid=15620&des=content South African Team]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
South Africa had its worst medals performance at an Olympics since [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] (winter games), and tied its performance in the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Games]].

==Medalists==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
! Medal
! Name
! Sport
! Event
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Godfrey Khotso Mokoena]] || [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|Men's long jump]]
|-
|}

==Archery==
{{main|Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

South Africa sent archers to the Olympics for the fifth time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. [[Calvin Hartley]] earned the country its only qualifying spot, in the men's competition, by placing first in the 2008 African championship.<ref name=ArcheryMen>[http://www.archery.org/UserFiles/Document/Olympic%20Games/2008_OG_Beijing/0713_OlympicQuota_Men.pdf FITA Olympic Qualification - Men]</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Ranking round
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Score
!Seed
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Calvin Hartley]]
|align=left|[[Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's individual|Men's individual]]
|654
|37
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Juan Carlos Stevens|Stevens]]|CUB|2008 Summer}} (28)<br />'''L''' 107 (18)–107 (19)
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}

==Athletics==
{{main|Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|}}

{{smalldiv|1=<nowiki/>

;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
*'''NR''' = National record
*N/A = Round not applicable for the event
*Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round}}

;Men
;Track & road events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Pieter de Villiers (athlete)|Pieter de Villiers]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
|49.24
|2 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|49.44
|7
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Norman Dlomo]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Marathon]]
|colspan=6 {{n/a}}
|2:24:28
|53
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Thuso Mpuang]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]
|20.87
|6 '''Q'''
|21.04
|7
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Mbulaeni Mulaudzi]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]
|1:47.64
|2 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|1:46.24
|6
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Alwyn Myburgh]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
|48.92 '''SB'''
|3 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|49.16
|5
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Samson Ngoepe]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]
|1:47.42
|5
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Hendrick Ramaala]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Marathon]]
|colspan=6 {{n/a}}
|2:22:43
|44
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Ruben Ramolefi]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metre steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]
|8:19.86 '''PB'''
|1 '''Q'''
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|8:34.58
|14
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Juan van Deventer]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
|3:36.32
|1 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|3:37.75
|6 '''Q'''
|3:34.77
|6
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Louis van Zyl]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
|48.86
|2 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|48.57
|3 '''Q'''
|48.42
|5
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Hannes Dreyer]]<br />[[Gert du Plessis]]<br />[[Leigh Julius]]<br />[[Ishmael Kumbane]]<br />[[Thuso Mpuang]]<br />[[Sergio Mullins]]<br />[[Sibusiso Sishi]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Ofentse Mogawane]]<br />[[Alwyn Myburgh]]<br />[[Pieter Smith]]<br />[[Louis van Zyl]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
|3:01.26 '''SB'''
|6
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

;Field events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Distance
!Position
!Distance
!Position
|-align=center
|align=left|'''[[Godfrey Khotso Mokoena]]'''
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|Long jump]]
|8.14
|4 '''Q'''
|8.24
|{{silver02}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[John Robert Oosthuizen]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw|Javelin throw]]
|76.16
|19
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

;Women
;Track & road events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[René Kalmer]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
|4:08.41
|7
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Isabel Le Roux]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|200 m]]
|23.67
|7
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Tsholofelo Thipe]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]
|54.11
|6
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

;Field events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Distance
!Position
!Distance
!Position
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Elizna Naudé]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw|Discus throw]]
|58.75
|20
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Justine Robbeson]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|Javelin throw]]
|59.63
|13
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Sunette Viljoen]]
|55.58
|33
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

==Badminton==
{{main|Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Chris Dednam]]<br />[[Roelof Dednam]]
|align=left|[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]]
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Howard Bach|Bach]] / <br />[[Bob Malaythong|Malaythong]]|USA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 10–21, 16–21
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Kerry-Lee Harrington]]
|align=left|[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Wong Mew Choo|Wong M C]]|MAS|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 4–21, 4–21
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Chantal Botts]]<br />[[Michelle Claire Edwards|Michelle Edwards]]
|align=left|[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]]
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Chien Yu-Chin|Chien Y-C]] / <br />[[Cheng Wen-Hsing|Cheng W-H]]|TPE|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 6–21, 12–21
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

==Boxing==
{{main|Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
South Africa qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament. [[Jackson Chauke]] earned a spot in the flyweight competition at the second African continental qualifying tournament.<ref name=BoxingQual>[http://www.aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/581/news.aspx 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament]</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Jackson Chauke]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Flyweight|Flyweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Anvar Yunusov|Yunusov]]|TJK|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 1–9
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|}

==Canoeing==
{{main|Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

===Slalom===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="6"|Preliminary
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="4"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Run 1
!Rank
!Run 2
!Rank
!Total
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Total
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Siboniso Cele]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-1|Men's C-1]]
|162.51
|16
|100.42
|16
|262.93
|16
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Cameron McIntosh]]<br />[[Cyprian Ngidi]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-2|Men's C-2]]
|119.83
|12
|157.37
|12
|277.20
|12
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}

===Sprint===
;Men
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heats
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Calvin Mokoto]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres|C-1 500 m]]
|2:03.372
|7 '''QS'''
|2:12.226
|9
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres|C-1 1000 m]]
|4:33.887
|7 '''QS'''
|4:26.650
|7
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Shaun Rubenstein]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 500 metres|K-1 500 m]]
|1:37.686
|5 '''QS'''
|1:44.154
|4
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres|K-1 1000 m]]
|3:36.134
|5 '''QS'''
|3:36.969
|4
|colspan=2 |Did not advance
|}

;Women
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heats
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Jennifer Hodson]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres|K-1 500 m]]
|1:51.655
|3 '''QS'''
|1:53.209
|3 '''Q'''
|1:53.353
|8
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Michele Eray]]<br />[[Bridgitte Hartley]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres|K-2 500 m]]
|1:43.341
|8 '''QS'''
|1:47.018
|8
|colspan=2 |Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Michele Eray]]<br />[[Jennifer Hodson]]<br />[[Carol Joyce]]<br />[[Nicola Mocke]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres|K-4 500 m]]
|1:37.399
|3 '''QF'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}
|1:36.724
|7
|}
<small>Qualification Legend: '''QS''' = Qualify to semi-final; '''QF''' = Qualify directly to final</small>

==Cycling==
{{main|Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

===Road===
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[John-Lee Augustyn]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road race|Men's road race]]
|6:26:17
|27
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[David George (cyclist)|David George]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road race|Men's road race]]
|6:39:42
|80
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial|Men's time trial]]
|1:07:55
|31
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Robert Hunter (cyclist)|Robert Hunter]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road race|Men's road race]]
|colspan=2|Did not finish
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Cherise Taylor]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's road race|Women's road race]]
|3:48:33
|59
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Marissa van der Merwe]]
|3:33:17
|34
|}

===Mountain biking===
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Burry Stander]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country|Men's cross-country]]
|2:01:58
|15
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Yolande Speedy]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country|Women's cross-country]]
|{{abbr|LAP|Lapped}} (2 laps)
|22
|}

===BMX===
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Seeding
!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Sifiso Nhlapo]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX|Men's BMX]]
|36.428
|13
|6
|1 '''Q'''
|8
|2 '''Q'''
|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}
|7
|}

==Diving==
{{main|Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

;Women
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Events
!colspan="2"|Preliminaries
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Jenna Dreyer]]
|align=left|[[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard|3 m springboard]]
|210.90
|28
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

==Fencing==
{{main|Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Sello Maduma]]
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's épée|Individual épée]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kim Seung-Gu|Kim S-G]]|KOR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 12–15
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Dario Torrente]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Joaquim Videira|Videira]]|POR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 10–15
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Mike Wood (fencer)|Mike Wood]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Bohdan Nikishyn|Nikishyn]]|UKR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 7–15
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Sello Maduma]]<br />[[Dario Torrente]]<br />[[Mike Wood (fencer)|Mike Wood]]<br />[[George Harrop-Allin]]
|align=left|[[Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée|Team épée]]
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCteam|CHN|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 28–45
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Jyoti Chetty]]
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's sabre|Individual sabre]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Azza Besbes|Besbes]]|TUN|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 2–15
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Adele du Plooy]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Halyna Pundyk|Pundyk]]|UKR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 7–15
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Elvira Wood (fencer)|Elvira Wood]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sandra Sassine|Sassine]]|CAN|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 2–15
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Jyoti Chetty]]<br/>[[Adele du Plooy]]<br/>[[Shelley Gosher]]<br/>[[Elvira Wood (fencer)|Elvira Wood]]
|align=left|[[Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team sabre|Team sabre]]
|colspan=3 {{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCteam|USA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 8–45
|''Classification semi-final''<br/> {{flagIOCteam|RUS|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 13–45
|''7th place final''<br/> {{flagIOCteam|CAN|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 16–45
|8
|}

==Field hockey==
{{main|Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

===Men's tournament===
{{main|Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}

;Team roster
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters|RSA}}

;Group play
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B3}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B4}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B9}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B11}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B14}}

;Classification match for 11th/12th place
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|C1}}

===Women's tournament===
{{main|Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}

;Team roster
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters|RSA}}

;Group play
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A3}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A5}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A9}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A12}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A13}}

;Classification match for 11th/12th place
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|C1}}

==Gymnastics==
{{main|Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

===Rhythmic===
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=6|Qualification
!colspan=6|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Rope
!Hoop
!Clubs
!Ribbon
!Total
!Rank
!Rope
!Hoop
!Clubs
!Ribbon
!Total
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Odette Richard]]
|align=left|[[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic individual all-around|Individual]]
|13.975
|13.950
|13.800
|13.775
|55.500
|23
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}

==Judo==
{{main|Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Preliminary
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Repechage 1
!Repechage 2
!Repechage 3
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Marlon August]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg|Men's −73 kg]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Saeed Rashid Al Qubaisi|Al Qubaisi]]|UAE|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 1000–0000
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Leandro Guilheiro|Guilheiro]]|BRA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–1001
|colspan=7|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Matthew Jago]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 81 kg|Men's −81 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Robert Krawczyk|Krawczyk]]|POL|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–0120
|colspan=8|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Patrick Trezise]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg|Men's −90 kg]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ivan Pershin|Pershin]]|RUS|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–1000
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Diego Rosati|Rosati]]|ARG|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–1000
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

==Rowing==
{{main|Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heats
!colspan="2"|Repechage
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Ramon di Clemente]]<br />[[Shaun Keeling]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair|Pair]]
|6:45.26
|3 '''SA/B'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}
|6:37.18
|3 '''FA'''
|6:47.83
|5
|}

;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heats
!colspan="2"|Repechage
!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Hendrika Geyser]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls|Single sculls]]
|8:20.26
|4 '''QF'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|7:44.14
|4 '''SC/D'''
|7:59.67
|1 '''FC'''
|7:35.06
|13
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Kirsten McCann]]<br />[[Alexandra White]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls|Lightweight double sculls]]
|7:20.51
|6 '''R'''
|7:48.04
|4 '''FC'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}
|7:20.49
|14
|}
<small>Qualification Legend: '''FA'''=Final A (medal); '''FB'''=Final B (non-medal); '''FC'''=Final C (non-medal); '''FD'''=Final D (non-medal); '''FE'''=Final E (non-medal); '''FF'''=Final F (non-medal); '''SA/B'''=Semifinals A/B; '''SC/D'''=Semifinals C/D; '''SE/F'''=Semifinals E/F; '''QF'''=Quarterfinals; '''R'''=Repechage</small>

==Sailing==
{{main|Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

;Women
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=11|Race
!rowspan=2|Net points
!rowspan=2|Final rank
|-style="font-size:95%"
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
!9
!10
!M*
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Penny Alison]] <br/>[[Dominique Provoyeur]]<br/>[[Kim Rew]]
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling class|Yngling]]
|<s>13</s>
|10
|11
|2
|12
|8
|13
|7
|CAN
|CAN
|EL
|63
|12
|}
<small>'''M''' = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled</small>

;Men
{|class="DuelClass" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=11|Race
!rowspan=2|Net points
!rowspan=2|Final rank
|-style="font-size:95%"
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
!9
!10
!M*
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Dallyn McLean]] <br/>
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Duel class|DuelRace Class]]
|<s>18</s>
|8
|3
|2
|1
|8
|4
|3
|6
|7
|EL
|36
|5th
|}
<small>'''M''' = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – advanced into the medal race; CAN = Final Race cancelled</small>

==Shooting==
{{main|Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=2|Qualification
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Esmari van Reenen]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m rifle 3 positions]]
|578
|16
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Diane Swanton]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's trap|Trap]]
|57
|17
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

==Swimming==
{{main|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

;Men
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Jean Basson]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]
|1:46.31
|2 '''Q'''
|1:46.13
|3 '''Q'''
|1:45.97
|4
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]
|3:52.90
|30
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[William Diering]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]
|2:10.39 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|8 '''Q'''
|2:10.21
|12
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[George du Rand]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]
|54.90
|22
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]
|1:58.62 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|13 '''Q'''
|1:58.61 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|13
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Lyndon Ferns]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]
|48.26
|9 '''Q'''
|48.00
|7 '''Q'''
|48.04
|6
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]
|52.04
|15 '''Q'''
|52.18
|14
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Chad Ho]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre|10 km open water]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|1:52:13.1
|9
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Gideon Louw]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]
|22.17
|16 '''Q'''
|21.97
|12
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Ryk Neethling]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]
|49.28
|30
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Troyden Prinsloo|Hercules Troyden Prinsloo]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle|1500 m freestyle]]
|15:12.64
|22
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Riaan Schoeman]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley|400 m individual medley]]
|4:14.09
|12
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Roland Mark Schoeman]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]
|21.76
|5 '''Q'''
|21.74
|5 '''Q'''
|21.67 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|7
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Darian Townsend]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]
|1:48.08
|21
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley|200 m individual medley]]
|1:59.22
|10 '''Q'''
|1:59.65
|11
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Cameron van der Burgh]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]
|59.96 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|5 '''Q'''
|1:00.57
|10
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Neil Versfeld]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]
|2:10.50
|9 '''Q'''
|2:10.06 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|9
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Gerhard Zandberg]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]
|53.75 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|5 '''Q'''
|53.98
|10
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Lyndon Ferns]]<br/>[[Ryk Neethling]]<br/>[[Roland Schoeman]]<br/>[[Darian Townsend]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4 × 100 m freestyle relay]]
|3:13.06 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|6 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|3:12.66 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|7
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Jean Basson]]<br/>[[Sebastien Rousseau]]<br/>[[Darian Townsend]]<br/>[[Jan Venter]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4 × 200 m freestyle relay]]
|7:10.91 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|8 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|7:13.02
|8
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Lyndon Ferns]]<br/>[[Darian Townsend]]<br/>[[Cameron van der Burgh]]<br/>[[Gerhard Zandberg]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4 × 100 m medley relay]]
|3:34.16 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|7 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|3:33.70 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|7
|}

;Women
[[Natalie du Toit]], five time gold medallist at the [[2004 Summer Paralympics|Athens Paralympics in 2004]], has qualified to compete, becoming the first [[amputee]] ever to qualify for the Olympic Games in the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre|10 kilometre open water race]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080517130124/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/05/04/sbswim104.xml "Dreams carry Natalie Du Toit to Beijing"], ''The Telegraph'', 4 May 2008.</ref><ref>[https://www.espn.com/olympics/swimming/news/story?id=3379722 "Du Toit, who lost leg in scooter accident, will swim in Beijing Games"], Reuters, 3 May 2008.</ref> She finished in 16th place.
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Melissa Corfe]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]
|2:00.95
|33
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]
|4:10.54
|17
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]
|2:12.64
|22
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Natalie du Toit]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre|10 km open water]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|2:00:49.9
|16
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Mandy Loots]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]
|58.61 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|18
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Kathryn Meaklim]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]
|2:09.41
|16 '''Q'''
|2:11.74
|16
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley|400 m individual medley]]
|4:37.11
|10
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Jessica Pengelly]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley|200 m individual medley]]
|2:15.80
|26
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley|400 m individual medley]]
|4:41.04
|21
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Lize-Mari Retief]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]
|25.44
|26
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]
|55.17
|21
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]
|58.20 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|8 '''Q'''
|58.63
|12
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Wendy Trott]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]
|4:08.38 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|12
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle|800 m freestyle]]
|8:26.21 '''[[List of African records in swimming|AF]]'''
|9
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Suzaan van Biljon]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]
|1:07.55
|5 '''Q'''
|1:09.56
|16
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]
|2:25.51
|9 '''Q'''
|2:28.45
|15
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Melissa Corfe]]<br/>[[Mandy Loots]]<br/>[[Kathryn Meaklim]]<br/>[[Wendy Trott]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4 × 100 m freestyle relay]]
|3:51.14
|15
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Melissa Corfe]]<br/>[[Mandy Loots]]<br/>[[Lize-Mari Retief]]<br/>[[Suzaan van Biljon]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4 × 100 m medley relay]]
|4:04.20
|12
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

==Tennis ==
{{main|Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]]
|align=left|[[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Komlavi Loglo|Loglo]]|TOG|2008 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 6–3, 6–2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Nicolas Kiefer|Kiefer]]|GER|2008 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 4–6, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 4–6
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] <br />[[Jeff Coetzee]]
|align=left|[[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Nicolás Almagro|Almagro]] / <br/>[[David Ferrer|Ferrer]]|ESP|2008 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|}

==Triathlon ==
{{main|Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Swim (1.5&nbsp;km)
!Trans 1
!Bike (40&nbsp;km)
!Trans 2
!Run (10&nbsp;km)
!Total Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Mari Rabie]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's|Women's]]
|19:54
|0:29
|1:06:30
|0:34
|42:01
|2:09:28.02
|43
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Kate Roberts (triathlete)|Kate Roberts]]
|19:58
|0:30
|1:06:26
|0:37
|38:02
|2:05:33.24
|32
|}

==Volleyball==
{{main|Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

===Beach===
{{main|Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Preliminary round
!rowspan="2"|Standing
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|Judith Augoustides<br /> [[Vita Nel]]
|align=left|[[Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Women's]]
|align=left|''Pool D''<br/>{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sara Goller|Goller]] – [[Laura Ludwig|Ludwig]]|GER|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0 – 2 (12–21, 14–21)<br/>{{flagIOCathlete|[[Efthalia Koutroumanidou|Koutroumanidou]] – [[Maria Tsiartsiani|Tsiartsiani]]|GRE|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0 – 2 (12–21, 8–21)<br/>{{flagIOCathlete|[[Chen Xue|Chen X]] – [[Zhang Xi (volleyball)|Zhang X]]|CHN|2008 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 0 – 2 (13–21, 9–21)
|4
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|}

==Weightlifting==
{{main|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Snatch
!colspan="2"|Clean & Jerk
!rowspan="2"|Total
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Darryn Anthony]]
|align=left|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg|Men's −77 kg]]
|135
|24
|160
|22
|295
|22
|}

==Wrestling==
{{main|Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

{{smalldiv|1=<nowiki/>
'''Key''':
* {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall}} - [[Pin (amateur wrestling)|Victory by Fall]].
* {{abbr|PP|Decision by Points - the loser with technical points}} - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* {{abbr|PO|Decision by Points - the loser without technical points}} - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
}}

;Men's freestyle
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Qualification
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!Repechage 1
!Repechage 2
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size: 95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Heinrich Barnes]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 66 kg|−66 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Batzorig Buyanjav|Buyanjav]]|MGL|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 1–3 <sup>{{abbr|PP|Decision by Points - the loser with technical points}}</sup>
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|19
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:South Africa At The 2008 Summer Olympics}}
[[Category:Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:South Africa at the Summer Olympics by year|2008]]
[[Category:2008 in South African sport|Olympics]]