Team South Africa results at the Paris Olympics

Latest South African results from the Paris Olympics.

Tuesday, July 30

Triathlon

Henri Schoeman, Jamie Riddle — individual (8am - POSTPONED TO WEDNESDAY)

Swimming

Heats

Men's 200m butterfly

Matthew Sates — 6th (1:57.04 — did not advance)

Rowing

Women's single sculls

Paige Badenhorst — single sculls quarterfinals, 4th (7:44.03 — advances to C/D semifinals)

Hockey

Men: South Africa 1 Germany 5

Rugby sevens

Women's 11th place playoff

SA 21 Fiji 15

Cycling

BMX freestyle

Qualifying round

Vincent Leygonie — 75.85 (ended 12th, didn’t advance)

Surfing

Sarah Ann Baum v Carissa Moore (US) — 3rd round (POSTPONED)

Monday, July 29

Equestrian

Eventing, individual jumping qualifier

Alex Peternell —  overall ranking: 43rd (77.80 average)

Skateboarding

Men’s street prelims

Brandon Valjalo — 12th (197.17 — did not advance)

Rugby sevens

Women:

Pool match: Great Britain 26 South Africa 17

Placing 9-12th: Japan 15 South Africa 12

Cycling

Men’s cross country

Alan Hatherly — BRONZE (1hr 26min 33sec)

Badminton

Women’s group play

Johanita Scholtz 0 Jin Wei Goh (Malaysia) 2 (21-23 11-21)

Hockey

Women: South Africa 2 Argentina 4

Surfing

Men’s third round

Jordy Smith loses to Alonso Correa (Peru)

Men’s Second round

Jordy Smith beat Rio Waida (Indonesia)

Matthew McGillivray lost to Kauli Vaast (France)

Swimming

Finals

Men’s 100m backstroke

Pieter Coetzé — FIFTH (52.58, African record)

Women’s 100m breaststroke

Tatjana Smith — GOLD (1:05.28)

Sunday, July 28

Gymnastics

Women’s all-around qualification

Caitlin Rooskrantz —  DNF, withdrew injured

Fencing

Men’s epee

Harry Saner lost to Vadim Sharlaimov (9-15)

Equestrian

Eventing individual cross country

Alex Peternell —  51st overall

Rowing

Men’s pair heats

John Smith, Chris Baxter — (2nd, 6:36.71 — advance to semifinals)

Swimming

Heats

Women’s 100m breaststroke

Tatjana Smith — 1st (1:05.00, advances to semifinals)

Men’s 100m backstroke

Pieter Coetzé — 2nd (52.90, advances to semifinals)

Women’s 200m freestyle

Aimee Canny — 5th (1:57.81, advances to semifinals)

Semifinals: 

Women’s 100m breaststroke

Tatjana Smith — 1st (1:05.00, advances to final)

Men’s 100m backstroke

Pieter Coetzé — joint 2nd (52.63, African record; advances to final)

Women’s 200m freestyle

Aimee Canny — 6th (1:57.34, did not advance)

Skateboarding

Women's street prelims

Boipelo Awuah — 18th (159.34 — did not advance)

Hockey

Women: Australia 2 South Africa 1

Men: South Africa 2 Great Britain 2

Cycling

Women’s cross country

Candice Lill — 20th (1:35:33)

Rugby sevens

Women, group matches

Australia 34 South Africa 5

Ireland 38 South Africa 0

Surfing

Women, round 2

Sarah Baum beat Camilla Kemp (Germany)

Women, round 1

Sarah Baum ended second in her group to advance

Saturday, July 27

Equestrian

Eventing, individual dressage

Alex Peternell — 56th overall

Rowing

Women’s single sculls, heats

Paige Badenhorst — 3rd (7:39.19, advances to quarterfinals)

Judo

Women’s -48kg

Round of 16

Geronay Whitebooi lost to Natsumi Tsunoda (Japan) 0-11

Round of 32

Geronay Whitebooi beat Jacqueline Solis (Guatemala) 10-1

Swimming

Women’s 100m butterfly semifinals

Erin Gallagher — 7th (57.90, did not advance)

Women’s 100m butterfly heats

Erin Gallagher — 6th (57.80, advances to semifinals0

Skateboarding

Men's street prelims

Brandon Valjalo — POSTPONED

Hockey

Men: Netherlands 5 South Africa 3

Badminton

Women’s singles group play

Johanita Scholtz 0 Ga Eun Kim (Korea) 2 (12-21 6-21)

Rugby sevens

3rd-place play-off

Blitzboks 26 Australia 19 — BRONZE

Men’s semifinals

Blitzboks 5 France 19

Surfing (in Tahiti)

Men’s round 1

Jordy Smith finished 2nd in group to advance to Round 2

Matthew McGillivray finished 3rd in group to advance to Round 2

Women’s round 1

Sarah Baum finished 2nd in group to advance to Round 2

Thursday, July 25

Rugby sevens

Men

Quarterfinal

Blitzboks 14 New Zealand 7

Pool match

Blitzboks 49 Japan 5

Archery

Men's rankings round

Wian Roux 601 (63rd overall)

Wednesday, July 24

Rugby sevens

Men

Pool matches

Blitzboks 5 New Zealand 17

Blitzboks 5 Ireland 10