South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics

South Africa is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-apartheid era and twenty-first overall in Summer Olympic history.

South Africa at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeRSA
NOCSouth African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sascoc.co.za
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors4 in 2 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 112
Swimming 202
Total314

Athletics
Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South African track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1]

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
Track and road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Stephen Mokoka Men's marathon
Irvette van Zyl Women's marathon

Swimming
Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South African swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[2][3]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
  Men's 100 m backstroke
  Men's 200 m backstroke

References
  1. "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  2. "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Swimming" (PDF). World Aquatics. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
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