South Africa at the 2006 Winter 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 = Winter Olympics
| year = 2006
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|www.sascoc.co.za}}
| location = Turin
| competitors = 3 (3 men)
| sports = 3
| flagbearer = Alexander Heath (opening)
Tyler Botha (closing){{cite web
|url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1664
|title=Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony
|accessdate=30 March 2009}}{{cite web
|url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1726
|title=Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony
|accessdate=30 March 2009}}
| rank =
| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1960
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso =
}}
Three men from South Africa competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
One of them, Alexander Heath, became the first African to compete in all 5 alpine events. The three-man South African team was the largest from the continent in Turin.
Alpine skiing
{{main|Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
Alexander Heath, competing in his third Olympics, qualified in all five events, with his best finish a 27th in the giant slalom.{{cite web
| title = Torino 2006 Official Report - Alpine Skiing
| url = http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/AlpineSkiing.pdf
| work = Torino Organizing Committee
| publisher = LA84 Foundation
|date=March 2009
| accessdate = 22 September 2009
}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="5"|Final |
|---|
| Run 1
!Run 2 !Run 3 !Total !Rank |
| rowspan=5|Alexander Heath
|colspan=3 align="center"|n/a |align="center"|1:59.79 |align="center"|52 |
| Men's super-G
|colspan=3 align="center"|n/a |align="center"|1:37.77 |align="center"|50 |
| Men's giant slalom
|align="center"|1:25.61 |align="center"|1:25.81 |align="center"|n/a |align="center"|2:51.42 |align="center"|27 |
| Men's slalom
|colspan=5 align="center"|did not finish |
| Men's combined
|align="center"|1:47.62 |colspan=4 align="center"|did not finish |
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
Cross-country skiing
{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
Kraas competed in three events in Turin, but finished in only one, the sprint, where he finished 57th out of 80 competitors.{{cite web
| title = Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing
| url = http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/CrosscountrySki.pdf
| work = Torino Organizing Committee
| publisher = LA84 Foundation
|date=March 2009
| accessdate = 22 September 2009
}}
;Distance
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Final |
|---|
| Total
!Rank |
| rowspan=2|Oliver Kraas
|colspan=2 align="center"| Did not finish |
| Men's 50 km freestyle
|colspan=2 align="center"| Did not finish |
;Sprint
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Qualifying !colspan="2"|Quarterfinal !colspan="2"|Semifinal !colspan="2"|Final |
|---|
| Total
!Rank !Total !Rank !Total !Rank !Total !Rank |
| Oliver Kraas
|align="center"| 2:27.68 |align="center"| 57 |colspan=5 align="center"| Did not finish |align="center"| 57 |
Skeleton
{{main|Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
Tyler Botha finished second in a pair of Challenge Cup events that allowed him to qualify for the Games, where he ended up in 21st place.{{cite web
| title = SA man a hot contender for Winter Olympics
| url = http://www.themercury.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3093442&fSectionId=297&fSetId=515
| work = The Mercury
| date = 2 February 2006
| accessdate = 22 September 2009
| title = Torino 2006 Official Report - Skeleton
| url = http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Skeleton.pdf
| work = Torino Organizing Committee
| publisher = LA84 Foundation
|date=March 2009
| accessdate = 22 September 2009
}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="4"|Final |
|---|
| Run 1
!Run 2 !Total !Rank |
| Tyler Botha
|align="center"|59.43 |align="center"|1:00.63 |align="center"|2:00.06 |align="center"|21 |