South Africa at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

{{short description|South Africa competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics}}

{{infobox country at games

| NPC = RSA

| NPCname = South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Paralympics

| year = 2012

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

| website = {{URL|www.sascoc.co.za }}

| location = London

| competitors = 62

| sports = 7

| flagbearer = Oscar Pistorius{{cite web|author=Independent Newspapers Online |url=http://www.iol.co.za/sport/oscar-to-be-flag-bearer-at-paralympics-1.1366911 |title=Oscar to be flag bearer at Paralympics – IOL Sport |publisher=IOL.co.za |date=2012-08-21 |access-date=2012-09-02}}

| rank = 17

| gold = 8

| silver = 12

| bronze = 9

| officials = 45

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year =

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso =

}}

South Africa competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London with a team of 62 athletes and finished 18th on the medal table.

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), which is the National Paralympic Committee of South Africa, announced a team of 62 competitors for the 2012 Paralympics on 20 June 2012. The team of 45 men and 17 women were accompanied by 45 managers, coaches and other support staff.{{cite web|url=http://www.sascoc.co.za/2012/06/20/team-south-africa-named-for-2012-paralympics/ |title=Team South Africa named for 2012 Paralympics |publisher=SASCOC |access-date=2012-06-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626225053/http://www.sascoc.co.za/2012/06/20/team-south-africa-named-for-2012-paralympics/ |archive-date=2012-06-26 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.thenewage.co.za/54107-10-53-Paralympic_dream_team_announced |title=Paralympic ‘dream team’ announced | The New Age Online |publisher=Thenewage.co.za |access-date=2012-06-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421215340/http://www.thenewage.co.za/54107-10-53-Paralympic_dream_team_announced |archive-date=2013-04-21 }} SASCOC released the team's schedule on 17 August 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.sascoc.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Provisional-Paralympic-schedule-for-SA-athletes.xlsx |title=Provisional Paralympic schedule for SA athletes |publisher=SASCOC |date=2012-08-17 |access-date=2012-08-17}}

In a surprise announcement in London on 8 September the South African Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula said that Paralympic medal winners and their coaches would receive the same performance bonuses that their Olympic counterparts were promised. The amounts initially promised were significantly lower. The minister said the original plan was discriminatory.{{cite web|url=http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global%5B_id%5D=87427 |title=Paralympics: Medal winners to earn same bonuses as their able-bodied counterparts |publisher=The Witness |date=2012-09-10 |access-date=2012-09-10}}

Medalists

The following South African competitors won medals at the games.

| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|

Medal ! Name ! Sport ! Event ! Date
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{{gold medal}}	{{sortname\|Natalie\|du Toit	Toit, Natalie}}	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly S9	30 August
{{bronze medal}}	{{sortname\|Hendri\|Herbst}}	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle S11	31 August
{{bronze medal}}	{{sortname\|Achmat\|Hassiem}}	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly S10	1 September
{{bronze medal}}	{{sortname\|Jonathan\|Ntutu}}	Athletics	Men's 100 m T13	1 September
{{silver medal}}	{{sortname\|Tebogo\|Mokgalagadi}}	Athletics	Men's 100 m T35	1 September
{{gold medal}}	{{sortname\|Charl\|Bouwer}}	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle S13	1 September
{{silver medal}}	{{sortname\|Dyan\|Buis}}	Athletics	Men's 100 m T38	1 September
{{bronze medal}}	{{sortname\|Anrune\|Liebenberg}}	Athletics	Women's 200 m T46	1 September
{{silver medal}}	{{sortname\|Charl\|Bouwer}}	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle S13	2 September
{{silver medal}}	{{sortname\|Oscar\|Pistorius}}	Athletics	Men's 200 m T44	2 September
{{silver medal}}	{{sortname\|Charl\|Bouwer}}	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S13	3 September
{{bronze medal}}	{{sortname\|Union\|Sekailwe}}	Athletics	Men's 400 m T38	3 September
{{bronze medal}}	{{sortname\|Michael\|Louwrens}}	Athletics	Men's shot put F57–58	4 September
{{gold medal}}	{{sortname\|Natalie\|du Toit	Toit, Natalie}}	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle S9	4 September
{{bronze medal}}	{{sortname\|Shireen\|Sapiro}}	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke S10	4 September
{{bronze medal}}	{{sortname\|Dyan\|Buis}}	Athletics	Men's long jump F37–38	5 September
{{gold medal}}	{{sortname\|Oscar\|Pistorius}} {{sortname\|Arnu\|Fourie}} {{sortname\|Samkelo\|Radebe}} {{sortname\|Zivan\|Smith}}	Athletics	4 × 100 m relay T42–46	5 September
{{gold medal}}	{{sortname\|Natalie\|du Toit	Toit, Natalie}}	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley SM9	6 September
{{silver medal}}	{{sortname\|Hilton\|Langenhoven}}	Athletics	Men's 400 m T12	6 September
{{silver medal}}	{{sortname\|Ilse\|Hayes}}	Athletics	Women's 100 m T13	6 September
{{bronze medal}}	{{sortname\|Arnu\|Fourie}}	Athletics	Men's 100 m T44	6 September
{{silver medal}}	{{sortname\|Natalie\|du Toit	Toit, Natalie}}	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle S9	7 September
{{silver medal}}	{{sortname\|Ernst\|van Dyk	Dyk, Ernst}}	Cycling	Men's road race H4	7 September
{{gold medal}}	{{sortname\|Ilse\|Hayes}}	Athletics	\|Women's long jump F13	7 September
{{silver medal}}	{{sortname\|Dyan\|Buis}}	Athletics	Men's 200 m T38	8 September
{{silver medal}}	{{sortname\|Kevin\|Paul}}	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke SB9	8 September
{{gold medal}}	{{sortname\|Fanie\|van der Merwe	Merwe, Fanie}}	Athletics	\|Men's 100 m T37	8 September
{{silver medal}}	{{sortname\|Anrune\|Liebenberg}}	Athletics	Women's 400 m T46	8 September
{{gold medal}}	{{sortname\|Oscar\|Pistorius}}	Athletics	Men's 400 m T44	8 September

| style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"|

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%"

style="background:#efefef;"

!colspan=5|Medals by sport

style="text-align:center;"

|Sport

| style="background:#f7f6a8;"|File:Gold medal icon.svg

| style="background:#dce5e5;"|File:Silver medal icon.svg

| style="background:#ffdab9;"|File:Bronze medal icon.svg

|Total

style="text-align:center;"

|Swimming

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |4

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |4

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |3

|11

style="text-align:center;"

|Athletics

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |4

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |7

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |6

|17

style="text-align:center;"

|Cycling

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

style="text-align:center;"

!Total

! style="background:gold;" |8

! style="background:silver;" |12

! style="background:#c96;" |9

!29

File:Oscar Pistorius leading South Africa's Paralympic Team in the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London - 20120829.jpg with Oscar Pistorius carrying the flag]]

Athletics

South African track and field athletes won a combined 17 medals at the Games, four gold, seven silver and six bronze. Sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who carried the nation's flag at the opening ceremony,{{citation|title=Hawking, Pistorius open London's Paralympics |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/hawking-pistorius-open-londons-paralympics-194425194.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902025159/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/hawking-pistorius-open-londons-paralympics-194425194.html |archive-date=2012-09-02 |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |date=2012-08-30 |url-status=dead }} was the most successful South African athlete winning individual gold in the T44 400 metres, gold in the 4 × 100 metres relay T42–46, setting world records in both,{{citation|title=Paralympics 2012: Oscar Pistorius makes golden return to track|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/19497216|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=2016-04-26|date=2012-09-05}}{{citation|author=Saj Chowdhury|title=Paralympics 2012: Oscar Pistorius powers to T44 400m gold|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/19533389|access-date=2016-04-26|date=2012-09-08}} and individual silver in the T44 200 metres. In the 200 metres event Pistorius set a new world record in his heat,{{cite news|title=Oscar Pistorius: I proved my doubters wrong with world record in 200m heats at Paralympic Games|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/paralympic-sport/9515170/Oscar-Pistorius-I-proved-my-doubters-wrong-with-world-record-in-200m-heats-at-Paralympic-Games.html|access-date=2016-04-26|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=2012-09-01|location=London}} but he was defeated in the final by Brazilian Alan Oliveira. After the race Pistorius raised an issue about the length of Oliveira's blades, he later apologised for the timing of his remarks, but not the content of his complaint.{{citation|title=Oscar Pistorius moves to diffuse row over rival's blades after unexpected Paralympics loss |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/oscar-pistorius-loses-200-paralympic-in-stunning-upset-then-complains-about-winners-blades/2012/09/02/3410dd36-f565-11e1-863c-fe85c95ce4ed_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904054904/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/oscar-pistorius-loses-200-paralympic-in-stunning-upset-then-complains-about-winners-blades/2012/09/02/3410dd36-f565-11e1-863c-fe85c95ce4ed_story.html |archive-date=2012-09-04 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2012-09-04 |url-status=dead }} The IPC confirmed the length of Oliveira's blades were proportional to his body and legal, but expressed willingness to engage with Pistorius about the issue.{{citation|author=Kevin McCallum |title=IPC considers action against Oscar |url=http://www.iol.co.za/sport/ipc-considers-action-against-oscar-1.1375648 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906192016/http://www.iol.co.za/sport/ipc-considers-action-against-oscar-1.1375648 |archive-date=2012-09-06 |newspaper=Independent Online |date=2012-09-04 |url-status=dead }}

{{Smalldiv|1=

;Key

Note–Ranks given for preliminary rounds are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or by position without achieving the qualifying target
AF = African record
NR = National record
SB = Seasonal Best
PB = Personal Best
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
DNS = Did not start/Withdrawn

}}

;Men—track

class=wikitable

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Events

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

Tshepo Bhebe

|400 m T46

| style="text-align:center;"|52.24

| style="text-align:center;"|5

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

rowspan="2"|Dyan Buis

|100 m T38

|align="center" colspan="4" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|11.11 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}

200 m T38

| style="text-align:center;"|22.57 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|22.51 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}

Andrea Dalle Ave

|100 m T37

| style="text-align:center;"|12.18 PB

| style="text-align:center;"|=7

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

Pieter du Preez

|100 m T51

|align="center" colspan="4" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|24.21

| style="text-align:center;"|6

rowspan="2"|Charl du Toit

|100 m T37

| style="text-align:center;"|12.11

| style="text-align:center;"|5

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

800 m T37

|align="center" colspan="4" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|2:06.67

| style="text-align:center;"|6

rowspan="2"|Arnu Fourie

|100 m T44

| style="text-align:center;"|11.29

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|11.08 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|{{bronze03}}

200 m T44

| style="text-align:center;"|22.57 WR

| style="text-align:center;"|2 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|22.49 WR

| style="text-align:center;"|4

rowspan="2"|Hilton Langenhoven

|200 m T12

| style="text-align:center;"|22.44 SB

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|22.24 PB

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|22.29

| style="text-align:center;"|4

400 m T12

| style="text-align:center;"|49.86

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|49.42 =PB

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|49.04 PB

| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}

rowspan="2"|Teboho Mokgalagadi

|100 m T35

| style="text-align:center;"|13.07

| style="text-align:center;"|2 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|13.10

| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}

200 m T35

| style="text-align:center;"|27.37 PB

| style="text-align:center;"|2 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|27.02 PB

| style="text-align:center;"|5

Jan Nehro (guide: Duane Fortuin)

|5000 m T11

|align="center" colspan="4" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|16:09.51 SB

| style="text-align:center;"|6

rowspan="2"|Jonathan Ntutu

|100 m T13

| style="text-align:center;"|11.00 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|11.03

| style="text-align:center;"|{{bronze03}}

200 m T13

| style="text-align:center;"|22.40 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|22.37 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|6

rowspan="3"|Oscar Pistorius

|100 m T44

| style="text-align:center;"|11.18 SB

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|11.17

| style="text-align:center;"|4

200 m T44

| style="text-align:center;"|21.30 WR

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|21.52

| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}

400 m T44

| style="text-align:center;"|48.31 SB

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|46.68 PR

| style="text-align:center;"|{{gold01}}

Samkelo Radebe

|100 m T46

| style="text-align:center;"|11.53

| style="text-align:center;"|6

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

rowspan="2"|Union Sekailwe

|200 m T38

| style="text-align:center;"|24.01 PB

| style="text-align:center;"|3 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|23.66 PB

| style="text-align:center;"|6

400 m T38

| style="text-align:center;"|53.28

| style="text-align:center;"|3 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|51.97 PB

| style="text-align:center;"|{{bronze03}}

Marius Stander

|400 m T38

| style="text-align:center;"|53.52

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|53.62

| style="text-align:center;"|6

rowspan="2"|Fanie van der Merwe

|100 m T37

| style="text-align:center;"|11.52 =WR

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|11.51 WR

| style="text-align:center;"|{{gold01}}

200 m T37

| style="text-align:center;"|23.83

| style="text-align:center;"|2 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|23.79

| style="text-align:center;"|6

Oscar Pistorius
Arnu Fourie
Samkelo Radebe
Zivan Smith

|4 × 100 m relay T42–46

|align="center" colspan="4" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|41.78 WR

| style="text-align:center;"|{{gold01}}

;Men—field

class=wikitable

Athlete

!Events

!Result

!Rank

Dyan Buis

|Long jump F37–38

| style="text-align:center;"|6.48 =WR

| style="text-align:center;"|{{bronze03}}

Andrea Dalle Ave

|Long jump F37–38

| style="text-align:center;"|6.02 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|5

Michael Louwrens

|Shot put F57–58

| style="text-align:center;"|13.64

| style="text-align:center;"|{{bronze03}}

Casper Schutte

|Javelin F42

| style="text-align:center;"|48.12 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|4

Union Sekailwe

|Long jump F37–38

| style="text-align:center;"|5.10

| style="text-align:center;"|10

Duane Strydom

|Discus F35–36

| style="text-align:center;"|35.64

| style="text-align:center;"|8

;Women—track

class=wikitable

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Events

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

rowspan="2"|Anrune Liebenberg

|200 m T46

| style="text-align:center;"|25.79 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|2 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|25.55 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|{{bronze03}}

400 m T46

|align="center" colspan="4" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|56.65 PB

| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}

Ilse Hayes

|100 m T13;

| style="text-align:center;"|12.63

| style="text-align:center;"|2 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|12.41

| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}

Anika Pretorius

|100 m T13;

| style="text-align:center;"|13.11 SB

| style="text-align:center;"|3 Q

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

| style="text-align:center;"|13.50

| style="text-align:center;"|8

;Women—field

class=wikitable

Athlete

!Events

!Result

!Rank

Ilse Hayes

|Long jump F13

| style="text-align:center;"|5.70

| style="text-align:center;"|{{gold01}}

rowspan="2"|Zandile Nhlapo

|Javelin F33–34&52-53

| style="text-align:center;"|15.43 SB

| style="text-align:center;"|8

Shot put F32–34

| style="text-align:center;"|6.41 SB

| style="text-align:center;"|12

Anika Pretorius

|Long jump F13

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|DNS

Zanele Situ

|Javelin F54–56

| style="text-align:center;"|16.22

| style="text-align:center;"|4

rowspan="2"|Chenelle van Zyl

|Discus F35–36

| style="text-align:center;"|24.57

| style="text-align:center;"|6

Shot put F35–36

| style="text-align:center;"|7.83

| style="text-align:center;"|9

;Management Team

Manager: Dion Bishop
Coaches: Suzanne Ferreira, Zelda Hansen, Hennie Koekemoer, Karin le Roux, Ampie Louw
Team assistant: Neels Matthyser
Helper: Illse du Preez.

Cycling

{{Smalldiv|1=

;Key

DNF = Did not finish
N/A = Round not applicable for the event

}}

=Road=

class=wikitable

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!rowspan="2"|Classification

!colspan="2"|Final

Time

!Rank

Roxanne Burns

|Women's time trial

| style="text-align:center;"|C4

| style="text-align:center;"|32:39.24

| style="text-align:center;"|6

rowspan=2|Madre Carinus

|Mixed road race

| style="text-align:center;"|T1/2

| style="text-align:center;"|1:00:00

| style="text-align:center;"|10

Mixed time trial

| style="text-align:center;"|T1/2

| style="text-align:center;"|16:54.16

| style="text-align:center;"|12

rowspan=2|Stuart McCreadie

|Men's road race

| style="text-align:center;"|H2

| style="text-align:center;"|1:43:51

| style="text-align:center;"|8

Men's time trial

| style="text-align:center;"|H2

| style="text-align:center;"|29:03.51

| style="text-align:center;"|7

rowspan=2|Jaco Nel

|Men's road race

| style="text-align:center;"|C2

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|DNF

Men's time trial

| style="text-align:center;"|C2

| style="text-align:center;"|28:12.44

| style="text-align:center;"|14

rowspan=2|Ernst van Dyk

|Men's road race

| style="text-align:center;"|H4

| style="text-align:center;"|2:00:33

| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}

Men's time trial

| style="text-align:center;"|H4

| style="text-align:center;"|26:35.95

| style="text-align:center;"|5

rowspan=2|Gerhard Viljoen

|Mixed road race

| style="text-align:center;"|T1/2

| style="text-align:center;"|48:37

| style="text-align:center;"|4

Mixed time trial

| style="text-align:center;"|T1/2

| style="text-align:center;"|15:26.41

| style="text-align:center;"|7

=Track=

class=wikitable

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!rowspan="2"|Classification

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

rowspan=2|Roxanne Burns

|Women's individual pursuit

|align=center|C4

|align=center|4:40.874

|align=center|6

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

Women's time trial

|align=center|C4/5

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

|align=center|42.621

|align=center|11

rowspan=2|Jaco Nel

|Men's individual pursuit

|align=center|C2

|align=center|4:12.794

|align=center|10

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

Men's time trial

|align=center|C1/2/3

|align="center" colspan="2" {{n/a}}

|align=center|1:12.405

|align=center|11

;Management team

Manager: Mike Burns
Coach: Ricky Kulsen
Mechanic: Pieter Jansen.

Equestrian

A team of four represented South Africa in the equestrian competition, one man and three women, although Paralympic equestrian competition is not divided by gender. The competition consists of three dressage events, a championship test, a freestyle test and a team test. There are five competitor classes: Ia, Ib, II, III and IV, with Ia being the most and IV the least impaired.

;Individual

class=wikitable

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Horse

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Final

Result

!Rank

rowspan="2"|Anthony Dawson

|rowspan="2"|Roffelaar

|Individual championship test grade II

|align=center|64.571

|align=center|18

Individual freestyle test grade II

|align=center|63.450

|align=center|16

rowspan="2"|Philipa Johnson

|rowspan="2"|Lord Louis

|Individual championship test grade IV

|align=center|65.774

|align=center|10

Individual freestyle test grade IV

|align=center|67.200

|align=center|12

rowspan="2"|Marion Milne

|rowspan="2"|Shadow

|Individual championship test grade Ib

|align=center|62.826

|align=center|13

Individual freestyle test grade Ib

|align=center|63.550

|align=center|13

rowspan="2"|Wendy Moller

|rowspan="2"|First Lady Van Prins

|Individual championship test grade II

|align=center|66.000

|align=center|15

Individual freestyle test grade II

|align=center|69.900

|align=center|9

;Team

class=wikitable

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Horse

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="3"|Individual score

!colspan="2"|Total

!{{abbr|CT|Championship Test}}

!Total

!Score

!Rank

Anthony Dawson

|rowspan=4|See above

|rowspan=4|Team

|align="center"|62.143

|align="center"|64.571

|align="center"|126.714

|align="center" rowspan="4"|387.972

|align="center" rowspan="4"|14

Philipa Johnson

|align="center"|63.125

|align="center"|65.774

|align="center"|128.899*

Marion Milne

|align="center"|65.818

|align="center"|62.826

|align="center"|128.644*

Wendy Moller

|align="center"|64.429

|align="center"|66.000

|align="center"|130.429*

* Indicates the three best individual scores that count towards the team total.

;Management team

Manager: Tracey Cumming
Coach: Chris Haazen
Vet: Sheelagh Higgerty
Grooms: Enoch Cele, Anton Chimbuanda, Elizabeth Newsome, Teri Smith

Rowing

Qualification Key: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"\|Athlete(s) !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="2"\|Heats !colspan="2"\|Repechage !colspan="2"\|Final
Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank
Sandra Khumalo \|Women's single sculls \| style="text-align:center;"\|6:02.38 \| style="text-align:center;"\|5 \| style="text-align:center;"\|6:13.23 \| style="text-align:center;"\|4 FB \| style="text-align:center;"\|6:18.88 \| style="text-align:center;"\|2 B

class="wikitable"

rowspan="2"|Athlete(s)

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Final

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

Sandra Khumalo

|Women's single sculls

| style="text-align:center;"|6:02.38

| style="text-align:center;"|5

| style="text-align:center;"|6:13.23

| style="text-align:center;"|4 FB

| style="text-align:center;"|6:18.88

| style="text-align:center;"|2 B

;Management

Manager/coach: Marco Galeone

Swimming

Natalie du Toit, a veteran of three Paralympics and one Olympics, announced her retirement from competitive swimming after this event.{{cite web |url=http://www.sabc.co.za/wps/portal/SABC/SABCARTICLE?id=a88cf5004c801065bc1ebf7dedd74c7c&page_from=sport |title=Du Toit happy to retire after Paralympics |publisher=SABC |access-date=2012-08-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110459/http://www.sabc.co.za/wps/portal/SABC/SABCARTICLE?id=a88cf5004c801065bc1ebf7dedd74c7c&page_from=sport |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}

South Africa's first gold medal came from du Toit winning gold in the women's 100 m butterfly S9.{{cite web|last1=Morgan|first1=Brad|title=South Africa: Natalie Wins SA's First Paralympic Gold|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201208310503.html|website=allafrica.com|publisher=southafrica.info|access-date=2016-04-28|date=2012-08-31}}

{{Smalldiv|1=

;Key

Note–Ranks given for preliminary rounds are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or by position without achieving the qualifying target
AF = African record
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
DNS = Did not start/Withdrawn

}}

;Men

class=wikitable

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

rowspan=6|Charl Bouwer

|50 m freestyle S13

| style="text-align:center;"|24.36 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|2 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|23.99 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|{{gold01}}

100 m freestyle S13

| style="text-align:center;"|53.28 PB

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|52.97 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}

400 m freestyle S13

| style="text-align:center;"|4:17.74

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|4:14.13

| style="text-align:center;"|5

100 m butterfly S13

| style="text-align:center;"|59.03 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|2 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|59.39

| style="text-align:center;"|7

100 m backstroke S13

| style="text-align:center;"|1:01.16

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|59.92 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}

200 m individual medley SM13

| style="text-align:center;"|2:15.28

| style="text-align:center;"|2 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|2:14.71

| style="text-align:center;"|4

rowspan=3|Achmat Hassiem{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19336498 |title=BBC News – South Africa shark survivor's hope for Paralympic medal |publisher=BBC |date=2012-08-22 |access-date=2012-08-28}}

|100 m freestyle S10

| style="text-align:center;"|57.61

| style="text-align:center;"|7

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

400 m freestyle S10

| style="text-align:center;"|4:27.86

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

100 m butterfly S10

| style="text-align:center;"|58.46 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|2 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|57.76 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|{{bronze03}}

rowspan=4|Hendri Herbst

|50 m freestyle S11

| style="text-align:center;"|27.02 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|2 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|27.57

| style="text-align:center;"|7

100 m freestyle S11

| style="text-align:center;"|59.64

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|59.60

| style="text-align:center;"|{{bronze03}}

400 m freestyle S11

| style="text-align:center;"|5:08.87 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|4 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|4:59.51 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|7

100 m backstroke S11

| style="text-align:center;"|1:14.76

| style="text-align:center;"|5

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

rowspan=5|Kevin Paul

|50 m freestyle S10

| style="text-align:center;"|25.49 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|4

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

100 m freestyle S10

| style="text-align:center;"|55.55 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|5

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

400 m freestyle S10

| style="text-align:center;"|4:19.64 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|3 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|4:16.46 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|7

100 m breaststrokeSB9

| style="text-align:center;"|1:06.21 PR

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|1:05.70 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}

200 m individual medley SM10

| style="text-align:center;"|2:14.97 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|2:15.26

| style="text-align:center;"|4

Tadhg Slattery

|100 m breaststroke SB5

| style="text-align:center;"|1:39.55

| style="text-align:center;"|3 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|1:39.16

| style="text-align:center;"|5

;Women

class=wikitable

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

rowspan=4|Renette Bloem

|50 m freestyle S11

| style="text-align:center;"|38.00 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|7

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

100 m freestyle S11

| style="text-align:center;"|1:25.72 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

100 m breaststroke SB11

| style="text-align:center;"|1:40.61

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

200 m individual medley SM11

| style="text-align:center;"|3:37.13

| style="text-align:center;"|5

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

rowspan=7|Natalie du Toit

|50 m freestyle S9

| style="text-align:center;"|30.16

| style="text-align:center;"|3 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|29.84

| style="text-align:center;"|7

100 m freestyle S9

| style="text-align:center;"|1:02.95

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|1:03.45

| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}

400 m freestyle S9

| style="text-align:center;"|4:32.59

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|4:30.18

| style="text-align:center;"|{{gold01}}

100 m backstroke S9

| style="text-align:center;"|1:12.52

| style="text-align:center;"|2 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|1:12.56

| style="text-align:center;"|4

100 m breaststroke SB8

| style="text-align:center;"|1:30.24

| style="text-align:center;"|4 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|1:30.85

| style="text-align:center;"|7

100 m butterfly S9

| style="text-align:center;"|1:09.94

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|1:09.30

| style="text-align:center;"|{{gold01}}

200 m individual medley SM9

| style="text-align:center;"|2:36.92

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|2:34.22

| style="text-align:center;"|{{gold01}}

rowspan=4|Emily Gray

|100 m freestyle S9

| style="text-align:center;"|1:08.81

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

400 m freestyle S9

| style="text-align:center;"|5:00.44

| style="text-align:center;"|5 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|4:59.77

| style="text-align:center;"|7

100 m backstroke S9

| style="text-align:center;"|1:15.59

| style="text-align:center;"|4 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|1:16.65

| style="text-align:center;"|7

200 m individual medley SM9

| style="text-align:center;"|2:54.03

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

rowspan=3|Marike Naudé{{cite web |url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=-1&personid=867917 |title=IPC Biography – Marike Naudé |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=2014-10-07 |archive-date=11 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011111520/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=-1&personid=867917 |url-status=dead }}

|50 m freestyle S13

| style="text-align:center;"|32.07

| style="text-align:center;"|7

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

100 m freestyle S13

| style="text-align:center;"|1:11.45

| style="text-align:center;"|7

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

100 m breaststroke SB13

| style="text-align:center;"|1:46.57

| style="text-align:center;"|7

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

rowspan=5|Shireen Sapiro

|50 m freestyle S10

| style="text-align:center;"|30.87 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|5

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

100 m freestyle S10

| style="text-align:center;"|1:07.42 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|8

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

400 m freestyle S10

| style="text-align:center;"|4:59.54 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|4 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|5:01.30

| style="text-align:center;"|8

100 m backstroke S10

| style="text-align:center;"|1:09.46

| style="text-align:center;"|1 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|1:09.02 AF

| style="text-align:center;"|{{bronze03}}

100 m butterfly S10

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|DNS

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

;Management team

Manager: Queeneth Ndlovu
Coach: Karoly Toros
Coach/tapper: Karin Hugo
Tapper/helper: Eeden Meyer

Wheelchair basketball

South Africa's men's wheelchair basketball team were in Group A with Australia, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the United States. Competing athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5 with lower scores representing a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.{{cite web|title=Wheelchair Basketball|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/sports/wheelchair-basketball|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|access-date=2016-04-26}}

=Men's tournament=

{{main|Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men}}

rowspan="2"\|Squad list (classification points) !colspan="2"\|Group stage{{cite web\|title=Wheelchair Basketball – Schedule & Results\|url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/wheelchair-basketball/schedule-and-results/\|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited\|access-date=2012-08-16\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825013554/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/wheelchair-basketball/schedule-and-results/\|archive-date=2012-08-25}} !Quarter-final !Semi-final !colspan="2"\|Final
class=wikitable
style="line-height:1em"\|Opposition Result !Rank !style="line-height:1em"\|Opposition Result !style="line-height:1em"\|Opposition Result !style="line-height:1em"\|Opposition Result !Rank
rowspan="5"\|From: Justin Govender (1.0) Siphamandla Gumbi (2.5) Stuart Jellows (4.5) Kyle Louw (1.5) Luvuyo Mbande (3.5) Gift Mooketsi (2.5) Richard Nortje (4.5) Kobus Oeschger (2.5) Marius Papenfus (2.5) Marcus Retief (1.0) Samuel van Niekerk (2.5) Jaco Velloen (4.5) \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{flagIPC\|AUS\|2012 Summer}} L 39–93 \| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"\|6 \| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5" colspan="4"\|did not advance
style="text-align:center;"\|{{flagIPC\|ESP\|2012 Summer}} L 50–74
style="text-align:center;"\|{{flagIPC\|USA\|2012 Summer}} L 29–91
style="text-align:center;"\|{{flagIPC\|ITA\|2012 Summer}} L 32–61
style="text-align:center;"\|{{flagIPC\|TUR\|2012 Summer}} L 54–79

;Group stage

{{#section:Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament|A}}

{{#section:Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament|A3}}

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{{#section:Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament|A5}}

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{{#section:Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament|A8}}

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{{#section:Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament|A10}}

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{{#section:Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament|A14}}

;11th/12th place match

{{#section:Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament|C1}}

;Management team

Manager: Willie Riechert
Coach: Patrick Fick
Assistant coach: Shadrack Moepeng
Technical coach: Franck Belen

Wheelchair tennis

class=wikitable

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarter-final

!Semi-final

!colspan="2"|Final

style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!Rank

Evans Maripa

|Men's singles

| style="text-align:center;"|{{flagIPCathlete|Hamdan|IRI|2012 Summer}} W 2–1

| style="text-align:center;"|{{flagIPCathlete|Cattaneo|FRA|2012 Summer}} L 0–2

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"|did not advance

Sydwell Mathonsi

|Men's singles

| style="text-align:center;"|{{flagIPCathlete|Welch|USA|2012 Summer}} L 1–2

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="5"|did not advance

Kgothatso Montjane

|Women's singles

|align="center" {{N/A}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{flagIPCathlete|Ochoa Ribes|ESP|2012 Summer}} W 2–1

| style="text-align:center;"|{{flagIPCathlete|Griffioen|NED|2012 Summer}} L 0–2

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|did not advance

Lucas Sithole

|Quad singles

|align="center" colspan="2" {{N/A}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{flagIPCathlete|Wagner|USA|2012 Summer}} L 0–2

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|did not advance

Evans Maripa
Sydwell Mathonsi

|Men's doubles

| style="text-align:center;"|{{flagIPCathlete|Denayer / Gerhard|BEL|2012 Summer}} L 0–2

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="5"|did not advance

;Management team

Manager/coach: Holger Losch
Assistant coach: Khotso Matshego.

General team management

The following people made-up the team's senior management:

Chef de Mission: Pieter Badenhorst
Project manager: Vinesh Maharaj
Manager (logistics): Clifford Cobers
Logistics: Madira Sehlapelo
Manager (athletes services): Chantelle Jardim
Athlete services: Dumisani Mtwa
Chief medical officer: Wayne Derman
Chief physiotherapist: Grace Hughes
Doctor: Paul Maphoto
Physiotherapists: Given Baloyi, Edwin Bodha, Greshne Davids, Shantal Edwards, Dan Ntseke, Evah Ramashala
Classifier: Tarina van der Stockt

References

;General

{{cite web|title=Athlete Search Results RSA 2012 |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=2016-04-28 |url=https://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?npc=RSA&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=2012PG}}

;Specific

External links

[http://www.sascoc.co.za/category/paralympics/ SASCOC National Paralympic Committee - Official website]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20011204085928/http://www.dissa.co.za/ Disability Sports South Africa - Official website]
[http://sasapd.org.za/ South African Sports Association for Physically Disabled - Official website]

Category:Nations at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

2012

Paralympics