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Athletics South Africa is the national governing body for the sport of athletics (including track and field, cross country, road running and racewalking) in South Africa, recognised by the IAAF, [3] and also a member of Confederation of African Athletics. [4] The association is based in Johannesburg .
2018 Ostrava. 400 m. 2018 Ostrava. 4x400 m mixed. Mokgadi Caster Semenya OIB (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and winner of two Olympic gold medals [4] and three World Championships in the women's 800 metres. She first won gold at the World Championships in 2009 and went on to win at the 2016 Olympics and the 2017 ...
Uitenhage, South Africa Marathon: 2:06:33 Gert Thys: 14 February 1999 Tokyo Marathon: Tokyo, Japan 50 km (road) 2:39:04 Tete Dijana: 26 February 2023 Nedbank Runified Breaking Barriers 50km Gqeberha, South Africa 100 km (road) 6:25:07 Bruce Fordyce: 4 February 1989 Stellenbosch, South Africa 110 m hurdles: 13.11 (+1.8 m/s) Antonio Alkana: 5 ...
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee was created in 1991, and South Africa returned to the Games at the 1992 Summer Olympics (and the 1992 Summer Paralympics ). South Africa also participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 1960, and since 1994. South African athletes have won a total of 89 medals, with athletics, boxing ...
The national cricket team is nicknamed The Proteas. South Africa hosted the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup and 2007 ICC World Twenty20 . Other popular sports include: athletics, basketball, boxing, golf, netball, softball, field hockey, swimming, surfing and tennis.
South Africa at the2024 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 competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-apartheid era, and twentieth overall in Summer ...
The competition was organised and attended only by White South Africans (mostly of Dutch and British heritage). An open championship was established in 1974, including all races and international athletes. The International Amateur Athletic Association (IAAF) banned South Africa from international athletics in 1976 for its apartheid policy. As ...