Rio Olympic Games 2016

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The 2016 Summer Olympic Games takes place from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The associated Paralympics takes place from 7 to 18 September 2016.

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Medals:
Gold: Caster Semenya - Athletics: Women's 800m
Silver: Sunette Viljoen - Athletics: Women's javelin throw
Bronze: Henri Schoeman - Triathlon: Men's race
Gold: Wayde van Niekerk - Athletics: Men's 400m
Silver: Vuyo Manyonga - Athletics: Men's long jump
Silver: Chad le Clos - Swimming: Men's 100m butterfly
Bronze: Rugby Sevens: Dylan Sage, Philip Snyman, Kwagga Smith, Kyle Brown, Rosko Specman, Cecil Africa, Juan de Jongh, Tim Agaba, Werner Kok, Cheslin Kolbe, Justin Geduld, Francois Hougaard
Silver: Shaun Keeling and Lawrence Brittain - Rowing Men's Pairs
Silver: Chad le Clos - Swimming: Men's 200m freestyle
Silver: Cameron van der Burgh - Swimming: Men's 100m breaststroke

Results:

21 Aug:

• Cycling: Mountain Bike: Cross-country: Alan Hatherly finishes in 42nd place, James Reid finishes in 26th place
• Men's marathon: Lusapho April finishes in 24th place, Sibusiso Mzima finishes in 97th place, Lungile Gongqa is one of 15 of the 155 athletes that did not finish the race.
• Athletics: Men’s 5000m final: Elroy Gelant finishes in 13th place.
• Athletics: Women’s 800m final: Caster Semenya wins the race and the gold medal.

20 Aug:

• Triathlon: Women’s race: Mari Rabie finishes in 11th place, Gillian Sanders finishes in 23rd place.
• Golf: Women's Individual Stroke Play: Round 4: Paula Reto finishes in 16th place, Ashleigh Simon finishes on +12 in 50th place.

19 Aug:

• Athletics: Women's 20km Walk: Anel Oosthuizen finished in 63rd place with 11 of the 74 athletes not completing the race.
• Athletics: Men's 50km Walk: Marc Mundell finished in 38th place with 31 of the 80 athletes not completing the race.
• Golf: Women's Individual Stroke Play: Round 3: Paula Reto on -4 tied in 8th place, Ashleigh Simon on +8 tied in 47th.
• Athletics Women's 800m: Semi-final: Caster Semenya wins her semi-final and is through to the final.
• Athletics Women's javelin throw: Final: Sunette Viljoen wins silver medal with a throw of 64.92m

18 Aug:

• Cycling: Men's BMX quarterfinal: Kyle Dodd: Just misses out on the semifinals as he scores 4, 5 and 5 in his three runs.
• Triathlon: Men's race: Richard Murray finishes in 4th place and Henri Schoeman finishes in 3rd place winning the bronze medal
• Canoe sprint: Women’s kayak single 500m: B final: Bridgitte Hartley finishes in 8th place
• Golf: Women's Individual Stroke Play: Round 2: Paula Reto -4 tied in 11th place, Ashleigh Simon on -2 tied in 22nd place
• Athletics Men's Decathlon: Day 1: Willem Coertzen: runs 100m in 11.12 = 834 points; jumps 6.98 in long jump = 809 points; puts 14.00m in shot put = 728 points; retires injured.
• Athletics Men's Javelin throw: Qualifying: Rocco van Rooyen throws his season's best with 85.39m but it is not enough to put him through to the finals.

17 Aug:

• Cycling: BMX (seeding run): Kyle Dodd has the 26th fastest time in the seeding run
• Athletics Women's 800m Round 1: Caster Semenya wins her heat and proresses to the semi-finals.
• Athletics Men's 5000m Round 1: Elroy Gelant finishes 7th in his heat in 13:22.00 and qualifies as one of the next 5 fastest for the final.
• Canoe sprint: Women’s kayak single 500m: Bridgitte Hartley finishes 3rd in her heat and qualifies for the semi-finals; in the semi-finals she finishes 5th and qualifies for the B final.
• Golf: Women's Individual Stroke Play: Round 1: Paula Reto finishes on +3 tied in 44th place, Ashleigh Simon finishes on +t tied in 48th place
• Athletics: Men's 400m hurdles: Semi-finals: LJ van Zyl finishes 5th in his semi-final in 49.00 and misses out on the final
• Athletics: Women's 400m hurdles: Semi-finals: Wenda Nel finishes 5th in her semi-final in 55.83 and misses out on the final
• Athletics: Women’s long jump: Qualifying round: Linique Prinsloo jumps 6.10m and do not qualify for the final.
• Athletics: Women’s javelin throw: Qualifying round: Sunette Viljoen qualifies for the final.

16 Aug:

• Sailing: 470: Jim Asenathi and Roger Hudson: Race 8 20 points, race 9 19 points and race 10 23 points and ends in 20th place.
• Athletics: Men’s 200m: Round 1: Tlotliso Leotlea finishes 4th in his heat, Anaso Jobodwana finishes 4th in his heat, Clarence Munyai finishes 3rd in his heat and do not progress to the semi-finals.
• Canoeing: Women's K1 200m: B Final: Bridgitte Hartley finishes in 5th place.
• Marathon swimming: Men's 10km: Chad Ho finishes in 10th place.
• Athletics: Women's 400m hurdles: Round 1: Wenda Nel finishes 2nd in her heat and qualifies for the semi-finals.
• Athletics: Men's 110m hurdles: Round 1: Antonio Alkana finishes 5th in his heat and qualifies for the semi-finals.

15 Aug:

• Athletics: Men's 400m hurdles: Round 1: Le Roux Hamman finishes 7th in his heat, Lindsay Hanekom finishes 7th in his heat and LJ van Zyl finishes 2nd in his heat. LJ progresses to the semi-finals.
• Canoeing: Women's Kayak Single 200m: Bridgitte Hartley
• Athletics: Women's 200m: Round 1: Alyssa Conley ends 4th in her heat and Justine Palframan 5th in heat, both missing out on the semi-finals.
• Athletics: Men's triple jump qualification: Khotso Mokoena finishes in 10th place in his heat and misses out on the final.
• Marathon swimming: Women's 10km: Michelle Weber finishes in 18th place.
• Athletics: Men's 400m: Wayde van Niekerk wins gold in new world record time of 43.03
• Athletics: Men’s 100m: Akani Simbine ends 5th in the final

14 Aug:

• Athletics: Men’s 400m: Semifinal: Wayde van Niekerk finishes 2nd in his semi-final and progresses to final
• Athletics: Men’s Long Jump: Final: Luvo Manyonga wins silver with a personal best of 8.37m and Rushwal Samaai ends in 9th with 7.97m.
• Athletics: Women’s 100m Semifinal: Carina Horn finishes 6th in her semi-final and misses out on the final.
• Athletics: Men’s 10000m: Stephen Mokoka finishes in 19th place.
• Athletics: Men’s 800m: Semifinal: Rynardt van Rensburg finishes in 5th with a personal best time of 1:45.33 and misses out on final.
• Golf: Men’s Individual Stroke Play: Round 4: Brandon Stone finishes on +4 tied in 55th place, Jaco van Zyl finishes on even par tied in 39th place.
• Athletics: Women’s Marathon: Irvette Van Zyl (injury prevented her from taking part), Christine Kalmer finishes in 96th place, Lebo Phalula finishes in 63rd place
• Sailing: 470: Race 7 and 8: Jim Asenathi and Roger Hudson: Race 7 11 points with Race 8 rescheduled.

13 Aug:

• Sailing: Laser men: Race 9/10:  Stefano Marcia in Race 9 39 points and in Race 10 40 points.
• Athletics: Men’s 100m Round 1: Akani Simbine wins his heat and is through to the semi-finals, Henricho Bruintjies 6th in his heat and misses out on the semi-finals
• Athletics: Women’s 400m Round 1: Tsholofelo Thipe 4th in her heat, Justine Palframan 7th in her heat and miss out on the semi-finals.
• Golf: Men’s Individual Stroke Play: Round 3: Brandon Stone on evan par (tied in 26th place), Jaco van Zyl on -1 (tied in 20th place)
• Swimming: Men’s 50m Freestyle: Final: Bradley Tandy finishes 8th in 21.80.
• Athletics: Women’s 100m Round 1: Alyssa Conley finishes 6th in heat 7, Carina Horn finishes 2nd in heat 8 and advances to semi-finals.
• Swimming: Men’s 100m Butterfly: Final: Chad le Clos finishes equal second with Phelps and Czeh and wins silver medal.
• Athletics: Men’s Long Jump: Qualifying round: Luvo Manyonga (Group A) finished 3rd in group, Rushwal Samaai (Group A) finished 4th and Group, Stefan Brits (Group B) finished 10th in Group. Manyonga and Samaai progress to final as they are among the 12 best performers.
• Athletics: Men’s 400m: Round 1: Wayde van Niekerk (heat 3) wins his heat and is through to the semi-finals.
• Badminton: Men’s Singles: Group Play Stage – Group N: Jacob Maliekal beats Ukranian opponent 2-0.

12 Aug:

• Golf: Men’s Individual Stroke Play: Round 2: Brandon Stone ends on +1 (tied in 40th place), Jaco van Zyl ends on +3 (tied in 50th place)
• Diving: Women’s 3m springboard: Preliminary: Julia Vincent scores 220.30 in 29th place and misses out on semi-final.
• Swimming: 4 x 100m Medley Relay: Heats: South Africa (heat 2) finishes in 7th in his heat and misses out on final.
• Swimming: Men’s 1500m freestyle: Heats: Matthew Meyer (heat 3) finishes in 7th in his heat and misses out on final.
• Athletics: Men’s 20km Race Walk: Lebogang Shange finishes in 44th place, Wayne Snyman finishes in 58th place.
• Sailing: Laser men: Stefano Marcia: Race 7  44 points and Race 8 36 points. Two more races to go.
• Sailing: 470: Jim Asenathi and Roger Hudson: Race 5 11 points with Race 6 rescheduled.
• Athletics: Women’s 10 000m: Dominique Scott finishes in 21st place in a personal best time.
• Athletics: Men’s 800m: Rynardt van Rensburg (heat 3) finished 2nd in his heat and progresses to the semi-finals, Jacob Rozani (heat 5) finished 5th in his heat and misses out on semi-final.
• Rowing: Men’s Four: Jake Green, David Hunt, Vincent Breet, Jonathan Smith finishes 4th in the final.
• Rowing: Women’s Pair:Kate Christowitz, Lee-Ann Persse finishes 5th in the final.
• Rowing: Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls:James Thompson, John Smith finishes 4th in the final.
• Rowing: Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls: Kirsten McCann, Ursula Grobler finishes 5th in the final.
• Swimming: Men’s 100m Butterfly: Heats: Chad le Clos finished 2nd in his heat qualifying for the semi-finals
• Swimming: Men’s 50m Freestyle: Semifinals: Bradley Tandy finishes 3rd in his semifinal qualifing for the final.
• Badminton: Men’s Singles: Group Play Stage – Group N: Jacob Maliekal lost 0-2 against his Korean opponent.

11 Aug:

• Rugby Sevens: Bronze medal: South Africa beat Japan 54 - 14
• Rugby Sevens: Semi-final: South Africa lost against 7 - 5 Great Britain
• Sailing: 470: Asenathi Jim and Roger Hudson: Race 3 15 points and Race 4 14 points
• Swimming: Men’s 100m Butterfly: Heats: Chad le Clos finishes 3rd in his heat putting him through to the semi-finals.
• Golf: Men’s Individual Stroke Play: Round 1: Brandon Stone at the end of day 1 is on +4, Jaco van Zyl ends day 1 on even par.
• Swimming: Men’s 50m Freestyle: Heats: Doug Erasmus finishes in 4th in heat 7, Bradley Tandy finishes in 4th in heat 9 and his time of 21.94 takes him through to the semi-finals.
• Equestrian: Dressage Individual Grand Prix Day 2: Tanya Seymour scores 63.929% on Ramoneur
• Rowing: Men's Pair: Final: Shaun Keeling and Lawrence Brittain wins silver
• Rowing: Men’s Four: Semifinal A/B 1: Jake Green, David Hunt, Vincent Breet and Jonathan Smith finishes second going through to final A
• Rowing: Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls: Semifinal A/B 2: James Thompson and John Smith win their semifinal going through to final A
• Rowing: Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls: Semifinal A/B 1: Kirsten McCann and Ursula Grobler finishes first going through to final A
• Rowing: Women’s Pair: Semifinal A/B 1: Kate Christowitz and Lee-Ann Persse finishes third going through to final A
• Football: Men’s first round: Group matches: South Africa draws 1-1 with Iraq

10 Aug:

• Rugby Sevens: Quarterfinal: South Africa beat Australia 22-5
• Sailing: 470 men: Jim Asenathi and Roger Hudson: Race 1 18 points and Race 2 24 points
• Sailing: Laser men: Stefano Marcia: Race 5 43 points and Race 6 38 points
• Rugby Sevens: Pool B third match: South Africa lost against Australia 5-12
• Judo: Men -90 kg elimination rounds: Zack Piontek loses his match against Brazil's Tiago Camilo
• Dressage Individual Grand Prix: Tanya Seymour on Ramoneur scored 64.043%
• Cycling: Women’s Individual Time trial: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio finishes in 12th place.
• Swimming: Men’s 200m Butterfly Final: Chad le Clos finishes in 4th place.
• Football: Women: Banyana Banyana draws 0-0 with Brazil in their Group E match.

9 Aug:

• Rugby Sevens: Pool B first match: South Africa win against France 26-0
• Sailing: Men's Laser: Stefano Marcia Race 1 = 42 points; Race 2 = 38 points (6 more races to go)
• Swimming: Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: Heats: Myles Brown, Sebastien Rousseau, Calvyn Justus and Dylan Bosch finish 5th in their heat missing the final.
• Swimming: Men’s 200m Breaststroke: Heats: Jarred Crous finishes in 8th place in his heat and Cameron van der Burghin 7th place in his heat missing the semifinals.
• Rowing: Men’s Four: Repechage: Jake Green, David Hunt, Vincent Breet, Jonathan Smith wins repechage to go through to A/B semifinal
• Rugby Sevens: Pool B first match: South Africa win against Spain 24-0
• Rowing: Men’s Pair: Semifinal: Shaun Keeling and Lawrence Brittain finishes third and is through to the A Final
• Swimming: Men's 200 Freestyle Final: Chad le Clos wins silver
• Swimming: Men's 200 Butterfly Semifinals: Chad le Clos finishes in 3rd place in his semifinal qualifying for the final.

8 Aug:

• Swimming: Men’s 100m Backstroke semifinal: Christopher Reid finished 7th in his semifinal missing out on the final.
• Swimming: Men’s 100m Breaststroke final: Cameron van der Burgh wins silver.
• Swimming: Men’s 200m Freestyle semifinal: Chad le Clos finished 5th and Myles Brown 7th in their respective semifinals with Chad le Clos going through to the final.
• Rowing: Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls: Kirsten McCann and Ursula Grobler win their heat and is through to semifinals
• Rowing: Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls: James Thompson and John Smith win their heat and is through to semifinals
• Rowing: Women’s Pair: Kate Christowitz and Lee-Ann Persse finishes 2nd in their heat and is through to semifinals
• Rowing: Men’s Four: Jake Green, David Hunt, Vincent Breet and Jonathan Smith finishes 4th and going into the repechage.
• Swimming: Men’s 200m Butterfly heats: Chad le Clos wins his heat and is through to the semfinals, Sebastien Rousseau finishes 8 in his heat and misses out on the semifinal.
• Sailing: Men's Laser: Stefano Marcia Race 1 = 30 points; Race 2 = 25 points (8 more races to go)

7 Aug:

• The rowing was cancelled due to weather conditions
• Cycling: Women Road Race: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio finished in 10th place well supported by An-Li Kachelhoffer
• Swimming: Men’s 200m Freestyle: Chad le Clos and Myles Brown through to the semifinals.
• Swimming: Men’s 100m Backstroke: Christopher Reid through to the semifinals .
• Swimming: Men’s 100m Breaststroke semifinals: Cameron van der Burgh through to final.
• Football: Men: Bafana Bafana lost 0-1 to Denmark

6 Aug:

• Rowing: Shaun Keeling and Lawrence Brittain finished second in their M2 pair heat, which put them through to the semifinal.
• Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Qualifying: Ryan Patterson - floor 14.300, pommel horse 13.033, rings 13.333, vault 13.733, parallel bars 13.000, horizontal bars 13.291
• Swimming: 400m Individual Medley heats: Sebastien Rousseau 21st and Michael Meyer 17th overall and missing the final.
• Swimming: 400m freestyle heats: Myles Brown 12 th overall missing the final
• Swimming: 100m breaststroke heats: Cameron van der Burgh through to semifinals on 7 Aug
• Cycling: Men’s Road Race: Daryl Impey support enabled Louis Meintjes to finish 7th.
• Football: Women: Banyana Banyana lost 0-2 to China in their 2nd Group E match.
• Swimming: Cameron van der Burgh qualified for the final in the 3rd position.

5 Aug: Wayde van Niekerk carried the flag for South Africa at the opening ceremony

4 Aug: Football: Bafana Bafana draws 0-0 against Brazil in their first Group A match.

3 Aug: Football: Women: Banyana Banyana lost 0-1 to Sweden in their first Group E match.

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