Olympics 2020 – South African Athletes’ Schedule

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics commence tomorrow with the women’s softball and soccer preliminaries before the official curtain-raiser at the Opening Ceremony two days later. It will be South Africa’s eighth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-apartheid era, and the twentieth overall in Summer Olympic history.

We’ve put together a guide to the stand-out Olympic events involving team South Africa.

Soccer

• 22 July 2021: Japan v South Africa 
• 25 July 2021: France v South Africa 
• 28 July 2021: South Africa v Mexico

Rugby

• 26 July 2021: South Africa v Ireland, South Africa v Kenya
• 27 July 2021: South Africa v USA

Athletics

• 31 July 2021: Men’s 100m Preliminary Round (Galaletsang Ramorwa/Akani Simbine), Men’s 100m Round 1
• 1 August 2021: Men’s 100m Semifinals, Men’s 100m Final, Men’s 400m Round 1 (Wayde van Niekerk/ Pieter Conradie/ Oscar Mavundla/Derrick Mokaleng/ Zakhiti Nene)
• 2 August 2021: Men’s 100m Victory Ceremony, Men’s 400m semifinals
• 3 August 2021: Men’s 200m Round 1 (Clarence Munyai/Wayde van Niekerk/Gift Leotlela/Shaun Maswanganyi/ Anaso Jobodwana/ Galaletsang Ramorwa/ Chederick van Wyk/ Zakhiti Nene), Men’s 200m semifinal
• 4 August 2020: Men’s 200m final
• 5 August 2021: Men’s 400m Final

Swimming

• 24 July 2021: Men’s 100m Breaststroke Heats (Michael Houlie)
• 25 July 2021: Men’s 100m Breaststroke Semifinals, Women’s 100m Backstroke – Heats (Mariella Venter), Men’s 100m Backstroke Heats (Pieter Coetze), Women’s 400m Freestyle – Heats (Dune Coetzee)
• 26 July 2021: Women’s 100m Breaststroke Semifinals (Tatjana Schoenmaker), Men’s 100m Breaststroke Final Women’s 400m Freestyle Final (Dune Coetzee), Men’s 100m Backstroke Semifinals (Pieter Coetze), Men’s 100m Breaststroke Victory Ceremony, Women’s 100m Backstroke Semifinals, Women’s 400m Freestyle Victory Ceremony, Women’s 200m Freestyle – Heats (Rebecca Meder), Men’s 200m Butterfly – Heats (Ethan du Preez & Chad le Clos)
• 27 July 2021: Women’s 200m Freestyle Semifinals, Women’s 100m Backstroke Final, Men’s 100m Backstroke Final, Women’s 100m Breaststroke Final, Women’s 100m Backstroke Victory Ceremony, Men’s 200m Butterfly Semifinals, Men’s 100m Backstroke Victory Ceremony, Women’s 100m Breaststroke Victory Ceremony
• 28 July 2021: Women’s 200m Freestyle Final, Men’s 200m Butterfly Final, Women’s 200m Freestyle Victory Ceremony, Men’s 200m Butterfly Victory Ceremony, Women’s 100m Freestyle – Heats (Erin Gallagher), Men’s 200m Backstroke – Heats (Martin Binedell), Women’s 200m Breaststroke – Heats (Tatjana Schoenmaker & Kaylene Corbett), Men’s 200m Individual Medley – Heats (Matthew Sates)
• 29 July 2020: Women’s 100m Freestyle Semifinals, Men’s 200m Backstroke Semifinals, Women’s 200m Breaststroke Semifinals, Men’s 200m Individual Medley Semifinals, Men’s 100m Butterfly – Heats (Matthew Sates)
• 30 July 2021: Men’s 100m Butterfly Semifinals, Women’s 200m Breaststroke Final, Men’s 200m Backstroke Final, Women’s 100m Freestyle Final, Women’s 200m Breaststroke Victory Ceremony, Men’s 200m Individual Medley Final, Men’s 200m Backstroke Victory Ceremony, Women’s 100m Freestyle Victory Ceremony, Men’s 200m Individual Medley Victory Ceremony, Men’s 50m Freestyle – Heats (Bradley Tandy), Women’s 50m Freestyle – Heats (Emma Chelius), Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay – Heats (Tatjana Schoenmaker/ Mariella Venter/ Aimee Canny/ Erin Gallagher)
• 31 July 2021: Men’s 100m Butterfly Final, Men’s 100m Butterfly Victory Ceremony, Men’s 50m Freestyle Semifinals, Women’s 50m Freestyle Semifinals
• 1 August 2021: Men’s 50m Freestyle Final, Women’s 50m Freestyle Final, Men’s 50m Freestyle Victory Ceremony, Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final, Women’s 50m Freestyle Victory Ceremony, Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay Victory Ceremony

Golf

• 29 July 2021: Men’s individual Round 1 (Garrick Higgo, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Ashleigh Buhai)
• 30 July 2021: Men’s individual Round 2
• 31 July 2021: Men’s individual Round 3
• 1 August 2021: Men’s individual Round 4