{"id":526419,"date":"2024-07-19T12:08:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T10:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betcentral.onpressidium.com\/?p=526419"},"modified":"2024-07-19T12:08:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T10:08:29","slug":"a-history-of-south-africas-medal-winners-swimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/olympics-paris-2024\/a-history-of-south-africas-medal-winners-swimming\/","title":{"rendered":"A History Of South Africa\u2019s Medal Winners \u2013 Swimming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below is a detailed dive into the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/rugby\/springbok-watch-players-in-the-spotlight-v-portugal\/\">Mzansi<\/a><\/strong> swimmers who have won medals at the Summer Olympics. We look at their times, records, and who they were competing against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">Atlanta 1996<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Penny Heyns won South Africa\u2019s first medal in the pool, winning Gold in the Women&#8217;s 100-meters Breaststroke. Her time of 1:07.73 was a World Record swim as she finished ahead of Amanda Beard (USA) and Samantha Riley of Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heyns then added the Women&#8217;s 200-meters Breaststroke to her achievements by taking the Gold medal. Her time of 2:25.41 was an Olympic Record on the day. She once again beat American, Amanda Beard and Australia\u2019s Rebecca Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/olympic-games\/\" style=\"background-color:#f2a12a\">Bet Now: Olympics<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">Athens 2004<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After an eight-year weight, South Africa won the Gold Medal in the Men&#8217;s 4&#215;100 meters Freestyle Relay. The four swimmers were Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend, and Ryk Neethling and their time of 3:13.17 was a World Record on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They famously finished ahead of a USA quarter featuring Michael Phelps whilst Australia took the Bronze Medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roland Schoeman won the Silver Medal in the Men&#8217;s 100-meter Freestyle, and he was not done as he took a Bronze Medal in the Men&#8217;s 50-meters Freestyle with a time of 21.94.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was once again joined on the podium by an American, Gary Hall Jr. (Gold), and an Australian Ian Thorpe (Bronze).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/olympic-games\/\" style=\"background-color:#f2a12a\">Bet Now: Olympics<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">London 2012<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After another eight-year wait, the swimming medals resumed through Cameron van der Burgh. He took Gold in the Men&#8217;s 100-meters Breaststroke with a World Record time of 58:46, finishing ahead of Christian Sprenger (Australia) and Brendan Hansen (USA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the most famous ever win came from Chad le Clos, hailed by his father on television as a \u201cbeautiful boy\u201d after the event. In the Men&#8217;s 200 -meters Butterfly, he hit a new African Record with a time of 1:52.96. His famous fingertip stretch saw him edge out\u00a0two-time defending Olympic champion and world record holder, Michael Phelps, by\u00a00.05 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le Clos added the Silver Medal in the Men&#8217;s 100-meters Butterfly with another African Record but this time he finished behind Michael Phelps (USA) by 0.23 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">Rio de Janeiro 2016<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chad le Clos won another silver medal in Brazil four years later, this time in the Men&#8217;s 200-meters Freestyle. 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