No. The Olympic Games have never been held on the African continent. South Africa is the only country in Africa with anything like the infrastructure and resources necessary to host the Games. South Africa hosted the 1995 Rugby World Cup successfully, a milestone which came only a year after the transition to democracy. Cape Town failed in 1997 to win its bid for the 2004 Olympic Games. It is a sad fact that Africa is unlikely to host the Games for a long time. Competition to host the Games is always fierce and South Africa's major weaknesses are a high crime rate and lack of economic clout. Crime in particular has been touted by nations competing with South Africa as a reason not to hold the Games there.
As of the 2008 Games, South African athletes have won 69 Summer Olympic medals (20 gold, 23 silver, 26 bronze). South African athletes have won 22 medals in athletics, 19 in boxing, 12 in swimming, 8 in cycling, 6 in tennis, and 1 each in rowing and shooting.
South Africa has competed in 17 Summer Olympics (1904-1960 and 1992-2008) and 5 Winter Olympics (1960, 1994-2006).
The 2008 Olympic Summer Games is the 16th Olympic appearance for South Africa.
they still do not compete in the olympics........
I'm pretty sure there is not snow in South America unless you go the the Andys.
No, South Africa has never won the World Cup.
Most certainly. The country hosted the FIFA World Cup with great success and the transportation was mostly quite adequate.
Yes
South Africa is claimed by the citizens of the Republic of South Africa.
South Africa is in Africa. Africa's a continent, South Africa is a country in Africa.
The country furthest south on the continent of Africa is South Africa. The farthest south major town in South Africa is Capetown.
No, South Africa is a country on the continent of Africa
106 athletes from South Africa competed in the 2004 Games in Athens. South Africa won 6 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze). The gold medalist was the 4x100 men's freestyle relay team of Roland Mark Schoeman, Ryk Neethling, Lyndon Ferns and Darian Townsend.
1950
yes
There were no summer olympics in 2010.
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1992 Barcelona
The Olympics have never been held in Africa or South America.
South Africa, because of racial discrimination.
The most medals South Africa has won in an Olympics is 10 and was done at the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp and the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki.
A Summer Olympics has not been held on the continents of Africa nor South America.
That was Reggie Walker of South Africa who won the 100 meter dash at the 1908 Olympics in London.
Due to APARTHEID South Africa were banned in 1960 but then got accepted in 1992 because Olympics was for all countries to how their talent in athletics/swimming/gymnastics At first Black South Africa weren't allowed to participate at all because Olympics was for the White People who were armature athletes
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