The history of competitive water sports in southern Africa

Men's 100 metres Freestyle

Phase	Unit	Rank	T
Final		7	56.3
Semi-Finals	Heat One	3	56.5
Round One	Heat Seven	2	56.3

Men's 400 metres Freestyle

Phase	Unit	Rank	T
Round One	Heat Four	2	4:31.9

Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle

Phase	Unit	Rank	T
Round One	Heat One	2	18:17.8

Women's 100 metres Backstroke

Phase	Unit	Rank	T
Final		4	1:11.4
Round One	Heat One	1	1:12.0

Despite the low expectation of Laura Ranwell, who only came second at Nationals, she achieved the best South African performance at the Olympic Games, coming 4th in the Final of the 100m backstroke.

In the same race, Pretoria-born Natalie Steward came second,