South Africa at the 1992 Summer Olympics South Africa at the 1992 Summer Olympics South Africa competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time since 1960 at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. South Africa was permitted to re-join the Olympic Movement after its citizens voted to abolish apartheid. 93 competitors, 68 men and 25 women, took part in 87 events in 19 sports. The flag was carried at the opening ceremony by marathon runner Jan Tau. In South Africa's debut appearance in Olympic archery, the nation was represented by two archers. Neither advanced past the ranking round. Five cyclists, four men and one
Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics for 10 metre running target, which replaced 50 metre running target on the Olympic program, as well as the first games with the new targets in all rifle and pistol events except 50 metre pistol, leading to a large number of automatic Olympic records. The shooting events at the 1992 Olympics mark the first time that Independent Olympic Participants, competing under the Olympic flag, have won medals in any sport at any Olympic competition. A total of 407 shooters, 290 men and 117 women, from 83 nations competed at the Barcelona Games: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics The shooting