South Africa competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

The South African Airways had one of their Boeing 747-300s specially painted in rainbow colours to transport the South African Olympic team to Sydney.

[1] South Africa returned two of the archers that had competed four years earlier.

South Africa's first appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament resulted in a last-place finish.

The baseball team finished the preliminary round with a 1–6 record, having lost by 10 runs or more four times.