Christiaan Steyn

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameChristiaan Lodewyk de Jongh•Steyn
Used nameChristiaan•Steyn
Born2 September 1897 in Malmesbury, Western Cape (RSA)
Died1968
NOC South Africa

Biography

Christiaan Steyn was a South African track and field athlete who specialised as a sprinter. Along with Toby Betts, George Dustan, and Howard Kinsman, Steyn was part of the quartet that reached the semi-finals of the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1924 Paris Olympics. He was also scheduled to run in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and the 4 × 400 metres relay in Paris but did not start in any of those.

Personal Best: 100 – 10.8 (1922).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1924 Summer Olympics Athletics RSA Christiaan Steyn
100 metres, Men (Olympic) DNS
200 metres, Men (Olympic) DNS
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men (Olympic) South Africa 4 h3 r2/3
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic) South Africa DNS