Former world record holder Schoeman was furious at the noise during his 50m freestyle semifinal and referred to a particularly vocal spectator as a monkey.
"There were people going on like monkeys. It's an absolute disgrace. There's a guy in the stands just shouting, shouting, shouting. Somebody like that needs to be ejected," the South African ranted as he was allowed to restart and qualified for the final.
My remarks had no racial overtones: Schoeman
In the eye of storm for describing crowd as "monkeys", South African swimmer Roland Schoeman said his remarks did not have racial overtones.
Having won the silver medal in the men's 50m freestyle, the former Olympic gold medalist said in South Africa they call hooligan, a monkey.
"I'm disappointed in the way the Australian media portrayed what I said. It wasn't meant to be a racist remark -- in South Africa when someone calls you a monkey they mean hooligan."
"The comment was aimed at only one individual who was acting like a hooligan," he said.
INDIANS AGAIN AT THE RECEIVING END:
The chief Indian archery coach had to bear the brunt of a miffed English official after their one-point defeat to lose the gold medal in the women's recurve team event at the Yamuna Sports Complex.
The Olympian told PTI that he was abused by a foreign official when he went to shake hands, a customary gesture after a match.
"When I was about to extend my hand to this person wearing English team colours (white and red), he showed me his elbow and told me 'f*** ***'.
England's archery team official, Hilda Gibson, though said she was unaware of the incident.
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