Olympic medalists of the modern Summer Olympic Games 1896-2016


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Summary statistics
Total medals for South Africa: 128
No. of medalists: 105
No. of sports: 10
Total GOLD medals: 32
Total SILVER medals: 46
Total BRONZE medals: 50
 Gold  32 / 128 
 25,0%
 Silver  46 / 128 
 35,9%
 Bronze  50 / 128 
 39,1%

Count of medals by sport
 Sport  Medals count Share (%)
 1)  Athletics  31 
 24,22% 
 2)  Aquatics  27 
 21,09% 
 3)  Boxing  19 
 14,84% 
 4)  Cycling  16 
 12,50% 
 5)  Rugby  12 
 9,38% 
 6)  Tennis  8 
 6,25% 
 7)  Rowing  8 
 6,25% 
 8)  Shooting  5 
 3,91% 
 9)  Canoe / Kayak  1 
 0,78% 
 10)  Triathlon  1 
 0,78% 

GOLD MEDALS
 Sport  Count Share (%)
 1)  Aquatics  9 
 28,13% 
 2)  Athletics  8 
 25,00% 
 3)  Boxing  6 
 18,75% 
 4)  Tennis  4 
 12,50% 
 5)  Rowing  4 
 12,50% 
 6)  Cycling  1 
 3,13% 
SILVER MEDALS
 Sport  Count Share (%)
 1)  Athletics  17 
 36,96% 
 2)  Cycling  9 
 19,57% 
 3)  Aquatics  6 
 13,04% 
 4)  Shooting  5 
 10,87% 
 5)  Boxing  4 
 8,70% 
 6)  Tennis  3 
 6,52% 
 7)  Rowing  2 
 4,35% 
BRONZE MEDALS
 Sport  Count Share (%)
 1)  Aquatics  12 
 24,00% 
 2)  Rugby  12 
 24,00% 
 3)  Boxing  9 
 18,00% 
 4)  Athletics  6 
 12,00% 
 5)  Cycling  6 
 12,00% 
 6)  Rowing  2 
 4,00% 
 7)  Tennis  1 
 2,00% 
 8)  Canoe / Kayak  1 
 2,00% 
 9)  Triathlon  1 
 2,00% 


Medalists ordered by medals count
» show all medalists from South Africa (individual records)

 namecountrymedals countsport
1LE CLOS ChadSouth Africa4Aquatics
2WINSLOW Charles LyndhurstSouth Africa3Tennis
3RUDD Bevil Gordon D´UrbanSouth Africa3Athletics
4SCHOEMAN RolandSouth Africa3Aquatics
5HEYNS PenelopeSouth Africa3Aquatics
6KALTENBRUN Henry JustavesSouth Africa2Cycling
7SMITH William R.South Africa2Cycling
8KITSON Harry AustinSouth Africa2Tennis
9WALKER James R.South Africa2Cycling
10CLOETE HestrieSouth Africa2Athletics
11ATKINSON SidneySouth Africa2Athletics
12SEMENYA CasterSouth Africa2Athletics
13ROBINSON Raymond LeonardSouth Africa2Cycling
14BEKKER Daniel WepenerSouth Africa2Boxing
15SHARDELOW Thomas FrederickSouth Africa2Cycling
16VAN DER BURGH CameronSouth Africa2Aquatics
17SWIFT Alfred JamesSouth Africa2Cycling
18ABERNETHY MoiraSouth Africa1Aquatics
19DE JONGH JuanSouth Africa1Rugby
20MEYER ElanaSouth Africa1Athletics
21SMITH DavidSouth Africa1Shooting
22SPECKMAN RosckoSouth Africa1Rugby
23HERBERT LlewellynSouth Africa1Athletics
24VAN DER GOES Frederica JohannaSouth Africa1Aquatics
25CECH DonovanSouth Africa1Rowing
26ARTHUR JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
27NIEMAN Andries C.South Africa1Boxing
28LEWIS RudolphSouth Africa1Cycling
29VAN NIEKERK WaydeSouth Africa1Athletics
30MYBURGH Jeanette EvelynSouth Africa1Aquatics
31GEDULD JustinSouth Africa1Rugby
32FERREIRA WayneSouth Africa1Tennis
33RAYMOND LouisSouth Africa1Tennis
34SCHOEMAN HenriSouth Africa1Triathlon
35KRUGER FrantzSouth Africa1Athletics
36ISAACS HarrySouth Africa1Boxing
37DI CLEMENTE RamonSouth Africa1Rowing
38SHEPHERD DennisSouth Africa1Boxing
39LEISCHING Leonard JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
40MANYONGA LuvoSouth Africa1Athletics
41VILJOEN SunetteSouth Africa1Athletics
42MYBURGH Natalie AnnSouth Africa1Aquatics
43HOUGAARD FrancoisSouth Africa1Rugby
44NORVAL PietSouth Africa1Tennis
45MACMASTER CecilSouth Africa1Athletics
46MAAKAL JennySouth Africa1Aquatics
47MOKOENA KhotsoSouth Africa1Athletics
48DREYER GeraldSouth Africa1Boxing
49BRITTAIN MatthewSouth Africa1Rowing
50VAN SCHALKWYK Theunis JacobusSouth Africa1Boxing
51BRITTAIN LawrenceSouth Africa1Rowing
52ROBERTS Susan ElizabethSouth Africa1Aquatics
53GOOSEN Harry W.South Africa1Cycling
54KOK WernerSouth Africa1Rugby
55KRIEL MarianneSouth Africa1Aquatics
56CLARK Marjorie R.South Africa1Athletics
57HUNTER GeorgeSouth Africa1Boxing
58NDLOVU SizweSouth Africa1Rowing
59DAVEL HarrySouth Africa1Athletics
60KEELING ShaunSouth Africa1Rowing
61BODLEY RobertSouth Africa1Shooting
62KOLBE CheslinSouth Africa1Rugby
63SMITH William H.South Africa1Boxing
64FERNS LyndonSouth Africa1Aquatics
65STEVENS LawrenceSouth Africa1Boxing
66HARTLEY BridgetteSouth Africa1Canoe / Kayak
67HARRISON Joan CynthiaSouth Africa1Aquatics
68WALKER ReginaldSouth Africa1Athletics
69SMITH JohnSouth Africa1Rowing
70ESTMAN GeorgeSouth Africa1Cycling
71OLDFIELD Clarence WinstonSouth Africa1Athletics
72AFRIKA CecilSouth Africa1Rugby
73LOUBSCHER Henry JamesSouth Africa1Boxing
74BUCHANAN Ferdinand Lindley AugustusSouth Africa1Shooting
75SAGE DylanSouth Africa1Rugby
76SEPENG HezekielSouth Africa1Athletics
77REDFORD Marie E.South Africa1Aquatics
78NEETHLING RykSouth Africa1Aquatics
79PIERCE ErnestSouth Africa1Boxing
80ROBB-HASENJÄGER Daphne Lilian EvelynSouth Africa1Athletics
81HEFFERON Charles A.South Africa1Athletics
82THOMPSON JamesSouth Africa1Rowing
83FOWLER Robert GeraldSouth Africa1Cycling
84OOSTERLAAK JackSouth Africa1Athletics
85AGABA TimSouth Africa1Rugby
86SPENCE Malcolm CliveSouth Africa1Athletics
87HARVEY George HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
88SMITH KwaggaSouth Africa1Rugby
89THUGWANE JosiaSouth Africa1Athletics
90RENNIE RhodaSouth Africa1Aquatics
91TOWNSEND DarianSouth Africa1Aquatics
92CARSTENS David DanielSouth Africa1Boxing
93BRAND Esther CorneliaSouth Africa1Athletics
94MCARTHUR Kennedy KaneSouth Africa1Athletics
95WALKER Clarence LeonardSouth Africa1Boxing
96BROWN KyleSouth Africa1Rugby
97MEYERS WilliamSouth Africa1Boxing
98MORGAN Frederick HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
99SNYMAN PhilipSouth Africa1Rugby
100PARKIN TerenceSouth Africa1Aquatics
101RUSSELL KathleenSouth Africa1Aquatics
102MULAUDZI MbulaeniSouth Africa1Athletics
103CATTERALL CharlesSouth Africa1Boxing
104TOWEEL William MichaelSouth Africa1Boxing
105GITSHAM Christian W.South Africa1Athletics


Multiple medalists
 1)   LE CLOS Chad  4 
 
 2)   HEYNS Penelope  3 
 
 3)   SCHOEMAN Roland  3 
 
 4)   WINSLOW Charles Lyndhurst  3 
 
 5)   RUDD Bevil Gordon D´Urban  3 
 
 6)   ROBINSON Raymond Leonard  2 
 
 7)   SHARDELOW Thomas Frederick  2 
 
 8)   SWIFT Alfred James  2 
 
 9)   BEKKER Daniel Wepener  2 
 
 10)   CLOETE Hestrie  2 
 
 11)   SEMENYA Caster  2 
 
 12)   VAN DER BURGH Cameron  2 
 
 13)   KITSON Harry Austin  2 
 
 14)   KALTENBRUN Henry Justaves  2 
 
 15)   SMITH William R.  2 
 
 16)   WALKER James R.  2 
 
 17)   ATKINSON Sidney  2 
 


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