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


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


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