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)  Rowing  4 
 12,50% 
 5)  Tennis  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)  Triathlon  1 
 2,00% 
 8)  Tennis  1 
 2,00% 
 9)  Canoe / Kayak  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
6SMITH William R.South Africa2Cycling
7VAN DER BURGH CameronSouth Africa2Aquatics
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
16SWIFT Alfred JamesSouth Africa2Cycling
17KALTENBRUN Henry JustavesSouth Africa2Cycling
18SMITH KwaggaSouth Africa1Rugby
19FERREIRA WayneSouth Africa1Tennis
20RAYMOND LouisSouth Africa1Tennis
21KRUGER FrantzSouth Africa1Athletics
22ISAACS HarrySouth Africa1Boxing
23DI CLEMENTE RamonSouth Africa1Rowing
24SHEPHERD DennisSouth Africa1Boxing
25LEISCHING Leonard JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
26AGABA TimSouth Africa1Rugby
27MYBURGH Jeanette EvelynSouth Africa1Aquatics
28SNYMAN PhilipSouth Africa1Rugby
29NORVAL PietSouth Africa1Tennis
30MACMASTER CecilSouth Africa1Athletics
31MAAKAL JennySouth Africa1Aquatics
32MOKOENA KhotsoSouth Africa1Athletics
33DREYER GeraldSouth Africa1Boxing
34VAN SCHALKWYK Theunis JacobusSouth Africa1Boxing
35BROWN KyleSouth Africa1Rugby
36MYBURGH Natalie AnnSouth Africa1Aquatics
37ROBERTS Susan ElizabethSouth Africa1Aquatics
38GOOSEN Harry W.South Africa1Cycling
39SPECKMAN RosckoSouth Africa1Rugby
40KRIEL MarianneSouth Africa1Aquatics
41CLARK Marjorie R.South Africa1Athletics
42HUNTER GeorgeSouth Africa1Boxing
43VAN NIEKERK WaydeSouth Africa1Athletics
44DE JONGH JuanSouth Africa1Rugby
45BODLEY RobertSouth Africa1Shooting
46SCHOEMAN HenriSouth Africa1Triathlon
47SMITH William H.South Africa1Boxing
48FERNS LyndonSouth Africa1Aquatics
49STEVENS LawrenceSouth Africa1Boxing
50HARTLEY BridgetteSouth Africa1Canoe / Kayak
51HARRISON Joan CynthiaSouth Africa1Aquatics
52WALKER ReginaldSouth Africa1Athletics
53MANYONGA LuvoSouth Africa1Athletics
54DAVEL HarrySouth Africa1Athletics
55GEDULD JustinSouth Africa1Rugby
56HOUGAARD FrancoisSouth Africa1Rugby
57LOUBSCHER Henry JamesSouth Africa1Boxing
58BUCHANAN Ferdinand Lindley AugustusSouth Africa1Shooting
59SEPENG HezekielSouth Africa1Athletics
60REDFORD Marie E.South Africa1Aquatics
61NEETHLING RykSouth Africa1Aquatics
62PIERCE ErnestSouth Africa1Boxing
63BRITTAIN MatthewSouth Africa1Rowing
64ROBB-HASENJÄGER Daphne Lilian EvelynSouth Africa1Athletics
65HEFFERON Charles A.South Africa1Athletics
66VILJOEN SunetteSouth Africa1Athletics
67ESTMAN GeorgeSouth Africa1Cycling
68OLDFIELD Clarence WinstonSouth Africa1Athletics
69KOK WernerSouth Africa1Rugby
70SPENCE Malcolm CliveSouth Africa1Athletics
71HARVEY George HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
72THUGWANE JosiaSouth Africa1Athletics
73RENNIE RhodaSouth Africa1Aquatics
74TOWNSEND DarianSouth Africa1Aquatics
75CARSTENS David DanielSouth Africa1Boxing
76NDLOVU SizweSouth Africa1Rowing
77BRAND Esther CorneliaSouth Africa1Athletics
78MCARTHUR Kennedy KaneSouth Africa1Athletics
79BRITTAIN LawrenceSouth Africa1Rowing
80FOWLER Robert GeraldSouth Africa1Cycling
81OOSTERLAAK JackSouth Africa1Athletics
82KOLBE CheslinSouth Africa1Rugby
83MEYERS WilliamSouth Africa1Boxing
84MORGAN Frederick HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
85PARKIN TerenceSouth Africa1Aquatics
86RUSSELL KathleenSouth Africa1Aquatics
87MULAUDZI MbulaeniSouth Africa1Athletics
88CATTERALL CharlesSouth Africa1Boxing
89SMITH JohnSouth Africa1Rowing
90TOWEEL William MichaelSouth Africa1Boxing
91GITSHAM Christian W.South Africa1Athletics
92KEELING ShaunSouth Africa1Rowing
93WALKER Clarence LeonardSouth Africa1Boxing
94SAGE DylanSouth Africa1Rugby
95MEYER ElanaSouth Africa1Athletics
96SMITH DavidSouth Africa1Shooting
97HERBERT LlewellynSouth Africa1Athletics
98VAN DER GOES Frederica JohannaSouth Africa1Aquatics
99CECH DonovanSouth Africa1Rowing
100ARTHUR JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
101THOMPSON JamesSouth Africa1Rowing
102NIEMAN Andries C.South Africa1Boxing
103LEWIS RudolphSouth Africa1Cycling
104AFRIKA CecilSouth Africa1Rugby
105ABERNETHY MoiraSouth Africa1Aquatics


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)   SEMENYA Caster  2 
 
 7)   VAN DER BURGH Cameron  2 
 
 8)   KITSON Harry Austin  2 
 
 9)   KALTENBRUN Henry Justaves  2 
 
 10)   SMITH William R.  2 
 
 11)   WALKER James R.  2 
 
 12)   ATKINSON Sidney  2 
 
 13)   ROBINSON Raymond Leonard  2 
 
 14)   SHARDELOW Thomas Frederick  2 
 
 15)   SWIFT Alfred James  2 
 
 16)   BEKKER Daniel Wepener  2 
 
 17)   CLOETE Hestrie  2 
 


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