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)  Triathlon  1 
 0,78% 
 10)  Canoe / Kayak  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
2RUDD Bevil Gordon D´UrbanSouth Africa3Athletics
3SCHOEMAN RolandSouth Africa3Aquatics
4HEYNS PenelopeSouth Africa3Aquatics
5WINSLOW Charles LyndhurstSouth Africa3Tennis
6ROBINSON Raymond LeonardSouth Africa2Cycling
7ATKINSON SidneySouth Africa2Athletics
8SEMENYA CasterSouth Africa2Athletics
9SHARDELOW Thomas FrederickSouth Africa2Cycling
10BEKKER Daniel WepenerSouth Africa2Boxing
11SWIFT Alfred JamesSouth Africa2Cycling
12KALTENBRUN Henry JustavesSouth Africa2Cycling
13SMITH William R.South Africa2Cycling
14VAN DER BURGH CameronSouth Africa2Aquatics
15KITSON Harry AustinSouth Africa2Tennis
16WALKER James R.South Africa2Cycling
17CLOETE HestrieSouth Africa2Athletics
18DE JONGH JuanSouth Africa1Rugby
19ROBERTS Susan ElizabethSouth Africa1Aquatics
20GOOSEN Harry W.South Africa1Cycling
21SPECKMAN RosckoSouth Africa1Rugby
22KRIEL MarianneSouth Africa1Aquatics
23CLARK Marjorie R.South Africa1Athletics
24HUNTER GeorgeSouth Africa1Boxing
25VAN NIEKERK WaydeSouth Africa1Athletics
26DAVEL HarrySouth Africa1Athletics
27GEDULD JustinSouth Africa1Rugby
28BODLEY RobertSouth Africa1Shooting
29SCHOEMAN HenriSouth Africa1Triathlon
30SMITH William H.South Africa1Boxing
31FERNS LyndonSouth Africa1Aquatics
32STEVENS LawrenceSouth Africa1Boxing
33HARTLEY BridgetteSouth Africa1Canoe / Kayak
34HARRISON Joan CynthiaSouth Africa1Aquatics
35WALKER ReginaldSouth Africa1Athletics
36MANYONGA LuvoSouth Africa1Athletics
37VILJOEN SunetteSouth Africa1Athletics
38ESTMAN GeorgeSouth Africa1Cycling
39OLDFIELD Clarence WinstonSouth Africa1Athletics
40HOUGAARD FrancoisSouth Africa1Rugby
41LOUBSCHER Henry JamesSouth Africa1Boxing
42BUCHANAN Ferdinand Lindley AugustusSouth Africa1Shooting
43SEPENG HezekielSouth Africa1Athletics
44REDFORD Marie E.South Africa1Aquatics
45NEETHLING RykSouth Africa1Aquatics
46PIERCE ErnestSouth Africa1Boxing
47BRITTAIN MatthewSouth Africa1Rowing
48ROBB-HASENJÄGER Daphne Lilian EvelynSouth Africa1Athletics
49HEFFERON Charles A.South Africa1Athletics
50BRITTAIN LawrenceSouth Africa1Rowing
51FOWLER Robert GeraldSouth Africa1Cycling
52OOSTERLAAK JackSouth Africa1Athletics
53KOK WernerSouth Africa1Rugby
54SPENCE Malcolm CliveSouth Africa1Athletics
55HARVEY George HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
56THUGWANE JosiaSouth Africa1Athletics
57RENNIE RhodaSouth Africa1Aquatics
58TOWNSEND DarianSouth Africa1Aquatics
59CARSTENS David DanielSouth Africa1Boxing
60NDLOVU SizweSouth Africa1Rowing
61BRAND Esther CorneliaSouth Africa1Athletics
62MCARTHUR Kennedy KaneSouth Africa1Athletics
63KEELING ShaunSouth Africa1Rowing
64WALKER Clarence LeonardSouth Africa1Boxing
65KOLBE CheslinSouth Africa1Rugby
66MEYERS WilliamSouth Africa1Boxing
67MORGAN Frederick HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
68PARKIN TerenceSouth Africa1Aquatics
69RUSSELL KathleenSouth Africa1Aquatics
70MULAUDZI MbulaeniSouth Africa1Athletics
71CATTERALL CharlesSouth Africa1Boxing
72SMITH JohnSouth Africa1Rowing
73TOWEEL William MichaelSouth Africa1Boxing
74GITSHAM Christian W.South Africa1Athletics
75AFRIKA CecilSouth Africa1Rugby
76ABERNETHY MoiraSouth Africa1Aquatics
77SAGE DylanSouth Africa1Rugby
78MEYER ElanaSouth Africa1Athletics
79SMITH DavidSouth Africa1Shooting
80HERBERT LlewellynSouth Africa1Athletics
81VAN DER GOES Frederica JohannaSouth Africa1Aquatics
82CECH DonovanSouth Africa1Rowing
83ARTHUR JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
84THOMPSON JamesSouth Africa1Rowing
85NIEMAN Andries C.South Africa1Boxing
86LEWIS RudolphSouth Africa1Cycling
87AGABA TimSouth Africa1Rugby
88MYBURGH Jeanette EvelynSouth Africa1Aquatics
89SMITH KwaggaSouth Africa1Rugby
90FERREIRA WayneSouth Africa1Tennis
91RAYMOND LouisSouth Africa1Tennis
92KRUGER FrantzSouth Africa1Athletics
93ISAACS HarrySouth Africa1Boxing
94DI CLEMENTE RamonSouth Africa1Rowing
95SHEPHERD DennisSouth Africa1Boxing
96LEISCHING Leonard JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
97BROWN KyleSouth Africa1Rugby
98MYBURGH Natalie AnnSouth Africa1Aquatics
99SNYMAN PhilipSouth Africa1Rugby
100NORVAL PietSouth Africa1Tennis
101MACMASTER CecilSouth Africa1Athletics
102MAAKAL JennySouth Africa1Aquatics
103MOKOENA KhotsoSouth Africa1Athletics
104DREYER GeraldSouth Africa1Boxing
105VAN SCHALKWYK Theunis JacobusSouth Africa1Boxing


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


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