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)  Cycling  6 
 12,00% 
 5)  Athletics  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
11WALKER James R.South Africa2Cycling
12CLOETE HestrieSouth Africa2Athletics
13ATKINSON SidneySouth Africa2Athletics
14SEMENYA CasterSouth Africa2Athletics
15ROBINSON Raymond LeonardSouth Africa2Cycling
16BEKKER Daniel WepenerSouth Africa2Boxing
17SHARDELOW Thomas FrederickSouth Africa2Cycling
18KOK WernerSouth Africa1Rugby
19SPENCE Malcolm CliveSouth Africa1Athletics
20HARVEY George HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
21THUGWANE JosiaSouth Africa1Athletics
22RENNIE RhodaSouth Africa1Aquatics
23TOWNSEND DarianSouth Africa1Aquatics
24CARSTENS David DanielSouth Africa1Boxing
25NDLOVU SizweSouth Africa1Rowing
26BRAND Esther CorneliaSouth Africa1Athletics
27MCARTHUR Kennedy KaneSouth Africa1Athletics
28BRITTAIN LawrenceSouth Africa1Rowing
29FOWLER Robert GeraldSouth Africa1Cycling
30OOSTERLAAK JackSouth Africa1Athletics
31KOLBE CheslinSouth Africa1Rugby
32MEYERS WilliamSouth Africa1Boxing
33MORGAN Frederick HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
34PARKIN TerenceSouth Africa1Aquatics
35RUSSELL KathleenSouth Africa1Aquatics
36MULAUDZI MbulaeniSouth Africa1Athletics
37CATTERALL CharlesSouth Africa1Boxing
38SMITH JohnSouth Africa1Rowing
39TOWEEL William MichaelSouth Africa1Boxing
40GITSHAM Christian W.South Africa1Athletics
41KEELING ShaunSouth Africa1Rowing
42WALKER Clarence LeonardSouth Africa1Boxing
43SAGE DylanSouth Africa1Rugby
44MEYER ElanaSouth Africa1Athletics
45SMITH DavidSouth Africa1Shooting
46HERBERT LlewellynSouth Africa1Athletics
47VAN DER GOES Frederica JohannaSouth Africa1Aquatics
48CECH DonovanSouth Africa1Rowing
49ARTHUR JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
50THOMPSON JamesSouth Africa1Rowing
51NIEMAN Andries C.South Africa1Boxing
52LEWIS RudolphSouth Africa1Cycling
53AFRIKA CecilSouth Africa1Rugby
54ABERNETHY MoiraSouth Africa1Aquatics
55SMITH KwaggaSouth Africa1Rugby
56FERREIRA WayneSouth Africa1Tennis
57RAYMOND LouisSouth Africa1Tennis
58KRUGER FrantzSouth Africa1Athletics
59ISAACS HarrySouth Africa1Boxing
60DI CLEMENTE RamonSouth Africa1Rowing
61SHEPHERD DennisSouth Africa1Boxing
62LEISCHING Leonard JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
63AGABA TimSouth Africa1Rugby
64MYBURGH Jeanette EvelynSouth Africa1Aquatics
65SNYMAN PhilipSouth Africa1Rugby
66NORVAL PietSouth Africa1Tennis
67MACMASTER CecilSouth Africa1Athletics
68MAAKAL JennySouth Africa1Aquatics
69MOKOENA KhotsoSouth Africa1Athletics
70DREYER GeraldSouth Africa1Boxing
71VAN SCHALKWYK Theunis JacobusSouth Africa1Boxing
72BROWN KyleSouth Africa1Rugby
73MYBURGH Natalie AnnSouth Africa1Aquatics
74GOOSEN Harry W.South Africa1Cycling
75SPECKMAN RosckoSouth Africa1Rugby
76KRIEL MarianneSouth Africa1Aquatics
77CLARK Marjorie R.South Africa1Athletics
78HUNTER GeorgeSouth Africa1Boxing
79VAN NIEKERK WaydeSouth Africa1Athletics
80DE JONGH JuanSouth Africa1Rugby
81ROBERTS Susan ElizabethSouth Africa1Aquatics
82BODLEY RobertSouth Africa1Shooting
83SCHOEMAN HenriSouth Africa1Triathlon
84SMITH William H.South Africa1Boxing
85FERNS LyndonSouth Africa1Aquatics
86STEVENS LawrenceSouth Africa1Boxing
87HARTLEY BridgetteSouth Africa1Canoe / Kayak
88HARRISON Joan CynthiaSouth Africa1Aquatics
89WALKER ReginaldSouth Africa1Athletics
90MANYONGA LuvoSouth Africa1Athletics
91DAVEL HarrySouth Africa1Athletics
92GEDULD JustinSouth Africa1Rugby
93LOUBSCHER Henry JamesSouth Africa1Boxing
94BUCHANAN Ferdinand Lindley AugustusSouth Africa1Shooting
95SEPENG HezekielSouth Africa1Athletics
96REDFORD Marie E.South Africa1Aquatics
97NEETHLING RykSouth Africa1Aquatics
98PIERCE ErnestSouth Africa1Boxing
99BRITTAIN MatthewSouth Africa1Rowing
100ROBB-HASENJÄGER Daphne Lilian EvelynSouth Africa1Athletics
101HEFFERON Charles A.South Africa1Athletics
102VILJOEN SunetteSouth Africa1Athletics
103ESTMAN GeorgeSouth Africa1Cycling
104OLDFIELD Clarence WinstonSouth Africa1Athletics
105HOUGAARD FrancoisSouth 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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