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


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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