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


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