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


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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