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


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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