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Summary statistics
Total medals for South Africa: 131
No. of medalists: 107
No. of sports: 11
Total GOLD medals: 33
Total SILVER medals: 48
Total BRONZE medals: 50
 Gold  33 / 131 
 25,2%
 Silver  48 / 131 
 36,6%
 Bronze  50 / 131 
 38,2%

Count of medals by sport
 Sport  Medals count Share (%)
 1)  Athletics  31 
 23,66% 
 2)  Aquatics  29 
 22,14% 
 3)  Boxing  19 
 14,50% 
 4)  Cycling  16 
 12,21% 
 5)  Rugby  12 
 9,16% 
 6)  Tennis  8 
 6,11% 
 7)  Rowing  8 
 6,11% 
 8)  Shooting  5 
 3,82% 
 9)  Surfing  1 
 0,76% 
 10)  Canoe / Kayak  1 
 0,76% 
 11)  Triathlon  1 
 0,76% 

GOLD MEDALS
 Sport  Count Share (%)
 1)  Aquatics  10 
 30,30% 
 2)  Athletics  8 
 24,24% 
 3)  Boxing  6 
 18,18% 
 4)  Tennis  4 
 12,12% 
 5)  Rowing  4 
 12,12% 
 6)  Cycling  1 
 3,03% 
SILVER MEDALS
 Sport  Count Share (%)
 1)  Athletics  17 
 35,42% 
 2)  Cycling  9 
 18,75% 
 3)  Aquatics  7 
 14,58% 
 4)  Shooting  5 
 10,42% 
 5)  Boxing  4 
 8,33% 
 6)  Tennis  3 
 6,25% 
 7)  Rowing  2 
 4,17% 
 8)  Surfing  1 
 2,08% 
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)  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
3RUDD Bevil Gordon D´UrbanSouth Africa3Athletics
4SCHOEMAN RolandSouth Africa3Aquatics
5HEYNS PenelopeSouth Africa3Aquatics
6KALTENBRUN Henry JustavesSouth Africa2Cycling
7KITSON Harry AustinSouth Africa2Tennis
8SMITH William R.South Africa2Cycling
9VAN DER BURGH CameronSouth Africa2Aquatics
10WALKER James R.South Africa2Cycling
11CLOETE HestrieSouth Africa2Athletics
12ROBINSON Raymond LeonardSouth Africa2Cycling
13ATKINSON SidneySouth Africa2Athletics
14SEMENYA CasterSouth Africa2Athletics
15SHARDELOW Thomas FrederickSouth Africa2Cycling
16BEKKER Daniel WepenerSouth Africa2Boxing
17SCHOENMAKER TatjanaSouth Africa2Aquatics
18SWIFT Alfred JamesSouth Africa2Cycling
19LEWIS RudolphSouth Africa1Cycling
20AFRIKA CecilSouth Africa1Rugby
21ABERNETHY MoiraSouth Africa1Aquatics
22SAGE DylanSouth Africa1Rugby
23MEYER ElanaSouth Africa1Athletics
24SMITH DavidSouth Africa1Shooting
25HERBERT LlewellynSouth Africa1Athletics
26VAN DER GOES Frederica JohannaSouth Africa1Aquatics
27CECH DonovanSouth Africa1Rowing
28ARTHUR JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
29THOMPSON JamesSouth Africa1Rowing
30NIEMAN Andries C.South Africa1Boxing
31AGABA TimSouth Africa1Rugby
32MYBURGH Jeanette EvelynSouth Africa1Aquatics
33SMITH KwaggaSouth Africa1Rugby
34FERREIRA WayneSouth Africa1Tennis
35RAYMOND LouisSouth Africa1Tennis
36KRUGER FrantzSouth Africa1Athletics
37ISAACS HarrySouth Africa1Boxing
38DI CLEMENTE RamonSouth Africa1Rowing
39SHEPHERD DennisSouth Africa1Boxing
40LEISCHING Leonard JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
41VAN SCHALKWYK Theunis JacobusSouth Africa1Boxing
42BROWN KyleSouth Africa1Rugby
43MYBURGH Natalie AnnSouth Africa1Aquatics
44SNYMAN PhilipSouth Africa1Rugby
45NORVAL PietSouth Africa1Tennis
46MACMASTER CecilSouth Africa1Athletics
47MAAKAL JennySouth Africa1Aquatics
48MOKOENA KhotsoSouth Africa1Athletics
49DREYER GeraldSouth Africa1Boxing
50VAN NIEKERK WaydeSouth Africa1Athletics
51DE JONGH JuanSouth Africa1Rugby
52ROBERTS Susan ElizabethSouth Africa1Aquatics
53GOOSEN Harry W.South Africa1Cycling
54SPECKMAN RosckoSouth Africa1Rugby
55KRIEL MarianneSouth Africa1Aquatics
56CLARK Marjorie R.South Africa1Athletics
57HUNTER GeorgeSouth Africa1Boxing
58MANYONGA LuvoSouth Africa1Athletics
59DAVEL HarrySouth Africa1Athletics
60GEDULD JustinSouth Africa1Rugby
61BODLEY RobertSouth Africa1Shooting
62SCHOEMAN HenriSouth Africa1Triathlon
63SMITH William H.South Africa1Boxing
64FERNS LyndonSouth Africa1Aquatics
65STEVENS LawrenceSouth Africa1Boxing
66HARTLEY BridgetteSouth Africa1Canoe / Kayak
67HARRISON Joan CynthiaSouth Africa1Aquatics
68WALKER ReginaldSouth Africa1Athletics
69VILJOEN SunetteSouth Africa1Athletics
70ESTMAN GeorgeSouth Africa1Cycling
71OLDFIELD Clarence WinstonSouth Africa1Athletics
72HOUGAARD FrancoisSouth Africa1Rugby
73LOUBSCHER Henry JamesSouth Africa1Boxing
74BUCHANAN Ferdinand Lindley AugustusSouth Africa1Shooting
75SEPENG HezekielSouth Africa1Athletics
76REDFORD Marie E.South Africa1Aquatics
77NEETHLING RykSouth Africa1Aquatics
78PIERCE ErnestSouth Africa1Boxing
79BRITTAIN MatthewSouth Africa1Rowing
80ROBB-HASENJÄGER Daphne Lilian EvelynSouth Africa1Athletics
81HEFFERON Charles A.South Africa1Athletics
82BRITTAIN LawrenceSouth Africa1Rowing
83FOWLER Robert GeraldSouth Africa1Cycling
84OOSTERLAAK JackSouth Africa1Athletics
85KOK WernerSouth Africa1Rugby
86SPENCE Malcolm CliveSouth Africa1Athletics
87HARVEY George HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
88BUITENDAG BiancaSouth Africa1Surfing
89THUGWANE JosiaSouth Africa1Athletics
90RENNIE RhodaSouth Africa1Aquatics
91TOWNSEND DarianSouth Africa1Aquatics
92CARSTENS David DanielSouth Africa1Boxing
93NDLOVU SizweSouth Africa1Rowing
94BRAND Esther CorneliaSouth Africa1Athletics
95MCARTHUR Kennedy KaneSouth Africa1Athletics
96KEELING ShaunSouth Africa1Rowing
97WALKER Clarence LeonardSouth Africa1Boxing
98KOLBE CheslinSouth Africa1Rugby
99MEYERS WilliamSouth Africa1Boxing
100MORGAN Frederick HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
101PARKIN TerenceSouth Africa1Aquatics
102RUSSELL KathleenSouth Africa1Aquatics
103MULAUDZI MbulaeniSouth Africa1Athletics
104CATTERALL CharlesSouth Africa1Boxing
105SMITH JohnSouth Africa1Rowing
106TOWEEL William MichaelSouth Africa1Boxing
107GITSHAM Christian W.South Africa1Athletics


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)   ATKINSON Sidney  2 
 
 7)   ROBINSON Raymond Leonard  2 
 
 8)   SHARDELOW Thomas Frederick  2 
 
 9)   SWIFT Alfred James  2 
 
 10)   BEKKER Daniel Wepener  2 
 
 11)   CLOETE Hestrie  2 
 
 12)   SEMENYA Caster  2 
 
 13)   VAN DER BURGH Cameron  2 
 
 14)   SCHOENMAKER Tatjana  2 
 
 15)   KITSON Harry Austin  2 
 
 16)   KALTENBRUN Henry Justaves  2 
 
 17)   SMITH William R.  2 
 
 18)   WALKER James R.  2 
 


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