Olympic medalists of the modern Summer Olympic Games 1896-2020


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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)  Canoe / Kayak  1 
 0,76% 
 10)  Triathlon  1 
 0,76% 
 11)  Surfing  1 
 0,76% 

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


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


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