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


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