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


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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