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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
2SCHOEMAN RolandSouth Africa3Aquatics
3RUDD Bevil Gordon D´UrbanSouth Africa3Athletics
4HEYNS PenelopeSouth Africa3Aquatics
5WINSLOW Charles LyndhurstSouth Africa3Tennis
6SEMENYA CasterSouth Africa2Athletics
7ROBINSON Raymond LeonardSouth Africa2Cycling
8ATKINSON SidneySouth Africa2Athletics
9SHARDELOW Thomas FrederickSouth Africa2Cycling
10BEKKER Daniel WepenerSouth Africa2Boxing
11SCHOENMAKER TatjanaSouth Africa2Aquatics
12SWIFT Alfred JamesSouth Africa2Cycling
13KALTENBRUN Henry JustavesSouth Africa2Cycling
14VAN DER BURGH CameronSouth Africa2Aquatics
15KITSON Harry AustinSouth Africa2Tennis
16SMITH William R.South Africa2Cycling
17CLOETE HestrieSouth Africa2Athletics
18WALKER James R.South Africa2Cycling
19CLARK Marjorie R.South Africa1Athletics
20HUNTER GeorgeSouth Africa1Boxing
21VAN NIEKERK WaydeSouth Africa1Athletics
22DE JONGH JuanSouth Africa1Rugby
23ROBERTS Susan ElizabethSouth Africa1Aquatics
24GOOSEN Harry W.South Africa1Cycling
25SPECKMAN RosckoSouth Africa1Rugby
26KRIEL MarianneSouth Africa1Aquatics
27FERNS LyndonSouth Africa1Aquatics
28STEVENS LawrenceSouth Africa1Boxing
29HARTLEY BridgetteSouth Africa1Canoe / Kayak
30HARRISON Joan CynthiaSouth Africa1Aquatics
31WALKER ReginaldSouth Africa1Athletics
32MANYONGA LuvoSouth Africa1Athletics
33DAVEL HarrySouth Africa1Athletics
34GEDULD JustinSouth Africa1Rugby
35BODLEY RobertSouth Africa1Shooting
36SCHOEMAN HenriSouth Africa1Triathlon
37SMITH William H.South Africa1Boxing
38NEETHLING RykSouth Africa1Aquatics
39PIERCE ErnestSouth Africa1Boxing
40BRITTAIN MatthewSouth Africa1Rowing
41ROBB-HASENJÄGER Daphne Lilian EvelynSouth Africa1Athletics
42HEFFERON Charles A.South Africa1Athletics
43VILJOEN SunetteSouth Africa1Athletics
44ESTMAN GeorgeSouth Africa1Cycling
45OLDFIELD Clarence WinstonSouth Africa1Athletics
46HOUGAARD FrancoisSouth Africa1Rugby
47LOUBSCHER Henry JamesSouth Africa1Boxing
48BUCHANAN Ferdinand Lindley AugustusSouth Africa1Shooting
49SEPENG HezekielSouth Africa1Athletics
50REDFORD Marie E.South Africa1Aquatics
51TOWNSEND DarianSouth Africa1Aquatics
52CARSTENS David DanielSouth Africa1Boxing
53NDLOVU SizweSouth Africa1Rowing
54BRAND Esther CorneliaSouth Africa1Athletics
55MCARTHUR Kennedy KaneSouth Africa1Athletics
56BRITTAIN LawrenceSouth Africa1Rowing
57FOWLER Robert GeraldSouth Africa1Cycling
58OOSTERLAAK JackSouth Africa1Athletics
59KOK WernerSouth Africa1Rugby
60SPENCE Malcolm CliveSouth Africa1Athletics
61HARVEY George HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
62BUITENDAG BiancaSouth Africa1Surfing
63THUGWANE JosiaSouth Africa1Athletics
64RENNIE RhodaSouth Africa1Aquatics
65RUSSELL KathleenSouth Africa1Aquatics
66MULAUDZI MbulaeniSouth Africa1Athletics
67CATTERALL CharlesSouth Africa1Boxing
68SMITH JohnSouth Africa1Rowing
69TOWEEL William MichaelSouth Africa1Boxing
70GITSHAM Christian W.South Africa1Athletics
71KEELING ShaunSouth Africa1Rowing
72WALKER Clarence LeonardSouth Africa1Boxing
73KOLBE CheslinSouth Africa1Rugby
74MEYERS WilliamSouth Africa1Boxing
75MORGAN Frederick HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
76PARKIN TerenceSouth Africa1Aquatics
77VAN DER GOES Frederica JohannaSouth Africa1Aquatics
78CECH DonovanSouth Africa1Rowing
79ARTHUR JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
80THOMPSON JamesSouth Africa1Rowing
81NIEMAN Andries C.South Africa1Boxing
82LEWIS RudolphSouth Africa1Cycling
83AFRIKA CecilSouth Africa1Rugby
84ABERNETHY MoiraSouth Africa1Aquatics
85SAGE DylanSouth Africa1Rugby
86MEYER ElanaSouth Africa1Athletics
87SMITH DavidSouth Africa1Shooting
88HERBERT LlewellynSouth Africa1Athletics
89KRUGER FrantzSouth Africa1Athletics
90ISAACS HarrySouth Africa1Boxing
91DI CLEMENTE RamonSouth Africa1Rowing
92SHEPHERD DennisSouth Africa1Boxing
93LEISCHING Leonard JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
94AGABA TimSouth Africa1Rugby
95MYBURGH Jeanette EvelynSouth Africa1Aquatics
96SMITH KwaggaSouth Africa1Rugby
97FERREIRA WayneSouth Africa1Tennis
98RAYMOND LouisSouth Africa1Tennis
99MAAKAL JennySouth Africa1Aquatics
100MOKOENA KhotsoSouth Africa1Athletics
101DREYER GeraldSouth Africa1Boxing
102VAN SCHALKWYK Theunis JacobusSouth Africa1Boxing
103BROWN KyleSouth Africa1Rugby
104MYBURGH Natalie AnnSouth Africa1Aquatics
105SNYMAN PhilipSouth Africa1Rugby
106NORVAL PietSouth Africa1Tennis
107MACMASTER CecilSouth Africa1Athletics


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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