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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)  Triathlon  1 
 0,76% 
 10)  Surfing  1 
 0,76% 
 11)  Canoe / Kayak  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)  Cycling  6 
 12,00% 
 5)  Athletics  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
3SCHOEMAN RolandSouth Africa3Aquatics
4RUDD Bevil Gordon D´UrbanSouth Africa3Athletics
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
11CLOETE HestrieSouth Africa2Athletics
12WALKER James R.South Africa2Cycling
13ATKINSON SidneySouth Africa2Athletics
14SEMENYA CasterSouth Africa2Athletics
15ROBINSON Raymond LeonardSouth Africa2Cycling
16SHARDELOW Thomas FrederickSouth Africa2Cycling
17BEKKER Daniel WepenerSouth Africa2Boxing
18SCHOENMAKER TatjanaSouth Africa2Aquatics
19SPENCE Malcolm CliveSouth Africa1Athletics
20HARVEY George HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
21BUITENDAG BiancaSouth Africa1Surfing
22THUGWANE JosiaSouth Africa1Athletics
23RENNIE RhodaSouth Africa1Aquatics
24TOWNSEND DarianSouth Africa1Aquatics
25CARSTENS David DanielSouth Africa1Boxing
26NDLOVU SizweSouth Africa1Rowing
27BRAND Esther CorneliaSouth Africa1Athletics
28MCARTHUR Kennedy KaneSouth Africa1Athletics
29BRITTAIN LawrenceSouth Africa1Rowing
30FOWLER Robert GeraldSouth Africa1Cycling
31OOSTERLAAK JackSouth Africa1Athletics
32KOK WernerSouth Africa1Rugby
33MEYERS WilliamSouth Africa1Boxing
34MORGAN Frederick HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
35PARKIN TerenceSouth Africa1Aquatics
36RUSSELL KathleenSouth Africa1Aquatics
37MULAUDZI MbulaeniSouth Africa1Athletics
38CATTERALL CharlesSouth Africa1Boxing
39SMITH JohnSouth Africa1Rowing
40TOWEEL William MichaelSouth Africa1Boxing
41GITSHAM Christian W.South Africa1Athletics
42KEELING ShaunSouth Africa1Rowing
43WALKER Clarence LeonardSouth Africa1Boxing
44KOLBE CheslinSouth Africa1Rugby
45SAGE DylanSouth Africa1Rugby
46MEYER ElanaSouth Africa1Athletics
47SMITH DavidSouth Africa1Shooting
48HERBERT LlewellynSouth Africa1Athletics
49VAN DER GOES Frederica JohannaSouth Africa1Aquatics
50CECH DonovanSouth Africa1Rowing
51ARTHUR JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
52THOMPSON JamesSouth Africa1Rowing
53NIEMAN Andries C.South Africa1Boxing
54LEWIS RudolphSouth Africa1Cycling
55AFRIKA CecilSouth Africa1Rugby
56ABERNETHY MoiraSouth Africa1Aquatics
57SMITH KwaggaSouth Africa1Rugby
58FERREIRA WayneSouth Africa1Tennis
59RAYMOND LouisSouth Africa1Tennis
60KRUGER FrantzSouth Africa1Athletics
61ISAACS HarrySouth Africa1Boxing
62DI CLEMENTE RamonSouth Africa1Rowing
63SHEPHERD DennisSouth Africa1Boxing
64LEISCHING Leonard JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
65AGABA TimSouth Africa1Rugby
66MYBURGH Jeanette EvelynSouth Africa1Aquatics
67SNYMAN PhilipSouth Africa1Rugby
68NORVAL PietSouth Africa1Tennis
69MACMASTER CecilSouth Africa1Athletics
70MAAKAL JennySouth Africa1Aquatics
71MOKOENA KhotsoSouth Africa1Athletics
72DREYER GeraldSouth Africa1Boxing
73VAN SCHALKWYK Theunis JacobusSouth Africa1Boxing
74BROWN KyleSouth Africa1Rugby
75MYBURGH Natalie AnnSouth Africa1Aquatics
76SPECKMAN RosckoSouth Africa1Rugby
77KRIEL MarianneSouth Africa1Aquatics
78CLARK Marjorie R.South Africa1Athletics
79HUNTER GeorgeSouth Africa1Boxing
80VAN NIEKERK WaydeSouth Africa1Athletics
81DE JONGH JuanSouth Africa1Rugby
82ROBERTS Susan ElizabethSouth Africa1Aquatics
83GOOSEN Harry W.South Africa1Cycling
84BODLEY RobertSouth Africa1Shooting
85SCHOEMAN HenriSouth Africa1Triathlon
86SMITH William H.South Africa1Boxing
87FERNS LyndonSouth Africa1Aquatics
88STEVENS LawrenceSouth Africa1Boxing
89HARTLEY BridgetteSouth Africa1Canoe / Kayak
90HARRISON Joan CynthiaSouth Africa1Aquatics
91WALKER ReginaldSouth Africa1Athletics
92MANYONGA LuvoSouth Africa1Athletics
93DAVEL HarrySouth Africa1Athletics
94GEDULD JustinSouth Africa1Rugby
95BUCHANAN Ferdinand Lindley AugustusSouth Africa1Shooting
96SEPENG HezekielSouth Africa1Athletics
97REDFORD Marie E.South Africa1Aquatics
98NEETHLING RykSouth Africa1Aquatics
99PIERCE ErnestSouth Africa1Boxing
100BRITTAIN MatthewSouth Africa1Rowing
101ROBB-HASENJÄGER Daphne Lilian EvelynSouth Africa1Athletics
102HEFFERON Charles A.South Africa1Athletics
103VILJOEN SunetteSouth Africa1Athletics
104ESTMAN GeorgeSouth Africa1Cycling
105OLDFIELD Clarence WinstonSouth Africa1Athletics
106HOUGAARD FrancoisSouth Africa1Rugby
107LOUBSCHER Henry JamesSouth Africa1Boxing


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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