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


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


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