Olympic medalists of the modern Summer Olympic Games 1896-2016


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Summary statistics
Total medals for South Africa: 128
No. of medalists: 105
No. of sports: 10
Total GOLD medals: 32
Total SILVER medals: 46
Total BRONZE medals: 50
 Gold  32 / 128 
 25,0%
 Silver  46 / 128 
 35,9%
 Bronze  50 / 128 
 39,1%

Count of medals by sport
 Sport  Medals count Share (%)
 1)  Athletics  31 
 24,22% 
 2)  Aquatics  27 
 21,09% 
 3)  Boxing  19 
 14,84% 
 4)  Cycling  16 
 12,50% 
 5)  Rugby  12 
 9,38% 
 6)  Tennis  8 
 6,25% 
 7)  Rowing  8 
 6,25% 
 8)  Shooting  5 
 3,91% 
 9)  Triathlon  1 
 0,78% 
 10)  Canoe / Kayak  1 
 0,78% 

GOLD MEDALS
 Sport  Count Share (%)
 1)  Aquatics  9 
 28,13% 
 2)  Athletics  8 
 25,00% 
 3)  Boxing  6 
 18,75% 
 4)  Rowing  4 
 12,50% 
 5)  Tennis  4 
 12,50% 
 6)  Cycling  1 
 3,13% 
SILVER MEDALS
 Sport  Count Share (%)
 1)  Athletics  17 
 36,96% 
 2)  Cycling  9 
 19,57% 
 3)  Aquatics  6 
 13,04% 
 4)  Shooting  5 
 10,87% 
 5)  Boxing  4 
 8,70% 
 6)  Tennis  3 
 6,52% 
 7)  Rowing  2 
 4,35% 
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
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
18NEETHLING RykSouth Africa1Aquatics
19PIERCE ErnestSouth Africa1Boxing
20BRITTAIN MatthewSouth Africa1Rowing
21ROBB-HASENJÄGER Daphne Lilian EvelynSouth Africa1Athletics
22HEFFERON Charles A.South Africa1Athletics
23VILJOEN SunetteSouth Africa1Athletics
24ESTMAN GeorgeSouth Africa1Cycling
25OLDFIELD Clarence WinstonSouth Africa1Athletics
26HOUGAARD FrancoisSouth Africa1Rugby
27LOUBSCHER Henry JamesSouth Africa1Boxing
28BUCHANAN Ferdinand Lindley AugustusSouth Africa1Shooting
29SEPENG HezekielSouth Africa1Athletics
30REDFORD Marie E.South Africa1Aquatics
31TOWNSEND DarianSouth Africa1Aquatics
32CARSTENS David DanielSouth Africa1Boxing
33NDLOVU SizweSouth Africa1Rowing
34BRAND Esther CorneliaSouth Africa1Athletics
35MCARTHUR Kennedy KaneSouth Africa1Athletics
36BRITTAIN LawrenceSouth Africa1Rowing
37FOWLER Robert GeraldSouth Africa1Cycling
38OOSTERLAAK JackSouth Africa1Athletics
39KOK WernerSouth Africa1Rugby
40SPENCE Malcolm CliveSouth Africa1Athletics
41HARVEY George HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
42THUGWANE JosiaSouth Africa1Athletics
43RENNIE RhodaSouth Africa1Aquatics
44MULAUDZI MbulaeniSouth Africa1Athletics
45CATTERALL CharlesSouth Africa1Boxing
46SMITH JohnSouth Africa1Rowing
47TOWEEL William MichaelSouth Africa1Boxing
48GITSHAM Christian W.South Africa1Athletics
49KEELING ShaunSouth Africa1Rowing
50WALKER Clarence LeonardSouth Africa1Boxing
51KOLBE CheslinSouth Africa1Rugby
52MEYERS WilliamSouth Africa1Boxing
53MORGAN Frederick HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
54PARKIN TerenceSouth Africa1Aquatics
55RUSSELL KathleenSouth Africa1Aquatics
56CECH DonovanSouth Africa1Rowing
57ARTHUR JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
58THOMPSON JamesSouth Africa1Rowing
59NIEMAN Andries C.South Africa1Boxing
60LEWIS RudolphSouth Africa1Cycling
61AFRIKA CecilSouth Africa1Rugby
62ABERNETHY MoiraSouth Africa1Aquatics
63SAGE DylanSouth Africa1Rugby
64MEYER ElanaSouth Africa1Athletics
65SMITH DavidSouth Africa1Shooting
66HERBERT LlewellynSouth Africa1Athletics
67VAN DER GOES Frederica JohannaSouth Africa1Aquatics
68ISAACS HarrySouth Africa1Boxing
69DI CLEMENTE RamonSouth Africa1Rowing
70SHEPHERD DennisSouth Africa1Boxing
71LEISCHING Leonard JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
72AGABA TimSouth Africa1Rugby
73MYBURGH Jeanette EvelynSouth Africa1Aquatics
74SMITH KwaggaSouth Africa1Rugby
75FERREIRA WayneSouth Africa1Tennis
76RAYMOND LouisSouth Africa1Tennis
77KRUGER FrantzSouth Africa1Athletics
78MAAKAL JennySouth Africa1Aquatics
79MOKOENA KhotsoSouth Africa1Athletics
80DREYER GeraldSouth Africa1Boxing
81VAN SCHALKWYK Theunis JacobusSouth Africa1Boxing
82BROWN KyleSouth Africa1Rugby
83MYBURGH Natalie AnnSouth Africa1Aquatics
84SNYMAN PhilipSouth Africa1Rugby
85NORVAL PietSouth Africa1Tennis
86MACMASTER CecilSouth Africa1Athletics
87CLARK Marjorie R.South Africa1Athletics
88HUNTER GeorgeSouth Africa1Boxing
89VAN NIEKERK WaydeSouth Africa1Athletics
90DE JONGH JuanSouth Africa1Rugby
91ROBERTS Susan ElizabethSouth Africa1Aquatics
92GOOSEN Harry W.South Africa1Cycling
93SPECKMAN RosckoSouth Africa1Rugby
94KRIEL MarianneSouth Africa1Aquatics
95FERNS LyndonSouth Africa1Aquatics
96STEVENS LawrenceSouth Africa1Boxing
97HARTLEY BridgetteSouth Africa1Canoe / Kayak
98HARRISON Joan CynthiaSouth Africa1Aquatics
99WALKER ReginaldSouth Africa1Athletics
100MANYONGA LuvoSouth Africa1Athletics
101DAVEL HarrySouth Africa1Athletics
102GEDULD JustinSouth Africa1Rugby
103BODLEY RobertSouth Africa1Shooting
104SCHOEMAN HenriSouth Africa1Triathlon
105SMITH William H.South 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)   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 
 


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