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)  Canoe / Kayak  1 
 0,78% 
 10)  Triathlon  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)  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
6WALKER James R.South Africa2Cycling
7CLOETE HestrieSouth Africa2Athletics
8ROBINSON Raymond LeonardSouth Africa2Cycling
9ATKINSON SidneySouth Africa2Athletics
10SEMENYA CasterSouth Africa2Athletics
11SHARDELOW Thomas FrederickSouth Africa2Cycling
12BEKKER Daniel WepenerSouth Africa2Boxing
13SWIFT Alfred JamesSouth Africa2Cycling
14KALTENBRUN Henry JustavesSouth Africa2Cycling
15VAN DER BURGH CameronSouth Africa2Aquatics
16KITSON Harry AustinSouth Africa2Tennis
17SMITH William R.South Africa2Cycling
18VAN SCHALKWYK Theunis JacobusSouth Africa1Boxing
19BROWN KyleSouth Africa1Rugby
20MYBURGH Natalie AnnSouth Africa1Aquatics
21SNYMAN PhilipSouth Africa1Rugby
22NORVAL PietSouth Africa1Tennis
23MACMASTER CecilSouth Africa1Athletics
24MAAKAL JennySouth Africa1Aquatics
25MOKOENA KhotsoSouth Africa1Athletics
26DREYER GeraldSouth Africa1Boxing
27VAN NIEKERK WaydeSouth Africa1Athletics
28DE JONGH JuanSouth Africa1Rugby
29ROBERTS Susan ElizabethSouth Africa1Aquatics
30GOOSEN Harry W.South Africa1Cycling
31SPECKMAN RosckoSouth Africa1Rugby
32KRIEL MarianneSouth Africa1Aquatics
33CLARK Marjorie R.South Africa1Athletics
34HUNTER GeorgeSouth Africa1Boxing
35WALKER ReginaldSouth Africa1Athletics
36MANYONGA LuvoSouth Africa1Athletics
37DAVEL HarrySouth Africa1Athletics
38GEDULD JustinSouth Africa1Rugby
39BODLEY RobertSouth Africa1Shooting
40SCHOEMAN HenriSouth Africa1Triathlon
41SMITH William H.South Africa1Boxing
42FERNS LyndonSouth Africa1Aquatics
43STEVENS LawrenceSouth Africa1Boxing
44HARTLEY BridgetteSouth Africa1Canoe / Kayak
45HARRISON Joan CynthiaSouth Africa1Aquatics
46HEFFERON Charles A.South Africa1Athletics
47VILJOEN SunetteSouth Africa1Athletics
48ESTMAN GeorgeSouth Africa1Cycling
49OLDFIELD Clarence WinstonSouth Africa1Athletics
50HOUGAARD FrancoisSouth Africa1Rugby
51LOUBSCHER Henry JamesSouth Africa1Boxing
52BUCHANAN Ferdinand Lindley AugustusSouth Africa1Shooting
53SEPENG HezekielSouth Africa1Athletics
54REDFORD Marie E.South Africa1Aquatics
55NEETHLING RykSouth Africa1Aquatics
56PIERCE ErnestSouth Africa1Boxing
57BRITTAIN MatthewSouth Africa1Rowing
58ROBB-HASENJÄGER Daphne Lilian EvelynSouth Africa1Athletics
59BRAND Esther CorneliaSouth Africa1Athletics
60MCARTHUR Kennedy KaneSouth Africa1Athletics
61BRITTAIN LawrenceSouth Africa1Rowing
62FOWLER Robert GeraldSouth Africa1Cycling
63OOSTERLAAK JackSouth Africa1Athletics
64KOK WernerSouth Africa1Rugby
65SPENCE Malcolm CliveSouth Africa1Athletics
66HARVEY George HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
67THUGWANE JosiaSouth Africa1Athletics
68RENNIE RhodaSouth Africa1Aquatics
69TOWNSEND DarianSouth Africa1Aquatics
70CARSTENS David DanielSouth Africa1Boxing
71NDLOVU SizweSouth Africa1Rowing
72TOWEEL William MichaelSouth Africa1Boxing
73GITSHAM Christian W.South Africa1Athletics
74KEELING ShaunSouth Africa1Rowing
75WALKER Clarence LeonardSouth Africa1Boxing
76KOLBE CheslinSouth Africa1Rugby
77MEYERS WilliamSouth Africa1Boxing
78MORGAN Frederick HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
79PARKIN TerenceSouth Africa1Aquatics
80RUSSELL KathleenSouth Africa1Aquatics
81MULAUDZI MbulaeniSouth Africa1Athletics
82CATTERALL CharlesSouth Africa1Boxing
83SMITH JohnSouth Africa1Rowing
84THOMPSON JamesSouth Africa1Rowing
85NIEMAN Andries C.South Africa1Boxing
86LEWIS RudolphSouth Africa1Cycling
87AFRIKA CecilSouth Africa1Rugby
88ABERNETHY MoiraSouth Africa1Aquatics
89SAGE DylanSouth Africa1Rugby
90MEYER ElanaSouth Africa1Athletics
91SMITH DavidSouth Africa1Shooting
92HERBERT LlewellynSouth Africa1Athletics
93VAN DER GOES Frederica JohannaSouth Africa1Aquatics
94CECH DonovanSouth Africa1Rowing
95ARTHUR JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
96LEISCHING Leonard JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
97AGABA TimSouth Africa1Rugby
98MYBURGH Jeanette EvelynSouth Africa1Aquatics
99SMITH KwaggaSouth Africa1Rugby
100FERREIRA WayneSouth Africa1Tennis
101RAYMOND LouisSouth Africa1Tennis
102KRUGER FrantzSouth Africa1Athletics
103ISAACS HarrySouth Africa1Boxing
104DI CLEMENTE RamonSouth Africa1Rowing
105SHEPHERD DennisSouth 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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