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


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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