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


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


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