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)  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
2SCHOEMAN RolandSouth Africa3Aquatics
3RUDD Bevil Gordon D´UrbanSouth Africa3Athletics
4HEYNS PenelopeSouth Africa3Aquatics
5WINSLOW Charles LyndhurstSouth Africa3Tennis
6ATKINSON SidneySouth Africa2Athletics
7SEMENYA CasterSouth Africa2Athletics
8ROBINSON Raymond LeonardSouth Africa2Cycling
9BEKKER Daniel WepenerSouth Africa2Boxing
10SHARDELOW Thomas FrederickSouth Africa2Cycling
11SWIFT Alfred JamesSouth Africa2Cycling
12KALTENBRUN Henry JustavesSouth Africa2Cycling
13SMITH William R.South Africa2Cycling
14VAN DER BURGH CameronSouth Africa2Aquatics
15KITSON Harry AustinSouth Africa2Tennis
16WALKER James R.South Africa2Cycling
17CLOETE HestrieSouth Africa2Athletics
18DE JONGH JuanSouth Africa1Rugby
19ROBERTS Susan ElizabethSouth Africa1Aquatics
20GOOSEN Harry W.South Africa1Cycling
21SPECKMAN RosckoSouth Africa1Rugby
22KRIEL MarianneSouth Africa1Aquatics
23CLARK Marjorie R.South Africa1Athletics
24HUNTER GeorgeSouth Africa1Boxing
25VAN NIEKERK WaydeSouth Africa1Athletics
26GEDULD JustinSouth Africa1Rugby
27BODLEY RobertSouth Africa1Shooting
28SCHOEMAN HenriSouth Africa1Triathlon
29SMITH William H.South Africa1Boxing
30FERNS LyndonSouth Africa1Aquatics
31STEVENS LawrenceSouth Africa1Boxing
32HARTLEY BridgetteSouth Africa1Canoe / Kayak
33HARRISON Joan CynthiaSouth Africa1Aquatics
34WALKER ReginaldSouth Africa1Athletics
35MANYONGA LuvoSouth Africa1Athletics
36DAVEL HarrySouth Africa1Athletics
37OLDFIELD Clarence WinstonSouth Africa1Athletics
38HOUGAARD FrancoisSouth Africa1Rugby
39LOUBSCHER Henry JamesSouth Africa1Boxing
40BUCHANAN Ferdinand Lindley AugustusSouth Africa1Shooting
41SEPENG HezekielSouth Africa1Athletics
42REDFORD Marie E.South Africa1Aquatics
43NEETHLING RykSouth Africa1Aquatics
44PIERCE ErnestSouth Africa1Boxing
45BRITTAIN MatthewSouth Africa1Rowing
46ROBB-HASENJÄGER Daphne Lilian EvelynSouth Africa1Athletics
47HEFFERON Charles A.South Africa1Athletics
48VILJOEN SunetteSouth Africa1Athletics
49ESTMAN GeorgeSouth Africa1Cycling
50OOSTERLAAK JackSouth Africa1Athletics
51KOK WernerSouth Africa1Rugby
52SPENCE Malcolm CliveSouth Africa1Athletics
53HARVEY George HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
54THUGWANE JosiaSouth Africa1Athletics
55RENNIE RhodaSouth Africa1Aquatics
56TOWNSEND DarianSouth Africa1Aquatics
57CARSTENS David DanielSouth Africa1Boxing
58NDLOVU SizweSouth Africa1Rowing
59BRAND Esther CorneliaSouth Africa1Athletics
60MCARTHUR Kennedy KaneSouth Africa1Athletics
61BRITTAIN LawrenceSouth Africa1Rowing
62FOWLER Robert GeraldSouth Africa1Cycling
63WALKER Clarence LeonardSouth Africa1Boxing
64KOLBE CheslinSouth Africa1Rugby
65MEYERS WilliamSouth Africa1Boxing
66MORGAN Frederick HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
67PARKIN TerenceSouth Africa1Aquatics
68RUSSELL KathleenSouth Africa1Aquatics
69MULAUDZI MbulaeniSouth Africa1Athletics
70CATTERALL CharlesSouth Africa1Boxing
71SMITH JohnSouth Africa1Rowing
72TOWEEL William MichaelSouth Africa1Boxing
73GITSHAM Christian W.South Africa1Athletics
74KEELING ShaunSouth Africa1Rowing
75AFRIKA CecilSouth Africa1Rugby
76ABERNETHY MoiraSouth Africa1Aquatics
77SAGE DylanSouth Africa1Rugby
78MEYER ElanaSouth Africa1Athletics
79SMITH DavidSouth Africa1Shooting
80HERBERT LlewellynSouth Africa1Athletics
81VAN DER GOES Frederica JohannaSouth Africa1Aquatics
82CECH DonovanSouth Africa1Rowing
83ARTHUR JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
84THOMPSON JamesSouth Africa1Rowing
85NIEMAN Andries C.South Africa1Boxing
86LEWIS RudolphSouth Africa1Cycling
87AGABA TimSouth Africa1Rugby
88MYBURGH Jeanette EvelynSouth Africa1Aquatics
89SMITH KwaggaSouth Africa1Rugby
90FERREIRA WayneSouth Africa1Tennis
91RAYMOND LouisSouth Africa1Tennis
92KRUGER FrantzSouth Africa1Athletics
93ISAACS HarrySouth Africa1Boxing
94DI CLEMENTE RamonSouth Africa1Rowing
95SHEPHERD DennisSouth Africa1Boxing
96LEISCHING Leonard JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
97BROWN KyleSouth Africa1Rugby
98MYBURGH Natalie AnnSouth Africa1Aquatics
99SNYMAN PhilipSouth Africa1Rugby
100NORVAL PietSouth Africa1Tennis
101MACMASTER CecilSouth Africa1Athletics
102MAAKAL JennySouth Africa1Aquatics
103MOKOENA KhotsoSouth Africa1Athletics
104DREYER GeraldSouth Africa1Boxing
105VAN SCHALKWYK Theunis JacobusSouth Africa1Boxing


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)   SWIFT Alfred James  2 
 
 7)   BEKKER Daniel Wepener  2 
 
 8)   CLOETE Hestrie  2 
 
 9)   SEMENYA Caster  2 
 
 10)   VAN DER BURGH Cameron  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 
 


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