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