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


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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