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


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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