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