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


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