Olympic medalists of the modern Summer Olympic Games 1896-2020


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Summary statistics
Total medals for South Africa: 131
No. of medalists: 107
No. of sports: 11
Total GOLD medals: 33
Total SILVER medals: 48
Total BRONZE medals: 50
 Gold  33 / 131 
 25,2%
 Silver  48 / 131 
 36,6%
 Bronze  50 / 131 
 38,2%

Count of medals by sport
 Sport  Medals count Share (%)
 1)  Athletics  31 
 23,66% 
 2)  Aquatics  29 
 22,14% 
 3)  Boxing  19 
 14,50% 
 4)  Cycling  16 
 12,21% 
 5)  Rugby  12 
 9,16% 
 6)  Tennis  8 
 6,11% 
 7)  Rowing  8 
 6,11% 
 8)  Shooting  5 
 3,82% 
 9)  Canoe / Kayak  1 
 0,76% 
 10)  Triathlon  1 
 0,76% 
 11)  Surfing  1 
 0,76% 

GOLD MEDALS
 Sport  Count Share (%)
 1)  Aquatics  10 
 30,30% 
 2)  Athletics  8 
 24,24% 
 3)  Boxing  6 
 18,18% 
 4)  Rowing  4 
 12,12% 
 5)  Tennis  4 
 12,12% 
 6)  Cycling  1 
 3,03% 
SILVER MEDALS
 Sport  Count Share (%)
 1)  Athletics  17 
 35,42% 
 2)  Cycling  9 
 18,75% 
 3)  Aquatics  7 
 14,58% 
 4)  Shooting  5 
 10,42% 
 5)  Boxing  4 
 8,33% 
 6)  Tennis  3 
 6,25% 
 7)  Rowing  2 
 4,17% 
 8)  Surfing  1 
 2,08% 
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
2WINSLOW Charles LyndhurstSouth Africa3Tennis
3RUDD Bevil Gordon D´UrbanSouth Africa3Athletics
4SCHOEMAN RolandSouth Africa3Aquatics
5HEYNS PenelopeSouth Africa3Aquatics
6WALKER James R.South Africa2Cycling
7CLOETE HestrieSouth Africa2Athletics
8ATKINSON SidneySouth Africa2Athletics
9SEMENYA CasterSouth Africa2Athletics
10ROBINSON Raymond LeonardSouth Africa2Cycling
11BEKKER Daniel WepenerSouth Africa2Boxing
12SHARDELOW Thomas FrederickSouth Africa2Cycling
13SCHOENMAKER TatjanaSouth Africa2Aquatics
14SWIFT Alfred JamesSouth Africa2Cycling
15KALTENBRUN Henry JustavesSouth Africa2Cycling
16SMITH William R.South Africa2Cycling
17VAN DER BURGH CameronSouth Africa2Aquatics
18KITSON Harry AustinSouth Africa2Tennis
19BROWN KyleSouth Africa1Rugby
20MYBURGH Natalie AnnSouth Africa1Aquatics
21SNYMAN PhilipSouth Africa1Rugby
22NORVAL PietSouth Africa1Tennis
23MACMASTER CecilSouth Africa1Athletics
24MAAKAL JennySouth Africa1Aquatics
25MOKOENA KhotsoSouth Africa1Athletics
26DREYER GeraldSouth Africa1Boxing
27VAN SCHALKWYK Theunis JacobusSouth Africa1Boxing
28DE JONGH JuanSouth Africa1Rugby
29ROBERTS Susan ElizabethSouth Africa1Aquatics
30GOOSEN Harry W.South Africa1Cycling
31SPECKMAN RosckoSouth Africa1Rugby
32KRIEL MarianneSouth Africa1Aquatics
33CLARK Marjorie R.South Africa1Athletics
34HUNTER GeorgeSouth Africa1Boxing
35VAN NIEKERK WaydeSouth Africa1Athletics
36DAVEL HarrySouth Africa1Athletics
37GEDULD JustinSouth Africa1Rugby
38BODLEY RobertSouth Africa1Shooting
39SCHOEMAN HenriSouth Africa1Triathlon
40SMITH William H.South Africa1Boxing
41FERNS LyndonSouth Africa1Aquatics
42STEVENS LawrenceSouth Africa1Boxing
43HARTLEY BridgetteSouth Africa1Canoe / Kayak
44HARRISON Joan CynthiaSouth Africa1Aquatics
45WALKER ReginaldSouth Africa1Athletics
46MANYONGA LuvoSouth Africa1Athletics
47ESTMAN GeorgeSouth Africa1Cycling
48OLDFIELD Clarence WinstonSouth Africa1Athletics
49HOUGAARD FrancoisSouth Africa1Rugby
50LOUBSCHER Henry JamesSouth Africa1Boxing
51BUCHANAN Ferdinand Lindley AugustusSouth Africa1Shooting
52SEPENG HezekielSouth Africa1Athletics
53REDFORD Marie E.South Africa1Aquatics
54NEETHLING RykSouth Africa1Aquatics
55PIERCE ErnestSouth Africa1Boxing
56BRITTAIN MatthewSouth Africa1Rowing
57ROBB-HASENJÄGER Daphne Lilian EvelynSouth Africa1Athletics
58HEFFERON Charles A.South Africa1Athletics
59VILJOEN SunetteSouth Africa1Athletics
60BRITTAIN LawrenceSouth Africa1Rowing
61FOWLER Robert GeraldSouth Africa1Cycling
62OOSTERLAAK JackSouth Africa1Athletics
63KOK WernerSouth Africa1Rugby
64SPENCE Malcolm CliveSouth Africa1Athletics
65HARVEY George HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
66BUITENDAG BiancaSouth Africa1Surfing
67THUGWANE JosiaSouth Africa1Athletics
68RENNIE RhodaSouth Africa1Aquatics
69TOWNSEND DarianSouth Africa1Aquatics
70CARSTENS David DanielSouth Africa1Boxing
71NDLOVU SizweSouth Africa1Rowing
72BRAND Esther CorneliaSouth Africa1Athletics
73MCARTHUR Kennedy KaneSouth Africa1Athletics
74KEELING ShaunSouth Africa1Rowing
75WALKER Clarence LeonardSouth Africa1Boxing
76KOLBE CheslinSouth Africa1Rugby
77MEYERS WilliamSouth Africa1Boxing
78MORGAN Frederick HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
79PARKIN TerenceSouth Africa1Aquatics
80RUSSELL KathleenSouth Africa1Aquatics
81MULAUDZI MbulaeniSouth Africa1Athletics
82CATTERALL CharlesSouth Africa1Boxing
83SMITH JohnSouth Africa1Rowing
84TOWEEL William MichaelSouth Africa1Boxing
85GITSHAM Christian W.South Africa1Athletics
86AFRIKA CecilSouth Africa1Rugby
87ABERNETHY MoiraSouth Africa1Aquatics
88SAGE DylanSouth Africa1Rugby
89MEYER ElanaSouth Africa1Athletics
90SMITH DavidSouth Africa1Shooting
91HERBERT LlewellynSouth Africa1Athletics
92VAN DER GOES Frederica JohannaSouth Africa1Aquatics
93CECH DonovanSouth Africa1Rowing
94ARTHUR JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
95THOMPSON JamesSouth Africa1Rowing
96NIEMAN Andries C.South Africa1Boxing
97LEWIS RudolphSouth Africa1Cycling
98AGABA TimSouth Africa1Rugby
99MYBURGH Jeanette EvelynSouth Africa1Aquatics
100SMITH KwaggaSouth Africa1Rugby
101FERREIRA WayneSouth Africa1Tennis
102RAYMOND LouisSouth Africa1Tennis
103KRUGER FrantzSouth Africa1Athletics
104ISAACS HarrySouth Africa1Boxing
105DI CLEMENTE RamonSouth Africa1Rowing
106SHEPHERD DennisSouth Africa1Boxing
107LEISCHING Leonard JohnSouth 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)   ROBINSON Raymond Leonard  2 
 
 7)   SHARDELOW Thomas Frederick  2 
 
 8)   SWIFT Alfred James  2 
 
 9)   BEKKER Daniel Wepener  2 
 
 10)   CLOETE Hestrie  2 
 
 11)   SEMENYA Caster  2 
 
 12)   VAN DER BURGH Cameron  2 
 
 13)   SCHOENMAKER Tatjana  2 
 
 14)   KITSON Harry Austin  2 
 
 15)   KALTENBRUN Henry Justaves  2 
 
 16)   SMITH William R.  2 
 
 17)   WALKER James R.  2 
 
 18)   ATKINSON Sidney  2 
 


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