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)  Triathlon  1 
 0,76% 
 10)  Surfing  1 
 0,76% 
 11)  Canoe / Kayak  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
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
11SCHOENMAKER TatjanaSouth Africa2Aquatics
12SWIFT Alfred JamesSouth Africa2Cycling
13KALTENBRUN Henry JustavesSouth Africa2Cycling
14KITSON Harry AustinSouth Africa2Tennis
15SMITH William R.South Africa2Cycling
16VAN DER BURGH CameronSouth Africa2Aquatics
17WALKER James R.South Africa2Cycling
18CLOETE HestrieSouth Africa2Athletics
19VAN NIEKERK WaydeSouth Africa1Athletics
20DE JONGH JuanSouth Africa1Rugby
21ROBERTS Susan ElizabethSouth Africa1Aquatics
22GOOSEN Harry W.South Africa1Cycling
23SPECKMAN RosckoSouth Africa1Rugby
24KRIEL MarianneSouth Africa1Aquatics
25CLARK Marjorie R.South Africa1Athletics
26HUNTER GeorgeSouth Africa1Boxing
27MANYONGA LuvoSouth Africa1Athletics
28DAVEL HarrySouth Africa1Athletics
29GEDULD JustinSouth Africa1Rugby
30BODLEY RobertSouth Africa1Shooting
31SCHOEMAN HenriSouth Africa1Triathlon
32SMITH William H.South Africa1Boxing
33FERNS LyndonSouth Africa1Aquatics
34STEVENS LawrenceSouth Africa1Boxing
35HARTLEY BridgetteSouth Africa1Canoe / Kayak
36HARRISON Joan CynthiaSouth Africa1Aquatics
37WALKER ReginaldSouth Africa1Athletics
38VILJOEN SunetteSouth Africa1Athletics
39ESTMAN GeorgeSouth Africa1Cycling
40OLDFIELD Clarence WinstonSouth Africa1Athletics
41HOUGAARD FrancoisSouth Africa1Rugby
42LOUBSCHER Henry JamesSouth Africa1Boxing
43BUCHANAN Ferdinand Lindley AugustusSouth Africa1Shooting
44SEPENG HezekielSouth Africa1Athletics
45REDFORD Marie E.South Africa1Aquatics
46NEETHLING RykSouth Africa1Aquatics
47PIERCE ErnestSouth Africa1Boxing
48BRITTAIN MatthewSouth Africa1Rowing
49ROBB-HASENJÄGER Daphne Lilian EvelynSouth Africa1Athletics
50HEFFERON Charles A.South Africa1Athletics
51BRITTAIN LawrenceSouth Africa1Rowing
52FOWLER Robert GeraldSouth Africa1Cycling
53OOSTERLAAK JackSouth Africa1Athletics
54KOK WernerSouth Africa1Rugby
55SPENCE Malcolm CliveSouth Africa1Athletics
56HARVEY George HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
57BUITENDAG BiancaSouth Africa1Surfing
58THUGWANE JosiaSouth Africa1Athletics
59RENNIE RhodaSouth Africa1Aquatics
60TOWNSEND DarianSouth Africa1Aquatics
61CARSTENS David DanielSouth Africa1Boxing
62NDLOVU SizweSouth Africa1Rowing
63BRAND Esther CorneliaSouth Africa1Athletics
64MCARTHUR Kennedy KaneSouth Africa1Athletics
65GITSHAM Christian W.South Africa1Athletics
66KEELING ShaunSouth Africa1Rowing
67WALKER Clarence LeonardSouth Africa1Boxing
68KOLBE CheslinSouth Africa1Rugby
69MEYERS WilliamSouth Africa1Boxing
70MORGAN Frederick HenrySouth Africa1Shooting
71PARKIN TerenceSouth Africa1Aquatics
72RUSSELL KathleenSouth Africa1Aquatics
73MULAUDZI MbulaeniSouth Africa1Athletics
74CATTERALL CharlesSouth Africa1Boxing
75SMITH JohnSouth Africa1Rowing
76TOWEEL William MichaelSouth Africa1Boxing
77LEWIS RudolphSouth Africa1Cycling
78AFRIKA CecilSouth Africa1Rugby
79ABERNETHY MoiraSouth Africa1Aquatics
80SAGE DylanSouth Africa1Rugby
81MEYER ElanaSouth Africa1Athletics
82SMITH DavidSouth Africa1Shooting
83HERBERT LlewellynSouth Africa1Athletics
84VAN DER GOES Frederica JohannaSouth Africa1Aquatics
85CECH DonovanSouth Africa1Rowing
86ARTHUR JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
87THOMPSON JamesSouth Africa1Rowing
88NIEMAN Andries C.South Africa1Boxing
89LEISCHING Leonard JohnSouth Africa1Boxing
90AGABA TimSouth Africa1Rugby
91MYBURGH Jeanette EvelynSouth Africa1Aquatics
92SMITH KwaggaSouth Africa1Rugby
93FERREIRA WayneSouth Africa1Tennis
94RAYMOND LouisSouth Africa1Tennis
95KRUGER FrantzSouth Africa1Athletics
96ISAACS HarrySouth Africa1Boxing
97DI CLEMENTE RamonSouth Africa1Rowing
98SHEPHERD DennisSouth Africa1Boxing
99VAN SCHALKWYK Theunis JacobusSouth Africa1Boxing
100BROWN KyleSouth Africa1Rugby
101MYBURGH Natalie AnnSouth Africa1Aquatics
102SNYMAN PhilipSouth Africa1Rugby
103NORVAL PietSouth Africa1Tennis
104MACMASTER CecilSouth Africa1Athletics
105MAAKAL JennySouth Africa1Aquatics
106MOKOENA KhotsoSouth Africa1Athletics
107DREYER 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)   SCHOENMAKER Tatjana  2 
 
 15)   KITSON Harry Austin  2 
 
 16)   KALTENBRUN Henry Justaves  2 
 
 17)   SMITH William R.  2 
 
 18)   WALKER James R.  2 
 


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