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


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 
 
 18)   SCHOENMAKER Tatjana  2 
 


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