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


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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