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