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


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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