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


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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