South Africa at the Olympics

South Africa at the Olympics
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0
Summer appearances
1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter appearances
1960 1964–1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

South Africa first participated at the Olympic Games in 1904, and sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games until 1960. After the passage of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1761 in 1962 in response to South Africa's policy of apartheid, the nation was barred from the Games.

After the negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa commenced in 1990, the nation re-joined the Olympic movement. The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee was created in 1991, and South Africa returned to the Games at the 1992 Summer Olympics (and the 1992 Summer Paralympics). South Africa also participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 1960, and since 1994.

South African athletes have won a total of 86 medals, with athletics, boxing, and swimming as the top medal-producing sports.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1904 St. Louis	0	0	0	0
1908 London	1	1	0	2
1912 Stockholm	4	2	0	6
1920 Antwerp	3	4	3	10
1924 Paris	1	1	1	3
1928 Amsterdam	1	0	2	3
1932 Los Angeles	2	0	3	5
1936 Berlin	0	1	0	1
1948 London	2	1	1	4
1952 Helsinki	2	4	4	10
1956 Melbourne	0	0	4	4
1960 Rome	0	1	2	3
1964 Tokyo	banned because of apartheid
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal	banned because of apartheid(SAORGA expelled)
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona	0	2	0	2
1996 Atlanta	3	1	1	5
2000 Sydney	0	2	3	5
2004 Athens	1	3	2	6
2008 Beijing	0	1	0	1
2012 London	3	2	1	6
2016 Rio de Janeiro	2	6	2	10
2020 Tokyo	future event
Total	25	32	29	86

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	8	14	7	29
Boxing	6	4	9	19
Swimming	6	6	6	18
Tennis	3	2	1	6
Cycling	1	4	3	8
Rowing	1	1	1	3
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Canoeing	0	0	1	1
Rugby	0	0	1	1
Triathlon	0	0	1	1
Total	25	32	29	86

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Walker, ReggieReggie Walker	1908 London	Athletics	Men's 100 metres
Silver	Hefferon, CharlesCharles Hefferon	1908 London	Athletics	Men's Marathon
Gold	McArthur, KenKen McArthur	1912 Stockholm	Athletics	Men's Marathon
Gold	Lewis, RudolphRudolph Lewis	1912 Stockholm	Cycling	Men's Individual Time Trial
Gold	Kitson, HaroldHarold Kitson Winslow, CharlesCharles Winslow	1912 Stockholm	Tennis	Men's Doubles Outdoor
Gold	Winslow, CharlesCharles Winslow	1912 Stockholm	Tennis	Men's Singles Outdoor
Silver	Gitsham, ChristianChristian Gitsham	1912 Stockholm	Athletics	Men's Marathon
Silver	Kitson, HaroldHarold Kitson	1912 Stockholm	Tennis	Men's Singles Outdoor
Gold	Rudd, BevilBevil Rudd	1920 Antwerp	Athletics	Men's 400 Metres
Gold	Walker, ClarenceClarence Walker	1920 Antwerp	Boxing	Men's Bantamweight
Gold	Raymond, LouisLouis Raymond	1920 Antwerp	Tennis	Men's Singles
Silver	Dafel, HenryHenry Dafel Oosterlak, JackJack Oosterlak Oldfield, ClarenceClarence Oldfield Rudd, BevilBevil Rudd	1920 Antwerp	Athletics	Men's 400 Metres Relay
Silver	Kaltenbrunn, HenryHenry Kaltenbrunn	1920 Antwerp	Cycling	Men's Individual Time Trial
Silver	Smith, WilliamWilliam Smith Walker, JamesJames Walker	1920 Antwerp	Cycling	Men's Tandem
Silver	Smith, DavidDavid Smith Bodley, RobertRobert Bodley Buchanan, FerdinandFerdinand Buchanan Morgan, FrederickFrederick Morgan	1920 Antwerp	Shooting	Men's Team 600 Metres Military Rifle
Bronze	Rudd, BevilBevil Rudd	1920 Antwerp	Athletics	Men's 800m
Bronze	Walker, JamesJames Walker Smith, WilliamWilliam Smith Kaltenbrunn, HenryHenry Kaltenbrunn Goosen, HarryHarry Goosen	1920 Antwerp	Cycling	Team Pursuit
Bronze	Winslow, CharlesCharles Winslow	1920 Antwerp	Tennis	Men's Singles
Gold	Smith, WilliamWilliam Smith	1924 Paris	Boxing	Men's Bantamweight
Silver	Atkinson, SydneySydney Atkinson	1924 Paris	Athletics	Men's 110m Hurdles
Bronze	McMaster, CecilCecil McMaster	1924 Paris	Athletics	Men's 10 Kilometer Walk
Gold	Atkinson, SydneySydney Atkinson	1928 Amsterdam	Athletics	Men's 110m Hurdles
Bronze	Isaacs, HarryHarry Isaacs	1928 Amsterdam	Boxing	Men's Bantamweight
Bronze	Rennie, RhodaRhoda Rennie van der Goes, FredericaFrederica van der Goes Bedford, MaryMary Bedford Russell, KathleenKathleen Russell	1928 Amsterdam	Swimming	Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Gold	Stevens, LawrenceLawrence Stevens	1932 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's lightweight
Gold	Carstens, DavidDavid Carstens	1932 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's light-heavyweight
Bronze	Clark, MarjorieMarjorie Clark	1932 Los Angeles	Athletics	Women's 80m hurdles
Bronze	Peirce, ErnestErnest Peirce	1932 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Maakal, JennyJenny Maakal	1932 Los Angeles	Swimming	Women's 400m freestyle
Silver	Catterall, CharlesCharles Catterall	1936 Berlin	Boxing	Men's featherweight
Gold	Dreyer, GeraldGerald Dreyer	1948 London	Boxing	Men's lightweight
Gold	Hunter, GeorgeGeorge Hunter	1948 London	Boxing	Men's light-heavyweight
Silver	Shepherd, DennisDennis Shepherd	1948 London	Boxing	Men's featherweight
Bronze	Arthur, JohnJohn Arthur	1948 London	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
Gold	Brand, EstherEsther Brand	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Women's high jump
Gold	Harrison, JoanJoan Harrison	1952 Helsinki	Swimming	Women's 100m backstroke
Silver	Robb-Hasenjäger, DaphneDaphne Robb-Hasenjäger	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Women's 100m
Silver	Van Schalkwyk, TheunisTheunis Van Schalkwyk	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Men's light-middleweight
Silver	Robinson, RaymondRaymond Robinson Thomas Shardelow	1952 Helsinki	Cycling (Track)	Men's 2000m tandem
Silver	Estman, GeorgeGeorge Estman Robert Fowler Thomas Shardelow Alfred Swift	1952 Helsinki	Cycling (Track)	Men's team pursuit (4000m)
Bronze	Toweel, WilliamWilliam Toweel	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Men's flyweight
Bronze	Leisching, LeonardLeonard Leisching	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Men's featherweight
Bronze	Nieman, AndriesAndries Nieman	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Robinson, RaymondRaymond Robinson	1952 Helsinki	Cycling (Track)	Men's 1 km time trial
Bronze	Bekker, DanielDaniel Bekker	1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Loubscher, HenryHenry Loubscher	1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	Boxing	Men's light-welterweight
Bronze	Swift, AlfredAlfred Swift	1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	Cycling (Track)	Men's 1 km time trial
Bronze	Abernethy, MoiraMoira Abernethy Jeanette Myburgh Natalie Myburgh Susan Elizabeth Roberts	1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	Swimming	Women's 4x100m freestyle relay
Silver	Bekker, DanielDaniel Bekker	1960 Rome	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Spence, Malcolm CliveMalcolm Clive Spence	1960 Rome	Athletics	Men's 400m
Bronze	Meyers, WilliamWilliam Meyers	1960 Rome	Boxing	Men's featherweight
Silver	Meyer, ElanaElana Meyer	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 10,000m
Silver	Ferreira, WayneWayne Ferreira Piet Norval	1992 Barcelona	Tennis	Men's Doubles
Gold	Thugwane, JosiaJosia Thugwane	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's marathon
Gold	Heyns, PenelopePenelope Heyns	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke
Gold	Heyns, PenelopePenelope Heyns	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Women's 200m breaststroke
Silver	Sepeng, HezekielHezekiel Sepeng	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 800m
Bronze	Kriel, MarianneMarianne Kriel	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Women's 100m backstroke
Silver	Cloete, HestrieHestrie Cloete	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's high jump
Silver	Parkin, TerenceTerence Parkin	2000 Sydney	Swimming	Men's 200m breaststroke
Bronze	Herbert, LlewellynLlewellyn Herbert	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 400m hurdles
Bronze	Kruger, FrantzFrantz Kruger	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Bronze	Heyns, PenelopePenelope Heyns	2000 Sydney	Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke
Gold	Ferns, LyndonLyndon Ferns Ryk Neethling Roland Mark Schoeman Darian Townsend	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 4x100m freestyle relay
Silver	Mulaudzi, MbulaeniMbulaeni Mulaudzi	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 800m
Silver	Cloete, HestrieHestrie Cloete	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's high jump
Silver	Schoeman, Roland MarkRoland Mark Schoeman	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle
Bronze	Cech, DonovanDonovan Cech Ramon di Clemente	2004 Athens	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
Bronze	Schoeman, Roland MarkRoland Mark Schoeman	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle
Silver	Mokoena, KhotsoKhotso Mokoena	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's long jump
Gold	Ndlovu, SizweSizwe Ndlovu Brittain, MatthewMatthew Brittain Smith, JohnJohn Smith Thompson, JamesJames Thompson	2012 London	Rowing	Men's Lightweight Four
Gold	van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke
Gold	le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 200m butterfly
Silver	Semenya, CasterCaster Semenya	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 800m
Silver	le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 100m butterfly
Bronze	Hartley, BridgitteBridgitte Hartley	2012 London	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500m
Gold	Van Niekerk, WaydeWayde Van Niekerk	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 400m
Gold	Semenya, CasterCaster Semenya	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 800m
Silver	le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Swimming	Men's 200m freestyle
Silver	Keeling, ShaunShaun Keeling Brittain, LawrenceLawrence Brittain	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
Silver	le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Swimming	Men's 100m butterfly
Silver	van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke
Silver	Manyonga, LuvoLuvo Manyonga	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's long jump
Silver	Viljoen, SunetteSunette Viljoen	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
Bronze	Kolbe, CheslinCheslin Kolbe de Jongh, JuanJuan de Jongh Senatla, SeabeloSeabelo Senatla Geduld, JustinJustin Geduld Brown, KyleKyle Brown Afrika, CecilCecil Afrika Smith, KwaggaKwagga Smith Kok, WernerWerner Kok Speckman, RosckoRoscko Speckman Snyman, PhilipPhilip Snyman Sage, DylanDylan Sage Hougaard, FrancoisFrancois Hougaard Agaba, TimTim Agaba	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Rugby Sevens	Men's tournament
Bronze	Henri Schoeman	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Triathlon	Men's Triathlon

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for South Africa
• South Africa at the Paralympics

References

External links

• "South Africa". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "South Africa". Sports-Reference.com.